Fairfax for Full Day Kindergarten Group - 2/1 email update (low income, attorney)

[yolli71]

Is there a list somewhere that shows which schools in FFX county are full-day compared to half-day?

[Basketweave]

ghetto61 - Thank you for your excellent suggestion to bring this topic up on the Education forum. I haven't been on those forums yet and will have to make my way over there soon.

hilsmom - You are correct that education has changed a lot (for the good and bad) over the last 15 years!!!!!!

kutra11 - Thank you for informing me this thread belongs to hilsmom. I haven't been on this forum long and didn't realize threads belong to people. I simply stated my opinion. Hilsmom responded and then I responded to her. I then wrote nothing else for hours.....

[Alltheusernamesaretaken]

Threads "belong" to certain people??

[hilsmom]

I don't think a thread "belongs" to anyone. I just was putting this out there for informational purposes.

yolli - I actually posted this in my other thread related to my neighborhood search, but it is pertinent information here as well. I borrowed this information from one of the articles related to this group. Here is the list of half-day K schools remaining in FCPS:
Armstrong ES
Reston
Canterbury Woods ES
Annandale/Fairfax
Cherry Run ES
Burke
Chesterbrook ES
McLean
Churchill Road ES

McLean
Clifton ES
Clifton
Colvin Run ES
Great Falls
Crossfield ES
Oak Hill
Fairview ES
Fairfax Station
Flint Hill ES
Vienna
Floris ES
Herndon
Forestville ES
Great Falls
Fox Mill ES
Herndon/Reston
Franklin Sherman ES
McLean
Great Falls ES
Great Falls
Greenbriar West ES
Fairfax/Chantilly
Haycock ES
McLean
Hunt Valley ES
Springfield
Kent Gardens ES
McLean
Louise Archer ES
Vienna
Navy ES
Fairfax/Oak Hill
Oak Hill ES
Oak Hill
Oak View ES
Burke
Orange Hunt ES
West Springfield
Ravensworth ES
North Springfield
Sangster ES
West Springfield
Silverbrook ES
Fairfax Station
Spring Hill ES
McLean
Stratford Landing ES
Alexandria
Sunrise Valley ES
Reston
Union Mill ES
Clifton
Vienna ES
Vienna
Virginia Run ES
Centreville
Wakefield Forest ES
Annandale/Fairfax
Waples Mill ES
Oakton
Willow Springs ES
Fairfax


Wolftrap ES
Vienna

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[tgbwc]

Originally Posted by hilsmom

The language of the budget amendment is as follows: “I move to amend the main motion by (1) directing the Superintendent to develop a plan to complete the implementation of full-day kindergarten in all Fairfax County elementary schools, beginning in the 2011-2012 school year, and completing implementation no later than the 2013-2014 school year; and (2) directing the Superintendent to identify the funding source for the implementation plan in FY 2012 (without increasing the county transfer request) and to present the plan to implement full-day kindergarten in the remaining 37 schools to the Board no later than the scheduled May 2, 2011, Budget Work Session.”

I think it is important to implement full day kindergarten also. I see how tough it is for my colleagues to try and fit in the same amount of curriculum in half the time.
I am wondering (not debating), if you have heard any suggestions about where the superintendent might be able to pull funds without increasing the transfer request? I read in one article that "A 2006 staff report on full-day kindergarten estimated the cost at $12 million for the final 21 schools originally slated to get the expanded service in fall 2009".

[hilsmom]

I have not been following the budget negotiations all that closely. I'll be honest - I don't forsee it all happening at once. I just want them to go on record saying that they are committed to continuing the roll out as quickly as they can.

I won't give MY opinion of where they should get money - THAT could lead to a debate! But it is only the opinion of one person...one with very little clout.

[tgbwc]

Originally Posted by hilsmom

I have not been following the budget negotiations all that closely. I'll be honest - I don't forsee it all happening at once. I just want them to go on record saying that they are committed to continuing the roll out as quickly as they can.

I won't give MY opinion of where they should get money - THAT could lead to a debate! But it is only the opinion of one person...one with very little clout.

Ok. Cool. Thanks. I hadn't heard any suggestions and wondered if you had. I know the county exec. and BOS are talking about the schools getting less transfer this year.

And on your second point, you're right. It's best not to "go there", especially if you want to avoid a debate, although you've peaked my curiosity.

[Denton56]

Originally Posted by Caladium

Thanks for posting this hilsmon--this is the sort of thing where a networking site like city data can really shine.

Easy for us to say! It won't be our taxes that are raised to add all those additional classrooms on FC schools and hire all those new teachers! If they really do this, it will cost many millions in construction and new hires. That means real estate tax increases for everyone who lives in FC. Good for us, we don't live there!

[Denton56]

Originally Posted by tgbwc

Ok. Cool. Thanks. I hadn't heard any suggestions and wondered if you had. I know the county exec. and BOS are talking about the schools getting less transfer this year.

And on your second point, you're right. It's best not to "go there", especially if you want to avoid a debate, although you've peaked my curiosity.

It's very difficult for politicians to raise taxes and increase budgets during a year where they are all up for re-election. But they'll have to, if they expand all day kindergarten to all schools. ALL of those schools will need construction money to add additional classrooms for all day kindergarten. Each school will need double the number of kindergarten rooms that they currently have.

Of course they could take those millions from the HUGE administration, the 8 cluster offices, Dale's 17 assistant administrator offices, etc. But we know that won't happen!

[Denton56]

Originally Posted by tgbwc

I think it is important to implement full day kindergarten also. I see how tough it is for my colleagues to try and fit in the same amount of curriculum in half the time.
I am wondering (not debating), if you have heard any suggestions about where the superintendent might be able to pull funds without increasing the transfer request? I read in one article that "A 2006 staff report on full-day kindergarten estimated the cost at $12 million for the final 21 schools originally slated to get the expanded service in fall 2009".

I think that was 21 schools that were supposed to get all day kindergarten in 2009. There are far more than just 21 schools without it. They were listen earlier in this thread. I really do not see how they can double the classroom space for kindergarten in 21 schools for only $12 million. Perhaps they intend to put all of those children in trailers?