Do you think the VA governor's race will have an impact on NoVA school board elections?

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The Republican strategy is to pretend they're Democrats who are voting Republican. Makes them seem more reasonable. Lots of imposters on this thread.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah I’m a democrat. Was planning on voting for McAuliffe. Decided not to vote for him. Won’t be voting for Youngkin either. I live in Arlington.

Oh and I supported school closures. Just sick of Democrats not having a plan to improve educational outcomes.

Well, spoiler already: Rs don’t either. They will pull money out of public schools and funnel it toward religious private schools.

Ding ding ding. This is exactly what Youngkin and other Rs will do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Republican strategy is to pretend they're Democrats who are voting Republican. Makes them seem more reasonable. Lots of imposters on this thread.

Keep telling yourself that. I know several long-time Democrats who are voting R this election.

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Anonymous wrote:The Republican strategy is to pretend they're Democrats who are voting Republican. Makes them seem more reasonable. Lots of imposters on this thread.

Keep telling yourself that. I know several long-time Democrats who are voting R this election.

So, you and your three friends. Okay.

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Anonymous wrote:The Republican strategy is to pretend they're Democrats who are voting Republican. Makes them seem more reasonable. Lots of imposters on this thread.

Keep telling yourself that. I know several long-time Democrats who are voting R this election.

So, you and your three friends. Okay.

Now I'm number four.

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Anonymous wrote:The Republican strategy is to pretend they're Democrats who are voting Republican. Makes them seem more reasonable. Lots of imposters on this thread.

You are in denial.

There are Democrats who remain staunchly Democratic and will always vote the party ticket, Democrats who still think of themselves as Democratic but cross party lines occasionally, and former Democrats who have switched allegiances and now think of themselves as Republicans or, more likely, independents.

I know you want people to toe the party line consistently but that’s not how the world always works.

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*public* school bathrooms

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I usually vote D, but I'm primarily a good government voter. Lately, republicans have gone off the deep end, so I've voted D. FCPS and LCPS seem to have collectively lost their minds. I'll vote D for statehouse, attorney general, and Lieutenant governor, but R for governor. I think that the democrats are starting to take middle class professionals for granted and are more interested in appealing to other constituencies.

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Anonymous wrote:One thing is clear, DCUM wants to impact the race. I can't wait until the election is over. These boards have been taken over by politicos.

There’s been a lot of money funneled into school board races.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Republican strategy is to pretend they're Democrats who are voting Republican. Makes them seem more reasonable. Lots of imposters on this thread.

We'll see next week. We'll see if your bravado is worth anything.

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Anonymous wrote:One thing is clear, DCUM wants to impact the race. I can't wait until the election is over. These boards have been taken over by politicos.

There’s been a lot of money funneled into school board races.

Citation?

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Anonymous wrote:I usually vote D, but I'm primarily a good government voter. Lately, republicans have gone off the deep end, so I've voted D. FCPS and LCPS seem to have collectively lost their minds. I'll vote D for statehouse, attorney general, and Lieutenant governor, but R for governor. I think that the democrats are starting to take middle class professionals for granted and are more interested in appealing to other constituencies.

So you want the guy who is playing footsies with the January 6th people? You think they are interested in the middle class?

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A direct impact? No. These are local positions. Although I highly doubt Youngkin will win, if he does the result will be interpreted, in part, as an expression of disgust about some school boards’ perceived arrogance and weirdness.

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Anonymous wrote:Regardless of anything, I flat-out do not believe anyone who claims that children "thrived" last year. Or more specifically, I believe that they believe it, but I don't trust them as narrators, and I think they have bad judgment. The "thrivers" on these boards seemed totally nuts last year, so much so that I am deeply skeptical of anything they say.

And, see, I think the people like you, the ones who were screaming "open the schools whatever the cost" were and are mentally unstable hysterics. Our kids did great at home. In fact all the families that I know say the same thing. Are there families that struggled? Sure but I think they were probably struggling anyway. The families I know, with stable and structured home lives, and with parents who prioritized those things, they were fine. Maybe a few of us were cramped and it was nice when the weather warmed up in the spring but everyone being at home was a nice break. There was no stress, there was no need to be running hither and thither. If anything we grew tighter as a family.

If your family didn't do as well, I am sorry. Perhaps you need to think about what you could have done differently.

Yes!

Umm… is this a serious post? I mean I supported school closures. We were in the middle of a pandemic. The virus was a novel virus that we know nothing about snd the priority here was to save lives. However the cost was great and many kids, especially those from working class families and/or families where the parents could not stay at home suffered. Yeah my kids did great. My husband and I worked from home - kindergartener did school virtually. We pulled our 4 year old out of pre-k. Both kids played with each other. During our breaks my husband and I tutored our 4 year old. She was able to attend a virtual class in the morning to learn the language of my country of origin. We saved a shit ton of money, to the point that we could have a third. So yes it was great for us. But doesn’t mean it was great for the majority of kids. The fact that you don’t seem to care makes me doubt you are even a democrat because democrats care about the economically disadvantaged. Absolutely disgusting.

Except you're conveniently ignoring the fact that POC and immigrants did not support opening schools. At my school we had to require them to send their kids last year otherwise we would have had no one. As it was we had 2-3 teachers/staff for every 1 student. We are a Title I school. Our parents did not support hybrid last year and would this year still prefer distance learning. Until you actually know what you're talking about, you should stay out of the discussion. I am feet-on-the-ground. The "economically disadvantaged" POC and immigrant families did not want what you claim they, in your esteemed opinion, needed.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah I’m a democrat. Was planning on voting for McAuliffe. Decided not to vote for him. Won’t be voting for Youngkin either. I live in Arlington.

Oh and I supported school closures. Just sick of Democrats not having a plan to improve educational outcomes.

Well, spoiler already: Rs don’t either. They will pull money out of public schools and funnel it toward religious private schools.

Fine. Perhaps the pressure will cause radical change in the way the public school systems operate. Competition is good. DC is an excellent example of how the competition of charters caused the public school system to revamp and modify its practices. It was painful and there was a lot of yelling and screaming but there is no doubt at all but the children being educated in DC public schools are better educated now than they were.