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FAIRGRADE Emails Prove Strauss Is Misleading Voters

Red Apple Mom wrote 1 year ago: Epstein Campaign Says School Board Chair Strauss is Misleading Public - Emails Show Strauss Was Not … more →

Tags: Fairfax County Public Schools, Advocacy, School Board, FCPS School Board, School board elections, Jane Strauss, Fairfax County School Board, FAIRGRADE, Fairfax County Times

"Outside of the Box" Thinking for Needy Students That Works4 comments

Red Apple Mom wrote 1 year ago: Washington Post columnist Jay Mathews posted an interesting column yesterday about a Charter School … more →

Tags: Fairfax County Public Schools, FCPS School Board, Education reform, Achievement gap, Washington Post, Jay Mathews, Tom Lewis, The Fishing School

TONIGHT - Watch the At-Large School Board Debate

Red Apple Mom wrote 1 year ago: Kudos to the Fairfax County Council of PTAs and the Fairfax area League of Women Voters who are spon … more →

Tags: Fairfax County Public Schools, School Board, FCPS School Board, Education reform, School board elections, Ilryong Moon, Sheree Brown-Kaplan, Fairfax County Council of PTAs, Lolita Mancheno-Smoak

About Those Proposed Surveillance Cameras in High School Cafeterias... 5 comments

Red Apple Mom wrote 1 year ago: Say what you will about today’s teenagers, but I’m not buying into the premise that a co … more →

Tags: Education, Disciplinary Codes, Fairfax County Public Schools, School Board, FCPS School Board, High School, food fights, Jane Strauss, jack dale

A Black Eye for the Fairfax County Council of PTAs 2 comments

Red Apple Mom wrote 1 year ago: You know the old saying, “No good deed goes unpunished?” Well PTA volunteers – beware.  You might be … more →

Tags: Fairfax County Public Schools, Advocacy, School Board, FCPS School Board, School board elections, Special Education, Parent Teacher Association, Barbara Hunter, Fairfax County

From Chicken Little to Santa Claus

Red Apple Mom wrote 2 years ago: It may look like May outside, but it’s feeling like Christmas now because Superintendent Dale is pla … more →

Tags: Advocacy, Education, Fairfax County Public Schools, FCPS School Board, Kindergarten, School board elections, Teacher pay, Board of Supervisors, Chicken Little

That "In the Dark" Feeling

Red Apple Mom wrote 2 years ago: Fairfax County Public Schools ought to take serious notice.  When you tick off the Mount Vernon dist … more →

Tags: Achievement gap, Advocacy, Education, Education reform, Fairfax County Public Schools, FCPS School Board, Honors Courses, Kindergarten, Parenting

Restore the Honors Courses 5 comments

Red Apple Mom wrote 2 years ago: I don’t know how many more questionable policy-making decisions I can take from FCPS. The latest?  T … more →

Tags: Advocacy, Education, Fairfax County Public Schools, FCPS School Board, High School, Honors Courses, School Board, Student Stress, advanced placement

Hooray Hooray for FDK & ... an FCPS Audit?3 comments

Red Apple Mom wrote 2 years ago: The Board of Supervisors pulled an interesting play today by approving the following “independent au … more →

Tags: Education, Fairfax County Public Schools, FCPS School Board, Kindergarten, School board elections, school nurses, Teacher pay, cox cable, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors

Serving Up Some Crow For FCPS Officials on School Renovations & Additions

Red Apple Mom wrote 2 years ago: Remember the scathing editorial School Board member Liz Bradsher wrote last October in the Fairfax T … more →

Tags: Advocacy, Education, Fairfax County Public Schools, FCPS School Board, School Board, School board elections, School Bonds, School Renovations, Centreville Patch

School Board Member Janie Strauss’ Sanctimonious Stretch

Red Apple Mom wrote 2 years ago: Check out Robert McCartney’s terrific column today in the Washington Post titled:  “Fairfax Schools … more →

Tags: Advocacy, Disciplinary Codes, Education, Education reform, Fairfax County Public Schools, FCPS School Board, Parenting, School Board, School board elections

Parents, Teachers & Five-Year Old Lobbyists2 comments

Red Apple Mom wrote 2 years ago: The Board of Supervisors held their first night of public hearings Tuesday night.  Adorable four and … more →

Tags: Education, Fairfax County Public Schools, Advocacy, FCPS School Board, Teacher pay, Kindergarten, School board elections, Board of Supervisors, full day kindergarten

Political Jiu Jitsu for 2011 School Board Elections4 comments

Red Apple Mom wrote 2 years ago: It’s not even April yet, and some School Board members are already trying to frame the November elec … more →

Tags: Education, Disciplinary Codes, Fairfax County Public Schools, Advocacy, Open Meetings Law, FCPS School Board, Student Stress, Student suicide, Teacher pay

Briefly Speaking1 comment

Red Apple Mom wrote 2 years ago: Image via Wikipedia The plaintiff’s attorneys in the case alleging that the Fairfax County Sch … more →

Tags: Fairfax County Public Schools, Advocacy, FOIA, Open Meetings Law, FCPS School Board, Education reform, Law, Virginia, Clifton Virginia

The "Fear Factor" in FCPS School Discipline1 comment

Red Apple Mom wrote 2 years ago: The Fairfax County School Board tackled the Zero Tolerance issue Monday in a work session designed t … more →

Tags: Parenting, Disciplinary Codes, Fairfax County Public Schools, Advocacy, FOIA, FCPS School Board, Student Stress, Education reform, Student suicide

"Race To Nowhere" Documentary Spurring Debate & Solution Possibilities

Red Apple Mom wrote 2 years ago: If you haven’t yet seen the documentary “Race to Nowhere”, please do so as soon as … more →

Tags: Education, Disciplinary Codes, Fairfax County Public Schools, Advocacy, FCPS School Board, Student Stress, Education reform, education films, FAIRGRADE

Highlights from Fairfax County School Board Trial9 comments

Red Apple Mom wrote 2 years ago: I arrived to court this morning about an hour late due to a possible case of strep in my house. Fort … more →

Tags: Education, Disciplinary Codes, Fairfax County Public Schools, Advocacy, School Board, FOIA, Open Meetings Law, Liz Bradsher, Dean Tistadt

Fairfax County Judge Denies Emergency Motion to Quash Subpoenas 5 comments

Red Apple Mom wrote 2 years ago: Lawyers duked it out Friday in a pre-trial hearing about allegations that the Fairfax County School … more →

Tags: Education, Fairfax County Public Schools, School Board, FOIA, Open Meetings Law, Liz Bradsher, Clifton Elementary School, Clifton Virginia, Dean Tistadt

The New Norm: Pay Up for those Who Don't1 comment

Red Apple Mom wrote 2 years ago: The full-day kindergarten (FDK) debate going on in Fairfax County has highlighted just how inequitab … more →

Tags: Education, Parenting, Disciplinary Codes, Fairfax County Public Schools, Advocacy, School Board, FOIA, Open Meetings Law, Fairfax County Virginia


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