FCPS NEW SUPERINTENDENT : Michelle Reid

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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

What Youngkin is doing in Loudoun bothers me a lot. This is our local SB. I don’t support many of them and will stand in line to vote them out. But it is not the job of the Governor to try to replace local representive with people he likes more. Same deal as the masks. By now, FCPS should have made them voluntary, but it should have been out choice. Youngkin is overreaching again.

Have you read the press? He's not changing it unilaterally despite what is being said here. He inserted a suggestion into a bill - if it's an over-reach the rest of the VA legislature is free to not approve it.

He torpedoed a bipartisan plan to reform the Loudon board through staggered terms by pushing the election date forward by a year and he did it at the 11th hour out of nowhere

And now people can vote for or against it.

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They already had a bipartisan bill. His last minute whims are inappropriate to insert at this late date and force more votes. He should have been working with legislators during the session if he was interested in this but that would have required work that took him away from his many photo opps and right wing media appearances. He just wants coverage for a national audience; he doesn’t want to serve Virginians/

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Anonymous wrote:They already had a bipartisan bill. His last minute whims are inappropriate to insert at this late date and force more votes. He should have been working with legislators during the session if he was interested in this but that would have required work that took him away from his many photo opps and right wing media appearances. He just wants coverage for a national audience; he doesn’t want to serve Virginians/

I really appreciate your hijacking the thread to share your many thoughts about Glenn Youngkin.

Meanwhile, many of us still firmly oppose tapping Michelle Reid to take over as the next superintendent.

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I am glad they were enlightening and useful to you. Your thoughts on Michelle Reid are irrelevant since you aren’t in charge of hiring the superintendent.

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Anonymous wrote:I am glad they were enlightening and useful to you. Your thoughts on Michelle Reid are irrelevant since you aren’t in charge of hiring the superintendent.

Since she hasn't been hired yet, they are probably more relevant than your non-stop kvetching about a guy who already holds office. Not to mention the express topic of the thread.

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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

What Youngkin is doing in Loudoun bothers me a lot. This is our local SB. I don’t support many of them and will stand in line to vote them out. But it is not the job of the Governor to try to replace local representive with people he likes more. Same deal as the masks. By now, FCPS should have made them voluntary, but it should have been out choice. Youngkin is overreaching again.

Have you read the press? He's not changing it unilaterally despite what is being said here. He inserted a suggestion into a bill - if it's an over-reach the rest of the VA legislature is free to not approve it.

He torpedoed a bipartisan plan to reform the Loudon board through staggered terms by pushing the election date forward by a year and he did it at the 11th hour out of nowhere

And now people can vote for or against it.

Again, the plan was negotiated and bipartisan. He changed the terms at the 11th hour and is telling democrats to take it or leave it. He's governing like an 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.

You took one page from the district's overall site and have decided that because they mention equity, there are no academics and that she has no experience because North Shore is smaller?
Okay--there is another way to look at it. Virginia and Washington state are on par for student's academic achievements and educational rankings (10 and 11). Her district is top 5% in her state, #13 overall of 300+and Fairfax is #6 of 200+. So very close..

Her school district is an amalgamation of two counties, so she knows how to deal with varying needs and differences of a widespread, if not super populous, district.
She was also national superintendent of the year.
All you have presented in your argument so far is "equity babble."

You sound like a headhunter who won't get paid unless one of your candidates gets the job.

And obviously the number of schools and students matters more when it comes to the demands of the job than whether she's currently in a district that covers a widespread geographical area with only a small fraction of the students.

I think you meant I sound like someone who can reason, instead of rely on tired phrases like "equity babble."
How exactly does the number of schools change things? We are talking ratios here.

And besides, that is why there is a hierarchy--there are assistant superintendents for every region and a deputy superintendent. The job of SI is more to manage those people, and lead, rather than to manage every school and student.

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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.

You took one page from the district's overall site and have decided that because they mention equity, there are no academics and that she has no experience because North Shore is smaller?
Okay--there is another way to look at it. Virginia and Washington state are on par for student's academic achievements and educational rankings (10 and 11). Her district is top 5% in her state, #13 overall of 300+and Fairfax is #6 of 200+. So very close..

Her school district is an amalgamation of two counties, so she knows how to deal with varying needs and differences of a widespread, if not super populous, district.
She was also national superintendent of the year.
All you have presented in your argument so far is "equity babble."

You sound like a headhunter who won't get paid unless one of your candidates gets the job.

And obviously the number of schools and students matters more when it comes to the demands of the job than whether she's currently in a district that covers a widespread geographical area with only a small fraction of the students.

I think you meant I sound like someone who can reason, instead of rely on tired phrases like "equity babble."
How exactly does the number of schools change things? We are talking ratios here.

And besides, that is why there is a hierarchy--there are assistant superintendents for every region and a deputy superintendent. The job of SI is more to manage those people, and lead, rather than to manage every school and student.

You really sound denser and more pig-headed with every post. I hope you earn your commission (or your brownie points) somehow, because this is just getting embarrassing.

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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 it’s time to recall, fire and vote people out. Not time for Youngkin to play dictator.

And give me a break. What is Youngkin doing for women besides trying to restrict abortion?

He is not replacing the board with a board of his sympathizers. Instead, he is attempting to give LCPS constituents the opportunity to choose who they want to represent the best interests of their children given how the current board handled the crime of girls raped at their schools and their audacity to cover up the crimes. A full year is too long of a wait when issues of safety, such as rape, affect young women - and potentially boys.

LCPS residents are free to vote for whomever they choose, including the current board, shall they be able to run, or/and are interested still.

As for restricting abortion, Governor Youngqin is indeed protecting women (and men) from being killed through abortion.

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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 it’s time to recall, fire and vote people out. Not time for Youngkin to play dictator.

And give me a break. What is Youngkin doing for women besides trying to restrict abortion?

He is not replacing the board with a board of his sympathizers. Instead, he is attempting to give LCPS constituents the opportunity to choose who they want to represent the best interests of their children given how the current board handled the crime of girls raped at their schools and their audacity to cover up the crimes. A full year is too long of a wait when issues of safety, such as rape, affect young women - and potentially boys.

LCPS residents are free to vote for whomever they choose, including the current board, shall they be able to run, or/and are interested still.

As for restricting abortion, Governor Youngqin is indeed protecting women (and men) from being killed through abortion.

Is he willing to hold early elections for governor too? What about republican boards in the rest of the state?

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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.

You took one page from the district's overall site and have decided that because they mention equity, there are no academics and that she has no experience because North Shore is smaller?
Okay--there is another way to look at it. Virginia and Washington state are on par for student's academic achievements and educational rankings (10 and 11). Her district is top 5% in her state, #13 overall of 300+and Fairfax is #6 of 200+. So very close..

Her school district is an amalgamation of two counties, so she knows how to deal with varying needs and differences of a widespread, if not super populous, district.
She was also national superintendent of the year.
All you have presented in your argument so far is "equity babble."

You sound like a headhunter who won't get paid unless one of your candidates gets the job.

And obviously the number of schools and students matters more when it comes to the demands of the job than whether she's currently in a district that covers a widespread geographical area with only a small fraction of the students.

I think you meant I sound like someone who can reason, instead of rely on tired phrases like "equity babble."
How exactly does the number of schools change things? We are talking ratios here.

And besides, that is why there is a hierarchy--there are assistant superintendents for every region and a deputy superintendent. The job of SI is more to manage those people, and lead, rather than to manage every school and student.

You really sound denser and more pig-headed with every post. I hope you earn your commission (or your brownie points) somehow, because this is just getting embarrassing.

Ad hominems and nonresponsive? Check check. Any actual responses to my points? I think you need to learn the difference between something YOU think is important and things that are actually important.

By your logic, no governor should ever become President because the population doesn't scale. I mean, how can you be expected to run a country if you've only ever run ONE STATE A TIME.
Oh wait...you have an administration and deputies and assistants that help with that, you say?

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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

Many of us already knew that. But the shiny objects (CRT! OMG!) were waved around and a distraction from that fact. Now we're stuck with him. And make no mistake, he and the VA House have already tried to reverse many things and make it harder to vote in VA. Luckily those went nowhere. Yet.

And abortion.

They are going to try to get the Senate to pass these insane laws.

Thanks, rubes.

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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 it’s time to recall, fire and vote people out. Not time for Youngkin to play dictator.

And give me a break. What is Youngkin doing for women besides trying to restrict abortion?

He is not replacing the board with a board of his sympathizers. Instead, he is attempting to give LCPS constituents the opportunity to choose who they want to represent the best interests of their children given how the current board handled the crime of girls raped at their schools and their audacity to cover up the crimes. A full year is too long of a wait when issues of safety, such as rape, affect young women - and potentially boys.

LCPS residents are free to vote for whomever they choose, including the current board, shall they be able to run, or/and are interested still.

As for restricting abortion, Governor Youngqin is indeed protecting women (and men) from being killed through abortion.

Is he willing to hold early elections for governor too? What about republican boards in the rest of the state?

That makes sense. Let's have a new governor election this fall too. Sounds fair.

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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 it’s time to recall, fire and vote people out. Not time for Youngkin to play dictator.

And give me a break. What is Youngkin doing for women besides trying to restrict abortion?

He is not replacing the board with a board of his sympathizers. Instead, he is attempting to give LCPS constituents the opportunity to choose who they want to represent the best interests of their children given how the current board handled the crime of girls raped at their schools and their audacity to cover up the crimes. A full year is too long of a wait when issues of safety, such as rape, affect young women - and potentially boys.

LCPS residents are free to vote for whomever they choose, including the current board, shall they be able to run, or/and are interested still.

As for restricting abortion, Governor Youngqin is indeed protecting women (and men) from being killed through abortion.

Is he willing to hold early elections for governor too? What about republican boards in the rest of the state?

That makes sense. Let's have a new governor election this fall too. Sounds fair.

I’ll support that if we can move up the presidential election too. See how that works?

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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 it’s time to recall, fire and vote people out. Not time for Youngkin to play dictator.

And give me a break. What is Youngkin doing for women besides trying to restrict abortion?

He is not replacing the board with a board of his sympathizers. Instead, he is attempting to give LCPS constituents the opportunity to choose who they want to represent the best interests of their children given how the current board handled the crime of girls raped at their schools and their audacity to cover up the crimes. A full year is too long of a wait when issues of safety, such as rape, affect young women - and potentially boys.

LCPS residents are free to vote for whomever they choose, including the current board, shall they be able to run, or/and are interested still.

As for restricting abortion, Governor Youngqin is indeed protecting women (and men) from being killed through abortion.

Is he willing to hold early elections for governor too? What about republican boards in the rest of the state?

That makes sense. Let's have a new governor election this fall too. Sounds fair.

Yes, he should give his constituents the opportunity to choose who we want to represent the best interests of their families.

Given how the GOP is trying to strip voters and women of their rights.