All public information is appropriate for the Internet. The underlying structure of the FCPS Internet site is by department and school. Each school and department designates one curator who places files on the server. Information is held in folders named for the office or school. The public interface, however, presents information in a manner intended to maximize ease of use for external audiences.
Information is grouped by topic and related topics.
Topics are listed using the word or words most commonly used by members of the public, which may not coincide with official FCPS nomenclature. Topics are grouped by their relationship to one another rather than by the departments that are administratively responsible for the information. Information is presented in layers, with the highest layers dedicated to the information most commonly sought by site visitors. In general, these criteria are the same as are used by the Office of Community Relations in determining what information to include in press releases and publications and to have available for distribution to the public. The demand for the information in printed form from the Office of Community Relations and other FCPS offices.