Places to Sign Recall Petitions - Tholen/Omeish/Cohen
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Anonymous
True, but irrelevant. Give yourself a cookie and admit it doesn’t pertain to Fairfax. |
Anonymous
| Younkin's tip line is about accountability - we the parents are holding the teachers, school board, and superintendent accountable. No wonder this scares the left. |
Anonymous
Accountable for what? |
Anonymous
It's a defense mechanism by those with hurt egos who now feel the need to project their feelings of powerlessness onto teachers. The tip line is a consolation prize. |
Anonymous
To the contrary, it's about accountability and good governance, both of which are anathema to those teachers who want total autonomy and zero accountability. The lack of accountability had been their consolation prize for mediocre pay, and now they're sulking because it's being taken away. |
Anonymous
So here's my genuine question--What happens after you send in your tip? Let's say that you, a parent of a high school student, email the tip line to report that your child was told in history class something that you interpret to be CRT. What is the next step? Who reads that email? What do they do with that information? Who do they report it to? What is the outcome? I feel like without those answers, the whole thing is just theater designed to make parents feel empowered but not much more. |
Anonymous
How do you think existing whistleblower programs work? You have to have someone to screen the complaints. The majority are petty grievances (in this context, it might be complaints about teachers who don't let kids retake tests, or seem to have "teacher's pets," or wear clothing that a parent thinks is inappropriate, or the like) and are not investigated. Then you have other complaints that appear to raise legitimate concerns, or may be evidenced through multiple complaints (say, what appear to be 5-10 different parents complaining that a particular teacher is telling kids that all White Americans should be ashamed of their ancestors, or that Asian Americans have never faced "real" discrimination, or that a school administration is organizing events that only students of certain races or ethnicities are allowed to attend). Those types of complaints are more likely to be investigated or brought to the attention of school officials, with the expectation that there will be an investigation, along with a determination as to whether the alleged misconduct was substantiated and, if so, what remedial actions have been taken. Potentially, in an egregious case, the VDOE might investigate directly and take action to terminate a teacher's state license. To some degree, these complaints already occasionally get lodged at the local level. Youngkin's program just provides another way to raise such concerns with state government instead. The only reason why someone really would be upset is if they thought state government would take them more seriously than local school systems that have a tendency to always circle the wagons (resulting, unfortunately, in greater liability for the local systems in some instances). |
Anonymous
Accountable for allowing soft-po$n in our school libraries, for not making public the number of violent or Se#ual assaults in our schools, for telling kids that they are either oppressors or oppressed based on the color of their skin, for not getting our kids back in school for 1.5 years, for renewing brabrand's contract until 2022, for caving to teachers unions, for trying to co-parent when they should just teach, for focusing on changing school names and dumbing down TJ instead of getting kids back in school, for failed boundary changes, for a school board member setting a bad example for our kids when the police ask her why she was parked illegally, for privately texting each other that the changes at TJ were about race but not admitting that publicly, for pushing a mask mandate that should be rescinded, for claiming to follow CDC guidance - but in reality just following some of it, for their hypocrisy, their progressive policies, for their blatant efforts to divide us based on color. Maybe you are ok with all the above, or just some of it. The rest of us are tired of pleading with the school board and we welcome a tip line. Even if nothing changes, at least someone is actually listening.... |
Anonymous
Oh so is this different that AG garland's federal bureau of incompetence tagging parents who speak out against school boards? essentially putting a tipper in the fbi system that these parents are troublemakers? <ok go ahead and tell me it is different, in your detached-from-reality logic...I cant wait> |
Anonymous
Are you being serious? One is a tip line to report CRT in the classroom and the other is a tip line to report threats of violence against public servants. Regardless of politics those are serving two very different purposes. |
Anonymous
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If there is no CRT then nothing to report.
Why are democrats even crying about this? |
Anonymous
You fell right into my trap - the "tip line" for reporting threats is 911. That is how you report threats. Your local police will answer. The Federal Bureau of Incompetence has no business being involved in local disputes. But let's play this out - do you believe that only threats were reported to Merrick and his Merry Band of Morons? Or do you think that local dems reported parents who do not subscribe to the whims of the teachers, school board, and superintendent? And let's back up even further - why did the FBI start "tagging these parents in the system" (FBI's words, not mine)? They did so because the School bored association, which was too bored with keeping parents in the corner, decided to request the FBI monitor parents who speak out. So Yes, Im being very serious - I've been very serious for over two years now. Hopefully you'll get there someday. *footnote: in case you do not understand what the FBI means when they tag parents in the system - it means you are now part of FBI as disagreeing with the Government. For parents who make threats, the FBI should refer this to the local police and the police should prosecute. For all others, well....remember McCarthyism? Remember the Civil Rights Movement? Same same same. |
Anonymous
Using the same logic, Youngkin's tip line is achieving the same goal of curating a list of public servants whose teaching materials are at odds with the state government's idea of what should and shouldn't be in public schools. Anyway, one of the intents and purposes of the FBI is to be in the business of domestic counter-terrorism, and threats of violence to intimidate public servants indeed falls into the category of threatening acts of terrorism. It still applies even to local county governments. Is there potential for baseless reports? Sure, but I trust the FBI would toss those out and not "tag" someone if it isn't warranted. I don't subscribe to a conspiracy theory that the FBI is keeping a list of outspoken parents if they aren't valid and real violent threats. |
Anonymous
| The PPs have cancelled each other out. Now you can decide what bothers you more - government encouraging people to provide tips on teachers who are teaching inappropriate material or government encouraging people to provide tips on parents who dare to criticize elected officials - and vote accordingly in future elections. |
Anonymous
You still don't get it. Youngkin is state, FBI and DoJ are Federal - keep the Feds out of our schools. Period. |