Chinese American Parent Association of Fairfax County
CAPAFC：超过二十名华人家长参加了10月6日的FCPS校董会，华人家长Huina和Alice分别就bullying，privacy，和safety等问题发表演讲。Alice女士现场即兴脱稿演讲。 题图：与会家长起立支持华人家长发言。 以下是Huina女士在10月6日校董会上的演讲稿： Good evening. My name is Huina, I have 2 young children in FCPS schools. First of all, I would like to thank
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There were two brave Chinese parents made their speeches advocating student privacy and safety at the 9/22 FCPS School Board Meeting. Please see their full
Read more5 Ways to Protect Your Students: 1. Decline to sign the Student Rights and Responsibility (SR&R) Form – How can we sign when we don’t
Read moreFCPS school board at large member Jeanette Hough is currently looking for volunteers of two advisory committee members. The time commitment is one meeting in
Read moreOpen, public meeting: A work session from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 21 at Gatehouse, Room 1600, right before the previously scheduled
Read moreCall for action! Below is a proposed amendment to the SR&R (Student Rights & Responsibilities handbook) being put forth by Ryan McElveen. Of course the
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之前沸沸扬扬的高达$122M的费郡2016-2017年度教育预算缺口，近日来好消息不断，有望最终平息。 在各方面的努力和费郡家长们的积极参与下，费郡教育委员们已将预算缺口降低至$15.7M。 预算缺口的缓解主要来自增加房产税3%（$54.9M），Board of Supervisors’ Budget Committee增加教育投入，以及州府Richmond方面增加的财政支持。 这意味着之前家长们密切关注的取消AAP Program提案，取消校车提案，以及取消TJ 8th period的提案将不会在考虑之列。费郡教育委员们在4月18日的宣讲中提及可能涉及的三项行动来弥补剩余预算缺口，它们分别是： 1） After School Late Bus Elimination at High Schools $0.7M 2） Substitute Pay Reduced
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CAPAFC： 近日校董Dalia Palchik女士在邮件中通报费郡学区预算事宜。目前情况分析尚有28million的预算缺口，一些学校已经开始调整师资分配。 校董Dalia女士邮件原文摘要如下： “The School Board Chairman will deliver remarks at the Board of Supervisors budget public hearing on April 5th at 4:00 pm
Read moreCAPAFC: A Virginia state-chartered magnet school and operated by Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), Thomas Jefferson High School of Science and Technology (aka TJ or
Read moreOriginal Link SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: School boards; assignment of teachers; class size limits. Provides that any time the number of students in a class
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