School Innovation & Improvement Plan

An at-a-glance look at outcome goals for this academic school year.

Lorton Station Elementary

Fairfax County Public Schools

School Innovation and Improvement Plan

  • 2024-2025
  • Lorton Station Elementary
  • Region 6
  • Dr. Francis Legagneur, Principal

English Language Arts

Outcomes: 

  • By June 2025, 55% (or an increase of 10% on VALLSS BOY to EOY) of 2nd graders will receive a passing score on VALLSS EOY assessment.
  •  By June of 2025, 67% of 3rd grade students will read on grade level as measured by EOY reading SOL.

Strategies:

  • Use embedded formative assessments in the new core curriculum to guide tier 1 and tier 2 instructional decisions.
  • Increase efficiency of instructional delivery to ensure all students have daily access to all components of the language arts block as outlined in the new core curriculum.

Mathematics

Outcomes: 

  • By June 2025, our SWD subgroup pass rate in grades 3-6 will improve from 21% to 28%.
  • By June 2025, the percentage of K-6 students meeting the spring math screener will increase from 50% to 60%.

Strategies:

  • Increase teachers' content knowledge and implementation of the 2023 FCPS mathematics program of studies.
  • Improve teachers' implementation of Framework for Engaging & Student-Centered Mathematics Instruction.
  • Increase teachers' implementation of strategies and conversation structures that increase academic talk between students related to Shift 4: from show and tell to share and compare.

Chronic Absenteeism   

Outcomes: 

  • Strengthening messaging to staff, students and families around attendance to school. Each stakeholder should be able to understand how daily attendance matters, not only for academic success, but because school offers an opportunity to develop social and emotional skills such as listening, paying attention, problem-solving and self regulation, all which are needed to grow and learn. By June of 2025 Lorton Station will reduce the number of chronic absent students from 13.1% to 8.1%

Strategies:

  • Schools will implement practices to recognize good and improved attendance to reinforce attendance and strengthen student and family engagement.
  • Schools will implement practices to recognize good and improved attendance to reinforce attendance and strengthen
    student and family engagement.

Student Group

Outcomes:

  • By June 2025, the percentage of 3 - 6 students with disabilities passing the SOL will increase from 21% to 60%.

Strategies:

  • Increase teachers' content knowledge and implementation of the 2023 FCPS mathematics program of studies.
  • Increase teacher implementation of explicit instruction and other components of effective mathematics intervention.
  • Targeted professional development on how to use data trends to develop math goals, looking specifically at comprehension, calculation, vocabulary and correct use of accommodations to include math aids.