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LCPS has new parent information system Loudoun Times
Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) is offering a new system, the Parent Information Management (PIM) system, so parents can conveniently update their phone numbers and e-mail addresses listed with the schools. ...

Song for LCPs
I saw this quite some time ago. But still find it entertaining. ^_^ Live well, LCPs.

FairGrade for LCPS
Furthermore, FairGrade Loudoun's data, in cooperation with FAIRGRADE, will demonstrate that LCPS students may lose out on valuable merit scholarships and access to college honors programs because of our county's existing grading ...

Our Loudoun Schools: LCPS Efficiency Study Released
Deriding the School Board and LCPS administration for inefficiency and waste is a popular pasttime among many of Loudoun's citizens. Not a week goes by when I don't read or hear from somebody about it, and about once a month someone ...

Our Loudoun Schools: LCPS Evaluation By Testing Part 1: SOLs/AYP/NCLB
For the rest of this week I'll take a look a different yardstick each day and how LCPS measures against it. As I have said many times in the past and you can read about in a million places on the web, the emphasis on testing and metrics ...

Our Loudoun Schools: LCPS Evaluation By Testing Part 2: SAT & ACT ...
LCPS Evaluation By Testing Part 2: SAT & ACT Scores. I don't have as much to write today because I don't know as much about SAT & ACT testing, preparation & scoring as I do about SOLs, AYP & No Child Left Behind (not that I'm an expert ...

Our Loudoun Schools: LCPS Evaluation By Testing Part 3: Graduation ...
LCPS Evaluation By Testing Part 3: Graduation Rates. Within the past two years, the issue of graduation rates as a metric for evaluating school districts has become a prominent issue. It's a matter of some dispute as to how to calculate ...

the lcps website says, "the loudoun county school ...
the lcps website says, "the loudoun county school board will start the permit process and will commence construction on woodgrove as soon as it is obtained." mr. stevens, if a permit is needed before construction can start, ...

john,why doesn't lcps and the county use its own d...
why doesn't lcps and the county use its own data? data which would be 1)more recent 2) more regional specific and 3) more reliable than census data which requires citizens to accurately respond? why not use lcps' enrollment data, ...

you're certainly welcome to write to the lcps plan...
in order to evaluate the processes and expertise that lcps uses we look to historical performance results. if in the end the projections have enabled lcps to weather astonishing growth rates over the past decade without sacrificing ...