Fairfax County Public Schools

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Fairfax County Public Schools Information
Technology e-Learning
Maribeth Luftglass Assistant Superintendent and
CIO, FCPS March 3, 2004
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Fairfax County Public Schools Highlights

• FCPS is a large, excellent school system
• 241 schools and centers
• 166,000 students, highly diverse
• 30,888 eligible, free and reduced lunch
• 46 minority
• 20,776 full time positions
• 90 of graduating seniors go on
• to post-secondary education
• 84 of HS seniors take the SAT
• average scores far exceed Virginia and U.S.
  averages
• All High Schools named on Newsweeks list of The
  Best High Schools in America

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FCPS Highlights - Technology

• 70,000 workstations
• 40 Apples, 60 PCs
• 800 servers
• High Speed ATM Wide Area Network to
  all locations
• All schools have at least one T1
• All schools w/Internet Access since 1996
• All schools have a web site
• Internet is integral to our curriculum
• Typical High School performs 250,000
• http requests per day
• Best Student/Computer Ratio (31) in Washington
  Area The Washington Post
• Wireless in most schools and admin offices

FCPS selected by CIO Magazine as a Top 100 IT
organization, 2003
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FCPS 24-7 e-LearningVideo Clip
The use of technology to create, foster, deliver,
and facilitate learning, anytime and anywhere.
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FCPS Online Campus

• Online Campus, serving middle and high school
  students
• General Education
• Homebound
• Juvenile Detention Center
• Home-schooled students
• Current Online Core Courses
• English 9, 10, 11, 12 Chemistry I
• Creative Writing Biology I
• AP French Literature Geosystems
• Spanish 1 US/VA History
• Algebra I and II US/VA Government
• Geometry World History/Geography I, II
• Current Online AP Courses
• AP Biology AP Physics B
• AP Calculus AB AP Psychology1
• AP Chemistry AP Spanish Language
• AP English Language AP Statistics
• AP English Literature AP U.S. Government
• AP French Language AP U.S. History

96.7 pass rate on VA SOL tests!
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FCPS 24-7 Learning

• Blackboard.com is available to all FCPS teachers
  and staff
• This provides
• Supplemental material and e-learning enrichment
  activities to enhance instruction for both
  teachers and students
• Communication with parents about classroom
  instructional information and activities

Winner of the 2003 eGov Pioneer Award !
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Active Class Sites and Accounts
In Oct 2003, there were 85,750 students in 6023
active classes!
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Average Daily Use
Hits Per Hour
Time of Day
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. . . nor snow, nor sleet
The Washington Post, February 23, 2003
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For More InformationVisit our public web site
atwww.fcps.edu

• FCPS Technology Plans
• http//www.fcps.edu/DIT/techplan/
• FCPS 24/7 Learning Site
• http//fcps.blackboard.com/
• User ID fcpsguest, Password fcpsguest