Failed Principal > Central Office Pipeline Alive and Well?

[Anonymous]

And those two with convictions discussed upthread should absolutely have been fired. Reid is asking for a huge transfer from the county budget but keeps so many on central office payroll when they should be fired.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And those two with convictions discussed upthread should absolutely have been fired. Reid is asking for a huge transfer from the county budget but keeps so many on central office payroll when they should be fired.

There are 25,175 employees in FCPS. Of that 7.5% are non-school based. Of that 1888, you’re talking about less than 10 people in these central office roles.

That means that 99.996% of staff are NOT in that “so many on central office payroll.” Staff need that 6% increase.

[Anonymous]

Central office staff don’t need a 6% raise. And we don’t need to keep adding highly paid “chiefs.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Central office staff don’t need a 6% raise. And we don’t need to keep adding highly paid “chiefs.”

We will continue to add central administrators as the community continues to demand more programming!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And those two with convictions discussed upthread should absolutely have been fired. Reid is asking for a huge transfer from the county budget but keeps so many on central office payroll when they should be fired.

There are 25,175 employees in FCPS. Of that 7.5% are non-school based. Of that 1888, you’re talking about less than 10 people in these central office roles.

That means that 99.996% of staff are NOT in that “so many on central office payroll.” Staff need that 6% increase.

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People responding here have a lot of distorted perceptions--or just some weird agenda.

[Anonymous]

I would like to see the total compensation of non-school based staff. I know chiefs make well upwards of $200K and there are a lot of employees at willow oaks and gatehouse. I don’t care that they are a smaller number than school-based, we still pay them and most do very little to help teachers and students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Central office staff don’t need a 6% raise. And we don’t need to keep adding highly paid “chiefs.”

You might be surprised to learn that many folks in the school buildings daily helping your child are central office employees. But eff them, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Central office staff don’t need a 6% raise. And we don’t need to keep adding highly paid “chiefs.”

You might be surprised to learn that many folks in the school buildings daily helping your child are central office employees. But eff them, right?

I would love for them to move back to schools full time. That’s where there are shortages and that’s where we need help. Not PowerPoint trainings and one off coachings.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Which successful principals chose to leave FCPS? Did the majority go to over districts, or what happened to them? It would be interesting to see where they landed, and to understand why they left. It doesn’t seem like a big challenge if the district wanted to have real data about what caused them to go.

FCPS used to give an extra pension that neighboring districts don’t. Principals who have reached eligibility for that pension are “retiring” from FCPS, collecting retirement funds, and then working for neighboring districts and earning full salaries.

That extra pension was cut sometime in the late 90s or early 00s. These older teachers and administrators are grandfathered in. No one in their 40s or younger is getting an extra pension. I know because I was not offered that extra pension when I started work in the mid 00s.


-former FCPS teacher

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which successful principals chose to leave FCPS? Did the majority go to over districts, or what happened to them? It would be interesting to see where they landed, and to understand why they left. It doesn’t seem like a big challenge if the district wanted to have real data about what caused them to go.

FCPS used to give an extra pension that neighboring districts don’t. Principals who have reached eligibility for that pension are “retiring” from FCPS, collecting retirement funds, and then working for neighboring districts and earning full salaries.

That extra pension was cut sometime in the late 90s or early 00s. These older teachers and administrators are grandfathered in. No one in their 40s or younger is getting an extra pension. I know because I was not offered that extra pension when I started work in the mid 00s.


-former FCPS teacher

Wrong, FCPS still gives an extra pension, the ERFC, that other districts don’t give. They also give the VRS pension. The specifics of the ERFC plan for newer employees are different from older employees but it still exists.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Central office staff don’t need a 6% raise. And we don’t need to keep adding highly paid “chiefs.”

We will continue to add central administrators as the community continues to demand more programming!

Lets see, neighboring districts have middle school sports- can we get those too? What about consistency of offering across middle school and high schools?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I created a thread about a principal who was fired and transferred to a cushy Gatehouse job; Jeff even wrote a blog post about it, correctly pointing out she was not “fired” but transferred - even after she was arrested for intoxication (not to mention creating a hostile work environment for years at her school).

I cannot find my thread. Was it deleted entirely? Why?

What school was that?

Was it the thread about Forest Edge in Reston, where the principal and/or AP were arrested? I cannot find that thread anymore either.

I don’t think it’s okay for principals who were arrested to land in well-paid Gatehouse jobs. Someone who knows more than I do should go to the media to expose this.

Was this Zuber who was fired from Forest Edge and arrested?

[Anonymous]

Happens often

[Anonymous]

New library coordinator is a joke. I’m sure she was a joke of a principal too. Shame they can’t just get her out of the system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would like to see the total compensation of non-school based staff. I know chiefs make well upwards of $200K and there are a lot of employees at willow oaks and gatehouse. I don’t care that they are a smaller number than school-based, we still pay them and most do very little to help teachers and students.

This and the teacher shortage is getting worse each year.