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Manassas schools all accredited but new VDOE labels put several schools "off track," officials say
Summary
MCPS officials told the school board that every Manassas City school is fully accredited for 2025-26, but the Virginia Department of Education's new School Performance and Support Framework assigned several schools off-track or targeted support labels; officials said federal/state details on support funds are still pending.
Dr. Casado, Manassas City Public Schools' director presenting the Virginia Department of Education's newly released 2025-26 accreditation and accountability ratings, told the school board that "all schools in Manassas City Public Schools are fully, fully accredited for 25-26." He said the new performance category labels are based on 2024-25 data and a new weighted index called the School Performance and Support Framework (SPSF).
The board heard that the SPSF combines mastery, growth and readiness components and applies federal identification rules that can lower a school's category when a student subgroup is identified for targeted support. "Students must show that they know 30 to 40% more content than last year to pass the new reading and mathematics SOLs," Casado said, describing…
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