BABUR'S 4-POINT PLAN
Student Success
Close the Achievement Gap
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Ensure that a student’s economic background or ethnicity does not dictate their success.
Increase Test Scores
- Improve our SOL and SAT scores to compete with the rest of Northern Virginia.
Provide Opportunities For All Students
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Improve the communication of our academic and professional development opportunities through traditional, digital, and social media.
Prepare Students For College & Life
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Increase the funding of our CTE (Career & Technical Education) Programs, where students can learn valuable vocational skills such as cybersecurity, culinary arts, and practical nursing.
What We’ve Done
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Improved or NICHE Ranking from 26 to 17th best school division in the commonwealth over the last three years.
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Improved course weighting for our high school student, making them more competitive with surrounding counties and the rest of the country for college admissions
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Increased access to and the number of students at our advanced and gifted programs, including Thomas Jefferson high school the Governor’s School, and IB and Cambridge programs.
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Dramatically improved our counselor to student ratio.
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Developed a comprehensive strategic plan to address student performance across the division
Space to Learn
Reduce the Number of Trailers
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Develop a concrete plan to tackle the decades-long problem of overcrowding.
Shrink Classroom Sizes
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Find solutions to decrease student-to-teacher ratios in our classrooms.
Repair & Update Existing Infrastructure
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Update and repair our internet infrastructure, including increasing bandwidth, creating new servers, and updating our websites.
Redistricting
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Work on changing how specialty school assignments work so that the Board can determine how best to use our resources.
What We’ve Done
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Developed a comprehensive energy and sustainability initiative which was recognized by the US Department of Agriculture with the prestigious Green Ribbon Award.
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Continued do address overcrowding by building new schools and adding classrooms to existing schools across the county.
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Maintained the school division’s AAA bond rating, reduce borrowing, and improved interest rates for long-term savings--serving the county well.
Safety & Security
Secure School Campuses
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Work with student resource officers, teachers, counselors, and other staff to develop comprehensive, county-wide protocols to secure our campuses.
Increase the Number of Mental Health Specialists
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Increase funding for mental health specialists and counselors so that all students have access to receive whatever help they may need.
Participate in School Safety Pilot Programs
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Explore opportunities for innovative school safety solutions.
Fund College Advising
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Provide students with the appropriate college advising and personal counseling they need.
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What We’ve Done
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Added full-time security aids to all elementary schools.
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Reviewed all safety protocols and procedures to ensure we are abiding by best practices, and continue to embark on new technologies to improve the safety and security of our students.
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Added more counselors, psychologist, social workers, and nurses to schools across the county.
Salaries
Recruit & Retain the Best Teachers
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Offer competitive salaries so that Prince William County can recruit and retain the best educators in Virginia.
Increase Per-Pupil Spending
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Increase per-pupil spending to ensure all students receive the best education possible.
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Deliver Another Raise to Teachers & Staff Across the County
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Babur delivered a 4.8% countywide raise, and he is committed to doing it again.
What We’ve Done
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Given significant raises over the last five years
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Achieved Forbes Magazine ranking as the #1 school division to work for in the entire commonwealth of Virginia.
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Developed collective-bargaining and committed to prevailing wages for all for the construction.