
+100! |
These people are out of their cotton pickin' minds |
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"It hurts. I'm an Arlingtonian, and I love it. It's all I know." No, Keisha, actually you're not. |
I don’t know if I feel bad for the kid. I think he i s old enough to say yeah I deserve a payday. He grew up with parent like this and as an adult it’s unfortunate but there is a chance he will model the same behavior as an adult. |
This is truly outrageous. It wasn’t a cotton picking game (it was a silly, meaningless game in which all kids were using cotton balls). $10 million us insane. No jury would ever go for this and award damages. APS better not settle for a penny! |
The Virginia school teacher shot by a student is suing for $40 million (totally justifiable) and these people are out here claiming $10 million for this nonsense. SMH… |
These frivolous claims have been really bothering me... I think partly because I know this family and have felt chagrined for their many years of using APS schools and Parks and Rec offerings, etc., while living in MD. I do feel bad for the kids and know it isn't their fault. Mostly though, I hate that there are real issues of inequity in Arlington and this family chooses to highlight the kind of opportunistic victimhood that will be used to undermine legitimate claims of racism and divert our attention from the real problems facing our students. |
Ever heard of dual citizenship? Just she drives a car with Maryland tags doesn’t mean she lives in Maryland. Could be a work vehicle or the car could be owned by someone else. Why are we assuming the woman is a criminal. More racist stereotyping? |
How do so many of you know this family, know they live in MD, and have not reported them? You only care about the fraud they are committing NOW even though you've known about it this whole time?? |
Justin Fairfax wouldn’t have taken the case if it was frivolous. I know him personally and he has more important things to do with his time. |
Maybe because blackmail is a crime? |
Yeah, I bet this woman lived in Arlington long before everyone of these posters who are claiming she isn’t a resident. The privilege is just disgusting. |
Or… the reality of it all. I’m an APS teacher. We have plenty of kids here that don’t live here. If they’re here to get a good, safe education, I can turn a blind eye. However, I’ve seen some of those kids cause trouble and exhaust our resources. Always D.C. or PG. When they don’t actually live here, no thanks. This kid seems fine, but his mom is a nut job. I feel sorry for him. Maybe the settlement is that we don’t get our money back on his education. And then she enrolls him at his neighborhood school. |
I'm one of the PPs and I wasn't stereotyping but sharing what I know about her based on personal knowledge deeper than seeing her MD tags. I'm sure I'm not the only one. Many of us got to know her and her family members over the years through her (and her family members' work. |
She and her family work at a popular daycare in Clarendon. Many APS families go there. If you’ve been there anytime in the last 15 years, you know this family. |