FCPS is turning the new high school purchased to fix crowding into an Aviation magnet school instead of a high school??

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Anonymous wrote:I think it’s pretentious to use Dr. if you aren’t a medical doctor.

Yeah, no. I earned a PhD and the title associated with my degree is Doctor. It is different than an MD but still earned.

That's like expecting everyone to call someone "Chief Executive Officer Mary" because they earned it somehow. Why do you think anyone should value the title some organization gave you over titles any other organization hands out? Oh look, it's "Eagle Scout Vance" and "Assistant to the Regional Manager Schrute." Titles for everyone!

You sound really, really uneducated.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Meren’s reply to comments on FB regarding her news letter.

“ The planned opening in fall 2026 would not *require* students to attend. As such, I say in my newsletter that students would not be “assigned” to attend. I can see now how that could be confusing, but I hope this clarifies it.

While plans on identifying the boundary are expected to continue in the spring, I’ve seen the agenda and dates of Board meetings change so often during this process, that I’ll wait to see where things are at.

The Chair and Vice Chair facilitate the Board’s schedule and agenda of work, and are responsible for confirming information with the Superintendent and among Members for the whole Board to rely on. My goal throughout this process has been to relay what I know, first hand, to the best of my abilities.

Confusion continues to exemplify to me the need to slow down this approach, and I remain steadfast in not supporting assigning or requiring students to attend the Western HS in fall 2026. It seems reasonable to allow families the choice to voluntarily place their students there for available programming, but I don’t yet know what that would look like nor the cost to do so. I’m eager to know more.

I hope this is helpful.”

She is walking back her email and saying that they won’t require kids attend the new school but that it will open in 2026? That is what Reid has been saying and seems to counter her email. The confusion about the open date comes from her email, not from anything that Reid has said.

Two huge tells here:

- the second bolded part means this won’t be just another HS. They are planning to make it either a magnet or a specialized school, such as a trade school, and:

- Reid and Frisch are conspiring behind closed doors on this, and won’t even share plans with the majority of the school board.

Vote NO on the school bond issue. These officials cannot be trusted with your $$ and won’t spend it wisely.

I hope you know that you sound INSANE here. Board members and Dr. Reid have already confirmed that this is going to be a traditional high school. Any reference to programming just means that the school is going to start without upperclass-level courses, and likely without any large specialized departments (e.g. theater, art, engineering, etc.) that all normal high schools have.

As for Karl Frisch, he's not even the board chair anymore, you are so out of touch.

“ Dr. Reid” ???

What position do you hold at Gatehouse, PP ?

That is her name, isn’t it? Or do you refuse to believe that people with doctorate degrees are allowed to be called Dr? Or maybe it’s because she’s a woman?

There’s basically two populations that refuse to call me Dr. MyLastName and insist on calling me Mrs. HisLastName:

White men with lower degrees than me who feel threatened

White women who aren’t using their degrees who disapprove of my choices

Which one are you?

This is so funny.

What does gender have anything to do with it?

Nobody called Brabrand Dr. Brabrand, and nobody cared.

They did, actually

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s pretentious to use Dr. if you aren’t a medical doctor.

Yeah, no. I earned a PhD and the title associated with my degree is Doctor. It is different than an MD but still earned.

Calling someone by a title is a form of respect. Your PhD may have earned you respect among your colleagues, so they call you Dr. The rest of the people you run into on a daily basis couldn't care less, and will continue to call you by your name. Your extra years of school mean nothing to us. I call my medical doctor "Dr" because he is performing a service for me. If some rando who lives in my neighborhood wants to be called Dr. instead of Mr/Mrs. they can kick rocks.
Your PhD gets you at title in your professional setting, where it actually applies. That's it. If you try to force it anywhere else it just tells us you are pretentious and not someone we want to associate with.

I'm the one who called Dr. Reid "Dr. Reid" and I do believe I'm speaking about her in a professional capacity. This is...her job.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s pretentious to use Dr. if you aren’t a medical doctor.

Yeah, no. I earned a PhD and the title associated with my degree is Doctor. It is different than an MD but still earned.

Calling someone by a title is a form of respect. Your PhD may have earned you respect among your colleagues, so they call you Dr. The rest of the people you run into on a daily basis couldn't care less, and will continue to call you by your name. Your extra years of school mean nothing to us. I call my medical doctor "Dr" because he is performing a service for me. If some rando who lives in my neighborhood wants to be called Dr. instead of Mr/Mrs. they can kick rocks.
Your PhD gets you at title in your professional setting, where it actually applies. That's it. If you try to force it anywhere else it just tells us you are pretentious and not someone we want to associate with.

I'm the one who called Dr. Reid "Dr. Reid" and I do believe I'm speaking about her in a professional capacity. This is...her job.

Agreed, and the text you quoted wasn't directed at you for calling her Dr. Reid appropriately. It was to the other person who expects everyone worldwide to recognize her PhD regardless of it being in a professional or social context.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think it’s pretentious to use Dr. if you aren’t a medical doctor.

Yeah, no. I earned a PhD and the title associated with my degree is Doctor. It is different than an MD but still earned.

That's like expecting everyone to call someone "Chief Executive Officer Mary" because they earned it somehow. Why do you think anyone should value the title some organization gave you over titles any other organization hands out? Oh look, it's "Eagle Scout Vance" and "Assistant to the Regional Manager Schrute." Titles for everyone!

You sound really, really uneducated.

You sound really, really pompous.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s pretentious to use Dr. if you aren’t a medical doctor.

Yeah, no. I earned a PhD and the title associated with my degree is Doctor. It is different than an MD but still earned.

That's like expecting everyone to call someone "Chief Executive Officer Mary" because they earned it somehow. Why do you think anyone should value the title some organization gave you over titles any other organization hands out? Oh look, it's "Eagle Scout Vance" and "Assistant to the Regional Manager Schrute." Titles for everyone!

You sound really, really uneducated.

You sound really, really pompous.

+1

[Anonymous]

I don't care enough about this to figure out which poster is uneducated and which one is pompous, but it's been common around here to refer to educators who've received a doctorate as "Dr." for a long time. It's hardly some new honorific that arrived in FCPS with Michelle Reid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't care enough about this to figure out which poster is uneducated and which one is pompous, but it's been common around here to refer to educators who've received a doctorate as "Dr." for a long time. It's hardly some new honorific that arrived in FCPS with Michelle Reid.

Yeah every superintendent going back as far as I can remember (Jack Dale) was referred to as Dr. This is nothing new.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't care enough about this to figure out which poster is uneducated and which one is pompous, but it's been common around here to refer to educators who've received a doctorate as "Dr." for a long time. It's hardly some new honorific that arrived in FCPS with Michelle Reid.

Yeah every superintendent going back as far as I can remember (Jack Dale) was referred to as Dr. This is nothing new.

FACT CHECK: Just did a search of Fairfax County Public Schools Forum (on DCUM). Typed in "Jack Dale." Pages of messages without Dr.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't care enough about this to figure out which poster is uneducated and which one is pompous, but it's been common around here to refer to educators who've received a doctorate as "Dr." for a long time. It's hardly some new honorific that arrived in FCPS with Michelle Reid.

Yeah every superintendent going back as far as I can remember (Jack Dale) was referred to as Dr. This is nothing new.

FACT CHECK: Just did a search of Fairfax County Public Schools Forum (on DCUM). Typed in "Jack Dale." Pages of messages without Dr.

Dp, I generally agree with the poster who said they only us Dr for medical doctors, but there are other specific positions and professions where using the Dr title is common. Superintendent is one of them. I grew up in a western state where our Superintendent was definitely referred to as Dr too.

It may not be necessary to use the title on a message board like this, but it's not new or unusual *in general* to refer to a Superintendent with a doctorate by the title Dr.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't care enough about this to figure out which poster is uneducated and which one is pompous, but it's been common around here to refer to educators who've received a doctorate as "Dr." for a long time. It's hardly some new honorific that arrived in FCPS with Michelle Reid.

Yeah every superintendent going back as far as I can remember (Jack Dale) was referred to as Dr. This is nothing new.

FACT CHECK: Just did a search of Fairfax County Public Schools Forum (on DCUM). Typed in "Jack Dale." Pages of messages without Dr.

Him being referred to with Dr doesn’t mean he was also not referred without Dr.

This is not the “FACT CHECK” you think it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't care enough about this to figure out which poster is uneducated and which one is pompous, but it's been common around here to refer to educators who've received a doctorate as "Dr." for a long time. It's hardly some new honorific that arrived in FCPS with Michelle Reid.

Yeah every superintendent going back as far as I can remember (Jack Dale) was referred to as Dr. This is nothing new.

FACT CHECK: Just did a search of Fairfax County Public Schools Forum (on DCUM). Typed in "Jack Dale." Pages of messages without Dr.

Him being referred to with Dr doesn’t mean he was also not referred without Dr.

This is not the “FACT CHECK” you think it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't care enough about this to figure out which poster is uneducated and which one is pompous, but it's been common around here to refer to educators who've received a doctorate as "Dr." for a long time. It's hardly some new honorific that arrived in FCPS with Michelle Reid.

Yeah every superintendent going back as far as I can remember (Jack Dale) was referred to as Dr. This is nothing new.

FACT CHECK: Just did a search of Fairfax County Public Schools Forum (on DCUM). Typed in "Jack Dale." Pages of messages without Dr.

And you'd find just as many if you did a search for Scott Brabrand or Michelle Reid. Get over yourself weirdo.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't care enough about this to figure out which poster is uneducated and which one is pompous, but it's been common around here to refer to educators who've received a doctorate as "Dr." for a long time. It's hardly some new honorific that arrived in FCPS with Michelle Reid.

Yeah every superintendent going back as far as I can remember (Jack Dale) was referred to as Dr. This is nothing new.

FACT CHECK: Just did a search of Fairfax County Public Schools Forum (on DCUM). Typed in "Jack Dale." Pages of messages without Dr.

And you'd find just as many if you did a search for Scott Brabrand or Michelle Reid. Get over yourself weirdo.

Not the weirdo who wants us to put Dr. in front of Reid.

[Anonymous]

https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=DN4N9H5ED8DF

There are some slides (13-18) posted in the boundary discussion PPT regarding the new Western HS. Most notably, construction/renovation in the main building is not proposed to start until January 2028.