School board results?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If we want balance on the school board, it’s going to come between progressive democrats v moderate democrats. And we got some moderate democrats on the board this time. If the board veers too far left, we need to elect more moderates democrats.

It’s insane that people think the way to improve public education is to elect more Republicans. There’s a reason why they’re not being elected here.

giant echo chambers only support the teacher's union, don't be surprised when education and overcrowding are the last priorities.

Go away, outside agitator

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All around the country voters found their brains

Maga and Moms 4 Liberty out.

Book banners out.

If you voted republican you are literally a Nazi supporter and stupid.

More like Moms 4 Losing Elections

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm disappointed the Independent teacher didn't win. I hope he runs again, although I wonder if being an independent is just a deal breaker in this polarized era.

Was he the one with the crappy website?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All around the country voters found their brains

Maga and Moms 4 Liberty out.

Book banners out.

If you voted republican you are literally a Nazi supporter and stupid.

You are actually the one brainwashed. There was no reason to worry about any of these issues coming forward through FCPS. It was the democratic machine that helped make you feel this way. They are in complete power at the school board level and in the state legislator. It was their job to make you think this is what you were voting against. It is called propaganda.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is a shame that the Demo party even backed Rachna Sizemore Heizer. She was a HUGE part of the school closure issue with COVID and is only politically driven and does not care about the children at all. I am still in shock that she won.

Most people understand people were making tough decisions with limited knowledge in an unprecedented situation during Covid. As a parent at that time I didn't want my kids going to school, getting Covid, bringing it back home to more vulnerable family members etc. It was a scary time that was disruptive whether schools were virtual or in person. Most of us know people who died and even more who were hospitalized. I don't blame any school board member for that--and I imagine many others feel the same.

I preferred McLaughlin, but I don't see Sizemore Heizer through the same lens as you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is a shame that the Demo party even backed Rachna Sizemore Heizer. She was a HUGE part of the school closure issue with COVID and is only politically driven and does not care about the children at all. I am still in shock that she won.

She ran for the School Board again so it appears she cares more about kids than Frisch, Cohen, and Pekarsky. Frisch tried to bolt to the House of Delegates before completing his current term (which would have left Providence without a representative until after a special election), and Cohen and Pekarsky ran for state office after a single term on the School Board. Rachna is at least giving the School Board another go. She's got more smarts than most who serve on the SB, but she mostly only cares about her own kids' issues when they were students. Nothing else matters to her.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I voted R to keep AAP intact and to stop E3 math. I also voted R to restore normal discipline in schools. I voted R to stop SBG. I voted R to bring back homework. I don’t know many average liberal parents who actually support these efforts when they actually know what they entail. Sadly, most just don’t know about these things in any detail.

Don’t care about any of the culture war issues and voted D elsewhere.

Where is E3 math? In a wide range of schools or just schools with many kids who are struggling with math?

E3 math is a pilot program in 3rd and 4th grade classrooms at 20-ish schools. My student did it and his 5th grade advanced math teacher says his whole group is way behind and she's having to teach them all the 5th grade curriculum in addition to the 6th grade curriculum they should be learning to take the 6th grade SOL this year. Not impressed.

Which schools though?



It only goes through 4th grade?

Goal 2 has a tiny bit of info on E3 math.
https://www.fcps.edu/node/44416

All I know is my student did it in 4th grade (not third) as an advanced math student. He did extensions within the classroom, no dedicated pull outs with the teacher as an advanced math group. And he bombed the 4th grade SOL. All the advanced math kids did. They kept them in advanced math in 5th grade and are trying to get them up to speed to learn the 6th grade curriculum.

Which school is this? And "bombed" as in didn't pass?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm disappointed the Independent teacher didn't win. I hope he runs again, although I wonder if being an independent is just a deal breaker in this polarized era.

Was he the one with the crappy website?

I assume the previous poster was talking about Peter Gabor. I was disappointed to see he didnt get more votes as well. He seemed very qualified.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is a shame that the Demo party even backed Rachna Sizemore Heizer. She was a HUGE part of the school closure issue with COVID and is only politically driven and does not care about the children at all. I am still in shock that she won.

Most people understand people were making tough decisions with limited knowledge in an unprecedented situation during Covid. As a parent at that time I didn't want my kids going to school, getting Covid, bringing it back home to more vulnerable family members etc. It was a scary time that was disruptive whether schools were virtual or in person. Most of us know people who died and even more who were hospitalized. I don't blame any school board member for that--and I imagine many others feel the same.

I preferred McLaughlin, but I don't see Sizemore Heizer through the same lens as you.

+1 million

The crazy Open Schools Now! people were very vocal, but not representative of most parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm disappointed the Independent teacher didn't win. I hope he runs again, although I wonder if being an independent is just a deal breaker in this polarized era.

Was he the one with the crappy website?

I assume the previous poster was talking about Peter Gabor. I was disappointed to see he didnt get more votes as well. He seemed very qualified.

Yes, the programmer who built a crappy website:
https://petergabor.org/

A lot of it sounds good. Until you get to the anti-LGBTQ bits:
"I believe FCPS should follow the rule of law, adhering to Federal, State, and Local statutes. I don't see how we can lead by example absent this."
"Bring Reg. 2603 into compliance with the state's model policy as required by law."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All around the country voters found their brains

Maga and Moms 4 Liberty out.

Book banners out.

If you voted republican you are literally a Nazi supporter and stupid.

You are actually the one brainwashed. There was no reason to worry about any of these issues coming forward through FCPS. It was the democratic machine that helped make you feel this way. They are in complete power at the school board level and in the state legislator. It was their job to make you think this is what you were voting against. It is called propaganda.

DP: Nope. It's not that I was worried about these issues coming forward--it's that I do not ever want to vote for people who align themselves with these issues. Clear evidence they lack judgment and character and are not in alignment with my worldview.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is a shame that the Demo party even backed Rachna Sizemore Heizer. She was a HUGE part of the school closure issue with COVID and is only politically driven and does not care about the children at all. I am still in shock that she won.

Most people understand people were making tough decisions with limited knowledge in an unprecedented situation during Covid. As a parent at that time I didn't want my kids going to school, getting Covid, bringing it back home to more vulnerable family members etc. It was a scary time that was disruptive whether schools were virtual or in person. Most of us know people who died and even more who were hospitalized. I don't blame any school board member for that--and I imagine many others feel the same.

I preferred McLaughlin, but I don't see Sizemore Heizer through the same lens as you.

+1 million

The crazy Open Schools Now! people were very vocal, but not representative of most parents.

I think they were representative of most parents by late Spring of 2021. By then private schools had been back in person as well as public’s all over the country. The schools lost my support when the teachers got put ahead of the general public for vaccines and still wouldn’t consider going back. There was a shift during COVID. I supported teachers very much at the beginning. Not so much by the end and by the end many teachers wanted to go back because remote and Hybrid was so bad. At that point, it was the school board who was really the problem. And by then we had a much better understanding about COVID and had treatments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All around the country voters found their brains

Maga and Moms 4 Liberty out.

Book banners out.

If you voted republican you are literally a Nazi supporter and stupid.

You are actually the one brainwashed. There was no reason to worry about any of these issues coming forward through FCPS. It was the democratic machine that helped make you feel this way. They are in complete power at the school board level and in the state legislator. It was their job to make you think this is what you were voting against. It is called propaganda.

Actually, for me it was watching what happened in Loudoun over the last few years when Rs had some control and where SB meetings devloved in to chaos and there were arrests. And the Gender Queer/ Lawn Boy book banners performance art at the SB meeting, then going on Fox News, and ultimately off tracking any SB efforts to deal with return to school after COVID. And seeing that the SB is all that stood between Youngkin and his “model” trans policies. And Asra Nomani using the SB meeting to raise her profile and boost her “career”. And this last one I say as the parent for a TJ grad, who strongly believes TJ needs to go back to pure merit admissions.


Where am I wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All around the country voters found their brains

Maga and Moms 4 Liberty out.

Book banners out.

If you voted republican you are literally a Nazi supporter and stupid.

You are actually the one brainwashed. There was no reason to worry about any of these issues coming forward through FCPS. It was the democratic machine that helped make you feel this way. They are in complete power at the school board level and in the state legislator. It was their job to make you think this is what you were voting against. It is called propaganda.

Actually, for me it was watching what happened in Loudoun over the last few years when Rs had some control and where SB meetings devloved in to chaos and there were arrests. And the Gender Queer/ Lawn Boy book banners performance art at the SB meeting, then going on Fox News, and ultimately off tracking any SB efforts to deal with return to school after COVID. And seeing that the SB is all that stood between Youngkin and his “model” trans policies. And Asra Nomani using the SB meeting to raise her profile and boost her “career”. And this last one I say as the parent for a TJ grad, who strongly believes TJ needs to go back to pure merit admissions.


Where am I wrong.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is a shame that the Demo party even backed Rachna Sizemore Heizer. She was a HUGE part of the school closure issue with COVID and is only politically driven and does not care about the children at all. I am still in shock that she won.

Most people understand people were making tough decisions with limited knowledge in an unprecedented situation during Covid. As a parent at that time I didn't want my kids going to school, getting Covid, bringing it back home to more vulnerable family members etc. It was a scary time that was disruptive whether schools were virtual or in person. Most of us know people who died and even more who were hospitalized. I don't blame any school board member for that--and I imagine many others feel the same.

I preferred McLaughlin, but I don't see Sizemore Heizer through the same lens as you.

+1 million

The crazy Open Schools Now! people were very vocal, but not representative of most parents.

I think they were representative of most parents by late Spring of 2021. By then private schools had been back in person as well as public’s all over the country. The schools lost my support when the teachers got put ahead of the general public for vaccines and still wouldn’t consider going back. There was a shift during COVID. I supported teachers very much at the beginning. Not so much by the end and by the end many teachers wanted to go back because remote and Hybrid was so bad. At that point, it was the school board who was really the problem. And by then we had a much better understanding about COVID and had treatments.

You mean, when kids were already back in the building?