Westbriar Elementary PTA

10/12/2026

Thank you to all who participated and volunteered in the Walk and Bike to school days last week! This event will be coming back in the Spring!

10/08/2026

Our next fundraiser is almost here! Another delicious way to outsource dinner while contributing to our school! Mark your calendars for Tuesday, October 20 at Taco Bamba!

10/08/2026

Halloween Bingo is coming up! But, we need YOUR help to make it happen! Pick a spot and volunteer so we can bring this event to life! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0A44A5A729AAFA7-66149990-halloween #/

10/07/2026

Calling all Westbriar mathletes! 🔢✨
Registration for the 2026–2027 Westbriar Math Programs is officially open! Whether your student loves solving fun puzzle problems in Math Olympiad (Grades 4-6) or wants to tackle advanced challenges in MathCounts & AMC 8 (Grades 5-6), there is a great opportunity to grow their math skills and teamwork.

🚨 Important Note: Registration closes on October 15 (or when full, and these programs fill up fast!). Need-based scholarships are available.

👉 Sign up today: westbriar.givebacks.com/w/enrichment/mathprograms

10/06/2026

A community meeting with Supervisor Alcorn will take place today! This evening at the Westbriar cafeteria

10/05/2026

Thanks to teachers and staff! You showed up BIG TIME for our kids. Seventy two teachers and staff joined the PTA. We thanked them with a sweet treat!

10/03/2026

LIMITED INVENTORY!! You can still get a field day t-shirt for your little one! Get them at this link: https://westbriar.givebacks.com/shop/items/d2e710de5cd228

10/01/2026

Registration for Science Olympiad B is open until October 9th. Only 30 spots available, grab yours! Link to register: https://westbriar.givebacks.com/w/enrichment/scienceolympiad

09/30/2026

Westbriar families, I’m sharing this because the hiring freeze is directly impacting teachers and staff at Westbriar.

Melanie Meren is calling for the School Board to take action to lift the hiring freeze and address educators who have been working in classrooms without being offered permanent positions.

This is an issue that affects our school, our teachers, and ultimately our students. Please take a few minutes to read her post, learn more about what is happening, and consider reaching out to our School Board representatives to share your perspective.

Our teachers and staff deserve to know that their community is paying attention. ❤️💙

Now being a month into the school year, it’s become clear that too many FCPS students do not have an assigned full time teacher in their class - although identified candidates are waiting to be hired!

Currently, there is a school division-level challenge created by the Superintendent: only existing FCPS employees are being considered to fill vacant teaching positions.

I have known about this tactic for a while and have said publicly and privately that it’s not a feasible approach. The Superintendent is expecting teachers to agree to any assignment available, and that’s not realistic. In the meantime, I’m hearing about employment offers made to educators who applied in good faith, yet continue waiting for contracts. Kids don’t have their teachers, parents are upset, and educators want to be permanently employed.

Since there is no imminent action, I will bring a motion before the School Board at the October 6 Work Session to direct the Superintendent to lift the hiring freeze and to expeditiously hire educators who applied to positions and began teaching but were not offered permanent positions. This is an unorthodox, but allowable, approach: to bring a motion for action at a public Work Session. But this is a crisis, and a crisis demands leadership.

To get these teachers permanently into classrooms, this motion needs majority support of the School Board, so I encourage residents to write and ask my colleagues for action on Tuesday, October 6, to immediately fix this problem.

09/28/2026

Early bird pricing ends this Wednesday! Join us early and save! More details in the PTA website: https://westbriar.givebacks.com/shop