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Parent tells Manassas City School Board ACP policy not implemented at two schools
Summary
A parent told the board she could not find academic and career plans (ACP) for her two children and asked the board to investigate why the 2008 policy, revised last year, is not being implemented at Metz and Osborne.
A Manassas parent asked the School Board on Wednesday to investigate why the district’s academic and career planning policy appears not to have been implemented for her children.
Miley Weitzel, who identified herself as a parent with an eighth grader at Metz and an 11th grader at Osborne, said she reviewed the division’s policy on academic and career plans, which requires development of a student plan in seventh grade and signatures in eighth grade, and found neither child had an ACP. “I believe the school board should investigate why there's a gap in this policy,” Weitzel said.
Weitzel told the board she was surprised to discover counselors she spoke with were unaware of the implementation gap. She said the policy dates to 2008 and was revised last year, but she could not find evidence the requirement had been applied at the schools she cited. She urged the board to communicate how it will close the gap.
Chair Seberg thanked Weitzel for her comment and the board moved on to the consent agenda. The board did not take an immediate formal action on the citizen's request during the meeting; Weitzel asked that the board follow up so parents could be informed of next steps.
