Retired FCPS Educator Honored With VA General Assembly Resolution

RESTON, VA — Frances Ivey, a retired administrator with Fairfax County Public Schools, always considered being an educator as the most important job a person could have.

“I’ve always wanted to pay it forward and to help and support and do what I can for our children and for the staff that worked so hard,” she said, during an informal ceremony at the Reston Community Center at Lake Anne on Monday evening.

State Sen. Jennifer Boysko (D-Reston) and Del. Karen Keys-Gamarra presented Ivey with a resolution passed by the Virginia General Assembly commending Ivey for her dedication and hard work.

In March 2024, Boysko introduced Senate Joint Resolution 242, recognizing Ivey following her retirement from FCPS in 2023.

At FCPS, Ivey served as the special education department chair and as assistant principal and principal of Herndon High School. She also worked as the director for pre-kindergarten through 12th grade curriculum and instruction in the FCPS Instructional Services Department, and was assistant superintendent of FCPS in Cluster 5 and Region 5 before becoming deputy superintendent in 2018.

“Frances Ivey embodied the highest ideals of the education profession through her unwavering commitment to her students and faculty members, earning the praise and admiration of all Virginians,” according to the resolution.