Virginia Board of Education Resolution 2001-1
Granting Approval of an Experimental or Innovative Program Involving opening Prior to Labor Day: Fairfax County
Resolution Number 2001-1
March 22, 2000
WHEREAS, ' 22.1-79.1 of the Code of Virginia requires local school boards to set the school calendar so that the first day students are required to attend shall be after Labor Day, unless a waiver is granted by the Board of Education; and
WHEREAS, one of the conditions set forth in ' 22.1-79.1 of the Code for granting such a waiver is that the school is operating an experimental or innovative program approved by the Board pursuant to the provisions of 8 VAC 20-131-280.D of the Regulations Establishing Standards for Accrediting Public Schools in Virginia that include instructional programs offered on a year-round basis; and
WHEREAS, the school board of Fairfax County currently operates some schools on a year-round calendar for the 2000-01 school year; and
WHEREAS, the school board of Fairfax County desires to expand the number of elementary schools being operated on a year-round or calendar; and
WHEREAS, the school board of Fairfax County is interested in operating two high schools and one middle school on a modified calendar that requires opening those schools prior to Labor Day; and
WHEREAS, the operation of schools on a modified calendar involving opening prior to Labor Day requires approval of the Board of Education;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Board approves the experimental or innovative programs involving instructional programs that operate on a year-round or extended year schedule in the schools listed below for a period of five years beginning with the 2001-02 school year:
Falls Church High School
Franconia Elementary School*
Franconia Center*
Glasgow Middle School
Glen Forest Elementary School*
Graham Road Elementary School*
Stuart High School
Year-Round Calendars Previously Approved for 2000-01
Dogwood Elementary School
Timber Lane Elementary School
*Indicates additional schools that would be operating on a year-round schedule
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Board of Education grants a waiver of the provisions of ' 22.1-79.1 of the Code of Virginia to the Fairfax County School Board for the above schools to open prior to Labor Day for the school year 2001-02;
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Fairfax County School Board shall submit annual reports on the improvement of Standards of Learning test scores for each of the above schools no later than October 1 of each of the school years the programs are operated;
AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED THAT as a result of action taken by the General Assembly of Virginia that results in a change in the provisions of ' 22.1-79.1 of the Code of Virginia, the approval to operate these programs may be withdrawn upon notification to the Fairfax County School Board without further action by the Board of Education.
Adopted in Richmond, Virginia, This Twenty-second Day of March 2001.
Signature:
Susan T. Noble, Vice President, Presiding
Board of Education
Adopted in the Minutes of the Virginia Board of Education
March 22, 2001