FCPS NEW SUPERINTENDENT : Michelle Reid

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Anonymous wrote:So vote for different people in 2023. We don’t need Youngkin swooping in with his school choice agenda.

I agree, but those voting in 2023 should be aware that the likes of the current School Board made Youngkin's school choice agenda seem far more palatable.

Disagree. Youngkin did not win Fairfax — not even close.

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Anonymous wrote:I have been in a position to work with NAACP leadership, or should I say try to work with them, on a variety of educational issues. My experience has been there is no reasonable discussion, as they have their mind set on perceptions and not realities. And whatever the national trend is that is how everything is perceived, without any real exploration of what is in front of them. There are many adjustments to policies I favor, and wanted to explore real data and develop plans. They wanted nothing to do with it. They have all the answers on hiring, school discipline, adjustments to funding, etc. Ad hominem attacks are what they offered when a real conversation and collaboration were offered. They force themselves into the room, but marginalize themselves because if one does not agree with every premise, they are dismissed. And I was a dues paying member of the NAACP for many years, so my goals were not disimilar to theirs.

I'm just saying, it sounds like you had your mind set on certain end results or positions too. So that goes both ways.

+1000. She definitely has a strong bias towards appointing Reid and declaring "mission accomplished."

And I get how Reid might seem qualified, depending on what boxes you think you need to check. I happen to think she'd be a disaster because she's clearly heavily invested in "equity" and "anti-racist" initiatives that rely heavily on babble and reject the idea of academic merit, and has no experience with a large school system that has the day-to-day operating challenges that FCPS faces (and Brabrand mostly ignored for the last five years).

If she were to step aside, and FCPS were to go back to the drawing board, that would be far preferable to hiring someone who's not right for the job simply because they have a timeline.

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If Michelle Reid becomes the new FCPS Superintendent, to stop the current school board atrocities and to bring some needed balance, Governor Youngqin ought to help us the same way he is with LCPS. We can’t afford another year of the same!

https://wjla.com/news/crisis-in-the-classroom/glenn-youngkin-amends-bill-puts-loudoun-county-school-board-members-ballot-november

It's a hell of a precedent he set. I wonder what republicans will think with a democratic governor uses it against republican elected officials down the road.

+1 You have no understanding of what kind of pushback there would be to this sort of authoritarian "help" here. We are a democracy.

In a democracy, women have the right to feel safe and to be protected. Furthermore, when a crime against them was committed, for justice to prevail.

Governor Youngqin’s action was based on the mishandling of sexual assaults against students (girls) at school grounds and the cover up that followed by the LCPS School Board and Superintendent.
Women advocates, parents, school staff, students, and other members of the community who stand in support of female students’ safety at schools - regardless of what their political affiliation is - do support this measure. This is a safety and security issue, not a partisan one; and to label it as such, one must either not be a parent themselves, or if they are, their political stance overrides their parental obligation to protect their children.

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Youngkin changed the election cycle for Loudoun SB on his own whim. How is this okay? And if it is, can we change the election date for Governor, too?

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Anonymous wrote:I have been in a position to work with NAACP leadership, or should I say try to work with them, on a variety of educational issues. My experience has been there is no reasonable discussion, as they have their mind set on perceptions and not realities. And whatever the national trend is that is how everything is perceived, without any real exploration of what is in front of them. There are many adjustments to policies I favor, and wanted to explore real data and develop plans. They wanted nothing to do with it. They have all the answers on hiring, school discipline, adjustments to funding, etc. Ad hominem attacks are what they offered when a real conversation and collaboration were offered. They force themselves into the room, but marginalize themselves because if one does not agree with every premise, they are dismissed. And I was a dues paying member of the NAACP for many years, so my goals were not disimilar to theirs.

I'm just saying, it sounds like you had your mind set on certain end results or positions too. So that goes both ways.

+1000. She definitely has a strong bias towards appointing Reid and declaring "mission accomplished."

And I get how Reid might seem qualified, depending on what boxes you think you need to check. I happen to think she'd be a disaster because she's clearly heavily invested in "equity" and "anti-racist" initiatives that rely heavily on babble and reject the idea of academic merit, and has no experience with a large school system that has the day-to-day operating challenges that FCPS faces (and Brabrand mostly ignored for the last five years).

If she were to step aside, and FCPS were to go back to the drawing board, that would be far preferable to hiring someone who's not right for the job simply because they have a timeline.

+1.
If Michelle Reid becomes the new FCPS Superintendent, to stop the current school board atrocities and to bring some needed balance, Governor Youngqin ought to help us the same way he is with LCPS. We can’t afford another year of the same!

https://wjla.com/news/crisis-in-the-classroom/glenn-youngkin-amends-bill-puts-loudoun-county-school-board-members-ballot-november

It's a hell of a precedent he set. I wonder what republicans will think with a democratic governor uses it against republican elected officials down the road.

+1 You have no understanding of what kind of pushback there would be to this sort of authoritarian "help" here. We are a democracy.

In a democracy, women have the right to feel safe and to be protected. Furthermore, when a crime against them was committed, for justice to prevail.

Governor Youngqin’s action was based on the mishandling of sexual assaults against students (girls) at school grounds and the cover up that followed by the LCPS School Board and Superintendent.
Women advocates, parents, school staff, students, and other members of the community who stand in support of female students’ safety at schools - regardless of what their political affiliation is - do support this measure. This is a safety and security issue, not a partisan one; and to label it as such, one must either not be a parent themselves, or if they are, their political stance overrides their parental obligation to protect their children.

“Safety and security” along with meddling with elections sure sounds like authoritarianism to me.

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Anonymous wrote:I have been in a position to work with NAACP leadership, or should I say try to work with them, on a variety of educational issues. My experience has been there is no reasonable discussion, as they have their mind set on perceptions and not realities. And whatever the national trend is that is how everything is perceived, without any real exploration of what is in front of them. There are many adjustments to policies I favor, and wanted to explore real data and develop plans. They wanted nothing to do with it. They have all the answers on hiring, school discipline, adjustments to funding, etc. Ad hominem attacks are what they offered when a real conversation and collaboration were offered. They force themselves into the room, but marginalize themselves because if one does not agree with every premise, they are dismissed. And I was a dues paying member of the NAACP for many years, so my goals were not disimilar to theirs.

I'm just saying, it sounds like you had your mind set on certain end results or positions too. So that goes both ways.

+1000. She definitely has a strong bias towards appointing Reid and declaring "mission accomplished."

And I get how Reid might seem qualified, depending on what boxes you think you need to check. I happen to think she'd be a disaster because she's clearly heavily invested in "equity" and "anti-racist" initiatives that rely heavily on babble and reject the idea of academic merit, and has no experience with a large school system that has the day-to-day operating challenges that FCPS faces (and Brabrand mostly ignored for the last five years).

If she were to step aside, and FCPS were to go back to the drawing board, that would be far preferable to hiring someone who's not right for the job simply because they have a timeline.

+1.
If Michelle Reid becomes the new FCPS Superintendent, to stop the current school board atrocities and to bring some needed balance, Governor Youngqin ought to help us the same way he is with LCPS. We can’t afford another year of the same!

https://wjla.com/news/crisis-in-the-classroom/glenn-youngkin-amends-bill-puts-loudoun-county-school-board-members-ballot-november

It's a hell of a precedent he set. I wonder what republicans will think with a democratic governor uses it against republican elected officials down the road.

+1 You have no understanding of what kind of pushback there would be to this sort of authoritarian "help" here. We are a democracy.

In a democracy, women have the right to feel safe and to be protected. Furthermore, when a crime against them was committed, for justice to prevail.

Governor Youngqin’s action was based on the mishandling of sexual assaults against students (girls) at school grounds and the cover up that followed by the LCPS School Board and Superintendent.
Women advocates, parents, school staff, students, and other members of the community who stand in support of female students’ safety at schools - regardless of what their political affiliation is - do support this measure. This is a safety and security issue, not a partisan one; and to label it as such, one must either not be a parent themselves, or if they are, their political stance overrides their parental obligation to protect their children.

Wrong. They are processes for addressing these issues and he did not follow them. Due process you know... Try again to get your agenda going.

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Anonymous wrote:I have been in a position to work with NAACP leadership, or should I say try to work with them, on a variety of educational issues. My experience has been there is no reasonable discussion, as they have their mind set on perceptions and not realities. And whatever the national trend is that is how everything is perceived, without any real exploration of what is in front of them. There are many adjustments to policies I favor, and wanted to explore real data and develop plans. They wanted nothing to do with it. They have all the answers on hiring, school discipline, adjustments to funding, etc. Ad hominem attacks are what they offered when a real conversation and collaboration were offered. They force themselves into the room, but marginalize themselves because if one does not agree with every premise, they are dismissed. And I was a dues paying member of the NAACP for many years, so my goals were not disimilar to theirs.

I'm just saying, it sounds like you had your mind set on certain end results or positions too. So that goes both ways.

+1000. She definitely has a strong bias towards appointing Reid and declaring "mission accomplished."

And I get how Reid might seem qualified, depending on what boxes you think you need to check. I happen to think she'd be a disaster because she's clearly heavily invested in "equity" and "anti-racist" initiatives that rely heavily on babble and reject the idea of academic merit, and has no experience with a large school system that has the day-to-day operating challenges that FCPS faces (and Brabrand mostly ignored for the last five years).

If she were to step aside, and FCPS were to go back to the drawing board, that would be far preferable to hiring someone who's not right for the job simply because they have a timeline.

+1.
If Michelle Reid becomes the new FCPS Superintendent, to stop the current school board atrocities and to bring some needed balance, Governor Youngqin ought to help us the same way he is with LCPS. We can’t afford another year of the same!

https://wjla.com/news/crisis-in-the-classroom/glenn-youngkin-amends-bill-puts-loudoun-county-school-board-members-ballot-november

It's a hell of a precedent he set. I wonder what republicans will think with a democratic governor uses it against republican elected officials down the road.

+1 You have no understanding of what kind of pushback there would be to this sort of authoritarian "help" here. We are a democracy.

In a democracy, women have the right to feel safe and to be protected. Furthermore, when a crime against them was committed, for justice to prevail.

Governor Youngqin’s action was based on the mishandling of sexual assaults against students (girls) at school grounds and the cover up that followed by the LCPS School Board and Superintendent.
Women advocates, parents, school staff, students, and other members of the community who stand in support of female students’ safety at schools - regardless of what their political affiliation is - do support this measure. This is a safety and security issue, not a partisan one; and to label it as such, one must either not be a parent themselves, or if they are, their political stance overrides their parental obligation to protect their children.

Then remove the school board members. That's what women do.

Not cower behind a man who is improperly using his position.

But since APS and LCPS kicked FCPS out of the Virginia Schools Forum, I'm not sure why they are here posting in defense of Youngkin's maneuver. Go congratulate yourselves on your win on the VA Schools Forum.

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Anonymous wrote:Youngkin changed the election cycle for Loudoun SB on his own whim. How is this okay? And if it is, can we change the election date for Governor, too?

It turns out the moderate is actually authoritarian

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Anonymous wrote:I have been in a position to work with NAACP leadership, or should I say try to work with them, on a variety of educational issues. My experience has been there is no reasonable discussion, as they have their mind set on perceptions and not realities. And whatever the national trend is that is how everything is perceived, without any real exploration of what is in front of them. There are many adjustments to policies I favor, and wanted to explore real data and develop plans. They wanted nothing to do with it. They have all the answers on hiring, school discipline, adjustments to funding, etc. Ad hominem attacks are what they offered when a real conversation and collaboration were offered. They force themselves into the room, but marginalize themselves because if one does not agree with every premise, they are dismissed. And I was a dues paying member of the NAACP for many years, so my goals were not disimilar to theirs.

I'm just saying, it sounds like you had your mind set on certain end results or positions too. So that goes both ways.

+1000. She definitely has a strong bias towards appointing Reid and declaring "mission accomplished."

And I get how Reid might seem qualified, depending on what boxes you think you need to check. I happen to think she'd be a disaster because she's clearly heavily invested in "equity" and "anti-racist" initiatives that rely heavily on babble and reject the idea of academic merit, and has no experience with a large school system that has the day-to-day operating challenges that FCPS faces (and Brabrand mostly ignored for the last five years).

If she were to step aside, and FCPS were to go back to the drawing board, that would be far preferable to hiring someone who's not right for the job simply because they have a timeline.

+1.
If Michelle Reid becomes the new FCPS Superintendent, to stop the current school board atrocities and to bring some needed balance, Governor Youngqin ought to help us the same way he is with LCPS. We can’t afford another year of the same!

https://wjla.com/news/crisis-in-the-classroom/glenn-youngkin-amends-bill-puts-loudoun-county-school-board-members-ballot-november

It's a hell of a precedent he set. I wonder what republicans will think with a democratic governor uses it against republican elected officials down the road.

+1 You have no understanding of what kind of pushback there would be to this sort of authoritarian "help" here. We are a democracy.

In a democracy, women have the right to feel safe and to be protected. Furthermore, when a crime against them was committed, for justice to prevail.

Governor Youngqin’s action was based on the mishandling of sexual assaults against students (girls) at school grounds and the cover up that followed by the LCPS School Board and Superintendent.
Women advocates, parents, school staff, students, and other members of the community who stand in support of female students’ safety at schools - regardless of what their political affiliation is - do support this measure. This is a safety and security issue, not a partisan one; and to label it as such, one must either not be a parent themselves, or if they are, their political stance overrides their parental obligation to protect their children.

Wrong. They are processes for addressing these issues and he did not follow them. Due process you know... Try again to get your agenda going.

Rest assured that due process is on the works. Meanwhile, he is giving parents the chance to select a new school board since the current one will be too busy involved in criminal litigation - if it isn’t already.

And, no political agenda here, except to advocate for women’s rights (young girls in this case) to safety and equality under the law.

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Anonymous wrote:I have been in a position to work with NAACP leadership, or should I say try to work with them, on a variety of educational issues. My experience has been there is no reasonable discussion, as they have their mind set on perceptions and not realities. And whatever the national trend is that is how everything is perceived, without any real exploration of what is in front of them. There are many adjustments to policies I favor, and wanted to explore real data and develop plans. They wanted nothing to do with it. They have all the answers on hiring, school discipline, adjustments to funding, etc. Ad hominem attacks are what they offered when a real conversation and collaboration were offered. They force themselves into the room, but marginalize themselves because if one does not agree with every premise, they are dismissed. And I was a dues paying member of the NAACP for many years, so my goals were not disimilar to theirs.

I'm just saying, it sounds like you had your mind set on certain end results or positions too. So that goes both ways.

+1000. She definitely has a strong bias towards appointing Reid and declaring "mission accomplished."

And I get how Reid might seem qualified, depending on what boxes you think you need to check. I happen to think she'd be a disaster because she's clearly heavily invested in "equity" and "anti-racist" initiatives that rely heavily on babble and reject the idea of academic merit, and has no experience with a large school system that has the day-to-day operating challenges that FCPS faces (and Brabrand mostly ignored for the last five years).

If she were to step aside, and FCPS were to go back to the drawing board, that would be far preferable to hiring someone who's not right for the job simply because they have a timeline.

+1.
If Michelle Reid becomes the new FCPS Superintendent, to stop the current school board atrocities and to bring some needed balance, Governor Youngqin ought to help us the same way he is with LCPS. We can’t afford another year of the same!

https://wjla.com/news/crisis-in-the-classroom/glenn-youngkin-amends-bill-puts-loudoun-county-school-board-members-ballot-november

It's a hell of a precedent he set. I wonder what republicans will think with a democratic governor uses it against republican elected officials down the road.

+1 You have no understanding of what kind of pushback there would be to this sort of authoritarian "help" here. We are a democracy.

In a democracy, women have the right to feel safe and to be protected. Furthermore, when a crime against them was committed, for justice to prevail.

Governor Youngqin’s action was based on the mishandling of sexual assaults against students (girls) at school grounds and the cover up that followed by the LCPS School Board and Superintendent.
Women advocates, parents, school staff, students, and other members of the community who stand in support of female students’ safety at schools - regardless of what their political affiliation is - do support this measure. This is a safety and security issue, not a partisan one; and to label it as such, one must either not be a parent themselves, or if they are, their political stance overrides their parental obligation to protect their children.

Wrong. They are processes for addressing these issues and he did not follow them. Due process you know... Try again to get your agenda going.

Rest assured that due process is on the works. Meanwhile, he is giving parents the chance to select a new school board since the current one will be too busy involved in criminal litigation - if it isn’t already.

And, no political agenda here, except to advocate for women’s rights (young girls in this case) to safety and equality under the law.

How nice of him!

Are you a troll? Or insane?

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Anonymous wrote:I have been in a position to work with NAACP leadership, or should I say try to work with them, on a variety of educational issues. My experience has been there is no reasonable discussion, as they have their mind set on perceptions and not realities. And whatever the national trend is that is how everything is perceived, without any real exploration of what is in front of them. There are many adjustments to policies I favor, and wanted to explore real data and develop plans. They wanted nothing to do with it. They have all the answers on hiring, school discipline, adjustments to funding, etc. Ad hominem attacks are what they offered when a real conversation and collaboration were offered. They force themselves into the room, but marginalize themselves because if one does not agree with every premise, they are dismissed. And I was a dues paying member of the NAACP for many years, so my goals were not disimilar to theirs.

I'm just saying, it sounds like you had your mind set on certain end results or positions too. So that goes both ways.

+1000. She definitely has a strong bias towards appointing Reid and declaring "mission accomplished."

And I get how Reid might seem qualified, depending on what boxes you think you need to check. I happen to think she'd be a disaster because she's clearly heavily invested in "equity" and "anti-racist" initiatives that rely heavily on babble and reject the idea of academic merit, and has no experience with a large school system that has the day-to-day operating challenges that FCPS faces (and Brabrand mostly ignored for the last five years).

If she were to step aside, and FCPS were to go back to the drawing board, that would be far preferable to hiring someone who's not right for the job simply because they have a timeline.

+1.
If Michelle Reid becomes the new FCPS Superintendent, to stop the current school board atrocities and to bring some needed balance, Governor Youngqin ought to help us the same way he is with LCPS. We can’t afford another year of the same!

https://wjla.com/news/crisis-in-the-classroom/glenn-youngkin-amends-bill-puts-loudoun-county-school-board-members-ballot-november

It's a hell of a precedent he set. I wonder what republicans will think with a democratic governor uses it against republican elected officials down the road.

+1 You have no understanding of what kind of pushback there would be to this sort of authoritarian "help" here. We are a democracy.

In a democracy, women have the right to feel safe and to be protected. Furthermore, when a crime against them was committed, for justice to prevail.

Governor Youngqin’s action was based on the mishandling of sexual assaults against students (girls) at school grounds and the cover up that followed by the LCPS School Board and Superintendent.
Women advocates, parents, school staff, students, and other members of the community who stand in support of female students’ safety at schools - regardless of what their political affiliation is - do support this measure. This is a safety and security issue, not a partisan one; and to label it as such, one must either not be a parent themselves, or if they are, their political stance overrides their parental obligation to protect their children.

Wrong. They are processes for addressing these issues and he did not follow them. Due process you know... Try again to get your agenda going.

Rest assured that due process is on the works. Meanwhile, he is giving parents the chance to select a new school board since the current one will be too busy involved in criminal litigation - if it isn’t already.

And, no political agenda here, except to advocate for women’s rights (young girls in this case) to safety and equality under the law.

I want a new election for Governor.

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Anonymous wrote:Youngkin is appointing a DeVos staffer to be deputy secretary of education. We don’t need his “help” in Fairfax as we value our public schools and aren’t trying to destroy them.

Yet it was under the 12-0 Democratic School Board that:

* Schools were closed for extended period-happened in many red states, too, my friend.
* Test scores declined-declined everywhere
* Depression among students shot up-happened everywhere
* Parents pulled over 10,000 kids out of FCPS-yep.
* Upending TJ admissions during a pandemic became a top priority and resulted in litigation all the way to the Supreme Court-this was on the drawing board before the pandemic and the county can do things at once, you know.
* Foolish decisions with FCPS's limited capital funds were made-don't agree.
* Overcrowding at numerous schools went largely or wholly unaddressed-because how exactly do you expect to fix this? Teacher shortages and tax funding make redistricting and building new schools extremely difficult.
* IB programs with only 2-5% of seniors on track to receive IB diplomas go unexamined--I would have to look into this.
* No candidates truly qualified to lead FCPS emerged to become the next Superintendent-just wrong.

You don't have to like DeVos or agree with everything Youngkin does to conclude this School Board is a dumpster fire.

Here is your problem-while all of this is true to some extent, not everyone, not even the majority, agrees that the SB was responsible, or thinks these are all bad things. Or look at these bullet points without context.

I can't get past your first response - they were overwhelming closed for longer in blue areas - so I can't read anything else you say since you're so wrong on the first one.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it’s a huge assumption that Michelle is the final candidate.

Agree. I bet they appoint an interim (cpugh cough Sloan cough cough) and start over. Hopefully without the expensive search firm that produced mediocre results, but given the level of disfunction, probably not.

They would be wise to make Sloan Presidio the acting superintendent and leave it to the next School Board to appoint a permanent replacement. He is a decent person and better qualified than Lockard, who was the interim after Garza quit.

It will cost the county a lot of money if the current SB appoints a new superintendent and the next School Board quickly decides to replace her and has to buy out her contract. And there doesn’t seem to be anything close to wide support for Reid, with both the conservative groups and the NAACP already lined up against her.

Yep. Once both conservatives and the NAACP hate you, it’s over before it starts.

The “first to close schools” thing is a silly Open FCPS talking point. Remember March 2020? No one knew what we were dealing with, the photos out of China were awful, urban centers like NYC were being decimated, we didn’t know kids aren’t as effected, there were no tests and no PCP. And if we had stayed open, teachers, at least, would have died. And China wasn’t being open about COVID. Closing schools spring of 2020 to get a handle on the virus and impose mitigation was the right call. At the time, it was not at all controversial. I don’t think any schools stayed open. My much bigger question is whether she got school open in fall 2020 and what model she used. That’s what’s important.

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Anonymous wrote:Youngkin is appointing a DeVos staffer to be deputy secretary of education. We don’t need his “help” in Fairfax as we value our public schools and aren’t trying to destroy them.

Yet it was under the 12-0 Democratic School Board that:

* Schools were closed for extended period [COVID]
* Test scores declined [COVID]/b]
* Depression among students shot up [b][COVID]/b]
* Parents pulled over 10,000 kids out of FCPS [b][COVID]b]
* Upending TJ admissions during a pandemic became a top priority and resulted in litigation all the way to the Supreme Court [b][FALSE]/b]
* Foolish decisions with FCPS's limited capital funds were made [b][FALSE}
* Overcrowding at numerous schools went largely or wholly unaddressed [FALSE]/b]
* IB programs with only 2-5% of seniors on track to receive IB diplomas go unexamined [b][TRUE]/b]
* No candidates truly qualified to lead FCPS emerged to become the next Superintendent [b][TRUE DUE TO DERANGED, RACIST MAMA BEARS]/b]

You don't have to like DeVos or agree with everything Youngkin does to conclude this School Board is a dumpster fire.

[b]FTFY

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Anonymous wrote:Youngkin changed the election cycle for Loudoun SB on his own whim. How is this okay? And if it is, can we change the election date for Governor, too?

This is fake news. He put it in a bill that elected representatives need to vote for. Things can be changed and this is how you do it - through bills and laws that elected representatives vote on.

If you want to know what I think is veering on authoritarian - it's booster requirements being allowed in this country - for my 12 year old son who is fully vaccinated plus has had covid.

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Anonymous wrote:I have been in a position to work with NAACP leadership, or should I say try to work with them, on a variety of educational issues. My experience has been there is no reasonable discussion, as they have their mind set on perceptions and not realities. And whatever the national trend is that is how everything is perceived, without any real exploration of what is in front of them. There are many adjustments to policies I favor, and wanted to explore real data and develop plans. They wanted nothing to do with it. They have all the answers on hiring, school discipline, adjustments to funding, etc. Ad hominem attacks are what they offered when a real conversation and collaboration were offered. They force themselves into the room, but marginalize themselves because if one does not agree with every premise, they are dismissed. And I was a dues paying member of the NAACP for many years, so my goals were not disimilar to theirs.

I'm just saying, it sounds like you had your mind set on certain end results or positions too. So that goes both ways.

+1000. She definitely has a strong bias towards appointing Reid and declaring "mission accomplished."

And I get how Reid might seem qualified, depending on what boxes you think you need to check. I happen to think she'd be a disaster because she's clearly heavily invested in "equity" and "anti-racist" initiatives that rely heavily on babble and reject the idea of academic merit, and has no experience with a large school system that has the day-to-day operating challenges that FCPS faces (and Brabrand mostly ignored for the last five years).

If she were to step aside, and FCPS were to go back to the drawing board, that would be far preferable to hiring someone who's not right for the job simply because they have a timeline.

+1.
If Michelle Reid becomes the new FCPS Superintendent, to stop the current school board atrocities and to bring some needed balance, Governor Youngqin ought to help us the same way he is with LCPS. We can’t afford another year of the same!

https://wjla.com/news/crisis-in-the-classroom/glenn-youngkin-amends-bill-puts-loudoun-county-school-board-members-ballot-november

It's a hell of a precedent he set. I wonder what republicans will think with a democratic governor uses it against republican elected officials down the road.

+1 You have no understanding of what kind of pushback there would be to this sort of authoritarian "help" here. We are a democracy.

In a democracy, women have the right to feel safe and to be protected. Furthermore, when a crime against them was committed, for justice to prevail.

Governor Youngqin’s action was based on the mishandling of sexual assaults against students (girls) at school grounds and the cover up that followed by the LCPS School Board and Superintendent.
Women advocates, parents, school staff, students, and other members of the community who stand in support of female students’ safety at schools - regardless of what their political affiliation is - do support this measure. This is a safety and security issue, not a partisan one; and to label it as such, one must either not be a parent themselves, or if they are, their political stance overrides their parental obligation to protect their children.

Wrong. They are processes for addressing these issues and he did not follow them. Due process you know... Try again to get your agenda going.

Rest assured that due process is on the works. Meanwhile, he is giving parents the chance to select a new school board since the current one will be too busy involved in criminal litigation - if it isn’t already.

And, no political agenda here, except to advocate for women’s rights (young girls in this case) to safety and equality under the law.

I want a new election for Governor.

Feel free to lobby for a new bill on how often the Gov is elected.