Arlington: school board/county board candidates

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Anonymous wrote:I’m leaving the ballot blank. Like another PP wrote, it won’t stop her from getting on to the board, but at least I won’t have helped her get there.

I’m not gonna vote for someone who acts like she deserves credit for living in the Valley when, as some of her supporters claimed during her first run, she and her husband could afford to live anywhere in Arlington. White savior much?

Yeah she lived in the Valley but sent one kid to private school, and didn't send the others to the neighborhood school. Not good enough for her and Mr. Miranda MAGA apparently.

TEMPORARILY sent one to private. They went Arlington Montessori for public.

Exactly, they avoided going to Drew. With the black and brown kids.

Stop this nonsense right now. I can barely stomach even spending the energy to confront the sheer ignorance in this post, but, Miranda currently lives in Green Valley. Presently. She was on Drew's PTA. Run your eyeballs instead of your mouth and do some research, it will serve you better.

How many years have her three kids attended Drew, collectively?

How many have YOUR kids attended there?

Do you think you're clever? None of us are running for the School Board. Miranda is. I have never heard her say why she won't send her own kids to the neighborhood school with the black and brown kids in their neighborhood.

I have. And it has nothing to do with skin color; everything to do with getting the educational needs of her own kids. Just like all you other parents who won't live anywhere near these schools. You just avoid it in a more "acceptable" manner. Virtual school didn't cut it - for a lot of us. She, like many others even in the "superior" schools up north, put her kid in private.

Do you even hear yourself? Drew isn't good enough for her own kids. But sure, nothing to do with the skin color of those who are there. Got it.

And she didn't put all of her kids in private, but she made sure to get them all out of Drew.

Just like you did, except you weren't even willing to live in such a neighborhood to begin with and that's how you made sure your kids would never have to go to the worst-performing school in the system. And NO....people don't pull their kids out of Drew because of the skin color of the students. They pull them out because their kids' basic educational needs aren't being met. The fact that that correlates to the student demographics is a separate issue.

Listen to yourself! Drew is good enough for the black and brown kids in Green Valley who have no other options but it doesn't meet the "basic educational needs" of Miranda's own precious snowflakes. And sure, this has nothing to do with demographics, nothing at all. Miranda's fake white savior complex sickens me.

All you do is deflect.

Look at YOU deflecting from the fact that you literally said that the school that the black and brown kids go to doesn't meet the "basic educational needs" of Miranda's own children so she's totally justified in sending her kids out of the neighborhood.

Not a deflection. Perhaps that word doesn't mean what you think it means.
The problem is, that school doesn't meet the basic education needs of MOST of its students, regardless of their skin color. ANY parent would be justified in sending their kids to an option program. But, as noted earlier, nobody criticizes a person of color living in the neighborhood for doing so.

I don't care whether some random Green Valley parent sends their kids to Drew. Miranda is not some random parent. She is running for the school board. So when she tries to win points for living in Green Valley but won't even send her own kids to Drew, people are going to take notice. You keep DEFLECTING from discussion of Miranda by asking other posters where we send our kids or pointing out that some hypothetical person of color in Green Valley might not send their kids to Drew. Doesn't matter. We're not about to be on the school board. She is.

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Anonymous wrote:APE is truly hiding their true intentions. Right now they're all about "improving learning outcomes" and saying all the right things (but very much mirroring what PDE and IWF is saying without the culture wars rhetoric), but with Miranda on the Board and them infiltrating all of the other community groups, I won't be surprised when all Arlington will all be talking about banning books and denying Transgender rights again.

I blame the ACDC who did not vet them and took Miranda at her word. Nobody I know wants to vote for her. Not any of the APS teachers who live in Arlington who had to put up with their harassment during the pandemic, not anyone who cares about minority kids. Probably not even the four people who will have to work with her, no matter what anonymous people say anonymously.

I'm leaving her vote blank.

I’m guessing they are going to lean into “school choice” and more subtle ways to tear down APS.

What does that even mean? Arlington County can't issue vouchers.

But APE can certainly advocate for that.

And they can do that, right now, today. This has nothing to do with who is on the school board. I think you're being a little paranoid.

and you're very naive. APS has a legislative package and a lobbyist at the state level. Who do you think sets it?

I don't know how much power you think the school board- let alone one member has- but this is not a rational line of thinking. Also, for the 10,000th time, she's the DEMOCRATIC nominee. I'm voting for her and I'm not in APE and neither are my friends.

She's not a real Dem. She's a DINO. Lots of MAGA friends and more.

How many times have you sock-puppeted this thread? No one takes your childish name calling seriously.

I’m pretty convinced that there’s only 1-2 APEs replying ad nauseum on this thread myself, saying the same thing over and over. Miranda will likely win tomorrow, but only because she scammed the system. I agree. I blame ArlDems and their primary process. I’m still not voting for her tho.

+1 I can't remember this much opposition to a Dem school board nominee like ever. Miranda doesn't have a lot of community goodwill going into office. I wonder how she'll do as a board member. Arlingtonians can be vicious.

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Anonymous wrote:ATS isn’t in hot demand though. Lots of elementary parents (and research) don’t want the homework every day model, and are perfectly happy sending their kids to their neighborhood school.

But for those Type A parents, ATS’s lottery is there for you. There is value to having other learning models available to your kids. APE’s going to have a really hard time convincing the community otherwise.

It actually is in hot demand. There were 320 applicants for kindergarten out of 1973 total kindergartners in the district. There are 25 elementary schools in APS and 16% of the incoming K kids were in the lottery for this one.

We didn't apply to the lottery for ATS because I'm not committing to being at the bus stop at 7:10am and traveling across the county to pick up for aftercare, but I certainly wouldn't mind if we implemented homework and other ATS-like elements in our school.

https://www.apsva.us/school-transfer-data/

A whole 16%? Where are my fainting salts??

Please tell me also how many of the same parents entered other K lotteries and selected those schools instead.

16% is a lot to choose a school that is in most cases much more inconvenient. It's 3.5 times the number that actually got in. Clearly there's something people like about it, probably should replicate that.

320 total applicants less 91 seats offered less 170 waitlisted students = about 59 students pulled from the waitlist for whatever reason.

Oh gawd stop. This is terrible data analysis. Embarrassing. But APE keeps on trying to stay relevant.

I'm not in APE. Could you tell me where my numbers are wrong?

I also don't understand the APE accusations. How would someone know that an "APE" is replying? Are option schools a big part of their platform? I'm confused as I don't see anything about option schools on their website. I also can't tell whether the PP is claiming APE is pro option school (because MT sends her kids to one) or against option schools (because there was an opinion piece in the APE newsletter criticizing HBW inequity).

They "know" it's an APE person when they express a different opinion.

You know it's an APE when they cherry pick their data to suit their narrative.

Such as? If you’re going to argue someone’s analysis is wrong you need to explain why and offer better context and data.

Check out their so-called data analysis for HB Woodlawn. They pick one class to make their point. And they’re ignorant of the staffing model there.

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Anonymous wrote:APE is truly hiding their true intentions. Right now they're all about "improving learning outcomes" and saying all the right things (but very much mirroring what PDE and IWF is saying without the culture wars rhetoric), but with Miranda on the Board and them infiltrating all of the other community groups, I won't be surprised when all Arlington will all be talking about banning books and denying Transgender rights again.

I blame the ACDC who did not vet them and took Miranda at her word. Nobody I know wants to vote for her. Not any of the APS teachers who live in Arlington who had to put up with their harassment during the pandemic, not anyone who cares about minority kids. Probably not even the four people who will have to work with her, no matter what anonymous people say anonymously.

I'm leaving her vote blank.

I’m guessing they are going to lean into “school choice” and more subtle ways to tear down APS.

What does that even mean? Arlington County can't issue vouchers.

But APE can certainly advocate for that.

And they can do that, right now, today. This has nothing to do with who is on the school board. I think you're being a little paranoid.

and you're very naive. APS has a legislative package and a lobbyist at the state level. Who do you think sets it?

I don't know how much power you think the school board- let alone one member has- but this is not a rational line of thinking. Also, for the 10,000th time, she's the DEMOCRATIC nominee. I'm voting for her and I'm not in APE and neither are my friends.

She's not a real Dem. She's a DINO. Lots of MAGA friends and more.

How many times have you sock-puppeted this thread? No one takes your childish name calling seriously.

I’m pretty convinced that there’s only 1-2 APEs replying ad nauseum on this thread myself, saying the same thing over and over. Miranda will likely win tomorrow, but only because she scammed the system. I agree. I blame ArlDems and their primary process. I’m still not voting for her tho.

+1 I can't remember this much opposition to a Dem school board nominee like ever. Miranda doesn't have a lot of community goodwill going into office. I wonder how she'll do as a board member. Arlingtonians can be vicious.

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I can't believe she actually ran for school board after founding and leading the group that has caused so much animosity and discourse in our community. To actually be working directly with teachers, parents, and staff now? She should be apologizing left and right for foisting that insanity on the rest of us.

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Anonymous wrote:ATS isn’t in hot demand though. Lots of elementary parents (and research) don’t want the homework every day model, and are perfectly happy sending their kids to their neighborhood school.

But for those Type A parents, ATS’s lottery is there for you. There is value to having other learning models available to your kids. APE’s going to have a really hard time convincing the community otherwise.

You can easily have an ATS without all the homework. Homework isn't the critical factor for ATS' success.

Nah. ATS can remain an option school. Please don’t ATS my child’s neighborhood school.

Yeah, we don't want high expectations or discipline or high academic achievement in our schools!

Amazing but true: you can have high academic achievement and good discipline without buying into the ATS model.

Show me evidence that ATS provides long-term benefits to the students that attend and I'll listen. So far all I've ever heard about is SOL scores, and I don’t give a fork

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Anonymous wrote:I’m leaving the ballot blank. Like another PP wrote, it won’t stop her from getting on to the board, but at least I won’t have helped her get there.

I’m not gonna vote for someone who acts like she deserves credit for living in the Valley when, as some of her supporters claimed during her first run, she and her husband could afford to live anywhere in Arlington. White savior much?

Yeah she lived in the Valley but sent one kid to private school, and didn't send the others to the neighborhood school. Not good enough for her and Mr. Miranda MAGA apparently.

TEMPORARILY sent one to private. They went Arlington Montessori for public.

Exactly, they avoided going to Drew. With the black and brown kids.

Stop this nonsense right now. I can barely stomach even spending the energy to confront the sheer ignorance in this post, but, Miranda currently lives in Green Valley. Presently. She was on Drew's PTA. Run your eyeballs instead of your mouth and do some research, it will serve you better.

How many years have her three kids attended Drew, collectively?

Exactly. She was the white savior on Drew's PTA without deigning to actually send her OWN kids there. Despicable.

Her kids did go to Drew for elementary school, so this is nonsense. She’s also lived in Africa, so it’s ludicrous to suggest she’s avoided black people.

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The school board race is DONE. The more important question is whom to vote for for COUNTY Board who will not hurt our schools or turn a blind eye to schools?

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Anonymous wrote:Because the first (ever) mention of eliminating option schools came in APE’s most recent newsletter?

I don’t give their website any clicks because I don’t do propaganda, so can’t confirm. But this thread veers from Miranda to eliminating option schools, so my presumption must be right.

First ever??? Please. I had kids in APS from 2000 to 2022 and now one of them is an APS teacher. People have been talking about getting rid of option schools that entire time.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m leaving the ballot blank. Like another PP wrote, it won’t stop her from getting on to the board, but at least I won’t have helped her get there.

I’m not gonna vote for someone who acts like she deserves credit for living in the Valley when, as some of her supporters claimed during her first run, she and her husband could afford to live anywhere in Arlington. White savior much?

Yeah she lived in the Valley but sent one kid to private school, and didn't send the others to the neighborhood school. Not good enough for her and Mr. Miranda MAGA apparently.

TEMPORARILY sent one to private. They went Arlington Montessori for public.

Exactly, they avoided going to Drew. With the black and brown kids.

Stop this nonsense right now. I can barely stomach even spending the energy to confront the sheer ignorance in this post, but, Miranda currently lives in Green Valley. Presently. She was on Drew's PTA. Run your eyeballs instead of your mouth and do some research, it will serve you better.

How many years have her three kids attended Drew, collectively?

How many have YOUR kids attended there?

Do you think you're clever? None of us are running for the School Board. Miranda is. I have never heard her say why she won't send her own kids to the neighborhood school with the black and brown kids in their neighborhood.

I have. And it has nothing to do with skin color; everything to do with getting the educational needs of her own kids. Just like all you other parents who won't live anywhere near these schools. You just avoid it in a more "acceptable" manner. Virtual school didn't cut it - for a lot of us. She, like many others even in the "superior" schools up north, put her kid in private.

Do you even hear yourself? Drew isn't good enough for her own kids. But sure, nothing to do with the skin color of those who are there. Got it.

And she didn't put all of her kids in private, but she made sure to get them all out of Drew.

Just like you did, except you weren't even willing to live in such a neighborhood to begin with and that's how you made sure your kids would never have to go to the worst-performing school in the system. And NO....people don't pull their kids out of Drew because of the skin color of the students. They pull them out because their kids' basic educational needs aren't being met. The fact that that correlates to the student demographics is a separate issue.

Listen to yourself! Drew is good enough for the black and brown kids in Green Valley who have no other options but it doesn't meet the "basic educational needs" of Miranda's own precious snowflakes. And sure, this has nothing to do with demographics, nothing at all. Miranda's fake white savior complex sickens me.

All you do is deflect.

Look at YOU deflecting from the fact that you literally said that the school that the black and brown kids go to doesn't meet the "basic educational needs" of Miranda's own children so she's totally justified in sending her kids out of the neighborhood.

Not a deflection. Perhaps that word doesn't mean what you think it means.
The problem is, that school doesn't meet the basic education needs of MOST of its students, regardless of their skin color. ANY parent would be justified in sending their kids to an option program. But, as noted earlier, nobody criticizes a person of color living in the neighborhood for doing so.

I don't care whether some random Green Valley parent sends their kids to Drew. Miranda is not some random parent. She is running for the school board. So when she tries to win points for living in Green Valley but won't even send her own kids to Drew, people are going to take notice. You keep DEFLECTING from discussion of Miranda by asking other posters where we send our kids or pointing out that some hypothetical person of color in Green Valley might not send their kids to Drew. Doesn't matter. We're not about to be on the school board. She is.

She just has to say what neighborhood she lives in. And she did. As well as the neighborhood activities she is involved in. She's not asking you to give her a medal.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m leaving the ballot blank. Like another PP wrote, it won’t stop her from getting on to the board, but at least I won’t have helped her get there.

I’m not gonna vote for someone who acts like she deserves credit for living in the Valley when, as some of her supporters claimed during her first run, she and her husband could afford to live anywhere in Arlington. White savior much?

Yeah she lived in the Valley but sent one kid to private school, and didn't send the others to the neighborhood school. Not good enough for her and Mr. Miranda MAGA apparently.

TEMPORARILY sent one to private. They went Arlington Montessori for public.

Exactly, they avoided going to Drew. With the black and brown kids.

Stop this nonsense right now. I can barely stomach even spending the energy to confront the sheer ignorance in this post, but, Miranda currently lives in Green Valley. Presently. She was on Drew's PTA. Run your eyeballs instead of your mouth and do some research, it will serve you better.

How many years have her three kids attended Drew, collectively?

How many have YOUR kids attended there?

Do you think you're clever? None of us are running for the School Board. Miranda is. I have never heard her say why she won't send her own kids to the neighborhood school with the black and brown kids in their neighborhood.

I have. And it has nothing to do with skin color; everything to do with getting the educational needs of her own kids. Just like all you other parents who won't live anywhere near these schools. You just avoid it in a more "acceptable" manner. Virtual school didn't cut it - for a lot of us. She, like many others even in the "superior" schools up north, put her kid in private.

Do you even hear yourself? Drew isn't good enough for her own kids. But sure, nothing to do with the skin color of those who are there. Got it.

And she didn't put all of her kids in private, but she made sure to get them all out of Drew.

Just like you did, except you weren't even willing to live in such a neighborhood to begin with and that's how you made sure your kids would never have to go to the worst-performing school in the system. And NO....people don't pull their kids out of Drew because of the skin color of the students. They pull them out because their kids' basic educational needs aren't being met. The fact that that correlates to the student demographics is a separate issue.

Listen to yourself! Drew is good enough for the black and brown kids in Green Valley who have no other options but it doesn't meet the "basic educational needs" of Miranda's own precious snowflakes. And sure, this has nothing to do with demographics, nothing at all. Miranda's fake white savior complex sickens me.

All you do is deflect.

Look at YOU deflecting from the fact that you literally said that the school that the black and brown kids go to doesn't meet the "basic educational needs" of Miranda's own children so she's totally justified in sending her kids out of the neighborhood.

Not a deflection. Perhaps that word doesn't mean what you think it means.
The problem is, that school doesn't meet the basic education needs of MOST of its students, regardless of their skin color. ANY parent would be justified in sending their kids to an option program. But, as noted earlier, nobody criticizes a person of color living in the neighborhood for doing so.

I don't care whether some random Green Valley parent sends their kids to Drew. Miranda is not some random parent. She is running for the school board. So when she tries to win points for living in Green Valley but won't even send her own kids to Drew, people are going to take notice. You keep DEFLECTING from discussion of Miranda by asking other posters where we send our kids or pointing out that some hypothetical person of color in Green Valley might not send their kids to Drew. Doesn't matter. We're not about to be on the school board. She is.

She just has to say what neighborhood she lives in. And she did. As well as the neighborhood activities she is involved in. She's not asking you to give her a medal.

Her surrogates seem to think she deserves one. During her first one, they (including some on here) noted that she lives in Green Valley when she doesn't have to because she can afford to live anywhere in Arlington. Even someone in this thread noted that her time in Africa proves she's not avoiding black people. Fine, she lives in the Valley. Fine, she said where she lives. But not fine that she and/or her supporters think she deserves credit for where she lives.

I just voted and wrote in someone who lives in and is connected to the Valley without wearing it like a badge of honor. I know Miranda is going to win but I couldn't be part of helping her into office. Once she's in thought I hope that everyone treats her with the same grace and respect that she and her ilk showed the School Board during COVID.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m leaving the ballot blank. Like another PP wrote, it won’t stop her from getting on to the board, but at least I won’t have helped her get there.

I’m not gonna vote for someone who acts like she deserves credit for living in the Valley when, as some of her supporters claimed during her first run, she and her husband could afford to live anywhere in Arlington. White savior much?

Yeah she lived in the Valley but sent one kid to private school, and didn't send the others to the neighborhood school. Not good enough for her and Mr. Miranda MAGA apparently.

TEMPORARILY sent one to private. They went Arlington Montessori for public.

Exactly, they avoided going to Drew. With the black and brown kids.

Stop this nonsense right now. I can barely stomach even spending the energy to confront the sheer ignorance in this post, but, Miranda currently lives in Green Valley. Presently. She was on Drew's PTA. Run your eyeballs instead of your mouth and do some research, it will serve you better.

How many years have her three kids attended Drew, collectively?

How many have YOUR kids attended there?

Do you think you're clever? None of us are running for the School Board. Miranda is. I have never heard her say why she won't send her own kids to the neighborhood school with the black and brown kids in their neighborhood.

I have. And it has nothing to do with skin color; everything to do with getting the educational needs of her own kids. Just like all you other parents who won't live anywhere near these schools. You just avoid it in a more "acceptable" manner. Virtual school didn't cut it - for a lot of us. She, like many others even in the "superior" schools up north, put her kid in private.

Do you even hear yourself? Drew isn't good enough for her own kids. But sure, nothing to do with the skin color of those who are there. Got it.

And she didn't put all of her kids in private, but she made sure to get them all out of Drew.

Just like you did, except you weren't even willing to live in such a neighborhood to begin with and that's how you made sure your kids would never have to go to the worst-performing school in the system. And NO....people don't pull their kids out of Drew because of the skin color of the students. They pull them out because their kids' basic educational needs aren't being met. The fact that that correlates to the student demographics is a separate issue.

Listen to yourself! Drew is good enough for the black and brown kids in Green Valley who have no other options but it doesn't meet the "basic educational needs" of Miranda's own precious snowflakes. And sure, this has nothing to do with demographics, nothing at all. Miranda's fake white savior complex sickens me.

All you do is deflect.

Look at YOU deflecting from the fact that you literally said that the school that the black and brown kids go to doesn't meet the "basic educational needs" of Miranda's own children so she's totally justified in sending her kids out of the neighborhood.

Not a deflection. Perhaps that word doesn't mean what you think it means.
The problem is, that school doesn't meet the basic education needs of MOST of its students, regardless of their skin color. ANY parent would be justified in sending their kids to an option program. But, as noted earlier, nobody criticizes a person of color living in the neighborhood for doing so.

I don't care whether some random Green Valley parent sends their kids to Drew. Miranda is not some random parent. She is running for the school board. So when she tries to win points for living in Green Valley but won't even send her own kids to Drew, people are going to take notice. You keep DEFLECTING from discussion of Miranda by asking other posters where we send our kids or pointing out that some hypothetical person of color in Green Valley might not send their kids to Drew. Doesn't matter. We're not about to be on the school board. She is.

So now it's a requirement for you that SB members send their kids to their assigned neighborhood school. Got it.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m leaving the ballot blank. Like another PP wrote, it won’t stop her from getting on to the board, but at least I won’t have helped her get there.

I’m not gonna vote for someone who acts like she deserves credit for living in the Valley when, as some of her supporters claimed during her first run, she and her husband could afford to live anywhere in Arlington. White savior much?

Yeah she lived in the Valley but sent one kid to private school, and didn't send the others to the neighborhood school. Not good enough for her and Mr. Miranda MAGA apparently.

TEMPORARILY sent one to private. They went Arlington Montessori for public.

Exactly, they avoided going to Drew. With the black and brown kids.

Stop this nonsense right now. I can barely stomach even spending the energy to confront the sheer ignorance in this post, but, Miranda currently lives in Green Valley. Presently. She was on Drew's PTA. Run your eyeballs instead of your mouth and do some research, it will serve you better.

How many years have her three kids attended Drew, collectively?

How many have YOUR kids attended there?

Do you think you're clever? None of us are running for the School Board. Miranda is. I have never heard her say why she won't send her own kids to the neighborhood school with the black and brown kids in their neighborhood.

I have. And it has nothing to do with skin color; everything to do with getting the educational needs of her own kids. Just like all you other parents who won't live anywhere near these schools. You just avoid it in a more "acceptable" manner. Virtual school didn't cut it - for a lot of us. She, like many others even in the "superior" schools up north, put her kid in private.

Do you even hear yourself? Drew isn't good enough for her own kids. But sure, nothing to do with the skin color of those who are there. Got it.

And she didn't put all of her kids in private, but she made sure to get them all out of Drew.

Just like you did, except you weren't even willing to live in such a neighborhood to begin with and that's how you made sure your kids would never have to go to the worst-performing school in the system. And NO....people don't pull their kids out of Drew because of the skin color of the students. They pull them out because their kids' basic educational needs aren't being met. The fact that that correlates to the student demographics is a separate issue.

Listen to yourself! Drew is good enough for the black and brown kids in Green Valley who have no other options but it doesn't meet the "basic educational needs" of Miranda's own precious snowflakes. And sure, this has nothing to do with demographics, nothing at all. Miranda's fake white savior complex sickens me.

All you do is deflect.

Look at YOU deflecting from the fact that you literally said that the school that the black and brown kids go to doesn't meet the "basic educational needs" of Miranda's own children so she's totally justified in sending her kids out of the neighborhood.

Not a deflection. Perhaps that word doesn't mean what you think it means.
The problem is, that school doesn't meet the basic education needs of MOST of its students, regardless of their skin color. ANY parent would be justified in sending their kids to an option program. But, as noted earlier, nobody criticizes a person of color living in the neighborhood for doing so.

I don't care whether some random Green Valley parent sends their kids to Drew. Miranda is not some random parent. She is running for the school board. So when she tries to win points for living in Green Valley but won't even send her own kids to Drew, people are going to take notice. You keep DEFLECTING from discussion of Miranda by asking other posters where we send our kids or pointing out that some hypothetical person of color in Green Valley might not send their kids to Drew. Doesn't matter. We're not about to be on the school board. She is.

So now it's a requirement for you that SB members send their kids to their assigned neighborhood school. Got it.

That would certainly disqualify a lot of former and current board members. But hey if they can get rid of MT, these people don't care about their hypocrisy.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m leaving the ballot blank. Like another PP wrote, it won’t stop her from getting on to the board, but at least I won’t have helped her get there.

I’m not gonna vote for someone who acts like she deserves credit for living in the Valley when, as some of her supporters claimed during her first run, she and her husband could afford to live anywhere in Arlington. White savior much?

Yeah she lived in the Valley but sent one kid to private school, and didn't send the others to the neighborhood school. Not good enough for her and Mr. Miranda MAGA apparently.

TEMPORARILY sent one to private. They went Arlington Montessori for public.

Exactly, they avoided going to Drew. With the black and brown kids.

Stop this nonsense right now. I can barely stomach even spending the energy to confront the sheer ignorance in this post, but, Miranda currently lives in Green Valley. Presently. She was on Drew's PTA. Run your eyeballs instead of your mouth and do some research, it will serve you better.

How many years have her three kids attended Drew, collectively?

How many have YOUR kids attended there?

Do you think you're clever? None of us are running for the School Board. Miranda is. I have never heard her say why she won't send her own kids to the neighborhood school with the black and brown kids in their neighborhood.

I have. And it has nothing to do with skin color; everything to do with getting the educational needs of her own kids. Just like all you other parents who won't live anywhere near these schools. You just avoid it in a more "acceptable" manner. Virtual school didn't cut it - for a lot of us. She, like many others even in the "superior" schools up north, put her kid in private.

Do you even hear yourself? Drew isn't good enough for her own kids. But sure, nothing to do with the skin color of those who are there. Got it.

And she didn't put all of her kids in private, but she made sure to get them all out of Drew.

Just like you did, except you weren't even willing to live in such a neighborhood to begin with and that's how you made sure your kids would never have to go to the worst-performing school in the system. And NO....people don't pull their kids out of Drew because of the skin color of the students. They pull them out because their kids' basic educational needs aren't being met. The fact that that correlates to the student demographics is a separate issue.

Listen to yourself! Drew is good enough for the black and brown kids in Green Valley who have no other options but it doesn't meet the "basic educational needs" of Miranda's own precious snowflakes. And sure, this has nothing to do with demographics, nothing at all. Miranda's fake white savior complex sickens me.

All you do is deflect.

Look at YOU deflecting from the fact that you literally said that the school that the black and brown kids go to doesn't meet the "basic educational needs" of Miranda's own children so she's totally justified in sending her kids out of the neighborhood.

Not a deflection. Perhaps that word doesn't mean what you think it means.
The problem is, that school doesn't meet the basic education needs of MOST of its students, regardless of their skin color. ANY parent would be justified in sending their kids to an option program. But, as noted earlier, nobody criticizes a person of color living in the neighborhood for doing so.

I don't care whether some random Green Valley parent sends their kids to Drew. Miranda is not some random parent. She is running for the school board. So when she tries to win points for living in Green Valley but won't even send her own kids to Drew, people are going to take notice. You keep DEFLECTING from discussion of Miranda by asking other posters where we send our kids or pointing out that some hypothetical person of color in Green Valley might not send their kids to Drew. Doesn't matter. We're not about to be on the school board. She is.

She just has to say what neighborhood she lives in. And she did. As well as the neighborhood activities she is involved in. She's not asking you to give her a medal.

Her surrogates seem to think she deserves one. During her first one, they (including some on here) noted that she lives in Green Valley when she doesn't have to because she can afford to live anywhere in Arlington. Even someone in this thread noted that her time in Africa proves she's not avoiding black people. Fine, she lives in the Valley. Fine, she said where she lives. But not fine that she and/or her supporters think she deserves credit for where she lives.

I just voted and wrote in someone who lives in and is connected to the Valley without wearing it like a badge of honor. I know Miranda is going to win but I couldn't be part of helping her into office. Once she's in thought I hope that everyone treats her with the same grace and respect that she and her ilk showed the School Board during COVID.

Ok, well I hope that made you feel better. And I hope you take your concerns to MT and give her a chance to address them.

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I was going to leave it blank but didn’t want to risk Rives so I begrudgingly voted for Turner. The lesser of two evils.

[Anonymous]

I voted for her because it was a done deal. She was on the proposed ballot circulated by the democrats. She’s convinced a lot of people that she will be a reasonable school board member and not an APE-esque agitator. I guess we’ll find out soon enough.