New bodyguard fare spark dispute for Fairfax School Superintendent

Fairfax County, VA in VA, three years after leaving a sleeping suburb to run the school district, outside the nation’s capital, Michelle Reed earns more money than the US President and receives car allowance. She now wants a taxpayer-funded individual bodyguard.

In new job posting Number 25212Br On Brasing, on an online recruitment platform, Fairfax County Public School Superintendent is advertising for a “Executive Protection Agent”, which is based on the C-suit headquarters of the school district on Gatehouse Road in Falls Church, VA. The time limit of applicants is 5 August.

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New job will earn between $ 84,552 to $ 143,880 FCPS Pay Scale For a “Integrated Scale-Dissay B/Grade 006” job, more than paying starting salary A new teacher of about $ 58,000 gets the school in the school district.

“Executive Protection Agent is responsible for ensuring school complexes, public programs, official travels and private residences to ensure individual safety, safety and operational continuity of the Division Superintendent,” reads the job details.

The new situation comes at a time when public school officials, such as reed, courses, contracts, budgets and “diversity, equity and inclusion” are facing increased accountability in the Kovid era. In 2021, the Biden administration targeted parents for alleged “domestic terrorism” allegations to raise concerns at school board meetings, but new email records Disclose The allegations were overbuned and politicized.

Since assuming office on 1 July 2022, Reid has allegedly caught fire to cover scams on impurities in the recruitment of football, stopping the National Eligibility Awards from students and, recently, is defying education orders about the IX security regarding the title IX security for girls in sports and schools. Office of Education Department for Civil Rights Just announced Fairfax County Public Schools and four other Northern Virginia School districts, including loudown county public schools, violated the title IX security by discriminating against students on sex basis.

Last November, All-Democratic School Board unanimously voted Renewal Reed’s four -year contract and its annual salary increased to $ 424,146 $ 380,000More than the salary of the education Chancellor of New York City. Board members also gave him an annual car allowance of $ 12,000. In contrast, US President Earn $ 400,000 annually.

During his tenure, Reid has been infamous about the leak, which was this week with the personnel of the frustrated school district with anonymity raising alarm bell on the new bodyguard situation. The job details notes three times that applicants should demonstrate “discretion”, mentioning in one that applicants should “demonstrate high levels of conscience and maintain strict privacy in all aspects of the role.”

The recruitment of an individual bodyguard for a school superintendent is unusual, saying experts. 12th largest school district in America, Fairfax County Public School Involved According to the National Center for Education Services of the US Education Department, 180,714 students in 223 schools.

Meanwhile, the third largest school in the country is almost doubled as the district, Chicago Public School, Fairfax County Public Schools, according to 322,809 students in 643 schools,, according to, according to, Latest dataAnd its superintendent, is also called its Chief Executive Officer, does not have a personal bodyguard.

School District spokesperson Mary Ann Ferguson said, “Chicago Public Schools do not employ the status of an individual bodyguard for our superintendent/CEO.”

The new job talk has angered the local parents and school district employees.

“Queen Reid demands all the luxury suitable for her station. This is all equity for you, but not for me,” Stephanie Lundquist-Aerora, a local mother said. Challenge Reed on many district policies.

“They are originally asking for an individual bodyguard for the superintendent,” and this is not a normal or customary position. ” – Kenneth Trump, Chairman of National School Safety and Security Services

Unlike a teacher, the new bodyguard job does not require a bachelor’s degree, but “a combination of education and experience equal to the degree of graduate in criminal justice, security management or respective fields.”

In advertising, the demand for reed job determines “extraordinary flexibility”, “unexpected” schedule, “operated by the superintendent’s daily activities and safety requirements”.

Advertising Note: “Must be available for irregular hours, including early morning, evening, weekend, holidays, travel and extended-call duty.”

The job requires knowledge of “protective intelligence, behavioral analysis and knowledge strategies of danger,” not mentioning skills in monitoring “, not mentioning skills, open-suitable intelligence tools, and events reporting.”

There are some other requirements of the reid that frames the job as a clear bodyguard details: “the ability to remain calm and make sound decisions under pressure, especially in sensitive or high -risk situations.”

The Reid seeks an applicant, which “focus on the operation of the danger and protective intelligence,” focus on the conduct of investigation and executive protection “and” completion of executive protection training “.

Steven Brasley, Media Outreach Specialist at the District Communications Office, insisted that nothing was out of normal.

“Fairfax County Public Schools have long provided a security presence for the superintendent in public offering fake events, as part of the comprehensive security structure implemented by the Security and Safety Office, as part of,” Brasley said.

The office of the Human Resource led by William Solomon, and the head of security and security, Brassley, recently said “cooperation” on “new executive protection agent status description”.

Brasley said the role “gives a formal form of responsibility for executive security – including personal security for the superintendent during various activities – while the entire school supports a wide array of responsibilities within the security and security office supporting the division.”

The official explanation of the school district did not include no reference for specific hazards Reed Facial.

“They are originally asking for a individual bodyguard for the superintendent,” said Kenneth Trump, president of the National School Safety and Security Services located in Cleveland, Ohio, “and this is not” a normal or customary position. “

He said, “I have seen the smallest for any school safety department job,” the job boils in search of “one-lineer,” work, public programs, travel and “executive protection” in “private residences”. ,

Trump said, “It does not refer to other duties, which anyone will expect, if in fact, the job extends to other tasks. The job details posted are not ‘as specific’ and other duties, which can include other tasks beyond the superintendent’s executive protection.”

Brasali stated that the new job “is designed to enhance the work of FCPS,” “identifying, assessing and lowering the risks of targeted violence against students, employees and schools.”

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There is no mention of “students, employees and schools” in job details.

Brasali stated that the security of the superintendent is “a component of the role”, but the role “participates in a large security and investigative initiative across the district, such as a new emergency response system and ongoing implementation of arms screening.”

There is also no mention of “new emergency response system or arms screening” in job posting.