FCPS At-Large School Board Race - Is County Split in Two?

[Anonymous]

Getting the vibe all the Dems are ready to welcome Ilryong Moon back to the SB. But elsewhere the county seems split - the northern and western areas seem to favor Ryan McElveen and Kyle McDaniel whereas the southern part of the county seems to favor Lawrence Webb and Hamid Munir. I am guessing Webb and Munir are bigger on “equity” and focusing almost all the money and attention on the poorer schools, whereas McElveen and McDaniel are somewhat more balanced?

Is this correct?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Getting the vibe all the Dems are ready to welcome Ilryong Moon back to the SB. But elsewhere the county seems split - the northern and western areas seem to favor Ryan McElveen and Kyle McDaniel whereas the southern part of the county seems to favor Lawrence Webb and Hamid Munir. I am guessing Webb and Munir are bigger on “equity” and focusing almost all the money and attention on the poorer schools, whereas McElveen and McDaniel are somewhat more balanced?

Is this correct?

You chose an interesting way to phrase that, I'm guessing you are in favor of balanced (with balance being defined as tilted in your direction)

[Anonymous]

So are you trying to present Mcaelvenn as a moderate? Or peft of center?

Thwt is a huge stretch since he is very far left.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Getting the vibe all the Dems are ready to welcome Ilryong Moon back to the SB. But elsewhere the county seems split - the northern and western areas seem to favor Ryan McElveen and Kyle McDaniel whereas the southern part of the county seems to favor Lawrence Webb and Hamid Munir. I am guessing Webb and Munir are bigger on “equity” and focusing almost all the money and attention on the poorer schools, whereas McElveen and McDaniel are somewhat more balanced?

Is this correct?

You chose an interesting way to phrase that, I'm guessing you are in favor of balanced (with balance being defined as tilted in your direction)

Balance obviously means balanced, not all tilted in one direction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So are you trying to present Mcaelvenn as a moderate? Or peft of center?

Thwt is a huge stretch since he is very far left.

I think he may be more moderate than Webb and Munir judging from their early supporters.

[Anonymous]

I'm just waiting to see who the coalition for TJ coalesces around so that I know who not to vote for

[Anonymous]

The county is indeed split. There are two or three factions depending on one's perspective. Certainly there's the group of the top 10 pyramids that are happy with how things have remained steady or even improved for them over the past decade, then there are roughly 7 very poor pyramids that have seen concentrated decline in the same time frame, and the remaining middle-tier group that could still end up going either way.

The problem is that no matter how balanced a candidate is, the "top 10" group will construe any policy that takes the focus away from their high position at the top of the district as a slight against them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The county is indeed split. There are two or three factions depending on one's perspective. Certainly there's the group of the top 10 pyramids that are happy with how things have remained steady or even improved for them over the past decade, then there are roughly 7 very poor pyramids that have seen concentrated decline in the same time frame, and the remaining middle-tier group that could still end up going either way.

The problem is that no matter how balanced a candidate is, the "top 10" group will construe any policy that takes the focus away from their high position at the top of the district as a slight against them.

What are the policies that currently somehow focus on the “top 10 pyramids”? For the most part these schools are expected to run on automatic pilot and get much less attention and money per student from FCPS than the other schools.

I gather Webb and Munir are the favorites in some areas (Franconia, Mason, Mount Vernon) because they want to allocate more money to the less successful pyramids and less to other pyramids, whereas Moon and the others would be more cautious before hopping on that bandwagon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Getting the vibe all the Dems are ready to welcome Ilryong Moon back to the SB. But elsewhere the county seems split - the northern and western areas seem to favor Ryan McElveen and Kyle McDaniel whereas the southern part of the county seems to favor Lawrence Webb and Hamid Munir. I am guessing Webb and Munir are bigger on “equity” and focusing almost all the money and attention on the poorer schools, whereas McElveen and McDaniel are somewhat more balanced?

Is this correct?

Why guess?

Just ask how they compare and contrast. Or visit their websites .

[Anonymous]

I like Moon because he brings experience back to the board and he will have appeal as a somewhat moderate Democrat. I like Kyle McDaniel’s hustle and I’ve been impressed every time I have spoken with him. I don’t have any issues with his Republican past, although there are some Democrats, a minority I believe, who are very vocal against Kyle behind the scenes.

McElveen doesn’t seem to have a good reputation among Dems. He is known for taking credit for other people’s work and exaggerating his own accomplishments. Lawrence Webb is knowledgeable, has experience from the Falls Church SB, and is a foster dad, which I respect. However, he doesn’t seem to be campaigning very hard for this position. I tend to see a correlation between how hard a candidate works during the campaign and how hard they will work for the SB. I know the least about Munir, the only candidate I haven’t met in person, and I haven’t seen him campaigning a whole lot in my district. Of course I am also considering electability in addition to the other factors mentioned. Right now I am planning on voting for Moon and McDaniel, with the third spot still up in the air.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So are you trying to present Mcaelvenn as a moderate? Or peft of center?

Thwt is a huge stretch since he is very far left.

I think he may be more moderate than Webb and Munir judging from their early supporters.

McElven is several football fields to the left of Moon.

McElven is simply Frisch with better social media.

[Anonymous]

“ Right now I am planning on voting for Moon and McDaniel, with the third spot still up in the air.”

Me too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like Moon because he brings experience back to the board and he will have appeal as a somewhat moderate Democrat. I like Kyle McDaniel’s hustle and I’ve been impressed every time I have spoken with him. I don’t have any issues with his Republican past, although there are some Democrats, a minority I believe, who are very vocal against Kyle behind the scenes.

McElveen doesn’t seem to have a good reputation among Dems. He is known for taking credit for other people’s work and exaggerating his own accomplishments. Lawrence Webb is knowledgeable, has experience from the Falls Church SB, and is a foster dad, which I respect. However, he doesn’t seem to be campaigning very hard for this position. I tend to see a correlation between how hard a candidate works during the campaign and how hard they will work for the SB. I know the least about Munir, the only candidate I haven’t met in person, and I haven’t seen him campaigning a whole lot in my district. Of course I am also considering electability in addition to the other factors mentioned. Right now I am planning on voting for Moon and McDaniel, with the third spot still up in the air.

This 100000% is my view exactly. I think my third vote will be for Webb because he works in education as a college admissions counselor and brings experience to the board (even if its from Falls Church). Munir hasn't been making an effort, and his campaign just seems weird. I don't like McElveen for the reasons you've mentioned; I've worked with him before and he constantly likes to take credit for things other people do. I haven't seen any campaign from him whatsoever besides a Twitter/Instagram post or two, which is another problem I have with him that he thinks he's a bigshot because he has all these followers. Followers ≠ votes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“ Right now I am planning on voting for Moon and McDaniel, with the third spot still up in the air.”

Me too.

I’m in the same boat.

[Anonymous]

County doesn't appear split -- Moon, Webb, and Munir are getting support from both the southern and northern parts of Fairfax County.

Delegate Rip Sullivan of McLean just endorsed Moon, Webb, and Munir today, and each has been endorsed by many members of the VA legislature.

Haven't seen any of the other candidates endorsed by any Delegates or Senators.