Collective of Parents, Teachers, and Community Members focused on lifting up the needs of RPS students and challenging RVA elected officials to put Kids First.
10/04/2022
Join us for a Northside Community Conversation!
Agenda:
1. Brief history lesson: how did we get here?
2. Community Discussion: what can we - as a community, as a collective - do about it?
Saturday, October 15
Pine Camp Performing Arts Center
4pm
Questions? Reach out to KidsFirstRPS [at] Gmail [dot] com
09/18/2022
See you at tomorrow night's School Board meeting! -
See you at tomorrow night's School Board meeting! I know, I know. “Back-to-back Board meetings?” It’s a big ask of staff and parents to engage this frequently - especially when meetings don’t end until after 1AM. But we’ll be here to report the details on Tuesday’s Board Watch blog post, and break down the implications in our “Scoreca...
09/12/2022
See you at tonight's School Board Meeting! -
See you at tonight's School Board Meeting! If you'd like to signal your support, concern, or feedback for these or other matters, you may email your representative anytime. (Find your representative here.) Additionally, you may give in-person comment tonight. Here's how to do that:
08/27/2022
Wild meeting Tuesday, amiright?!?! We have the recap here: https://www.kidsfirstrps.org/blog/board-watch-82322
08/23/2022
See todays's newsletter for all the deets about tomorrow's Emergency School Board meeting and what we *think* *could* happen. Emphasis on think and could.
http://eepurl.com/h9jyx5
08/19/2022
Because three emails in one week is never too many, we put together a heavy-hitting recap of all the hot takes on ' SOL scores - hitting inboxes now!
08/19/2022
Guest post by Thad Williamson is up on the KidsFirst blog - his analysis on RPS's SOL scores and the path forward.
Guest Blog: Breaking Down RPS’s SOL Scores — KidsFirst RPS by Thad Williamson Understanding 2021-22 RPS SOL Results in Context The 2021-22 SOL results were released by the Virginia Department of Education on Thursday. Not surprisingly, they showed sharp across the board declines for all students. This is a predictable result of the pandemic,
08/15/2022
See you at tonight's School Board Meeting! -
07/20/2022
KFRPS Scorecard for July 20, 2022 - Summertime... and the meeting's easy?
KFRPS Scorecard for July 20, 2022 Happy hump day! Monday was another school board meeting day, so we’re in your inbox today with our handy dandy scorecard. For meeting notes, check out our latest edition of Board Watch, which covers:
07/13/2022
KFRPS Update & Special Edition BoardWatch: In The News - https://mailchi.mp/05cfb95c1ace/boardwatch-in-the-news
06/24/2022
KFRPS Scorecard for June 22, 2022 -
KFRPS Scorecard for June 22, 2022 Happy Friday! Our team of parent volunteers had ourselves a Board Meeting watch-party Tuesday night, and we're dropping into your inbox with our findings. We break down the "top 5" agenda items in the latest edition of board watch, but - as always- we encourage anyone who is able to watch for th...