This alarming development is largely attributed to the declining academic performance of students, especially in six schools that are underperforming. The deterioration in educational standards coincides with a surge in non-English speaking students following the implementation of the "Public Trust and Confidentiality Policy (Trust Policy)" by the board of supervisors in January 2021. By 2023, English-language learners constituted 26.5 percent of the district's student population.
Located on the outskirts of the nation's capital, Fairfax County, according to The Federalist, is an unlikely candidate for such educational woes. The county boasts a median household income of approximately $145,000 and is home to a significant number of residents with advanced degrees. Its proximity to Washington, D.C., makes it an attractive location for families seeking quality K-12 public education. The county's public school district is one of the largest in the nation and is among the top spenders on per-pupil education, with an expenditure of about $20,000 per student in fiscal 2024.
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The decline in the county's public schools' performance can be better understood by examining Virginia's accreditation metrics and the influx of non-English proficient students. The state's public school districts are evaluated based on several school quality indicators, including academic achievement, academic achievement gaps, chronic absenteeism, dropout rates, the Graduation and Completion Index, and the College, Career, and Readiness Index. Schools are rated on a scale of one to three in each category, with level one indicating "at or above standard" and level three denoting "below standard." Schools that score a level three in any of the quality indicators are put on probation, or "accredited with conditions," requiring them to follow state guidance to improve performance or risk losing accreditation.
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The sanctuary policy in Fairfax County, which promotes a level of institutional secrecy, makes it challenging to determine the legal status of English-language learners. However, it is evident that the number of these learners has significantly increased since the policy's implementation. This surge in migrant students has exacerbated the district's issues with chronic absenteeism and dropout rates, two key state accountability metrics.
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Justice High School in Fairfax County serves as a case in point. Currently accredited with conditions, the school is on the verge of losing its accreditation. Data from the Virginia Department of Education reveals that the school's dropout rate stood at 13.99 percent in 2023, while its chronic absenteeism rate was 24.63 percent. The school's dropout rate is rated at level three, and it's at level two in chronic absenteeism, the College, Career, and Civic Readiness Index, and the Graduation and Completion Index.
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The rise in English-language learners at Justice High School mirrors the trend in other failing schools in the county. In 2020, Justice High School had 705 English-language learners. By the academic year 2023-2024, this number had soared to 1,907 students, or 79 percent of the school's total student population. Of these, 312 students, or 13 percent, were newly arrived from other countries and enrolled for their first year in an American school.
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The situation is further complicated by the expiration of a three-year waiver for chronic absenteeism granted by the Virginia Department of Education in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Chronic absenteeism and dropout rates are particularly problematic for children who have recently crossed the southern border. Moreover, the state's education department has revised its accreditation standards this year to hold schools accountable for teaching their English-language learners. This means that more of Fairfax County’s English-language learners will be taking the state’s standardized reading test this year, likely decreasing already low-performing schools’ overall test scores and increasing their academic achievement gaps.
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Despite the clear evidence of the district's struggles, the school board and the superintendent, Michelle Reid, have chosen to criticize the state's standards and the premature release of standardized test data by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, rather than address the root cause of the problem. They have also advocated for measures such as equity grading and performance-based assessment projects to replace standardized testing, and offering make-up days to reduce the appearance of chronic absenteeism. These strategies, however, seem more focused on improving the schools' appearance rather than genuinely enhancing the education and learning of the district’s most vulnerable students.
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The district's approach to addressing its educational challenges also includes the introduction of Policy 8130, which aims to completely redistrict Fairfax County. This could result in high-performing students being moved to low-performing schools, and vice versa, in an attempt to balance out performance levels.
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The situation in Fairfax County serves as a stark warning to school districts nationwide. Even the wealthiest districts cannot maintain high performance levels when inundated with newly arrived English-language learners from other countries. Attempts to conceal poor performance and refusal to address the root cause of school failure only harm taxpayers and, most importantly, our children.
