- One to two years prior to your retirement eligibility date:
Register for Understanding Your Retirement Benefit Class. All FCPS members of FCERS receive a targeted email when these classes are scheduled. They are offered two or three times each year on a Teacher Workday.
- Within One Year of Retirement Eligibility:
Submit a Benefit Estimate request to the Retirement Systems' office.
- Within Six Months of Retirement/DROP Entry Date:
Contact Retirement Systems to set up a one-on-one counseling session with your Retirement Analyst
ACTIVE Employees with last names beginningA – L call Stephanie Davis at 703-279-8229
M – Z call Susan Ayres at 703-279-8228
You will receive retirement or DROP entry forms during your counseling session. - At least 60 days prior to retirement/DROP Entry (once all forms are completed):
- Return your completed retirement or DROP entry forms to your Retirement Analyst. Forms may be submitted via:
- Mail: 12015 Route 50, Suite 350, Fairfax VA 22033
- Email: Stephanie.Davis2@fairfaxcounty.gov or Susan.Ayres@fairfaxcounty.gov
- Fax: 703-653-9543
- In Person: Office hours are 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. If you want a retirement analyst to review your application, walk-in hours are 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. If the office is unexpectedly closed, you may use the Drop Box outside of the front door.
- Review the How-To Videos for filling out forms prior to submission to ensure the forms are completed correctly.
- Please be sure that any electronic submissions are clear and legible.
- DROP Application Schedule (Please Note: Monthly School Employees may enter DROP only on the first of any given month. The DROP application must be submitted 2 or more months prior to the beginning of the month of which they choose to enter.)
- Contact the FCPS Office of Benefit Services at 571-423-3200, opt 3, opt 2 to discuss options for retirement Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, and Life Insurance. As a courtesy, your retirement analyst will provide an HR-461 form in your Normal Retirement packet. Any questions pertaining to this form, including appropriate timing for submission, should be directed to FCPS Office of Benefit Services.
- Return your completed retirement or DROP entry forms to your Retirement Analyst. Forms may be submitted via:
- 60-90 Days after retirement or DROP entry:
- First Payment Letter and Calculation Worksheet will be mailed to you within this timeframe.
- All monthly retirement payments will be send by direct deposit to your financial institution on the last business day of each month.
- After your first monthly payment, please contact Retiree Services for all retirement change requests and questions.
Retiree Last Names beginning
A – G call Nydia Rivera 703-279-8211
H – O call Dayle Bartholow 703-324-2338
P – Z call Yvonne Ta 703-279-8230
- DROP Exit - Counselors automatically mail you a DROP exit packet 6 months before your DROP exit date.