FCPS is hiring an executive protection agent

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:* No recess outside of Elementary School
* English class, even for the advanced students, requires no reading of actual books
* No sports until high school - and then 50 kids trying out for 15 spots.
* The school board debates utterly useless garbage but manages to pass hiring their campaign managers on FCPS staff
* They talk equity but do absolutely nothing to make anything actually equitable except hire crazy expensive token black women to "run DEI"
* They send out endless surveys about kids' mental health - which only makes kids question their mental health but solves nothing
* Kids never, ever leave the building in Middle and High School. Sometimes for PE but half the year, they are sitting and learning about "health"

All of this let's also add no math interventions or actual support in high school level math. This after having no real math programs in FCPS ES. And let's add the constant staff turnover at most schools and no real exit interviews to hear what teachers are going through. The dissatisfaction teachers feel in their jobs trickles down to the kids. It's a fact and FCPS does nothing to make it a desirable place to work. they don't care they hire some provisional teacher and call it a day-no support for the inexperienced teachers most will quit~ rinse and repeat. All while FCPS shrugs at student and staff needs. Class sizes are going up this year due to cuts being made at the school level.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If she is receiving numerous frequent violent threats, who are we to say she doesn’t need protection? Attacks on public officials are on the rise. If the police and the SB think she needs protection, it’s quite possible she needs protection.

Is her position one that has an inherent risk? Like the President or a police officer? Or is she under higher risk than her predecessors? If someone is making threats the FCPD and FBI should make catching that offender a top priority. Or is she anticipating making decisions that will be highly unpopular? She obviously expects the danger to be on-going since she is hiring a bodyguard for the year.

[Anonymous]

If she were having real threats, I think we would be hearing about it and I am pretty sure there would be government law enforcement involved.

She likely does not like being yelled out by irate parents. That is not the same thing as physical threats. And, if we already have security people working for FCPS, it seems like if there were a need, some could step in.

[Anonymous]

I’d be more supportive if there credible reports of actual threats. Without them, this feels like an anticipatory move to try and chill people from disagreeing with Reid and the School Board, especially if, as some in FCPS have asserted, the next round of boundary proposals are “substantially different” from the proposals released in April and May.

We’ve seen this type of behavior from FCPS before, when they cut speaker time at board meetings and stopped showing the faces of speakers (supposedly to protect them but more likely to just make the speakers seem like random, faceless drones). They really do not tolerate criticism well at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d be more supportive if there credible reports of actual threats. Without them, this feels like an anticipatory move to try and chill people from disagreeing with Reid and the School Board, especially if, as some in FCPS have asserted, the next round of boundary proposals are “substantially different” from the proposals released in April and May.

We’ve seen this type of behavior from FCPS before, when they cut speaker time at board meetings and stopped showing the faces of speakers (supposedly to protect them but more likely to just make the speakers seem like random, faceless drones). They really do not tolerate criticism well at all.

Don't forget about the DEI issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d be more supportive if there credible reports of actual threats. Without them, this feels like an anticipatory move to try and chill people from disagreeing with Reid and the School Board, especially if, as some in FCPS have asserted, the next round of boundary proposals are “substantially different” from the proposals released in April and May.

We’ve seen this type of behavior from FCPS before, when they cut speaker time at board meetings and stopped showing the faces of speakers (supposedly to protect them but more likely to just make the speakers seem like random, faceless drones). They really do not tolerate criticism well at all.

Don't forget about the DEI issues.

Not sure how that cuts. The most agitated folks in that issue might be far-left activists if FCPS did what the Trump DEI and Youngkin want. If they are defiant, the far-right will more likely just be keyboard warriors who try to use it as campaign fodder.

A lot more people will care about boundary decisions than DEI decisions, as far as I can tell.

[Anonymous]

I'm also wondering of the scope of the protection. Obviously to all events where she'd interact with the public, but they often have FCPD already at the big events. Does she need protection to judge science fairs? Going to and from her car? To and from her home? Where does she travel out of the area that she'd need protection? Since this is a full time position, if she's sitting in her office all day, would she be able to have the guard run to the store or the cleaner?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d be more supportive if there credible reports of actual threats. Without them, this feels like an anticipatory move to try and chill people from disagreeing with Reid and the School Board, especially if, as some in FCPS have asserted, the next round of boundary proposals are “substantially different” from the proposals released in April and May.

We’ve seen this type of behavior from FCPS before, when they cut speaker time at board meetings and stopped showing the faces of speakers (supposedly to protect them but more likely to just make the speakers seem like random, faceless drones). They really do not tolerate criticism well at all.

Don't forget about the DEI issues.

Not sure how that cuts. The most agitated folks in that issue might be far-left activists if FCPS did what the Trump DEI and Youngkin want. If they are defiant, the far-right will more likely just be keyboard warriors who try to use it as campaign fodder.

A lot more people will care about boundary decisions than DEI decisions, as far as I can tell.

I think more people care about DEI. Boy in girls' bathrooms, locker rooms and sports is an issue that most people care about--not just parents of kids in school.

Ask yourself: which thread on this forum got locked? And, who was making the really ugly comments and name calling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:* No recess outside of Elementary School
* English class, even for the advanced students, requires no reading of actual books
* No sports until high school - and then 50 kids trying out for 15 spots.
* The school board debates utterly useless garbage but manages to pass hiring their campaign managers on FCPS staff
* They talk equity but do absolutely nothing to make anything actually equitable except hire crazy expensive token black women to "run DEI"
* They send out endless surveys about kids' mental health - which only makes kids question their mental health but solves nothing
* Kids never, ever leave the building in Middle and High School. Sometimes for PE but half the year, they are sitting and learning about "health"

this is why this forum is useless. None of this is true. People just write ridiculous inflammatory things. Always some, but definitely a ton now and until November.

There is recess in middle school. Recess is not appropriate in high school.
There are sports in middle school. Cross country and track and they are looking at bringing in more. Traditionally outside groups have served the needs of the community- like parks and SYC and the like.
Free 6 AP tests. Most areas in the country charge $90 per test. Free DE classes. Free SAT day. There are many times when I talk to relatives in other parts of the country and they are paying for things we do not pay for here.
My kids were offered 2 surveys on mental health last year and we opted out of both. That’s not endless and my kids took zero. FYI teen suicide rates have gone down so maybe something is working.
Why would they leave? It’s school. No one is learning health- except in health for 1 quarter. They learn math and science and music and writing….etc.
This is a ridiculous rant based in zero facts. This is why threads get locked and why people stop coming to this site. Because it’s useless.
Unless they popped some corn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If she is receiving numerous frequent violent threats, who are we to say she doesn’t need protection? Attacks on public officials are on the rise. If the police and the SB think she needs protection, it’s quite possible she needs protection.

Shouldn’t she have a social worker protect her instead of armed security?
Social worker salaries are much less than armed security, and according to FCPS, more effective.

Exactly. If Reid is so progressive she probably wants to defund the police. Hire a SW to chat with anyone who makes Dr. Reid feel uncomfy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:* No recess outside of Elementary School
* English class, even for the advanced students, requires no reading of actual books
* No sports until high school - and then 50 kids trying out for 15 spots.
* The school board debates utterly useless garbage but manages to pass hiring their campaign managers on FCPS staff
* They talk equity but do absolutely nothing to make anything actually equitable except hire crazy expensive token black women to "run DEI"
* They send out endless surveys about kids' mental health - which only makes kids question their mental health but solves nothing
* Kids never, ever leave the building in Middle and High School. Sometimes for PE but half the year, they are sitting and learning about "health"

All of this let's also add no math interventions or actual support in high school level math. This after having no real math programs in FCPS ES. And let's add the constant staff turnover at most schools and no real exit interviews to hear what teachers are going through. The dissatisfaction teachers feel in their jobs trickles down to the kids. It's a fact and FCPS does nothing to make it a desirable place to work. they don't care they hire some provisional teacher and call it a day-no support for the inexperienced teachers most will quit~ rinse and repeat. All while FCPS shrugs at student and staff needs. Class sizes are going up this year due to cuts being made at the school level.

They don't do exit interviews? Wow! That is important.

[Anonymous]

Why aren't they using a company to provide her security? Also, where is this going? Will she need it every school year? over the summer too? Will she become like the president of the US and need it for life after that? This is our taxpayer money and we need more info.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:* No recess outside of Elementary School
* English class, even for the advanced students, requires no reading of actual books
* No sports until high school - and then 50 kids trying out for 15 spots.
* The school board debates utterly useless garbage but manages to pass hiring their campaign managers on FCPS staff
* They talk equity but do absolutely nothing to make anything actually equitable except hire crazy expensive token black women to "run DEI"
* They send out endless surveys about kids' mental health - which only makes kids question their mental health but solves nothing
* Kids never, ever leave the building in Middle and High School. Sometimes for PE but half the year, they are sitting and learning about "health"

this is why this forum is useless. None of this is true. People just write ridiculous inflammatory things. Always some, but definitely a ton now and until November.

There is recess in middle school. Recess is not appropriate in high school.
There are sports in middle school. Cross country and track and they are looking at bringing in more. Traditionally outside groups have served the needs of the community- like parks and SYC and the like.
Free 6 AP tests. Most areas in the country charge $90 per test. Free DE classes. Free SAT day. There are many times when I talk to relatives in other parts of the country and they are paying for things we do not pay for here.
My kids were offered 2 surveys on mental health last year and we opted out of both. That’s not endless and my kids took zero. FYI teen suicide rates have gone down so maybe something is working.
Why would they leave? It’s school. No one is learning health- except in health for 1 quarter. They learn math and science and music and writing….etc.
This is a ridiculous rant based in zero facts. This is why threads get locked and why people stop coming to this site. Because it’s useless.
Unless they popped some corn.

In California, the state I know best, there is recess in High School - 40 minutes of lunch with free time outside and a 20 minute break between 2nd and 3rd period. Why? Because it's not possible to go from Physics to Spanish to Calculus without time for a break and rather than just saying "we care about the social-emotional health of our students," the Cupertino School district actually does. Middle School recess in most of FCPS is a "brain break" sitting in a room. That's not recess, that is time on your phone. My kids have been offered mental health survey twice a year every year for 5 years. The parks and SYC have never provided the free sports that schools normally do. But it's true, FCPS cares only about high achievers - the ones that take 6 AP tests. The ones that make the school board look good. But for the majority, it's really a shitty district.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why aren't they using a company to provide her security? Also, where is this going? Will she need it every school year? over the summer too? Will she become like the president of the US and need it for life after that? This is our taxpayer money and we need more info.

Don’t be surprised if the security person is a ‘friend of a friend’. The corruption is rampant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just hit the national headlines, queen reid!

https://www.foxnews.com/us/queen-reid-embattled-virginia-schools-boss-demands-personal-bodyguard-top-lavish-salary-perks.amp

Queen Reid is right. I just skimmed the article, but I didn't see mention of any other school superintendent that has this. What are our rights as taxpayers? Do we have a right to an explanation of what credible threats she actually faces? Plenty of teachers and students get threats and the school system does not protect them. If she were known as conservative instead of liberal and progressive would people let her get away with this queen-like behavior?

There were no credible threats, or it would have been reported in the news.