Strategic Plan and “Equity Policy,” Part 2

By Mark Spooner | March 5, 2023 |

This article reports on the development of a new Strategic Plan for Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), and the role of “equity” in it.  A subsequent article will discuss FCPS’s simultaneous development of a separate but related initiative, the “Equity Policy.” Development of the Strategic Plan The Superintendent of FCPS initiated a planning process in…

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Fairfax County SAT Scores Have Seriously Declined

By Mark Spooner | February 5, 2023

I encourage everyone to read this short article.  Fairfax SAT Scores Fall 27 Points.  According to the statistics compiled by the Fairfax County Taxpayers Association (FCTA), the average SAT score of Fairfax County high schools students fell by a shocking 27 points between 2018 and 2022.  Only two schools (Thomas Jefferson and Lake Braddock) showed…

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