Do you think the VA governor's race will have an impact on NoVA school board elections?

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Anonymous wrote:So for everyone all posted that the school boards must pay for closing schools during the pandemic. . .

Wasn’t it the school administration who made that call on in-person/hybrid/concurrent?

What local school board insisted on opening schools that an administrator insisted on keeping closed? I realize this is a non-FCPS board, but the superintendent there wanted to open with hybrid in the fall, while the SB insisted on keeping their heads up their butts for political reasons.

Continuation. To be fair, that same superintendent made opening impractical after handing out ADAs like Halloween candy.

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Anonymous wrote:I agree with you to some extent, 18:23. I live in Alexandria. I am a died-in-the-wool Dem by both pedigree and CV. In all my years of voting I haven't ever voted out of party line. But this year I will be in the SB race. In our local SB race, I am so turned off by the behavior of my fellow Democrats on our SB that I will probably be voting for their Republican opponents. And I am definitely not voting for our current Democratic mayor (although I am not sure if I will vote for an opponent or do a write-in for Daffy Duck). I don't know which came first but either way the outcome is a hot mess for me.

LOL Justin Wilson and the Democrats won City Council handedly. Sucks to be you.

Hhhmmm. I don't think they won "handedly" (sic), LOL. Especially that idiot Wilson. I don't think he is even smart enough to be embarrassed by the poor grammar and spelling of such an ardent, if not very erudite, supporter. Sigh.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So for everyone all posted that the school boards must pay for closing schools during the pandemic. . .

Wasn’t it the school administration who made that call on in-person/hybrid/concurrent?

What local school board insisted on opening schools that an administrator insisted on keeping closed? I realize this is a non-FCPS board, but the superintendent there wanted to open with hybrid in the fall, while the SB insisted on keeping their heads up their butts for political reasons.

Continuation. To be fair, that same superintendent made opening impractical after handing out ADAs like Halloween candy.

But did the FCPS school board actually vote on it?

I don't think that school boards have the power to decide if schools are open/close/hybrid/concurrent. That's an operational decision.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So for everyone all posted that the school boards must pay for closing schools during the pandemic. . .

Wasn’t it the school administration who made that call on in-person/hybrid/concurrent?

What local school board insisted on opening schools that an administrator insisted on keeping closed? I realize this is a non-FCPS board, but the superintendent there wanted to open with hybrid in the fall, while the SB insisted on keeping their heads up their butts for political reasons.

Continuation. To be fair, that same superintendent made opening impractical after handing out ADAs like Halloween candy.

But did the FCPS school board actually vote on it?

I don't think that school boards have the power to decide if schools are open/close/hybrid/concurrent. That's an operational decision.

I agree with you that I don't think the FCPS school board had a vote on it. It seemed purely operational and almost completely dependent on whether they could staff a reopening. Turns out they couldn't (as other school systems also experienced) so they moved to a hybrid option.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So for everyone all posted that the school boards must pay for closing schools during the pandemic. . .

Wasn’t it the school administration who made that call on in-person/hybrid/concurrent?

What local school board insisted on opening schools that an administrator insisted on keeping closed? I realize this is a non-FCPS board, but the superintendent there wanted to open with hybrid in the fall, while the SB insisted on keeping their heads up their butts for political reasons.

Continuation. To be fair, that same superintendent made opening impractical after handing out ADAs like Halloween candy.

But did the FCPS school board actually vote on it?

I don't think that school boards have the power to decide if schools are open/close/hybrid/concurrent. That's an operational decision.

I agree with you that I don't think the FCPS school board had a vote on it. It seemed purely operational and almost completely dependent on whether they could staff a reopening. Turns out they couldn't (as other school systems also experienced) so they moved to a hybrid option.

So what would have a R governor done if a school system couldn't staff reopening in the fall?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So for everyone all posted that the school boards must pay for closing schools during the pandemic. . .

Wasn’t it the school administration who made that call on in-person/hybrid/concurrent?

What local school board insisted on opening schools that an administrator insisted on keeping closed? I realize this is a non-FCPS board, but the superintendent there wanted to open with hybrid in the fall, while the SB insisted on keeping their heads up their butts for political reasons.

Continuation. To be fair, that same superintendent made opening impractical after handing out ADAs like Halloween candy.

But did the FCPS school board actually vote on it?

I don't think that school boards have the power to decide if schools are open/close/hybrid/concurrent. That's an operational decision.

I agree with you that I don't think the FCPS school board had a vote on it. It seemed purely operational and almost completely dependent on whether they could staff a reopening. Turns out they couldn't (as other school systems also experienced) so they moved to a hybrid option.

So what would have a R governor done if a school system couldn't staff reopening in the fall?

I dunno. If they had tried to force it, would they have had enough parents who wanted to send in their kids? We wouldn't have back when teachers weren't vaccinated. And we definitely wouldn't have without masks and social distancing. So for us the point would have been moot because we wouldn't have sent in our kids even if the schools had been reopened.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So for everyone all posted that the school boards must pay for closing schools during the pandemic. . .

Wasn’t it the school administration who made that call on in-person/hybrid/concurrent?

What local school board insisted on opening schools that an administrator insisted on keeping closed? I realize this is a non-FCPS board, but the superintendent there wanted to open with hybrid in the fall, while the SB insisted on keeping their heads up their butts for political reasons.

Continuation. To be fair, that same superintendent made opening impractical after handing out ADAs like Halloween candy.

But did the FCPS school board actually vote on it?

I don't think that school boards have the power to decide if schools are open/close/hybrid/concurrent. That's an operational decision.

I agree with you that I don't think the FCPS school board had a vote on it. It seemed purely operational and almost completely dependent on whether they could staff a reopening. Turns out they couldn't (as other school systems also experienced) so they moved to a hybrid option.

So what would have a R governor done if a school system couldn't staff reopening in the fall?

I dunno. If they had tried to force it, would they have had enough parents who wanted to send in their kids? We wouldn't have back when teachers weren't vaccinated. And we definitely wouldn't have without masks and social distancing. So for us the point would have been moot because we wouldn't have sent in our kids even if the schools had been reopened.

Jason Miyares said he'd sue any school district that closed. That's #1. The AG could have started investigating too things like those disability waivers and the governor would have access to much more information. It wasn't just ADA waivers.

There were tons of LOAs granted that did not have to be. You want to take an LOA? No, you have to quit. That's what happens in the private sector and that's what happened in many red states' public schools.

Not vote on reopening the school? You can vote to disapprove of not operating the school. Any board that elected not to vote on keeping schools closed was grossly negligent (and that includes Arlington's school board, who really doesn't vote on anything).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So for everyone all posted that the school boards must pay for closing schools during the pandemic. . .

Wasn’t it the school administration who made that call on in-person/hybrid/concurrent?

What local school board insisted on opening schools that an administrator insisted on keeping closed? I realize this is a non-FCPS board, but the superintendent there wanted to open with hybrid in the fall, while the SB insisted on keeping their heads up their butts for political reasons.

Continuation. To be fair, that same superintendent made opening impractical after handing out ADAs like Halloween candy.

But did the FCPS school board actually vote on it?

I don't think that school boards have the power to decide if schools are open/close/hybrid/concurrent. That's an operational decision.

I agree with you that I don't think the FCPS school board had a vote on it. It seemed purely operational and almost completely dependent on whether they could staff a reopening. Turns out they couldn't (as other school systems also experienced) so they moved to a hybrid option.

So what would have a R governor done if a school system couldn't staff reopening in the fall?

I dunno. If they had tried to force it, would they have had enough parents who wanted to send in their kids? We wouldn't have back when teachers weren't vaccinated. And we definitely wouldn't have without masks and social distancing. So for us the point would have been moot because we wouldn't have sent in our kids even if the schools had been reopened.

Jason Miyares said he'd sue any school district that closed. That's #1. The AG could have started investigating too things like those disability waivers and the governor would have access to much more information. It wasn't just ADA waivers.

There were tons of LOAs granted that did not have to be. You want to take an LOA? No, you have to quit. That's what happens in the private sector and that's what happened in many red states' public schools.

Not vote on reopening the school? You can vote to disapprove of not operating the school. Any board that elected not to vote on keeping schools closed was grossly negligent (and that includes Arlington's school board, who really doesn't vote on anything).

+1. Many in Loudoun were granted waivers based on the”need” to see extended family who were “high risk” but no proof was required of either, and the ADA’s were not removed once teachers/high risk were vaccinated. Those people did not return in hybrid in the spring either. Terrible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So for everyone all posted that the school boards must pay for closing schools during the pandemic. . .

Wasn’t it the school administration who made that call on in-person/hybrid/concurrent?

What local school board insisted on opening schools that an administrator insisted on keeping closed? I realize this is a non-FCPS board, but the superintendent there wanted to open with hybrid in the fall, while the SB insisted on keeping their heads up their butts for political reasons.

Continuation. To be fair, that same superintendent made opening impractical after handing out ADAs like Halloween candy.

But did the FCPS school board actually vote on it?

I don't think that school boards have the power to decide if schools are open/close/hybrid/concurrent. That's an operational decision.

In FCPS the school board voted on it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So for everyone all posted that the school boards must pay for closing schools during the pandemic. . .

Wasn’t it the school administration who made that call on in-person/hybrid/concurrent?

What local school board insisted on opening schools that an administrator insisted on keeping closed? I realize this is a non-FCPS board, but the superintendent there wanted to open with hybrid in the fall, while the SB insisted on keeping their heads up their butts for political reasons.

Continuation. To be fair, that same superintendent made opening impractical after handing out ADAs like Halloween candy.

But did the FCPS school board actually vote on it?

I don't think that school boards have the power to decide if schools are open/close/hybrid/concurrent. That's an operational decision.

I agree with you that I don't think the FCPS school board had a vote on it. It seemed purely operational and almost completely dependent on whether they could staff a reopening. Turns out they couldn't (as other school systems also experienced) so they moved to a hybrid option.

So what would have a R governor done if a school system couldn't staff reopening in the fall?

At minimum - not mandate schools close regardless of what future variant comes this way - which is what the Ds did.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So for everyone all posted that the school boards must pay for closing schools during the pandemic. . .

Wasn’t it the school administration who made that call on in-person/hybrid/concurrent?

What local school board insisted on opening schools that an administrator insisted on keeping closed? I realize this is a non-FCPS board, but the superintendent there wanted to open with hybrid in the fall, while the SB insisted on keeping their heads up their butts for political reasons.

Continuation. To be fair, that same superintendent made opening impractical after handing out ADAs like Halloween candy.

But did the FCPS school board actually vote on it?

I don't think that school boards have the power to decide if schools are open/close/hybrid/concurrent. That's an operational decision.

I agree with you that I don't think the FCPS school board had a vote on it. It seemed purely operational and almost completely dependent on whether they could staff a reopening. Turns out they couldn't (as other school systems also experienced) so they moved to a hybrid option.

So what would have a R governor done if a school system couldn't staff reopening in the fall?

At minimum - not mandate schools close regardless of what future variant comes this way - which is what the Ds did.

Northam didn’t mandate school closures in fall 2020. ?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So for everyone all posted that the school boards must pay for closing schools during the pandemic. . .

Wasn’t it the school administration who made that call on in-person/hybrid/concurrent?

What local school board insisted on opening schools that an administrator insisted on keeping closed? I realize this is a non-FCPS board, but the superintendent there wanted to open with hybrid in the fall, while the SB insisted on keeping their heads up their butts for political reasons.

Continuation. To be fair, that same superintendent made opening impractical after handing out ADAs like Halloween candy.

But did the FCPS school board actually vote on it?

I don't think that school boards have the power to decide if schools are open/close/hybrid/concurrent. That's an operational decision.

I agree with you that I don't think the FCPS school board had a vote on it. It seemed purely operational and almost completely dependent on whether they could staff a reopening. Turns out they couldn't (as other school systems also experienced) so they moved to a hybrid option.

So what would have a R governor done if a school system couldn't staff reopening in the fall?

I dunno. If they had tried to force it, would they have had enough parents who wanted to send in their kids? We wouldn't have back when teachers weren't vaccinated. And we definitely wouldn't have without masks and social distancing. So for us the point would have been moot because we wouldn't have sent in our kids even if the schools had been reopened.

Jason Miyares said he'd sue any school district that closed. That's #1. The AG could have started investigating too things like those disability waivers and the governor would have access to much more information. It wasn't just ADA waivers.

There were tons of LOAs granted that did not have to be. You want to take an LOA? No, you have to quit. That's what happens in the private sector and that's what happened in many red states' public schools.

Not vote on reopening the school? You can vote to disapprove of not operating the school. Any board that elected not to vote on keeping schools closed was grossly negligent (and that includes Arlington's school board, who really doesn't vote on anything).

Did Rs do that anywhere last fall? There were all-virtual schools in R-controlled states in fall 2020.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So for everyone all posted that the school boards must pay for closing schools during the pandemic. . .

Wasn’t it the school administration who made that call on in-person/hybrid/concurrent?

What local school board insisted on opening schools that an administrator insisted on keeping closed? I realize this is a non-FCPS board, but the superintendent there wanted to open with hybrid in the fall, while the SB insisted on keeping their heads up their butts for political reasons.

Continuation. To be fair, that same superintendent made opening impractical after handing out ADAs like Halloween candy.

But did the FCPS school board actually vote on it?

I don't think that school boards have the power to decide if schools are open/close/hybrid/concurrent. That's an operational decision.

I agree with you that I don't think the FCPS school board had a vote on it. It seemed purely operational and almost completely dependent on whether they could staff a reopening. Turns out they couldn't (as other school systems also experienced) so they moved to a hybrid option.

So what would have a R governor done if a school system couldn't staff reopening in the fall?

At minimum - not mandate schools close regardless of what future variant comes this way - which is what the Ds did.

Northam didn’t mandate school closures in fall 2020. ?

DP. Correct. I have family in various areas in the southern half of VA. Lots of school systems in the rest of Virginia were either open or hybrid last fall. People in this area who think the entire commonwealth was shut down are under the wrong impression.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So for everyone all posted that the school boards must pay for closing schools during the pandemic. . .

Wasn’t it the school administration who made that call on in-person/hybrid/concurrent?

What local school board insisted on opening schools that an administrator insisted on keeping closed? I realize this is a non-FCPS board, but the superintendent there wanted to open with hybrid in the fall, while the SB insisted on keeping their heads up their butts for political reasons.

Continuation. To be fair, that same superintendent made opening impractical after handing out ADAs like Halloween candy.

But did the FCPS school board actually vote on it?

I don't think that school boards have the power to decide if schools are open/close/hybrid/concurrent. That's an operational decision.

I agree with you that I don't think the FCPS school board had a vote on it. It seemed purely operational and almost completely dependent on whether they could staff a reopening. Turns out they couldn't (as other school systems also experienced) so they moved to a hybrid option.

So what would have a R governor done if a school system couldn't staff reopening in the fall?

At minimum - not mandate schools close regardless of what future variant comes this way - which is what the Ds did.

Northam didn’t mandate school closures in fall 2020. ?

NO. He allowed the schools to open hybrid which is why it is even worse that they didn't.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So for everyone all posted that the school boards must pay for closing schools during the pandemic. . .

Wasn’t it the school administration who made that call on in-person/hybrid/concurrent?

What local school board insisted on opening schools that an administrator insisted on keeping closed? I realize this is a non-FCPS board, but the superintendent there wanted to open with hybrid in the fall, while the SB insisted on keeping their heads up their butts for political reasons.

Continuation. To be fair, that same superintendent made opening impractical after handing out ADAs like Halloween candy.

But did the FCPS school board actually vote on it?

I don't think that school boards have the power to decide if schools are open/close/hybrid/concurrent. That's an operational decision.

I agree with you that I don't think the FCPS school board had a vote on it. It seemed purely operational and almost completely dependent on whether they could staff a reopening. Turns out they couldn't (as other school systems also experienced) so they moved to a hybrid option.

So what would have a R governor done if a school system couldn't staff reopening in the fall?

At minimum - not mandate schools close regardless of what future variant comes this way - which is what the Ds did.

Northam didn’t mandate school closures in fall 2020. ?

NO. He allowed the schools to open hybrid which is why it is even worse that they didn't.

The irony of republicans getting upset that a democrat governor delegated power to the local level (which allowed conservative districts to choose to open) is hilarious