Arlington: school board/county board candidates

[Anonymous]

When there are two Republicans running for the SB… might as well vote for the honest one.

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Anonymous wrote:When there are two Republicans running for the SB… might as well vote for the honest one.

For real. Rives at least is straightforward in his intentions. Miranda is just a lying liar who lies.

[Anonymous]

Some of you are so crazy. Were you always like this or did the last few years break your brains? Miranda is not some kind of secret operative out to ruin APS. She’ll be fine.

[Anonymous]

On the contrary. The past few years have broken ApE’s brains. They can’t stop talking about virtual learning. Like, it’s never coming back, Kay?

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Anonymous wrote:Some of you are so crazy. Were you always like this or did the last few years break your brains? Miranda is not some kind of secret operative out to ruin APS. She’ll be fine.

Ulterior motives or not, I don’t trust anyone who chooses to surround themself with MAGAs.

[Anonymous]

I vote absentee and Rives is on my ballot… did he perhaps suspend but not withdraw his candidacy? I like him better than Turner.

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Anonymous wrote:APE is truly hiding their true intentions. Right now they're all about "improving learning outcomes" and saying all the right things (but very much mirroring what PDE and IWF is saying without the culture wars rhetoric), but with Miranda on the Board and them infiltrating all of the other community groups, I won't be surprised when all Arlington will all be talking about banning books and denying Transgender rights again.

I blame the ACDC who did not vet them and took Miranda at her word. Nobody I know wants to vote for her. Not any of the APS teachers who live in Arlington who had to put up with their harassment during the pandemic, not anyone who cares about minority kids. Probably not even the four people who will have to work with her, no matter what anonymous people say anonymously.

I'm leaving her vote blank.

I’m guessing they are going to lean into “school choice” and more subtle ways to tear down APS.

What does that even mean? Arlington County can't issue vouchers.

But APE can certainly advocate for that.

Then why are they putting out anti-choice "articles" in their newsletter? https://www.arlingtonparentsforeducation.org/enews/e-news-october-31-2023

That's such an ignorant article, so much wrong in there. Typical of the APE newsletters.

It asks at least one question that can be answered by looking at the budget docs. Wakefield actually has higher per pupil spending than HB.

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Anonymous wrote:APE is truly hiding their true intentions. Right now they're all about "improving learning outcomes" and saying all the right things (but very much mirroring what PDE and IWF is saying without the culture wars rhetoric), but with Miranda on the Board and them infiltrating all of the other community groups, I won't be surprised when all Arlington will all be talking about banning books and denying Transgender rights again.

I blame the ACDC who did not vet them and took Miranda at her word. Nobody I know wants to vote for her. Not any of the APS teachers who live in Arlington who had to put up with their harassment during the pandemic, not anyone who cares about minority kids. Probably not even the four people who will have to work with her, no matter what anonymous people say anonymously.

I'm leaving her vote blank.

I’m guessing they are going to lean into “school choice” and more subtle ways to tear down APS.

What does that even mean? Arlington County can't issue vouchers.

But APE can certainly advocate for that.

Then why are they putting out anti-choice "articles" in their newsletter? https://www.arlingtonparentsforeducation.org/enews/e-news-october-31-2023

That's such an ignorant article, so much wrong in there. Typical of the APE newsletters.

What’s wrong with it? They use APS data to show how much smaller the class sizes are and to show how many are trying to get into it. Not sure about the comment that most of our elected officials have kids there. Is that true?

TBH i’m not a fan of our option schools or APE for that matter.

[Anonymous]

Nobody's talking about eliminating option schools. Not APS. Not the community. Just APE.

Yes, many parents do use option schools to get their kids out of their neighborhood ones. (Looking at ATS, Montessori and HB). But there are three others that are or border on Title I.

I suspect this talking point will be very unpopular in the community, especially to the parents who believe in alternative learning practices, and how would you matriculate all of those kids back to their neighborhood schools? Redistricting conversations never go well here.

APE can try but I don't think they will go very far. May even lose support.

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I don’t even look at the APE newsletters anymore. 100% propaganda.

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Anonymous wrote:APE is truly hiding their true intentions. Right now they're all about "improving learning outcomes" and saying all the right things (but very much mirroring what PDE and IWF is saying without the culture wars rhetoric), but with Miranda on the Board and them infiltrating all of the other community groups, I won't be surprised when all Arlington will all be talking about banning books and denying Transgender rights again.

I blame the ACDC who did not vet them and took Miranda at her word. Nobody I know wants to vote for her. Not any of the APS teachers who live in Arlington who had to put up with their harassment during the pandemic, not anyone who cares about minority kids. Probably not even the four people who will have to work with her, no matter what anonymous people say anonymously.

I'm leaving her vote blank.

I’m guessing they are going to lean into “school choice” and more subtle ways to tear down APS.

What does that even mean? Arlington County can't issue vouchers.

But APE can certainly advocate for that.

And they can do that, right now, today. This has nothing to do with who is on the school board. I think you're being a little paranoid.

and you're very naive. APS has a legislative package and a lobbyist at the state level. Who do you think sets it?

I don't know how much power you think the school board- let alone one member has- but this is not a rational line of thinking. Also, for the 10,000th time, she's the DEMOCRATIC nominee. I'm voting for her and I'm not in APE and neither are my friends.

Yes I am aware that she's the Democratic nominee, thanks. Only because she had no real competition. That doesn't mean she's not a DINO, with a base of DINOs and Republicans. Who can forget APE encouraging its members to be a "Dem for a Day" to vote for Miranda in the Democratic primary?

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Anonymous wrote:APE is truly hiding their true intentions. Right now they're all about "improving learning outcomes" and saying all the right things (but very much mirroring what PDE and IWF is saying without the culture wars rhetoric), but with Miranda on the Board and them infiltrating all of the other community groups, I won't be surprised when all Arlington will all be talking about banning books and denying Transgender rights again.

I blame the ACDC who did not vet them and took Miranda at her word. Nobody I know wants to vote for her. Not any of the APS teachers who live in Arlington who had to put up with their harassment during the pandemic, not anyone who cares about minority kids. Probably not even the four people who will have to work with her, no matter what anonymous people say anonymously.

I'm leaving her vote blank.

I’m guessing they are going to lean into “school choice” and more subtle ways to tear down APS.

What does that even mean? Arlington County can't issue vouchers.

But APE can certainly advocate for that.

Then why are they putting out anti-choice "articles" in their newsletter? https://www.arlingtonparentsforeducation.org/enews/e-news-october-31-2023

That's such an ignorant article, so much wrong in there. Typical of the APE newsletters.

It asks at least one question that can be answered by looking at the budget docs. Wakefield actually has higher per pupil spending than HB.

Exactly, so typical of APE not to even do their homework before spouting off uninformed crap. Good luck attacking option schools APE.

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Anonymous wrote:APE is truly hiding their true intentions. Right now they're all about "improving learning outcomes" and saying all the right things (but very much mirroring what PDE and IWF is saying without the culture wars rhetoric), but with Miranda on the Board and them infiltrating all of the other community groups, I won't be surprised when all Arlington will all be talking about banning books and denying Transgender rights again.

I blame the ACDC who did not vet them and took Miranda at her word. Nobody I know wants to vote for her. Not any of the APS teachers who live in Arlington who had to put up with their harassment during the pandemic, not anyone who cares about minority kids. Probably not even the four people who will have to work with her, no matter what anonymous people say anonymously.

I'm leaving her vote blank.

I’m guessing they are going to lean into “school choice” and more subtle ways to tear down APS.

What does that even mean? Arlington County can't issue vouchers.

But APE can certainly advocate for that.

Then why are they putting out anti-choice "articles" in their newsletter? https://www.arlingtonparentsforeducation.org/enews/e-news-october-31-2023

That's such an ignorant article, so much wrong in there. Typical of the APE newsletters.

What’s wrong with it? They use APS data to show how much smaller the class sizes are and to show how many are trying to get into it. Not sure about the comment that most of our elected officials have kids there. Is that true?

TBH i’m not a fan of our option schools or APE for that matter.

They cherrypicked the data. And they are uninformed about HB staffing vs neighborhood school staffing. Or if they do know, they conveniently left that part out.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m leaving the ballot blank. Like another PP wrote, it won’t stop her from getting on to the board, but at least I won’t have helped her get there.

I’m not gonna vote for someone who acts like she deserves credit for living in the Valley when, as some of her supporters claimed during her first run, she and her husband could afford to live anywhere in Arlington. White savior much?

Yeah she lived in the Valley but sent one kid to private school, and didn't send the others to the neighborhood school. Not good enough for her and Mr. Miranda MAGA apparently.

TEMPORARILY sent one to private. They went Arlington Montessori for public.

Exactly, they avoided going to Drew. With the black and brown kids.

Stop this nonsense right now. I can barely stomach even spending the energy to confront the sheer ignorance in this post, but, Miranda currently lives in Green Valley. Presently. She was on Drew's PTA. Run your eyeballs instead of your mouth and do some research, it will serve you better.

How many years have her three kids attended Drew, collectively?

How many have YOUR kids attended there?

Do you think you're clever? None of us are running for the School Board. Miranda is. I have never heard her say why she won't send her own kids to the neighborhood school with the black and brown kids in their neighborhood.

I have. And it has nothing to do with skin color; everything to do with getting the educational needs of her own kids. Just like all you other parents who won't live anywhere near these schools. You just avoid it in a more "acceptable" manner. Virtual school didn't cut it - for a lot of us. She, like many others even in the "superior" schools up north, put her kid in private.

Do you even hear yourself? Drew isn't good enough for her own kids. But sure, nothing to do with the skin color of those who are there. Got it.

And she didn't put all of her kids in private, but she made sure to get them all out of Drew.

Just like you did, except you weren't even willing to live in such a neighborhood to begin with and that's how you made sure your kids would never have to go to the worst-performing school in the system. And NO....people don't pull their kids out of Drew because of the skin color of the students. They pull them out because their kids' basic educational needs aren't being met. The fact that that correlates to the student demographics is a separate issue.

Listen to yourself! Drew is good enough for the black and brown kids in Green Valley who have no other options but it doesn't meet the "basic educational needs" of Miranda's own precious snowflakes. And sure, this has nothing to do with demographics, nothing at all. Miranda's fake white savior complex sickens me.

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Anonymous wrote:APE is truly hiding their true intentions. Right now they're all about "improving learning outcomes" and saying all the right things (but very much mirroring what PDE and IWF is saying without the culture wars rhetoric), but with Miranda on the Board and them infiltrating all of the other community groups, I won't be surprised when all Arlington will all be talking about banning books and denying Transgender rights again.

I blame the ACDC who did not vet them and took Miranda at her word. Nobody I know wants to vote for her. Not any of the APS teachers who live in Arlington who had to put up with their harassment during the pandemic, not anyone who cares about minority kids. Probably not even the four people who will have to work with her, no matter what anonymous people say anonymously.

I'm leaving her vote blank.

I’m guessing they are going to lean into “school choice” and more subtle ways to tear down APS.

What does that even mean? Arlington County can't issue vouchers.

But APE can certainly advocate for that.

And they can do that, right now, today. This has nothing to do with who is on the school board. I think you're being a little paranoid.

and you're very naive. APS has a legislative package and a lobbyist at the state level. Who do you think sets it?

I don't know how much power you think the school board- let alone one member has- but this is not a rational line of thinking. Also, for the 10,000th time, she's the DEMOCRATIC nominee. I'm voting for her and I'm not in APE and neither are my friends.

Yes I am aware that she's the Democratic nominee, thanks. Only because she had no real competition. That doesn't mean she's not a DINO, with a base of DINOs and Republicans. Who can forget APE encouraging its members to be a "Dem for a Day" to vote for Miranda in the Democratic primary?

There is no democratic primary for school board. You know why? Because school board is supposed to be a NON-PARTISAN position. But AC/DC has a super undemocratic caucus to ensure that their preferred candidate wins every time.