APS - Who is running for School Board?

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Sandy and Terron.

I’ve seen Symone get nasty on AEM, and I can’t forget that. Priddy originally ran with a bone to pick. I’m not convinced he has evolved.

Cristina- just no.

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Seriously, though, what is ACDC thinking with this Christina nonsense? Short timers who blindly follow the sample ballot don't show up to the SB Caucus.

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Anonymous wrote:Seriously, though, what is ACDC thinking with this Christina nonsense? Short timers who blindly follow the sample ballot don't show up to the SB Caucus.

Was there some sort of rush to find a Latinx candidate when Tannia decided she wasn't going to run again? I can't believe this was the best they could do.

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Anonymous wrote:Seriously, though, what is ACDC thinking with this Christina nonsense? Short timers who blindly follow the sample ballot don't show up to the SB Caucus.

Was there some sort of rush to find a Latinx candidate when Tannia decided she wasn't going to run again? I can't believe this was the best they could do.

And officials making an official endorsement before you even really know who is running? Bad look.

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Anonymous wrote:Seriously, though, what is ACDC thinking with this Christina nonsense? Short timers who blindly follow the sample ballot don't show up to the SB Caucus.

But ALL of her Arlington Young Democrat will show up.

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Anonymous wrote:Seriously, though, what is ACDC thinking with this Christina nonsense? Short timers who blindly follow the sample ballot don't show up to the SB Caucus.

But ALL of her Arlington Young Democrat will show up.

But how many people is that really? Can't be that many. I agree she's ridiculous.

I like having current parents, and I'm impressed that Dave Priddy has really stepped up since his last run to get more involved. I think that speaks well for him.

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Anonymous wrote:As a parent of a student with a reading disability, I would be thrilled to have a school board member who has experienced that journey in APS and bring personal perspective to the issue. Symone has my vote. I’m also just generally glad to see the field has expanded beyond Cristina. She may have a promising future in politics and with the Democratic Party, but I’m very turned off by the fact that she doesn’t have kids in the system or a background of teaching in the system. Has she ever had to cry through an IEP meeting? Has she ever had to decide whether to move her child to a different school because of bullying or bad teaching? Until you’ve had to grapple with problems at your own child’s APS school, or had a career within APS, you’re not qualified to be making decisions about our schools on our behalf. I’m a democrat and I generally vote along party lines, but I think it was a blunder for the democrats to assume we wouldn’t notice that their proposed candidate lacks the basic life experience we should all require of our school board members.

Terron has been very involved as a volunteer, but otherwise is in the same boat. It's not the same when you haven't had to deal with the consequences of the eight million decisions the school board has to make or weigh in on. I don't even know if you have to have been an APS parent, but to have never had kids in public schools -- or in middle or high school -- is a weakness in any candidate. You don't know what you don't know.

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Anonymous wrote:As a parent of a student with a reading disability, I would be thrilled to have a school board member who has experienced that journey in APS and bring personal perspective to the issue. Symone has my vote. I’m also just generally glad to see the field has expanded beyond Cristina. She may have a promising future in politics and with the Democratic Party, but I’m very turned off by the fact that she doesn’t have kids in the system or a background of teaching in the system. Has she ever had to cry through an IEP meeting? Has she ever had to decide whether to move her child to a different school because of bullying or bad teaching? Until you’ve had to grapple with problems at your own child’s APS school, or had a career within APS, you’re not qualified to be making decisions about our schools on our behalf. I’m a democrat and I generally vote along party lines, but I think it was a blunder for the democrats to assume we wouldn’t notice that their proposed candidate lacks the basic life experience we should all require of our school board members.

Terron has been very involved as a volunteer, but otherwise is in the same boat. It's not the same when you haven't had to deal with the consequences of the eight million decisions the school board has to make or weigh in on. I don't even know if you have to have been an APS parent, but to have never had kids in public schools -- or in middle or high school -- is a weakness in any candidate. You don't know what you don't know.

Terron has kids in APS. Yorktown and Swanson, per his website.

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Terron has kids in APS. Yorktown and Swanson, per his website.

Meaning he was their parent when they attended APS elementary schools? Or are they his stepkids?

I'm not diminishing the value of a good stepparent, but if you acquire easy kids who are 3/4 done with their education, that's not the same experience as having a sobbing 7 year old who doesn't want to go to school and insists she's stupid.

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Anonymous wrote:Christina Diaz-Torres is clearly a candidate who sees the school board as a stepping stone to bigger things. That doesn't mean she wouldn't take it seriously, but she has no background with APS or Arlington County at this point. She has nothing to offer over the other candidates. I don't understand why ACDC is putting their forces behind her.

Because she's Latina and inherits the Latino seat.

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Anonymous wrote:
Terron has kids in APS. Yorktown and Swanson, per his website.

Meaning he was their parent when they attended APS elementary schools? Or are they his stepkids?

I'm not diminishing the value of a good stepparent, but if you acquire easy kids who are 3/4 done with their education, that's not the same experience as having a sobbing 7 year old who doesn't want to go to school and insists she's stupid.

I don't know the details of his personal life. Is that the case that they're stepkids?

I'm also not sure I agree that one has to have an elementary parent perspective to be qualified, but for present purposes I'm just asking whether you know or are speculating.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Terron has kids in APS. Yorktown and Swanson, per his website.

Meaning he was their parent when they attended APS elementary schools? Or are they his stepkids?

I'm not diminishing the value of a good stepparent, but if you acquire easy kids who are 3/4 done with their education, that's not the same experience as having a sobbing 7 year old who doesn't want to go to school and insists she's stupid.

I don't know the details of his personal life. Is that the case that they're stepkids?

I'm also not sure I agree that one has to have an elementary parent perspective to be qualified, but for present purposes I'm just asking whether you know or are speculating.

I haven't heard the speeches, yet; but I am curious what the attraction of Terron is? What I've seen/heard from him in the past has not been impressive and I've found his tone and attitude to be less than appealing.

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I'm also not sure I agree that one has to have an elementary parent perspective to be qualified

I think there are a lot of ways to get the perspective of an elementary parent, or a parent generally. Some people say they prefer a candidate whose kids are still young, and I understand that, but I'd rather have someone who has been some distance with their kids, because I think that gives valuable perspective. My kids are in HS, and I wish I could time travel and give my decade-ago self some advice.

If Sandy Munnell had no kids but still had all her teaching experience, I'd still trust her judgment on education issues.

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Anonymous wrote:
Terron has kids in APS. Yorktown and Swanson, per his website.

Meaning he was their parent when they attended APS elementary schools? Or are they his stepkids?

I'm not diminishing the value of a good stepparent, but if you acquire easy kids who are 3/4 done with their education, that's not the same experience as having a sobbing 7 year old who doesn't want to go to school and insists she's stupid.

He got married last summer.

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Anonymous wrote:Christina Diaz-Torres is clearly a candidate who sees the school board as a stepping stone to bigger things. That doesn't mean she wouldn't take it seriously, but she has no background with APS or Arlington County at this point. She has nothing to offer over the other candidates. I don't understand why ACDC is putting their forces behind her.

They’re blinded by the blue. As always.

I'm super grossed out by this candidacy. I hope Arlington parents will come out and stop her from winning. I'm scared too many sheeple will just blindly vote right down the party line. It's pathetic that this is our option.