FCPS Teachers

FCPS School Administrators

FCPS Parents

FCPS Graduates

Fairfax County Community Leaders

Our dedication to the school system and wanting to

find more ways to reach more students (i.e. addressing

the achievement gap)

Data on the achievement gap (and “opportunity gap”)

Loss of the modified calendar and other resources

Our belief that FCPS is a great school system, and what

makes us great is our innovation and the ability to meet

the challenges we face

Virginia’s charter school law

“Researchers at Cornell University studied 320 small

businesses, half of which granted workers autonomy,

the other half relying on top-down direction. The

businesses that offered autonomy grew at four-times

the rate of the control-oriented firms and had one-third

the turnover.” (p. 91)

Full-year school calendar (206 days)

Extended-day schedule (8 hour school day, modified block 8 period schedule)

Small secondary school, grades 7 – 12*, 75 students per grade level

Intensive college preparation for all students using “dual enrollment” courses

with Northern Virginia Community College and using the Advancement Via

Individual Determination (AVID) program

Career exploration and mentorship programs

Leadership development

Innovative staffing structure

*Note: We are willing to start with grade 6 if that is preferred due to other area middle schools starting at grade 6.

All students will obtain, understand, analyze,

communicate, and apply knowledge and skills to

achieve success in school and in life. Academic

progress in the core disciplines will be measured to

ensure that all students, regardless of race, poverty,

language or disability, will graduate with the

knowledge and skills necessary for college and/or

employment, effectively eliminating achievement gaps.

• Students of low income, limited English proficiency, special education and/or

minority backgrounds are attending college at lower rate compared to other Fairfax

County students

• 55% of students attending Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC) need

remediation courses (2011 reporting data)

• Only 16% of students from NVCC graduate with their associates degree in three

years (2011 reporting data)

• An achievement gap also exists in SOL scores, graduation rates and disciplinary

violations across the county. It is particularly acute in densely populated areas in

the eastern part of the county where high numbers of low income, limited English

proficiency and minority students live.

Subgroup % to Four Year

college

% to Two-Year

college

Total attending any

institution of higher

education

All students 57 17 74

Asian 59 19 78

Black 41 25 65

Hispanic 27 26 53

White 68 13 81

Economically disadvantaged 26 30 56

Limited English proficiency 25 29 55

Students with disabilities 27 30 58

Class of 2011 “Cohort” data on college attendanceData is from the Virginia Department of Education’s Class of 2011 Cohort report:

https://p1pe.doe.virginia.gov/postsec_public/postsec.do?dowhat=LOAD_REPORT_C11

FAIRFAX COUNTY DIVISION-WIDE DATA

Note: The Virginia Department of Education rounded the percentages to the nearest whole number. In the total column, the decimals when added

and rounded led to some totals having what seems to be one additional or one less percentage point.

School % to Four Year college % to Two-Year college Total attending any institution of

higher education

Annandale 45 26 71

Centreville 57 17 73

Chantilly 62 15 77

Edison 39 26 65

Fairfax 53 21 74

Falls Church 38 27 64

Hayfield 46 25 71

Herndon 57 18 75

Lake Braddock 64 14 78

Langley 80 5 84

Lee 42 28 70

Madison 72 9 81

Marshall 53 20 73

McLean 64 13 77

Mount Vernon 32 24 56

Oakton 74 11 84

Robinson 61 17 77

South County 63 15 78

South Lakes 48 22 69

Stuart 39 27 67

West Potomac 45 20 65

West Springfield 60 17 77

Westfield 60 17 77

Woodson 67 12 79

Class of 2011 “Cohort” data on college attendanceData is from the Virginia Department of Education’s Class of 2011 Cohort report:

https://p1pe.doe.virginia.gov/postsec_public/postsec.do?dowhat=LOAD_REPORT_C11

Capacity projections for 2016-2017:

Glasgow Middle School – 122% capacity

Luther Jackson Middle School – 131% capacity

Poe Middle School – 114% capacity

Annandale High School – 106% capacity

Falls Church High School – 97% capacity

JEB Stuart High School – 104% capacity

High School Academies

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and

Technology

Proposal for a Governor’s STEM School at Chantilly

Proposal for a laboratory school, Patriot Innovation

Academy, at Lake Braddock Secondary School

School Board and Superintendent’s 2011 Fairfax

County Education Summit’s theme: “Customizing

Education”

New York City’s “alternative schools” (examples – Central

Park East High School, The Beacon School)

Montgomery County’s Northeast Consortium

Thurgood Marshall Academy, Washington, DC

KIPP Academy schools

The Met Center, Providence, RI (part of Big Picture

Learning)

IDEA schools, Rio Grande Valley, Texas

The Lincoln Center at Lincoln High School in Tacoma,

Washington

Houston Independent School District’s Apollo 20 project

• Former School Board members: • Kaye Kory

• Kristen Amundson

• Tina Hone

• Stu Mendelsohn

• Eleanor Saslaw, retired Chairperson of the Virginia Board of Education

• Jim Dyke, former Virginia Secretary of Education

• State Delegates and Senators:• Barbara Comstock

• Tim Hugo

• Mark Keam

• Kaye Kory

• Chap Petersen

• Tom Rust

• US Congressman Jim Moran

• Bill Engler, President of the Business Roundtable

• Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce

• United for Social Justice

• Prospera

• Latinos in Science and Engineering (MAES)

• Society of Hispanic Engineers (SHPE)

• Arlington Boulevard Community Development (ABCD) organization

• Bailey’s Elementary School PTSA Officers

• Andrew McDevitt, former chairperson of the FCPS Minority Student Achievement Oversight Committee

• Steve Greenburg, President of the Fairfax County Federation of Teachers

We recently were informed Fairfax Leadership Academy did

not receive the U.S. Department of Education’s charter school

“implementation” grant. We are awaiting the official report

from the USDOE explaining their decision.

We will need to reassess the implementation of our proposal,

possibly moving the opening of the school to August 2014 in

order to consider other sources of funding as well as

reapplying for the federal charter school grant.