FCPS School Board candidates in Dranesville

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Were the Republican candidates invited?

The Dems don't normally invite the Republican opponents to their fundraisers.

https://herndonrestonindivisible.org/event/lets-get-elaine-tholen-elected-herndon-fundraiser/

[Anonymous]

Are there any moderates in Herndon ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Were the Republican candidates invited?

The Dems don't normally invite the Republican opponents to their fundraisers.

https://herndonrestonindivisible.org/event/lets-get-elaine-tholen-elected-herndon-fundraiser/

Ok now THAT was funny!

[Anonymous]

Almost as funny as the farce of “One Great Falls” pretending to be non-partisan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Almost as funny as the farce of “One Great Falls” pretending to be non-partisan.

You don't think there are any Dems involved in "One Great Falls?" Seriously?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Almost as funny as the farce of “One Great Falls” pretending to be non-partisan.

You don't think there are any Dems involved in "One Great Falls?" Seriously?

See what happened in howard County, next door with their version of One Fairfax and you’ll understand why some moderate democrats are not happy with it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Almost as funny as the farce of “One Great Falls” pretending to be non-partisan.

You don't think there are any Dems involved in "One Great Falls?" Seriously?

See what happened in howard County, next door with their version of One Fairfax and you’ll understand why some moderate democrats are not happy with it.

Their superintendent says all their schools are great. They just need to move kids around so that all the schools will be great because not all the schools are great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Almost as funny as the farce of “One Great Falls” pretending to be non-partisan.

You don't think there are any Dems involved in "One Great Falls?" Seriously?

Maybe there are a few nominal Democrats, but none with Democratic values. The entire reason for Voices of Fairfax’s existence is to protect the interests of a single community in Dranesville: Langley parents who think their neighborhoods, unique among those in the county, should be permanently exempt from any future boundary studies. They could not care less about the rest of Dranesville or Fairfax County.

Of course, they’ll claim they are making a one-time decision to cross party lines, but they’d be right at home in a Trump rally, as would the slate of all-Republican candidates endorsed by VOF, including those endorsed by right-wing fanatic Sebastian Gorka.

[Anonymous]

Some people do draw their entire identity from membership in a group and are subject to groupthink. Funnily enough, group leaders and membership occasionally modify the positions they have on issues. Guess that means they were never a "______________"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some people do draw their entire identity from membership in a group and are subject to groupthink. Funnily enough, group leaders and membership occasionally modify the positions they have on issues. Guess that means they were never a "______________"

There are few better examples of group think run amok than the hysteria among those convinced the School Board wants to redistrict them out of their significantly under-enrolled high school, which anyone with a functioning brain knows would not happen for at least another decade.

Should these people and their hand-picked candidates really be setting the agenda for the entire school system?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Almost as funny as the farce of “One Great Falls” pretending to be non-partisan.

You don't think there are any Dems involved in "One Great Falls?" Seriously?

Maybe there are a few nominal Democrats, but none with Democratic values. The entire reason for Voices of Fairfax’s existence is to protect the interests of a single community in Dranesville: Langley parents who think their neighborhoods, unique among those in the county, should be permanently exempt from any future boundary studies. They could not care less about the rest of Dranesville or Fairfax County.

Of course, they’ll claim they are making a one-time decision to cross party lines, but they’d be right at home in a Trump rally, as would the slate of all-Republican candidates endorsed by VOF, including those endorsed by right-wing fanatic Sebastian Gorka.

I know all the Dranesville candidates are from Langley but Elaine Tholen is the only one I trust to look out after other schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some people do draw their entire identity from membership in a group and are subject to groupthink. Funnily enough, group leaders and membership occasionally modify the positions they have on issues. Guess that means they were never a "______________"

There are few better examples of group think run amok than the hysteria among those convinced the School Board wants to redistrict them out of their significantly under-enrolled high school, which anyone with a functioning brain knows would not happen for at least another decade.

Should these people and their hand-picked candidates really be setting the agenda for the entire school system?

Too many of us have watched every meeting on school boundary policy. We know what the ultimate plan was and it was not simply to address capacity issues, or they would not have stopped boundary studies while they put a One Fairfax lens on the policy. They purposefully wasted thousands on trailers at McLean when Langley had space, because they had plans other than efficient use of taxpayer dollars and getting kids out of trailers. If it were all about capacity problems with obvious, inexpensive solutions would not have been ignored.

#youtriedit

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some people do draw their entire identity from membership in a group and are subject to groupthink. Funnily enough, group leaders and membership occasionally modify the positions they have on issues. Guess that means they were never a "______________"

There are few better examples of group think run amok than the hysteria among those convinced the School Board wants to redistrict them out of their significantly under-enrolled high school, which anyone with a functioning brain knows would not happen for at least another decade.

Should these people and their hand-picked candidates really be setting the agenda for the entire school system?

Too many of us have watched every meeting on school boundary policy. We know what the ultimate plan was and it was not simply to address capacity issues, or they would not have stopped boundary studies while they put a One Fairfax lens on the policy. They purposefully wasted thousands on trailers at McLean when Langley had space, because they had plans other than efficient use of taxpayer dollars and getting kids out of trailers. If it were all about capacity problems with obvious, inexpensive solutions would not have been ignored.

#youtriedit

The Langley renovation was not finished until the fall of 2018 and McLean’s enrollment spiked in the fall of 2018. As it is, people like Schultz and Wilson are already claiming McLean “leapfrogged” other boundary changes that need to be undertaken. I’m glad they are paying more attention now, but claiming they intentionally left kids in trailers is just hyperbole.

[Anonymous]

No way they knew in advance that Langley would be renovated and expanded and that McLean was overcrowded with no expansion on the horizon.

No way they had any updates on how long the renovation at McLean would take.

Everyone who watched work sessions is imagining the invocation of One Fairfax as the reason for the boundary policy change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No way they knew in advance that Langley would be renovated and expanded and that McLean was overcrowded with no expansion on the horizon.

No way they had any updates on how long the renovation at LANGLEY would take.

Everyone who watched work sessions is imagining the invocation of One Fairfax as the reason for the boundary policy change.

Had to fix previous post.They absolutely didn't know that parents and students were upset. They absolutely did NOT tell Strauss that McLean had to wait for the new policy. Brabrand did not say "I get that there's tension" indicating that he knew kids were squished every day when there was space nearby and he just really really really wanted a new policy first.

The School Board was unable to address overcrowding with existing version 8130.7