Collective bargaining rights were extended to Fairfax County Public Schools employees with a vote Thursday…
Mount Vernon District representative Karen Corbett Sanders introduced a motion seconded by At-Large member Abrar Omeish to develop a process for considering more bargaining units. The School Board voted to seek that process by Sept. 1.
Read MoreSchool board member Abrar Omeish said last summer that the program had been in the works for more than a year. She said she assembled a student working group with representatives from every high school to seek feedback on the county’s plans.
Read MoreSchool board member Abrar Omeish said last summer that the program had been in the works for more than a year. She said she assembled a student working group with representatives from every high school to seek feedback on the county’s plans.
Read MoreAt-large board member Abrar Omeish noted that FCPS paused consideration of boundary adjustments in 2018 so the school board could update its policy, though no changes have been adopted even after a consultant presented a final report on Dec. 14, 2021.
“I’m excited to see when that will be coming forward, but…in the meantime, [at] Kent Gardens, the problem there has only grown, and we haven’t been able to address it, so this is an opportunity to do that,” Omeish said.
Read More“That employee compensation piece does strike me as a place where our system is bleeding,” school board member Abrar Omeish said. “The more we prolong it and push it, the worse off we’re going to be. Five years from now, if we look back and we’re like, ‘What happened to the FCPS brand? How did we break?’ COVID was a moment, but really, I think that our decisions in the aftermath of that, including this piece right now, are important.”
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