School board reckoning?

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Anonymous wrote:The Virginia GOP proved that it can whip up racist white enthusiasm, and win at the ballot box, without Donald Trump.

Virginians just elected a black woman and Latino guy. Yes, must be racist white enthusiasts who voted them in. Democrats fail to recognize that there are much more educated AA now.

yeah and one of the ads has that woman holding an AK-47 rifle. Just what VA needs.

70% of Virginias own guns, including democrats. If they don't need that, the percentage would be 0%-10% max.

Yeah a lot of Democrats on guns in VA. We're responsible. We take classes. We know how to use a safe. Painting all gun owners as right wing nut jobs doesn't really help the Democrat cause in a moderate state. BTW I'm a Democratic Black Woman and I own an AK 47.

Literally no individual needs to own an AK 47. And the ad with her holding one is just vile.

Good thing our rights don't depend on "needs". And it wasn't an AK-47.

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Anonymous wrote:The Virginia GOP proved that it can whip up racist white enthusiasm, and win at the ballot box, without Donald Trump.

Virginians just elected a black woman and Latino guy. Yes, must be racist white enthusiasts who voted them in. Democrats fail to recognize that there are much more educated AA now.

yeah and one of the ads has that woman holding an AK-47 rifle. Just what VA needs.

70% of Virginias own guns, including democrats. If they don't need that, the percentage would be 0%-10% max.

Yeah a lot of Democrats on guns in VA. We're responsible. We take classes. We know how to use a safe. Painting all gun owners as right wing nut jobs doesn't really help the Democrat cause in a moderate state. BTW I'm a Democratic Black Woman and I own an AK 47.

Literally no individual needs to own an AK 47. And the ad with her holding one is just vile.

Good thing our rights don't depend on "needs". And it wasn't an AK-47.[/quote

Why do you want an AK 47?]

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Anonymous wrote:McAuliffe won Fairfax County by a whopping 65 - 35, so there's no reason for them to not double down.

The state DoE, however, may tread a bit more cautiously.

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-100. If democrats want state wide office, they need wider margins in Fairfax.

Agreed. If you're a Dem and you only get 65 percent of the vote in Fairfax, you've got problems. I saw a lot of Youngkin signs around where I live in Springfield. I saw one McAuliffe sign.

I do agree that the schools issue is more than CRT. I could care less about CRT. I'm still livid we went thru DL for all of last year when the kids and teachers could have safely returned to the classroom using social distancing and masks. And I hate the fact that our reading curriculum for lower-elementary is so weak. I didn't vote for Youngkin because I think he's terrible. But I guarantee you I will vote for almost any Republican who runs for the school board.

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Anonymous wrote:McAuliffe won Fairfax County by a whopping 65 - 35, so there's no reason for them to not double down.

The state DoE, however, may tread a bit more cautiously.

+100.

-100. If democrats want state wide office, they need wider margins in Fairfax.

Agreed. If you're a Dem and you only get 65 percent of the vote in Fairfax, you've got problems. I saw a lot of Youngkin signs around where I live in Springfield. I saw one McAuliffe sign.

I do agree that the schools issue is more than CRT. I could care less about CRT. I'm still livid we went thru DL for all of last year when the kids and teachers could have safely returned to the classroom using social distancing and masks. And I hate the fact that our reading curriculum for lower-elementary is so weak. I didn't vote for Youngkin because I think he's terrible. But I guarantee you I will vote for almost any Republican who runs for the school board.

Republicans didn't make the school board any better when they were on it. Maybe instead of electing politicians from major political parties, we should put full-time educational professionals in charge. Or perhaps have NO major party involvement.

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Anonymous wrote:McAuliffe won Fairfax County by a whopping 65 - 35, so there's no reason for them to not double down.

The state DoE, however, may tread a bit more cautiously.

+100.

-100. If democrats want state wide office, they need wider margins in Fairfax.

Agreed. If you're a Dem and you only get 65 percent of the vote in Fairfax, you've got problems. I saw a lot of Youngkin signs around where I live in Springfield. I saw one McAuliffe sign.

I do agree that the schools issue is more than CRT. I could care less about CRT. I'm still livid we went thru DL for all of last year when the kids and teachers could have safely returned to the classroom using social distancing and masks. And I hate the fact that our reading curriculum for lower-elementary is so weak. I didn't vote for Youngkin because I think he's terrible. But I guarantee you I will vote for almost any Republican who runs for the school board.

With Youngkin winning the election for Governor, it will hopefully encourage a wider range of both Democrats and Republicans to challenge the current School Board members, whether in seeking the FCDC endorsement (controlled in the past by the most far-left Ds) or in the general election. Of the current members, there is but a single one (McLaughlin) who is the least bit useful.

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Anonymous wrote:McAuliffe won Fairfax County by a whopping 65 - 35, so there's no reason for them to not double down.

The state DoE, however, may tread a bit more cautiously.

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-100. If democrats want state wide office, they need wider margins in Fairfax.

But the members of the school board aren't running for state wide office, they're running for school board in an area that McAuliffe carried 65 - 35.

Quite a few of them have higher aspirations, but there are only a few statewide positions available. And the structure of the primaries, where the SB members will be facing regular challenges from up-and-comers to their left means that they will continue to tack to that direction.

Perhaps a couple of school board members in areas where Republicans are potentially competitive may try and thread the needle, but there aren't many places like that in Fairfax any more.

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Anonymous wrote:With the governor's race ending up the way it did, will the FCPS school board now tone down their nonsense out of fear of being kicked out at the next election?

Very cringe because you think you just voted out the school board when in fact you voted for governor.

They did vote out the state board of education. I’m guessing equity won’t be a priority for the incoming board.

This. This is why I voted Youngkin. Whatever it takes to get Atif Qarni to stop imposing new teacher training mandates about equity that don’t do a damn thing to help my kid learn the 3 R’s, science, and non-victim-based social studies.

Exactly. And if the School Board members are paying any attention they’ll start focusing on their basic responsibilities again and stop with all their stupid nonsense like a new “social justice” Academy at failing Lewis HS.

I would have assumed conservative Christians would be supportive of such things considering the importance of social justice in the teachings of Jesus.

The separation of church and state is enshrined in the Constitution, but it would be far better to spend money teaching students at all the schools the skills they need to advocate, when they choose to do so, rather than setting up a program at one school with a likely bias towards teaching students not only that they should become advocates, but also what they should advocate.

There is not a single word of phrase in the Constitution about separation of church and state. I challenge you to show me where it is.

Establishment Clause of the a constitution

https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/885/establishment-clause-separation-of-church-and-state

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Republicans didn't make the school board any better when they were on it. Maybe instead of electing politicians from major political parties, we should put full-time educational professionals in charge. Or perhaps have NO major party involvement.

Like Scott Braband? No thank you.

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Republicans didn't make the school board any better when they were on it. Maybe instead of electing politicians from major political parties, we should put full-time educational professionals in charge. Or perhaps have NO major party involvement.

Like Scott Braband? No thank you.

NO! God no, not like Braband. We've got thousands of teachers and administrators in NoVa and the surrounding area, many of them more qualified than Braband or whatever useless talking head they bring in next. I'm not saying the position could not be elected - just saying it shouldn't be part time and filled by politicians.

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Have you ever read this book? Because it was suggested reading for educators in Virginia from a 2019 doe memo. Also White Fragility…

Foundations of Critical Race Theory in Education, by Edward Taylor, David Gillborn, and Gloria Ladson-Billings The emergence of Critical Race Theory (CRT) marked an important point in the history of racial politics in the legal academy and the broader conversation about race and racism in the United States. More recently, CRT has proven an important analytic tool in the field of education, offering critical perspectives on race, and the causes, consequences and manifestations of race, racism, inequity, and the dynamics of power and privilege in schooling.

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Anonymous wrote:I want the schools to focus on teaching kids. I don't need the schools to be worried about all things equity. I need them to teach grammar, spelling, science, history, math, and other core subjects. I don't want time devoted to my kids social well being or questions about his thoughts on racism or social justice issues. Focus on academics and stop worrying about how comfortable he is discussing race.

I don't want Trump and his far right supporters so I vote democrat but that doesn't mean that I want Sanders and his bunch either. I want schools to focus on teaching kids and not worried about being the base platform for everything equal. We cannot legislate equity in schools, it doesn't work that way. Title I schools have different issues that have to be addressed to improve the kids access to education and close the gaps. Changing the standards for kids at not Title 1 schools hurts those kids and does nothing to help the kids at the Title I schools.

Which is going to matter more to them in 30 years, your kid's social well being, or what they learned in geometry or chemistry class? How often do people use the latter in everyday life?

The people that invented the computers and wi-fi you posted this with tend to use these type of subjects.

What percentage of the population are those people?

When did anti-education become the Democratic platform? The last 1.5 years has made that clearer than ever.

Yeah I mean is that PP basically saying the actual education part of school isn't necessary?!

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Anonymous wrote:Let the kids social being be the responsibility of their parents. Schools are to provide quality education so that when kids grow up they will be able to make money and do well in this competitive world.

Oh the irony! Last year, you all screamed that the social well-being of your kids was the schools’ responsibility.

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Anonymous wrote:Have you ever read this book? Because it was suggested reading for educators in Virginia from a 2019 doe memo. Also White Fragility…

Foundations of Critical Race Theory in Education, by Edward Taylor, David Gillborn, and Gloria Ladson-Billings The emergence of Critical Race Theory (CRT) marked an important point in the history of racial politics in the legal academy and the broader conversation about race and racism in the United States. More recently, CRT has proven an important analytic tool in the field of education, offering critical perspectives on race, and the causes, consequences and manifestations of race, racism, inequity, and the dynamics of power and privilege in schooling.

Who is reading DOE memos? Not teachers, I can tell you that! (Teacher for over 20 years)

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Anonymous wrote:Have you ever read this book? Because it was suggested reading for educators in Virginia from a 2019 doe memo. Also White Fragility…

Foundations of Critical Race Theory in Education, by Edward Taylor, David Gillborn, and Gloria Ladson-Billings The emergence of Critical Race Theory (CRT) marked an important point in the history of racial politics in the legal academy and the broader conversation about race and racism in the United States. More recently, CRT has proven an important analytic tool in the field of education, offering critical perspectives on race, and the causes, consequences and manifestations of race, racism, inequity, and the dynamics of power and privilege in schooling.

Who is reading DOE memos? Not teachers, I can tell you that! (Teacher for over 20 years)

Thank you

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Anonymous wrote:Have you ever read this book? Because it was suggested reading for educators in Virginia from a 2019 doe memo. Also White Fragility…

Foundations of Critical Race Theory in Education, by Edward Taylor, David Gillborn, and Gloria Ladson-Billings The emergence of Critical Race Theory (CRT) marked an important point in the history of racial politics in the legal academy and the broader conversation about race and racism in the United States. More recently, CRT has proven an important analytic tool in the field of education, offering critical perspectives on race, and the causes, consequences and manifestations of race, racism, inequity, and the dynamics of power and privilege in schooling.

Who is reading DOE memos? Not teachers, I can tell you that! (Teacher for over 20 years)

It’s totally disingenuous to say disregard state DOE memos - the party who put them in charge doesn’t believe in that.