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The Dunne Dispatch (Early Release Mondays Special Edition) - 06/28/2024
Dear Friends and Neighbors,
Next year (SY 2024-2025), the Superintendent is planning for a limited number of “early release Mondays” where elementary school students will be released 3 hours early. You have two opportunities to provide input on this plan:
- I advocated for the Superintendent to host a community forum in the Mount Vernon District, so she scheduled a Community Conversation at Woodlawn ES on Tuesday, July 2 at 6:00-7:00 PM. This will be a hybrid event with language interpretation and childcare available as needed. If you wish to attend online, please register online. (Please note registration will be available soon, but is not available yet.)
- You may wish to apply to participate on the Steering Committee for this initiative, which is open to administrators, educators, and families. If you want to apply, please complete this form for consideration by Friday, June 28.
For elementary schools in the Edison HS, Hayfield SS, Lewis HS, Mount Vernon HS, South County HS, and West Potomac HS pyramids, the planned dates for “early release Mondays” are: September 16, October 21, November 18, February 10, March 10, April 21, and May 12.
The purpose of the “early release Mondays” is to enable all elementary school teachers to be trained in “Science of Reading” literacy instruction. K-6 Classroom Teachers will receive 27 hours of training and K-6 Reading Specialists will receive 54 hours of training by June 2025.
The School Board has not considered or approved the plan for “early release Mondays.” The training is necessary to provide evidence-based literacy instruction to all children. However, many families in the Mount Vernon District and across the county will be impacted by the early release of their children from school.
You may submit your questions or feedback to ESPlanning@fcps.edu. You can also share your thoughts and input with me online.
Very Respectfully,
 Mateo Dunne, Mount Vernon District Representative
The views contained within this newsletter reflect the views of the individual school board member who is the publisher of this newsletter and may not reflect the views of the Fairfax County School Board.
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