In my limited knowledge, I believe the most challenging part of my proposal to be getting time in front of the school board in order to even suggest such a plan. They have regular meetings, but getting sufficient time to explain a proposal would be difficult and require careful planning. The most challenging aspect of the larger plan is undoubtedly going to be budget concerns. No one likes allocating more money to the Academy program and they might not see how having a larger program and granting higher financial resources would positively affect the community at large. The practical thing for getting time in front of the board is simply planning ahead and having specific ideas in mind for how to achieve the overarching goal. Unfortunately as for the budget part of the equation, I have little to no control over that other than suggesting a few different ideas.
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My CRQ would effect a number of different discourse communities in my local area, with the school board, local businesses, students and parents being affected by an expansion and improvement on the Academy program. The school board would have to discuss allocating a higher budget, hiring more teachers and possibly expanding the schools themselves. The local business that partner currently with the program would hopefully expand upon the partnerships that they currently have with the school. And finally the students themselves would have more opportunities to learn a skill or trade that might interest them later in life. The different communities that will be affected will differ in the evidence needed to be properly persuaded. The school board would most likely require specific numbers of students needed to enroll, budget concerns noted and accounted for and local businesses willing to invest in the program to consider making any changes. AS for the actual presentations or texts for such a proposal, I would imagine the communities would benefit from the same style of material. Whether it be financial plans, graphs of student interest or the number of jobs coming to the area in the coming years.
The specific audience I have in mind for this project is the Fairfax County School Board, the parents of the students, local business and the students themselves. In my mind the explanation for my project will be a paper or presentation that will try to explain the need for such a change in the schools. It's quite simple to explain how now is the kairotic time for this project. Amazon is coming to Fairfax County with their new HQ2, and this will bring a multitude of jobs, not only at Amazon itself, but with the surrounding area, with more people, there is always more product, services and entertainment required.
My CRQ, "With the rise of STEM careers, how can Fairfax County improve and expand on it's academy program in order to better prepare kids for careers in the fields offered?" went through a few different revisions after I looked a few other students questions. I tried to change it from more of a fact based question into a theoretical what if question. After looking at the other questions that were posted I thought about a more local oriented question instead of my original nationwide question. I'm honestly not sure how my question will transform society in a large manner, but hopefully in my local area it will encourage more thinking about the future in ways teenagers are not entirely predisposed to.
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