School Board Proposes 77% Pay Increase for Themselves

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Anonymous wrote:The entire School Board approach to education policy needs to be done away with. What are the benefits to having an elected board who only get their position through name recognition and political party fundraising?

We'd be far better off having real professionals with real degrees who are hired competitively into Board-like roles to represent each district. This would also remove bias and conflict of interest as each representative would likely be independent instead of having hidden agendas for their children's pyramids.

I remember when the SB wasn’t an elected position and so many people were thankful that it was changing to an elected one.

That was decades ago and whatever hopes people had that elected members would turn out to be an improvement have long since been dashed. You could not come up with a worse group of people than the current members - and the way in which they are going about increasing their own salaries is just more evidence of this. They stick kids in trailers and want to be paid more than many full-time employees. They are disgusting.

“They stick kids in trailers.”

No, Fairfax County residents do that when they vote against taxes (meals tax anyone?). The construction budget isn’t nearly enough to fix the facility problem, and redistricting is the only thing that makes residents more unhappy than taxes.

We are being taxed to death in the country. You can’t raise my personal
Property taxes double digits every year and expect me to vote for an additional
Meals tax on top.

You do r

Property taxes aren't going up. Your property value is going up because this is a desirable place to live.

Property taxes are going up. When I look at my statement from last year there is more money for taxes than last year. Do you also say that the price of eggs also aren't going up just because it's increasing in price due to popularity? How about Disney World? When it goes up in price do you just say that it didn't really go up, it just increased in popularity? Where do people get these types of ideas?

But it's inaccurate to say "my taxes are increasing." No they aren't. The value of your home is increasing, but it's being taxed at the same rate.

If I make more money this year than I did last year, does that mean taxes are increasing? No, it just means I'm making more money so there is more that is being taxed.

What value are we getting for our taxes when the school system is paying millions of dollars to lawyers to defend them from poor decisions? Hiring "experts" and "consultants" who only make more paperwork and less instruction to our students? Hiring "equity" czars who tell teachers to take the home background and culture into consideration---something that teachers have always done.

How about the BOS who gave themselves a hefty raise? Or the Chair who gets a car and, according to reports, has abused its use?
Spending money on changing names of streets and neighborhoods. How has that improved quality of life?

As for comparing rise in property value to the rise in income--have you even considered what this does to those on fixed income? Sure, the very poor get a break on this, but most retirees on fixed income are being hit pretty hard. You still have to maintain your house and buy food.
You have no clue.

I have very little sympathy for retirees who own and are now struggling to pay for taxes. Clearly they can't afford to live here anymore and the natural pathway is to downsize and move into affordable housing developed specifically for senior citizens. Nobody is requiring them to maintain their house.

Most would have very little sympathy for you, please move to MD or New York. Its people like you that are driving out the sane people in Fairfax County.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The entire School Board approach to education policy needs to be done away with. What are the benefits to having an elected board who only get their position through name recognition and political party fundraising?

We'd be far better off having real professionals with real degrees who are hired competitively into Board-like roles to represent each district. This would also remove bias and conflict of interest as each representative would likely be independent instead of having hidden agendas for their children's pyramids.

I remember when the SB wasn’t an elected position and so many people were thankful that it was changing to an elected one.

That was decades ago and whatever hopes people had that elected members would turn out to be an improvement have long since been dashed. You could not come up with a worse group of people than the current members - and the way in which they are going about increasing their own salaries is just more evidence of this. They stick kids in trailers and want to be paid more than many full-time employees. They are disgusting.

“They stick kids in trailers.”

No, Fairfax County residents do that when they vote against taxes (meals tax anyone?). The construction budget isn’t nearly enough to fix the facility problem, and redistricting is the only thing that makes residents more unhappy than taxes.

We are being taxed to death in the country. You can’t raise my personal
Property taxes double digits every year and expect me to vote for an additional
Meals tax on top.

Property taxes aren't going up. Your property value is going up because this is a desirable place to live.

Fairfax County is no longer a desirable place to live, ALL of the schools have lost worthy accreditation and people are leaving in droves because of the incompetence from the Board of Supervisors and School Board.

You may feel this way, but many people prefer living here versus other areas in America.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The entire School Board approach to education policy needs to be done away with. What are the benefits to having an elected board who only get their position through name recognition and political party fundraising?

We'd be far better off having real professionals with real degrees who are hired competitively into Board-like roles to represent each district. This would also remove bias and conflict of interest as each representative would likely be independent instead of having hidden agendas for their children's pyramids.

I remember when the SB wasn’t an elected position and so many people were thankful that it was changing to an elected one.

That was decades ago and whatever hopes people had that elected members would turn out to be an improvement have long since been dashed. You could not come up with a worse group of people than the current members - and the way in which they are going about increasing their own salaries is just more evidence of this. They stick kids in trailers and want to be paid more than many full-time employees. They are disgusting.

“They stick kids in trailers.”

No, Fairfax County residents do that when they vote against taxes (meals tax anyone?). The construction budget isn’t nearly enough to fix the facility problem, and redistricting is the only thing that makes residents more unhappy than taxes.

We are being taxed to death in the country. You can’t raise my personal
Property taxes double digits every year and expect me to vote for an additional
Meals tax on top.

Property taxes aren't going up. Your property value is going up because this is a desirable place to live.

Fairfax County is no longer a desirable place to live, ALL of the schools have lost worthy accreditation and people are leaving in droves because of the incompetence from the Board of Supervisors and School Board.

What is worthy accreditation?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The entire School Board approach to education policy needs to be done away with. What are the benefits to having an elected board who only get their position through name recognition and political party fundraising?

We'd be far better off having real professionals with real degrees who are hired competitively into Board-like roles to represent each district. This would also remove bias and conflict of interest as each representative would likely be independent instead of having hidden agendas for their children's pyramids.

I remember when the SB wasn’t an elected position and so many people were thankful that it was changing to an elected one.

That was decades ago and whatever hopes people had that elected members would turn out to be an improvement have long since been dashed. You could not come up with a worse group of people than the current members - and the way in which they are going about increasing their own salaries is just more evidence of this. They stick kids in trailers and want to be paid more than many full-time employees. They are disgusting.

“They stick kids in trailers.”

No, Fairfax County residents do that when they vote against taxes (meals tax anyone?). The construction budget isn’t nearly enough to fix the facility problem, and redistricting is the only thing that makes residents more unhappy than taxes.

We are being taxed to death in the country. You can’t raise my personal
Property taxes double digits every year and expect me to vote for an additional
Meals tax on top.

Property taxes aren't going up. Your property value is going up because this is a desirable place to live.

Fairfax County is no longer a desirable place to live, ALL of the schools have lost worthy accreditation and people are leaving in droves because of the incompetence from the Board of Supervisors and School Board.

What is worthy accreditation?

A made-up construct invented by PP (although it is true that the Board of Supervisors and School Board are incompetent, do not coordinate with each other effectively, and might as well be living in separate counties).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The entire School Board approach to education policy needs to be done away with. What are the benefits to having an elected board who only get their position through name recognition and political party fundraising?

We'd be far better off having real professionals with real degrees who are hired competitively into Board-like roles to represent each district. This would also remove bias and conflict of interest as each representative would likely be independent instead of having hidden agendas for their children's pyramids.

I remember when the SB wasn’t an elected position and so many people were thankful that it was changing to an elected one.

That was decades ago and whatever hopes people had that elected members would turn out to be an improvement have long since been dashed. You could not come up with a worse group of people than the current members - and the way in which they are going about increasing their own salaries is just more evidence of this. They stick kids in trailers and want to be paid more than many full-time employees. They are disgusting.

“They stick kids in trailers.”

No, Fairfax County residents do that when they vote against taxes (meals tax anyone?). The construction budget isn’t nearly enough to fix the facility problem, and redistricting is the only thing that makes residents more unhappy than taxes.

We are being taxed to death in the country. You can’t raise my personal
Property taxes double digits every year and expect me to vote for an additional
Meals tax on top.

You do r

Property taxes aren't going up. Your property value is going up because this is a desirable place to live.

Property taxes are going up. When I look at my statement from last year there is more money for taxes than last year. Do you also say that the price of eggs also aren't going up just because it's increasing in price due to popularity? How about Disney World? When it goes up in price do you just say that it didn't really go up, it just increased in popularity? Where do people get these types of ideas?

But it's inaccurate to say "my taxes are increasing." No they aren't. The value of your home is increasing, but it's being taxed at the same rate.

If I make more money this year than I did last year, does that mean taxes are increasing? No, it just means I'm making more money so there is more that is being taxed.

What value are we getting for our taxes when the school system is paying millions of dollars to lawyers to defend them from poor decisions? Hiring "experts" and "consultants" who only make more paperwork and less instruction to our students? Hiring "equity" czars who tell teachers to take the home background and culture into consideration---something that teachers have always done.

How about the BOS who gave themselves a hefty raise? Or the Chair who gets a car and, according to reports, has abused its use?
Spending money on changing names of streets and neighborhoods. How has that improved quality of life?

As for comparing rise in property value to the rise in income--have you even considered what this does to those on fixed income? Sure, the very poor get a break on this, but most retirees on fixed income are being hit pretty hard. You still have to maintain your house and buy food.
You have no clue.

I have very little sympathy for retirees who own and are now struggling to pay for taxes. Clearly they can't afford to live here anymore and the natural pathway is to downsize and move into affordable housing developed specifically for senior citizens. Nobody is requiring them to maintain their house.

Seniors should be able to age in place without worrying about exorbitant taxes and increases — especially if they have lived in the same place for decades.