January 11, 2021 at 3:30pm
Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Scott Brabrand is asking for a $3.1 billion budget for the 2022 fiscal year that focuses “on the most pressing needs” of the school system.
He presented the nearly level-services budget “a modest request” with an approximately $400,000 increase to the county school board last Thursday (Jan. 7).
The proposed budget requests a $42.7 million increase in transfer funds from the county government to pay for new preschool special education classes, retirement rate increases, and rising health care costs, which would patch over a gap created by drops in county and state revenue due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fairfax County Public Schools students will not start returning to in-person learning next week as planned. After getting an update on local COVID-19 trends
Fairfax County Public Schools delays in-person instruction
By Sierra Fox
School board meets to discuss return to in-person learning
Fairfax County Public Schools will put a pause on the in-person learning plan for one month. On February 2, the school board will reconvene.
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (FOX 5 DC) - On Tuesday, the Fairfax County Public County school board listened to Superintendent Dr. Scott Brabrand’s Return To School Plan.
The school district’s leadership wants teachers and students to get back to face to face learning as soon as possible. However, during the discussion, school board members voiced this process was moving along too fast. Some even stated they rather wait until teachers and students can get vaccinated before anyone returns to the classroom.
New restrictions are being implemented as D.C., Maryland and Virginia await their first shipments of coronavirus vaccines, which could come as early as next.