Partnering with Fairfax County Public Schools
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FATE Annual Report School Year 2019-2020 Partnering with Fairfax County Public Schools Special points of interest: LOT 9 SOLD FOR $960,000! • Lot 9 was sold for $960,000 • Lot 10 targeted market date On April 17, 2020, FATE sold students are involved with: spring/summer 2021 it’s 9th home at Spring Village framing floors and walls, hang- • Lot 11 targeted market date Estates. The home was listed ing doors and windows, assem- winter 2021/spring 2022 for $950,000 and settled at bling gable ends, reading blue- $960,000. This home featured prints, laying foundations, con- • Scholarship applicants increased Silestone custom counter tops, structing stairs, installing hard- considerably from last year stainless steel appliances, and wood floors, cabinets, crown • More entrepreneurship programs is a universal designed home molding, and various trim work. made specifically to adapt to participating in Market Day Fund- Small groups of students work many different lifestyles from ing this year with the professional trades in extended families, physically masonry, concrete finishing, limited occupants, or aging in- painting, electrical, plumbing, Lot 9 was listed for $950,000 and place. and heating/air conditioning. sold for $ 960,000 in 15 days! The universal design allows for All nine homes sold in the easy entry. Lowered switches neighborhood allowed the prof- and plugs, comfort height coun- its to be returned to the resi- ters, lowered appliances, and dential construction program to extra-wide doorways and stairs, fund the next home. are some of the features that make this home special. A fully The electrical and plumbing finished basement media room, rough was completed on Lot Inside this issue: bedroom, and full bath are 10. Drywall is scheduled to be some of the standard features completed by the end of the offered in this home that are summer. Lot 11 is ready for extras with other builders. electrical and plumbing rough Lot 10 under construction with an Message from Dave Neumaier, 2 for the 2020-2021 school year. estimated completion in the spring or The residential construction FATE President summer of 2021 Student Enterprise in Entrepre- 3 neurship New Residential Construction Teacher FATE Scholarships 3 Ron Meinert began as the sq.ft. custom homes and has new construction teacher in built 300,000 gallon water January 2020. tanks. He is a jack of all trades! Student Auto Sales 4 Ron always wanted to be a Ron specializes in custom cabi- carpenter, became one and netry and concrete work. attained the job title as super- Ron has loved teaching others Phase 3 Search Update 4 intendent at age 25 for a since he came into the busi- commercial company building ness and that has showed at banks and offices. At age 30 the job site. FATE Board of Directors 5 he attained a general contrac- tors license in California. Ron is a avid archer and loves the outdoors! Welcome Ron! Ron has worked on 18,000 FATE Annual Report Page 2 President’s Message Dear Friends, I would like to introduce myself. My name is Dave Neumaier and I am the new Presi- dent of the Foundation for Applied Technical Education. My tenure began in Septem- ber 2019. I have been a member of FATE for 7 years and I am honored to continue the success of the FATE program and to be able to assist all of the programs that FATE is associated with. We also have a new FATE Vice President, Kayvan Jaboori. The last quarter of 2019 was a busy one. The residential construction site was prep- ping lot 9 for sale. We were thrown a few curves along the way but with the assistance of the FCPS staff and other FATE board members, those challenges were overcome and we were able to put the home on the market in early 2020. Lot 9 was offered for sale at $950,000 and was under contract and delivered at the end of April 2020 for $960,000. The amount of traffic through the house when it was listed was encouraging and we hope that the trend continues with the remaining homes. Currently, there are two homes in various stages of construction, Lot 10 & 11. Due to the COVID-19 closure, we are readying both of those homes to be weatherproof and secure in hopes that the students can finish them up on their return to classes. As with each previous home, the project site continues to serve as a very impressive display of work- manship and quality. Our homes offer standard features that most area home builders charge extra to purchase. Our residential construction students receive a first class education at a real construction site and learn real-world skills that are relevant and in high demand. FATE continued offering scholarships this year with a total of $19,000 going to construction, electrical, HVAC and au- tomotive students. FATE gave 4 $1000.00 tool scholarships to electrical, construction and automotive students and 6 $2500.00 academic scholarships to entrepreneurship, automotive and electrical students. Student Auto Sales (SAS) was on pace to have it’s best year yet. Our goal for the year was over 200 vehicles sold with $240,000 in sales. From September 2019 to March 13, 2020, Student Auto Sales had 121 vehicles sold for a total of $142,805. Over the years, the third and fourth quarters have been our most profitable and I believe we would have made our goal. FATE returned $107,104 to the schools programs for tools, equipment and supplies and for parts to repair recent donations. The largest challenge that FATE faces is the identification of the phase 3 home building site. The current site, Spring Village Estates, is scheduled for 18 homes to be built and we have lot 11 under roof. In less than an estimated six years, the site will be built out. FATE must work closely with FCPS, local politicians, and community leaders to identify and approve the next FATE building site. FATE cannot accomplish this alone, and time is of the essence for this under- taking. As this year draws to a close, FATE continues to explore new opportunities and appreciates the ability to do so through the valuable partnership it has with FCPS. I would like to thank all members of FCPS and the FATE board who contrib- ute to this highly successful partnership, as I am continually amazed by their willingness to support this very important mission. I see this coming year as having many challenges that FATE has never had to overcome. I feel confident that FATE will find a way to continue to thrive to offer the educational benefit to all of the students in the programs we touch. Sincerely, Dave Neumaier, President Foundation for Applied Technical Education Lot 9 FATE Annual Report Page 3 Entrepreneurship The entrepreneurship classes introduce Students were tasked to repackage, reprice, High School Entrepreneurship 2 students students to the exciting world of creating, and resell the items they selected. The items maintain their school’s Spirit Box. The owning, and launching their own busi- were sold during designated Market Day Spirit Box is an automated retail and vend- nesses. Thanks to the loans secured from events, which all occurred during the month of ing machine designed to sell school spirit FATE, entrepreneurship students from December at their respective schools. items. The students determine what items Chantilly and Marshall Academies, will be sold. One of the unique features of As the entrepreneurship program continues to Herndon, Oakton, South County, and the Spirit Box is the option to pay with a grow across Fairfax County, the opportunities Woodson High Schools applied their credit card. and experiences for these specific marketing knowledge from the classroom to actual students continues to grow as well. Entrepreneurship provides students the entrepreneurial activities. opportunity to learn what it is like to run Schools with entrepreneurship classes were The entrepreneurship programs received their own business, in a controlled environ- provided with a mobile kiosk. The mobile $20,260 in seed money from FATE to ment, allows students to take risks, and kiosk serves as a small school store. The ki- support their Market Days. Students re- learn the skills necessary to become future osk is on wheels and can be moved around searched and purchased products either entrepreneurs. the school, as needed, to sell products and by traveling to the wholesale district in spirit items. Chantilly Academy and Oakton New York City or via the Internet. FATE Scholarships This year, FATE had over 30 applications from our construction, automotive, criminal justice and entrepreneur programs. FATE awarded scholarships in two categories: Tool scholarships and Academic Scholarships. Ten scholarships were awarded: 4- $1000.00 tool scholarships ( two for automotive and two for electrical students) 6- $2500.00 academic scholarships (three for entrepreneurship, two for automotive and one for criminal justice) FATE Annual Report Page 4 Student Auto Sales SAS is a unique program in the Commonwealth. Vehicles are donated to one of the 13 automotive pro- grams in the county and then evaluated. Vehicles worth selling are repaired by automotive students and resold by the dealership. Students are exposed to the entire process that they would experience at a dealership: evaluation, repair, preparation for sale, VA inspection, vehicle price setting, and finally the sale. Vehicles are sold at our Marshall Academy Dealership to walk-in buyers or sold on a public auction site. In the 2019-2020 school year, SAS was off to one of it best years ever until we were forced to cease selling vehicles due to school closure. The goal for the 2019-2020 school year was $250,000 in vehicle sales which would have been over 200 vehicles sold.