Goulet vs Sriqui Ward 3 Board of Education Race

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why doesn’t Goulet have his kids in DCPS/DCPCS?

Probably for the same reason the council members never do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Okay what's everyone's take on who will win this race?
Goulet has more name recognition but he sends is kids to private school.
Sriqui has been on ANC 3d for a number of years.
I already voted for Sriqui.

I think the biggest negative on Goulet was his sore loser post on twitter after he lost:
https://twitter.com/EJGoulet/status/1540047179393417218

It really reflected on Eric poorly.
Any thoughts?

I didn't even realize Goulet was running for school board now, but that Twitter thread was ridiculous, and it's a little absurd to go straight from losing a primary for one office to running in a nonpartisan election for a different one. I guess I'll be voting for Sriqui, who I know virtually nothing about.

He was ACTUALLY, endorsed by the teachers union that kept your kid VIRTUAL for 1.5 years. So there’s that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Okay what's everyone's take on who will win this race?
Goulet has more name recognition but he sends is kids to private school.
Sriqui has been on ANC 3d for a number of years.
I already voted for Sriqui.

I think the biggest negative on Goulet was his sore loser post on twitter after he lost:
https://twitter.com/EJGoulet/status/1540047179393417218

It really reflected on Eric poorly.
Any thoughts?

I didn't even realize Goulet was running for school board now, but that Twitter thread was ridiculous, and it's a little absurd to go straight from losing a primary for one office to running in a nonpartisan election for a different one. I guess I'll be voting for Sriqui, who I know virtually nothing about.

He was ACTUALLY, endorsed by the teachers union that kept your kid VIRTUAL for 1.5 years. So there’s that.

Was there an organization that was in favor of kids at school that supports Eric?
My point is that Eric or any candidate being an adversary of the union wont be productive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Okay what's everyone's take on who will win this race?
Goulet has more name recognition but he sends is kids to private school.
Sriqui has been on ANC 3d for a number of years.
I already voted for Sriqui.

I think the biggest negative on Goulet was his sore loser post on twitter after he lost:
https://twitter.com/EJGoulet/status/1540047179393417218

It really reflected on Eric poorly.
Any thoughts?

I didn't even realize Goulet was running for school board now, but that Twitter thread was ridiculous, and it's a little absurd to go straight from losing a primary for one office to running in a nonpartisan election for a different one. I guess I'll be voting for Sriqui, who I know virtually nothing about.

He was ACTUALLY, endorsed by the teachers union that kept your kid VIRTUAL for 1.5 years. So there’s that.

The WTU pinched their nose and endorsed Sriqui not because they liked him but because they know Goulet was demonstrably unfit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why doesn’t Goulet have his kids in DCPS/DCPCS?

Probably for the same reason the council members never do.

This is untrue. Cheh's kid when to Murch. My kids were classmates with a child of Mayor Fenty at another Ward 3 DCPS ES. Mendelson sent his kid(s) to Key.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Okay what's everyone's take on who will win this race?
Goulet has more name recognition but he sends is kids to private school.
Sriqui has been on ANC 3d for a number of years.
I already voted for Sriqui.

I think the biggest negative on Goulet was his sore loser post on twitter after he lost:
https://twitter.com/EJGoulet/status/1540047179393417218

It really reflected on Eric poorly.
Any thoughts?

I didn't even realize Goulet was running for school board now, but that Twitter thread was ridiculous, and it's a little absurd to go straight from losing a primary for one office to running in a nonpartisan election for a different one. I guess I'll be voting for Sriqui, who I know virtually nothing about.

He was ACTUALLY, endorsed by the teachers union that kept your kid VIRTUAL for 1.5 years. So there’s that.

There were a lot of other players who made that happen, and it's also not the teachers union's only issue. I'm not automatically voting against anyone who the teachers union has endorsed.

[Anonymous]

What does the BOE rep actually do, if anything?

[Anonymous]

There was an online forum for both of them last week. Sponsored by the Wilson Feeder Education Network (W3EdNet) Notifications went out to Deal parents. I don't know about other Ward 3 DCPS schools.

I watched the forum and my takeaway is this: I'm voting for Sriqui. Goulet was more poised and eloquent (or slicker depending on your point of view) but I liked what Sriqui said better, even if he didn't say it as well.

Goulet talked about all these ideas for the Whittle school property, which seemed really unlikely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There was an online forum for both of them last week. Sponsored by the Wilson Feeder Education Network (W3EdNet) Notifications went out to Deal parents. I don't know about other Ward 3 DCPS schools.

I watched the forum and my takeaway is this: I'm voting for Sriqui. Goulet was more poised and eloquent (or slicker depending on your point of view) but I liked what Sriqui said better, even if he didn't say it as well.

Goulet talked about all these ideas for the Whittle school property, which seemed really unlikely.

It seems that he and the ANC 3D rep from NIMBYland are selling the Whittle option as an alternative to Foxhall Elementary. This is total nonsense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Okay what's everyone's take on who will win this race?
Goulet has more name recognition but he sends is kids to private school.
Sriqui has been on ANC 3d for a number of years.
I already voted for Sriqui.

I think the biggest negative on Goulet was his sore loser post on twitter after he lost:
https://twitter.com/EJGoulet/status/1540047179393417218

It really reflected on Eric poorly.
Any thoughts?

I didn't even realize Goulet was running for school board now, but that Twitter thread was ridiculous, and it's a little absurd to go straight from losing a primary for one office to running in a nonpartisan election for a different one. I guess I'll be voting for Sriqui, who I know virtually nothing about.

He was ACTUALLY, endorsed by the teachers union that kept your kid VIRTUAL for 1.5 years. So there’s that.

The WTU pinched their nose and endorsed Sriqui not because they liked him but because they know Goulet was demonstrably unfit.

And Sriqui proudly posted that endorsement on his website. It’s like a giant middle finger to me and my neighbors who had kids that struggled mightily while their friends who attended private correctly went to school in person happily and safely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What does the BOE rep actually do, if anything?

Itnis mostly curricular work...something Goulet knows absolutely nothing about. He only wants this eat to be a launch for a future Council run.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There was an online forum for both of them last week. Sponsored by the Wilson Feeder Education Network (W3EdNet) Notifications went out to Deal parents. I don't know about other Ward 3 DCPS schools.

I watched the forum and my takeaway is this: I'm voting for Sriqui. Goulet was more poised and eloquent (or slicker depending on your point of view) but I liked what Sriqui said better, even if he didn't say it as well.

Goulet talked about all these ideas for the Whittle school property, which seemed really unlikely.

I don't think Goulet understand that under DC Law, DC public school facilities need to be owned, not leased.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There was an online forum for both of them last week. Sponsored by the Wilson Feeder Education Network (W3EdNet) Notifications went out to Deal parents. I don't know about other Ward 3 DCPS schools.

I watched the forum and my takeaway is this: I'm voting for Sriqui. Goulet was more poised and eloquent (or slicker depending on your point of view) but I liked what Sriqui said better, even if he didn't say it as well.

Goulet talked about all these ideas for the Whittle school property, which seemed really unlikely.

I don't think Goulet understand that under DC Law, DC public school facilities need to be owned, not leased.

Poster you quoted here - the law was repeatedly restated to him during the debate by Sriqui and he never had a good response to it. It was annoying to say the least.

As for Sriqui touting the WTU endorsement, Goulet was endorsed by the Washington Post for this election and I'm going to assume Sriqui is promoting all endorsements just so it doesn't seem like Goulet has them all.

[Anonymous]

At what point does someone start to wonder that maybe elected office isn’t their calling?

[Anonymous]

Just got a flyer in the mail from Sriqui. Lot's of people I know of on the list of endorsements. People on the ground leading out schools, like the Mann principal, Mann and Hardy PTA presidents, Deal and Jackson-Reed leaders. I'm sure the others are known too, just not to me.

It seems like anyone who knows anything about local public schooling is backing Sriqui. I don't need to learn any more than that.