All About Alexandria and Fairfax County Area Schools...You'll Be Impressed!
Snippets, Quotes, and Facts About Fairfax County Public Schools
The Fairfax County Public School system is located in Northern
Virginia with more than 165,000 students in 204 schools, and an
operating budget of $1.6 billion. With 22,000 employees, the school
system is also the largest employer in Virginia. Fairfax County
schools rely heavily on computers for instruction and staff communications.
Teachers' computers are often hooked up to a VCR and large television
monitor, and are used for classroom presentations. Teachers also
use computers to surf the Web to support classwork. (Source Net-Security.org)
The Fairfax County Public School (FCPS) district in Virginia is
one of the largest - and most successful - school systems in the
United States. In the fall of 2003, the twelfth largest district
in the nation welcomed 166,600 students through its doors across
241 elementary, middle, and high schools. Of the district's graduating
seniors, 90% will continue to higher education and 95% of special
education students will receive further learning or job placement
within nine months after graduation. Though FCPS students continually
succeed above state and national averages, the school strives for
100% achievement.
Source BusinessObject.com
Three of the schools are magnet schools:
- Bailey's Elementary for the Arts and Sciences in Falls Church
- Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences in
Reston and
- Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria.
In addition, there are five professional technology academies:
- Chantilly High School Academy, specializing
in engineering and scientific technology and health and human
services
- Edison High School Academy in Alexandria,
specializing in international studies, business and engineering,
and scientific technology
- Fairfax High School Academy, specializing
in communication arts
- Marshall High School Academy in Falls Church,
specializing in international studies, business and engineering,
and scientific technology
- West Potomac High School Academy in Mount Vernon,
specializing in communication arts and health and human services.
SEVERAL ELEMENTARY schools focus on specific areas and are designated
as focus schools, adopting one of the following approaches: core
knowledge, basic school, math and science, modified calendar, French
language, block scheduling and arts.
There are seven elementary, one middle and two high schools that
follow modified school calendars, more commonly known as year-round
schools. They are:
- Reston: Annandale Terrace Elementary, Dogwood
Elementary
- Alexandria: Franconia Elementary, Parklawn
Elementary, Glasgow Middle
- Falls Church: Glen Forest Elementary, Graham
Road Elementary, Timber Lane Elementary, Falls Church High and
Stuart High
The 2003-04 school year begins July 28 for the elementary schools
and Aug. 18 for the secondary schools.
FCPS HAS 20 Project Excel elementary schools:
- Mount Vernon: Annandale Terrace, Bucknell,
Woodlawn, Woodley Hills
- Reston: Dogwood, Riverside
- Mount Vernon: Fort Belvoir, Groveton, Hollin
Meadows, Hybla Valley, Mount Vernon Woods
- Fairfax Station: Halley
- Herndon: Hutchison
- Centreville: London Towne
- Alexandria: Mount Eagle, Cameron
- Falls Church: Westlawn, Pine Spring, Graham
Road, Glen Forest
The program includes a reorganized school day, focused instructional
programs and computer-based phonics instruction to supplement new
reading textbooks with a strong phonics component. The major components
are increased time for learning, enhanced academic programs and
school accountability.
THERE ARE FIVE Focus 2004 schools:
- Edison High in Alexandria
- Falls Church High
- Mount Vernon High
- Stuart High in Falls Church
- Whitman Middle in Mount Vernon
The goal of the program is to prepare students to be successful
in the Standards of Learning (SOL) courses and exams required for
graduation beginning in 2004.
FCPS funds 21,296.9 positions, including 19,142.9 school-based
personnel, of which 13,176.9 are teachers, 1,640.8 nonschool-based
personnel and 513.2 grant-funded personnel. For the 2004-05 school
year, the school system has an operating budget of $1.668 billion.
The average cost per student is $9,961.
THE SCHOOL SYSTEM owns and operates a school-bus fleet consisting
of more than 1,470 buses that transport approximately 110,00 students.
Bus transportation is provided to elementary-school students who
live more than one mile from school, as well as for middle and high
school students who live more than one-and-half miles away, for
students who would have to walk on hazardous routes and for certain
special education children. Information about bus stops and routes
is provided by the local school.
Source PotomacAlmanac.com
Among the school system's many achievements are:
- Ninety percent of high school graduates in 2002 went on to
some form of post-secondary education;
- Expansion Management Magazine named Fairfax County Public Schools
system a "gold medal" district.
- Fairfax schools ranked in the top 3 percent of the more than
1,500 school systems rated;
- Sixty-eight Fairfax County Public School students received
National Merit Scholarship Awards.
Snippets, Quotes, and Facts About Prince William County Public
Schools
- Prince William County is home to the third largest school division
in Virginia, with 63,000+ students enrolled in 74 schools and
education centers.
- Of the total student population, 45% are minorities, 10% are
gifted, 12% require special education, 7% speak English as a second
language and 20% are economically disadvantaged.
- Fifty percent of Prince William students continue their education
at universities, colleges and other schools after graduation.
All schools are accredited by the State Board of Education. Middle
and high schools are accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges
and Schools. In 2001, Newsweek named three Prince William high schools
among the "Top 500 High Schools in America". Time named
Stonewall Jackson High School as "High School of the Year"
in 2001. Specialty programs have been created in 24 schools, from
elementary through high school, to prepare students for specialization
in specific career fields.
Prince William County Schools is a high performance organization,
receiving the Medallion of Excellence, U.S. Senate Productivity
and Quality Award, a Gold Medal rating three consecutive years by
Expansion Magazine and a host of other distinguished awards. The
school division is nationally known for its system of school-based
management, which places decision-making and accountability at the
school level.
Through their generous contributions of time, talent and resources,
members of the business community provide tutors, mentors and classroom
speakers; offer internships and job shadowing for students; donate
supplies and funds and make a myriad of other contributions to the
education of children in Prince William County.
Source PWCSEdFoundation.org
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