FAIRFAX, Va. (CN) Attorneys for students hoping to attend the country’s most prestigious public science and technology high school argued Monday that a Virginia school board unfairly eliminated the standardized admissions tests that would have made their acceptance a sure thing.
But attorneys for Fairfax County School Board asked a county circuit court judge to toss out the case brought aspiring Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology students and their parents. The school’s students, they argue, do not necessarily have to be designated as gifted.
“Where is the law that TJ can only be for gifted students?” asked Stuart A. Raphael of Hunton Andrews Kurth, attorney for the school board and its superintendent, Scott. S. Brabrand. “There isn’t one.”
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.
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January 7, 2021 at 9:45am
The Fairfax County School Board’s proposed Capital Improvement Program (CIP) for Fairfax County Public Schools will not include any major adjustments or immediate big-ticket spending.
Released on Dec. 17, the proposed CIP – which sets short-term priorities for school renovations, capacity enhancements, and other infrastructure projects – remains largely the same as last year’s plan, as the uncertainty resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic made FCPS officials wary of making any significant new commitments.
A virtual public hearing is planned for 7 p.m. today.
FCPS Assistant Superintendent for Facilities and Transportation Services Jeff Platenberg said described the current times as “daunting.”
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