FCPS Employee Bulletin Board for June 11
June 11, 2024
The Graduation Photo Galleries for the Class of 2024 are now up! Take a look at some of the photos our Public Affairs Department was able to capture this graduation season.
SUCCESS Program
Frederick High
Gov. TJ High
Linganore High
Brunswick High
Catoctin High
Middletown High
Tuscarora High
Walkersville High
Oakdale High
Urbana High
Substitute Teacher Gregory Biggs was named the 2024 Frederick County Public Schools Substitute of the Year. He was nominated by Hillcrest Elementary School.
Biggs not only accepts daily and long-term substitute positions, 11 days or more, but also volunteers during his free time to help students. He continuously raises standards by establishing relationships with staff, students, and families and by coming to work each day with a positive attitude. He uses his creativity to make learning engaging and fun, while also holding his students accountable for their education. Biggs is an unwavering role model for students who believes in their abilities and encourages them to do the same.
Middletown Middle School Student Government has been named the recipient of the 2024 Frederick County Public Schools Superintendent’s Cup, making Middletown the first middle school to win the award.
This year’s winner, Middletown Middle School, raised an impressive $11,515 for Sleep in Heavenly Peace by organizing fundraiser events and through the matching donation of Installers DMV. Additionally, students and their families worked with the nonprofit to build and assemble beds, and students made and donated 20 blankets. The Middletown team was also able to give back to their peers by using the fundraising activities to highlight the connection between stress and getting enough sleep.
Beginning Monday, June 17, FCPS Food and Nutrition Services will be serving free breakfast and lunch to anyone in the community 18 years old or younger. Those over 18 who are enrolled in an educational program for people with disabilities will also be served meals.
Meals will be served Mondays through Thursdays at the following 3 schools:
FCPS will serve breakfast at Lincoln Elementary and Waverley Elementary from 8:30-9 a.m. and lunch from noon-12:30 p.m.
FCPS will serve breakfast at Gov. Thomas Johnson High from 7:30- 8 a.m. and lunch from 11:30 a.m.-noon.
Meals will not be served on June 19 and July 4. Children must be present to get a meal and the meal must be consumed at the site where the meals are served. The last day of summer meals service to the community will be Thursday, August 8.
To read the Spanish translation, click here.
If you have questions, please contact FCPS Food and Nutrition Services at 301-644-5061.
Over the past three years, school and central staff at various levels throughout FCPS have been engaging in learning and continuous improvement towards more equitable and consistent grading practices throughout the district, with focus on middle and high schools. The school system’s Education Reform Council (ERC), along with other teacher and leader workgroups, have provided feedback about our current efforts and suggestions for continuing to propel equitable grading practices forward into next school year. Like the end of last year, this message shares a status update and a preview of focus areas for the 2024-25 school year, with most new practices being optional, to support an early adopter approach.
Recognition of Employees by Other Employees
Individuals may be nominated for one of the following five (5) categories.
To nominate a staff member, please fill out the Guiding Star Award nomination form.
Effective July 1, 2024: FCPS is moving to a pay schedule called “pay in arrears” and as a benefited FCPS employee this will cause a disruption in your pay at the start of the 2024-25 school year.
Employees will continue to be paid twice a month, however, in order to implement the change an adjustment is being made to the first scheduled paycheck of SY 24/25. For 10-month employees this means that your first paycheck will be September 15th. For 11-month employees your first paycheck will be August 31st. And for 12-month employees your first paycheck will be on July 31st.
In order to mitigate the disruption in pay, FCPS is offering advance pay options for ten (10) and eleven (11) month employees as well as a gap pay option for 12 month employees.
If you would like to choose to opt-in or opt-out of the advance or gap pay please use the instructions linked below to make your selection in PeopleSoft HR between May 1st, 2024 and June 15th, 2024.
PeopleSoft HR - Pay Shift/Pay In Arrears Gap Pay and Pay Advance Selection
For a detailed breakdown of the advance options available for FCPS staff please use the time stamps in the Pay Shift Details video.
For any additional questions about the pay shift/pay in arrears use the links below.
General Information: https://www.fcps.org/payarrears
Information For 10-Month Employees
Information For 11-Month Employees
Information For 12-Month Employees
Beginning July 1, 2024, FCPS will modernize our telecommunications system and assign brand new phone numbers to the entire district.
Effective July 1, 2024, MetLife will replace The Standard as the insurer for employee and retiree, Life (AD&D), Voluntary Life and Short-Term Disability Insurance. For your review is an Introduction to our partnership with MetLife and a Question & Answer document that we trust will be helpful.
For additional questions, please email Benefits.Office@fcps.org.
Notice of Insurance End Date for Resignation or Leave of Absence for the Conclusion of the 2023–2024 School Year
The deadline to request a lane change for coursework completed between
February 1, 2024 and August 31, 2024:
LAST WORKDAY in September: Monday 09/30/2024
Requests for lane changes should be submitted by completing form linked here:
ONLINE FORM
Additional Lane Change Information
https://www.fcps.org/careers/teacher-lane-change
Lane Change Questions?
Email: CertSalary@fcps.org
Professional Education Questions?
Email: certification@fcps.org
Find all the information you need on graduate courses being offered at Mount St. Mary's this Summer here.
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