Coraggio Consulting Fairfax County School Board Public Hearing, Thursday, March 19, 2026 Date: Thursday, March 19, 2026 Place: Fairfax County School Board, Virginia Length: 4m (video) Official meeting video (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIG2r5atLx0 Official School Board page (FCPS): https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/leadership/school-board Machine transcript (speech-to-text) produced by Coraggio Consulting. Not an official county record. Names and numbers may be misspelled; check the video at the timestamp before quoting. Speech-to-text: whisper.cpp, model large-v3-turbo. Produced 2026-10-28. Timestamps are [HH:MM:SS] into the meeting video. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [00:01:02] if you are interested in signing up for tonight's public hearing you need to do so immediately once the gavel goes down you will not be able to sign up for the public hearing so please see me or my staff immediately thank you okay the time is 6 46 p.m and this march 19 2025 public hearing [00:01:40] of the fairfax county school board is now called to order good evening and welcome to the public hearing for the proposed north springfield elementary school advanced academic center on behalf of the school board i'd like to thank you for sharing your comments with us tonight's hearing is being broadcast on channel 99 and live streamed on youtube and on our end on our website at www.pcps.edu/livestream the division superintendent has proposed a new full-time [00:02:13] ap elementary school center at north springfield elementary school starting in school year 26 27. if you are interested in reading the 2025 biennial plan you may find the link to it on this agenda on board docs if you are not able to attend tonight's public hearing but are interested in providing comments you may contact the board by sending your comments to community participation at fcps.edu speakers are allotted two minutes and we ask that you stay within that time limit [00:02:49] The timer will start when you begin speaking and the timer will sound after two minutes. Please ensure your remarks are limited to the proposed North Springfield Elementary School Advanced Academic Center and that your remarks adhere to the school board's expectations for community participation included included in the expectations are included in these These expectations are that only one person is allowed at the podium when speaking. [00:03:20] Neither adults or children may accompany a speaker to the podium. Copies of all expectations are available at the back of the auditorium. If you have a hard copy of your testimony, please give it to the clerk prior to heading to the podium. [00:03:36] If you are virtual, please turn on your camera when you are next in line to speak so that you just have to unmute when you are called to speak. If you have electronic copies of your testimony and would like to share it with the board, please email it to communityparticipation@fcps.edu. [00:03:54] Madam Clerk, please call our first speaker. Dr. Anderson, no individuals have registered for this public hearing, so we have no speakers. Thank you. The school board is scheduled to consider and take action on this proposal at our March 26 regular meeting. [00:04:15] This public hearing on the proposed North Springfield Elementary School Advanced Academic Center is adjourned as of 6:49 PM. Thank you. Okay, board members, you have till 7:00 and then we will restart at 7:00. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Coraggio Consulting ยท aguyonx.com