Freedom of Information Act
Internal FCPS Document Finally Confirms Unlawful Self-Dealing by School Board
In May 2025, the Fairfax County Times reported that the School Board, at a closed meeting in February, had secretly authorized its members to hire personal “staff directors” at salaries exceeding $120,000 per year. Fairfax Schools Monitor was concerned because Virginia law requires all discussions of subjects like this to be made open meetings, not…
Read MoreFCPS Is Spending Megabucks to Defend Discrimination Against Girls
While the Fairfax County Public School System (FCPS) is facing serious budgetary problems, it continues to spend millions of dollars defending its discriminatory transgender policies, which trample on the rights of parents and 99+% of the girls in the school system. FCPS has one of the most radical transgender policies in the nation. It…
Read MoreFCPS Case Study in Hiding the Ball
FCPS can make life difficult for those seeking transparency, as this story illustrates. The facts will eventually emerge, although at significant cost, time and effort. Back in February, the School Board decided to allow each of its members to hire additional staffers for themselves. Perhaps they truly needed more help. The problem, though, is that…
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