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October 2014 archive
Oct 24
VASSP/NASSP Members Participate In DOE Activity
Three of our VAASP members – Fairfax County Assistant Principal Alexander Case, Fairfax County Principal Carole Kihm and former VASSP Board of Directors Member from Arlington City, Principal Dr. John Word – will be participating in shadowing visits with officials of the US Department of Education. These visits are a part of the celebration of National …
Oct 22
A – F School Identification : Round Two
The Virginia Board of Education will meet on Thursday, October 23, 2014 to review several items on their agenda. Among the items is Agenda Item : E “First Review of Proposed Plan to Develop an A – F School Grading System in Response to the 2014 Acts of the Assembly.” Action on this item will take …
Oct 09
VASSP Supports E-rate Funding
VASSP has joined 75 national organizations in submitting a letter to the Federal Communications Commission supporting the funding needs for the E-rate program for Schools and Libraries. By doing so, VASSP supports a permanent increase to E-rate funding in order to be certain that all students and library patrons can access high speed broadband needed in their …
Oct 09
VASSP President Comments on VASSP Membership and SOL Innovation Committee
Dr. Brian K. Matney, Principal at Landstown High School and the 2014-15 VASSP president has sent a memo to Virginia middle and high school administrators encouraging them to join VASSP. Membership in VASSP has many benefits as Dr. Matney points out in his letter. “As a professional organization of middle and high school principals/assistant principals, we …
Oct 08
VASSP Board Members Address Standards of Learning Innovation Committee
During the 2014 legislative session of the General assembly of Virginia, a Standards of Learning Innovation Committee was created from HB930. The purpose of the committee was to “provide the Board of Education and General Assembly with suggestions on changes to the SOL assessments, authenticate individual growth measures, alignment between the Standards of Learning and …