Called a Bimbo over crossing guards?
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I am the first to admit I am not a Meren Stan, but seeing the conversation she just posted I’m appalled. Who in this day and age calls women bimbos and then doubles down on it when confronted?! I can post her commentary but the screen shots are in her FB post.
“What I sent the Bimbo”: Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Jeff McKay defunds High School Crossing Guards, then Criticizes Board Member Melanie Meren about Her Objection Crossing guards will no longer be stationed on roadways to public high schools in Fairfax County, and I think this is the wrong decision for our community. My position aligns with my years of advocacy for public safety investments near our schools to prevent traffic incidents harming children and adults. On May 5, the Board of Supervisors approved a budget that eliminated these crossing guards. I protested this cut in my latest newsletter, on May 7. On May 13, the Chairman sent me texts criticizing my public statement and demanding an apology. Chairman McKay then called me a “bimbo” in an apparent text to the County Executive, Bryan Hill, that I was included on. When I asked him to confirm if I was “the bimbo”, Chairman McKay doubled down: “Yes because everyone here is angry as heck and it costs the schools.” As shocked as I was to be degraded by the highest-level countywide elected official in Fairfax County, I am more concerned about the Chairman’s sense of entitlement about having unilateral authority on public spending. To be clear: the Board of Supervisors does not fund anything. The taxpayers fund the government, and our elected officials are stewards of public dollars. When the Board of Supervisors makes decisions about how to spend public monies, they must answer for those decisions. Attempts to stifle criticism and accountability are not signs of strength, but weakness. I will continue speaking truth to power and standing up for student safety. I hope others will show up and speak up to do the same. Melanie Meren Hunter Mill District Representative Fairfax County School Board From the 5/7/26 newsletter: This month, on Thursday, May 21, the School Board will adopt publicly the final budget for School Year 26-27, which is Fiscal Year (FY) 27. The FCPS budget relies heavily on local funding approved by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, who transfer funds to FCPS based on the School Board’s request made on February 26. FCPS faces a budget shortfall between our transfer request and what the Board of Supervisors have allotted to FCPS, a difference of $43.8 Million. Supervisors have kept this proposed allotment level since February, including during their budget markups on Tuesday, April 28 that would be the opportunity for any final adjustments. The Board of Supervisors also upholds the recommendation of County Executive, Bryan Hill, to shift the $4 Million responsibility to FCPS from the County’s Health and Human Services youth gang-prevention program - the Middle School After-School Program (MSASP). Basically, the Board of Supervisors is indicating how FCPS should spend its funding, which is not how the budgeting is supposed to happen. Lastly, the Board of Supervisors denied funding for high school crossing guards! So in the exact locations with the newest drivers, safety precautions are being removed! Our teen drivers and pedestrians are Fairfax residents who have a right to public safety services that enforce safe transportation where thousands of people commute daily. That the County Executive continues to balance the budget on the backs of our kids’ safety, and the Supervisors allow this, is truly a neglect of public safety services in Fairfax County. I do thank Hunter Mill Supervisor Walter Alcorn, for rejecting the budget markups, and Franconia District Supervisor Rodney Lusk, for trying to protect the high school crossing guard program. |
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I can’t believe McKay called her a bimbo. That is very bad.
But we don’t need high school crossing guards. Fairfax is the only nearby jurisdiction that had them. Budget responses showed there were not accidents in those areas. Of course there might be more if the guards are removed but we don’t know. |
Anonymous
Have you ever driven near a high school when kids are trying to get to school or when school gets out? You 100 percent new crossing guards. I've seen kids walk thru moving traffic in the morning on Franconia next to Edison. Literally walking out in the street in front of cars. It's a nightmare. Anything we can do to try to get them to follow the rules is worth the money. |
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The problem is that the School Board gives the teachers’ unions everything they want, and then the county transfer can’t cover everything else FCPS might like.
McKay shouldn’t be using a term like “bimbo” but he was sticking up for the County Executive, whom Meren had attacked publicly. The School Board members have absolutely no sense of fiscal responsibility, as they repeatedly demonstrate by funding projects such as Dunn Loring ES, which is a total boondoggle. And they still plan to expand Centreville HS to 3000 seats, even though enrollments are dropping and Skyview HS will add 2000 seats in western Fairfax. If anything, the Board of Supervisors should withhold more money from FCPS until Reid and the School Board start jettisoning some of these unnecessary capital projects and negotiating harder with the unions. |
Anonymous
| HS crossing guards are needed in some places - there are lots of kids crossing Silverbrook in front of South County to get to the neighborhoods in Laurel Hill and drivers are always speeding over there. |
Anonymous
Some high schools require students to cross busy roads without stoplights. West Springfield and Rolling comes to mind. A kid will get hit and killed in the morning crossing that road without crossing guards. |
Anonymous
| If you've ever been to South Lakes when the GOAT crossing guard is out, you'd understand why they are needed. She is the best and keeps the road flowing and the school traffic moving. |
Anonymous
| Jeff McKay? The guy who gave himself a 45% raise and drives a county car? |
Anonymous
| Posting this to Facebook is not a good look for Meren. She should have handled this directly with McKay instead of creating a firestorm. |
Anonymous
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Embarrassing for both Meren and McKay.
I cannot imagine why she chose to air this dirty laundry. (It invites speculation about what she chooses to do in her personal life!) Poor judgement. Posting the screenshots was crass. |
Anonymous
| Mckay is a moron for calling her a bimbo and the Fairfax County spending needs to be looked at closely. Between the resturant tax, fees for plastic shopping bags and real estate tax revenue increases where does our tax dollars go? What is the county spending it on?For FCPS, I know there are teachers unions now. We certainly aren’t getting textbooks. |
Anonymous
Go look at the leadership team and how much they make. Then, please tell me what all of them and their staffs actually DO. |
Anonymous
And, don't forget the SB added over $1million worth of staff this last year. Funny how most of their new hires were political activists. |
Anonymous
She seems to want a lot of attention and validation. She attacks others in public to get social media likes and then is surprised when someone reciprocates in kind. In general attacking the people who control the pursue strings isn’t a smart strategy for FCPS officials or board members. |
Anonymous
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Well, it will be on WJLA tomorrow, I bet.
McKay better scramble and issue a heartfelt apology to Meren in public. |