Paul Bartkowski School Board Candidate Forum

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Anonymous wrote:On your website, you say:
"At-Large" School Board Candidates Who Have Similar Goals
You can vote for up to 3 "At-Large" School Board Candidates
CASSANDRA AUCOIN
MAUREEN BRODY
SAUNDRA DAVIS

Can you please explain how your goals are similar to Maureen Brody's goals?

Not Paul, but I'm amused by how you think this is such a "gotcha" moment.

Here are the main priorities on Brody's site (I'd never checked before):

* Refocus curriculum on fundamentals
* Improve low-performing schools
* Get spending under control
* Modernize school infrastructure

These priorities or goals seem sensible to me and I suspect they'd also seem sensible to many other parents if they took a look. And the fact that it's coming from someone who sent her kids to Lewis HS is a plus. Other social justice warriors in the county like Sujatha Hampton and VH sent their kids to Langley and Woodson, respectively.

So you do think that Maureen Brody and Paul Bartkowski are aligned?

I don't have a view as to whether they are "aligned." I'm not even sure what that means.

Is it like asking Robyn Lady whether she'd also invite LBGTQ teens who are having a dispute with their parents to come live with her and her partner, merely because one of her more vocal supporters has said he'd offer shelter in his home to LBGTQ teens in such circumstances?

By asking such a question, you attempt to imply that people with certain backgrounds or affiliations march in lock-step on every issue, and of course they don't. It's not a good look for you, nor does it serve the interests of the candidates you support.

That’s not a fair comparison at all.

Maureen Brody was endorsed by the Fairfax GOP at the same time they endorsed Paul Bartkowski. A question about who Paul supports and is aligned with is completely legitimate considering they will both appear on Republican sample ballots together.

Moderate centrist Megan McLaughlin was on the same democratic endorsed sample ballot as far left extremist activists Frisch and Omeish.

Most sample ballots and endorsements represent a spectrum of political opinions of their political party. It is pretty simplistic to pretend like this is some gotcha moment.

Thank you for educating the trolls. 😊

You missed the part where Paul Bartkowski actually endorses Maureen Brody as an at-large candidate on his website.

I guess when you don’t have any on-topic, intellectual points to discuss then you resort to name calling.

[Anonymous]

Can you talk about how you will work with a likely majority democrat school board to get things done in a non-partisan way? I don’t think politics belong on the school board, on either side, but there seems to be no getting around it.

Can you also talk about how you will get our teachers the raises they need to increase retention and to attract new teachers? And how you would attract qualified special education teachers?

What are your thoughts on the exorbitant costs of lawyers on FCPS? And the excess costs of useless surveys from gatehouse?

What are your thoughts on how to help students at Mount Vernon High School?

[Anonymous]

What is your position on vouchers?

[Anonymous]

Can you please explain why you believe that schools are "causing the gender-fluidity phenomenon"?

Can you please explain what pornography you believe is being provided to Kindergarteners? And how are teachers "promoting race hatred"? Do you believe that transgenderism is "gender pseudoscience"?

Why do you think that the common home sex ed book "It's Perfectly Normal" is "pornography"?

Have you actually read the book? It's not "pornography".
https://www.amazon.com/Its-Perfectly-Normal-Changing-Growing/

These are all tweets/retweets on your campaign Twitter account.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can you please explain why you believe that schools are "causing the gender-fluidity phenomenon"?

Can you please explain what pornography you believe is being provided to Kindergarteners? And how are teachers "promoting race hatred"? Do you believe that transgenderism is "gender pseudoscience"?

Why do you think that the common home sex ed book "It's Perfectly Normal" is "pornography"?

Have you actually read the book? It's not "pornography".
https://www.amazon.com/Its-Perfectly-Normal-Changing-Growing/

These are all tweets/retweets on your campaign Twitter account.

It’s been asked a few times about the (according to his website) there is an “effort to introduce age-inappropriate sexual concepts and ideas to our youngest students”. The closest I’ve seen to an answer is that the SEL Screener asks ~8th graders about their sexual history, but it’s been shown that those questions don’t exist on the screener.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:On your website, you say:
"At-Large" School Board Candidates Who Have Similar Goals
You can vote for up to 3 "At-Large" School Board Candidates
CASSANDRA AUCOIN
MAUREEN BRODY
SAUNDRA DAVIS

Can you please explain how your goals are similar to Maureen Brody's goals?

Not Paul, but I'm amused by how you think this is such a "gotcha" moment.

Here are the main priorities on Brody's site (I'd never checked before):

* Refocus curriculum on fundamentals
* Improve low-performing schools
* Get spending under control
* Modernize school infrastructure

These priorities or goals seem sensible to me and I suspect they'd also seem sensible to many other parents if they took a look. And the fact that it's coming from someone who sent her kids to Lewis HS is a plus. Other social justice warriors in the county like Sujatha Hampton and VH sent their kids to Langley and Woodson, respectively.

Maureen Brody was tear-gassed on January 6. She blindly will follow Donald Trump.

Yawn.

Donald Trump takes about as much interest in the education of kids in FCPS as Kyle McDaniel, which is to say none.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:On your website, you say:
"At-Large" School Board Candidates Who Have Similar Goals
You can vote for up to 3 "At-Large" School Board Candidates
CASSANDRA AUCOIN
MAUREEN BRODY
SAUNDRA DAVIS

Can you please explain how your goals are similar to Maureen Brody's goals?

Not Paul, but I'm amused by how you think this is such a "gotcha" moment.

Here are the main priorities on Brody's site (I'd never checked before):

* Refocus curriculum on fundamentals
* Improve low-performing schools
* Get spending under control
* Modernize school infrastructure

These priorities or goals seem sensible to me and I suspect they'd also seem sensible to many other parents if they took a look. And the fact that it's coming from someone who sent her kids to Lewis HS is a plus. Other social justice warriors in the county like Sujatha Hampton and VH sent their kids to Langley and Woodson, respectively.

So you do think that Maureen Brody and Paul Bartkowski are aligned?

I don't have a view as to whether they are "aligned." I'm not even sure what that means.

Is it like asking Robyn Lady whether she'd also invite LBGTQ teens who are having a dispute with their parents to come live with her and her partner, merely because one of her more vocal supporters has said he'd offer shelter in his home to LBGTQ teens in such circumstances?

By asking such a question, you attempt to imply that people with certain backgrounds or affiliations march in lock-step on every issue, and of course they don't. It's not a good look for you, nor does it serve the interests of the candidates you support.

That’s not a fair comparison at all.

Maureen Brody was endorsed by the Fairfax GOP at the same time they endorsed Paul Bartkowski. A question about who Paul supports and is aligned with is completely legitimate considering they will both appear on Republican sample ballots together.

Moderate centrist Megan McLaughlin was on the same democratic endorsed sample ballot as far left extremist activists Frisch and Omeish.

Most sample ballots and endorsements represent a spectrum of political opinions of their political party. It is pretty simplistic to pretend like this is some gotcha moment.

Thank you for educating the trolls. 😊

You missed the part where Paul Bartkowski actually endorses Maureen Brody as an at-large candidate on his website.

I guess when you don’t have any on-topic, intellectual points to discuss then you resort to name calling.

My sincere apologies if you are not a troll, but rather a genuine resident of the Dranesville district. I see your point and I will do my best to apply critical thinking skills instead to avoid going round in circles.

It’s evident that Paul Bartkowski is being put to a different standard than that of his opponent. Robin Lady is a Democrat and was endorsed by the same party that placed Abrar Omeish on the Board, to top it off, as an At-Large member! What does this say about R. Lady? Should she have declined the endorsement? For background information on Abrar Omeish:

https://asrainvestigates.substack.com/p/exclusive-abrar-omeish-at-fundraiser

While I’m not familiar with Maureen Brody, candidates like her on the board, independently of which party endorses them, will stand up to those who have been placed there to use and abuse our schools, our county, and our country, such is the case of Omeish. Robyn Lady, like the rest of her party, will continue to sit back while it happens, just like they did when Superintendent Reid bluntly sent the message, “Honestly, the majority doesn't always dictate, right?” to those who expressed their will through a survey, overwhelmingly opposing proposed changes that affected the entire community. Rest assured that if the need arose again, the likes of M. Brody will stand up to the Superintendent if she (along with the SB) disregard the will of the FCPS residents. And so will Paul Bartkowski, or any other candidate (endorsed by either party) that will place the needs of those he/she represents over party.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On your website, you say:
"At-Large" School Board Candidates Who Have Similar Goals
You can vote for up to 3 "At-Large" School Board Candidates
CASSANDRA AUCOIN
MAUREEN BRODY
SAUNDRA DAVIS

Can you please explain how your goals are similar to Maureen Brody's goals?

Not Paul, but I'm amused by how you think this is such a "gotcha" moment.

Here are the main priorities on Brody's site (I'd never checked before):

* Refocus curriculum on fundamentals
* Improve low-performing schools
* Get spending under control
* Modernize school infrastructure

These priorities or goals seem sensible to me and I suspect they'd also seem sensible to many other parents if they took a look. And the fact that it's coming from someone who sent her kids to Lewis HS is a plus. Other social justice warriors in the county like Sujatha Hampton and VH sent their kids to Langley and Woodson, respectively.

So you do think that Maureen Brody and Paul Bartkowski are aligned?

I don't have a view as to whether they are "aligned." I'm not even sure what that means.

Is it like asking Robyn Lady whether she'd also invite LBGTQ teens who are having a dispute with their parents to come live with her and her partner, merely because one of her more vocal supporters has said he'd offer shelter in his home to LBGTQ teens in such circumstances?

By asking such a question, you attempt to imply that people with certain backgrounds or affiliations march in lock-step on every issue, and of course they don't. It's not a good look for you, nor does it serve the interests of the candidates you support.

That’s not a fair comparison at all.

Maureen Brody was endorsed by the Fairfax GOP at the same time they endorsed Paul Bartkowski. A question about who Paul supports and is aligned with is completely legitimate considering they will both appear on Republican sample ballots together.

Moderate centrist Megan McLaughlin was on the same democratic endorsed sample ballot as far left extremist activists Frisch and Omeish.

Most sample ballots and endorsements represent a spectrum of political opinions of their political party. It is pretty simplistic to pretend like this is some gotcha moment.

Thank you for educating the trolls. 😊

You missed the part where Paul Bartkowski actually endorses Maureen Brody as an at-large candidate on his website.

I guess when you don’t have any on-topic, intellectual points to discuss then you resort to name calling.

My sincere apologies if you are not a troll, but rather a genuine resident of the Dranesville district. I see your point and I will do my best to apply critical thinking skills instead to avoid going round in circles.

It’s evident that Paul Bartkowski is being put to a different standard than that of his opponent. Robin Lady is a Democrat and was endorsed by the same party that placed Abrar Omeish on the Board, to top it off, as an At-Large member! What does this say about R. Lady? Should she have declined the endorsement? For background information on Abrar Omeish:

https://asrainvestigates.substack.com/p/exclusive-abrar-omeish-at-fundraiser

While I’m not familiar with Maureen Brody, candidates like her on the board, independently of which party endorses them, will stand up to those who have been placed there to use and abuse our schools, our county, and our country, such is the case of Omeish. Robyn Lady, like the rest of her party, will continue to sit back while it happens, just like they did when Superintendent Reid bluntly sent the message, “Honestly, the majority doesn't always dictate, right?” to those who expressed their will through a survey, overwhelmingly opposing proposed changes that affected the entire community. Rest assured that if the need arose again, the likes of M. Brody will stand up to the Superintendent if she (along with the SB) disregard the will of the FCPS residents. And so will Paul Bartkowski, or any other candidate (endorsed by either party) that will place the needs of those he/she represents over party.

You seem to have trouble following. Paul endorsed Maureen himself.

We don't need an insurrectionist (or apologist) on the SB.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On your website, you say:
"At-Large" School Board Candidates Who Have Similar Goals
You can vote for up to 3 "At-Large" School Board Candidates
CASSANDRA AUCOIN
MAUREEN BRODY
SAUNDRA DAVIS

Can you please explain how your goals are similar to Maureen Brody's goals?

Not Paul, but I'm amused by how you think this is such a "gotcha" moment.

Here are the main priorities on Brody's site (I'd never checked before):

* Refocus curriculum on fundamentals
* Improve low-performing schools
* Get spending under control
* Modernize school infrastructure

These priorities or goals seem sensible to me and I suspect they'd also seem sensible to many other parents if they took a look. And the fact that it's coming from someone who sent her kids to Lewis HS is a plus. Other social justice warriors in the county like Sujatha Hampton and VH sent their kids to Langley and Woodson, respectively.

Maureen Brody was tear-gassed on January 6. She blindly will follow Donald Trump.

Yawn.

Donald Trump takes about as much interest in the education of kids in FCPS as Kyle McDaniel, which is to say none.

Yawn.

The republicans really don’t like McDaniel because he’s done a good job exposing their lies and calling them out for their crappy positions.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On your website, you say:
"At-Large" School Board Candidates Who Have Similar Goals
You can vote for up to 3 "At-Large" School Board Candidates
CASSANDRA AUCOIN
MAUREEN BRODY
SAUNDRA DAVIS

Can you please explain how your goals are similar to Maureen Brody's goals?

Not Paul, but I'm amused by how you think this is such a "gotcha" moment.

Here are the main priorities on Brody's site (I'd never checked before):

* Refocus curriculum on fundamentals
* Improve low-performing schools
* Get spending under control
* Modernize school infrastructure

These priorities or goals seem sensible to me and I suspect they'd also seem sensible to many other parents if they took a look. And the fact that it's coming from someone who sent her kids to Lewis HS is a plus. Other social justice warriors in the county like Sujatha Hampton and VH sent their kids to Langley and Woodson, respectively.

So you do think that Maureen Brody and Paul Bartkowski are aligned?

I don't have a view as to whether they are "aligned." I'm not even sure what that means.

Is it like asking Robyn Lady whether she'd also invite LBGTQ teens who are having a dispute with their parents to come live with her and her partner, merely because one of her more vocal supporters has said he'd offer shelter in his home to LBGTQ teens in such circumstances?

By asking such a question, you attempt to imply that people with certain backgrounds or affiliations march in lock-step on every issue, and of course they don't. It's not a good look for you, nor does it serve the interests of the candidates you support.

That’s not a fair comparison at all.

Maureen Brody was endorsed by the Fairfax GOP at the same time they endorsed Paul Bartkowski. A question about who Paul supports and is aligned with is completely legitimate considering they will both appear on Republican sample ballots together.

Moderate centrist Megan McLaughlin was on the same democratic endorsed sample ballot as far left extremist activists Frisch and Omeish.

Most sample ballots and endorsements represent a spectrum of political opinions of their political party. It is pretty simplistic to pretend like this is some gotcha moment.

Thank you for educating the trolls. 😊

You missed the part where Paul Bartkowski actually endorses Maureen Brody as an at-large candidate on his website.

I guess when you don’t have any on-topic, intellectual points to discuss then you resort to name calling.

My sincere apologies if you are not a troll, but rather a genuine resident of the Dranesville district. I see your point and I will do my best to apply critical thinking skills instead to avoid going round in circles.

It’s evident that Paul Bartkowski is being put to a different standard than that of his opponent. Robin Lady is a Democrat and was endorsed by the same party that placed Abrar Omeish on the Board, to top it off, as an At-Large member! What does this say about R. Lady? Should she have declined the endorsement? For background information on Abrar Omeish:

https://asrainvestigates.substack.com/p/exclusive-abrar-omeish-at-fundraiser

While I’m not familiar with Maureen Brody, candidates like her on the board, independently of which party endorses them, will stand up to those who have been placed there to use and abuse our schools, our county, and our country, such is the case of Omeish. Robyn Lady, like the rest of her party, will continue to sit back while it happens, just like they did when Superintendent Reid bluntly sent the message, “Honestly, the majority doesn't always dictate, right?” to those who expressed their will through a survey, overwhelmingly opposing proposed changes that affected the entire community. Rest assured that if the need arose again, the likes of M. Brody will stand up to the Superintendent if she (along with the SB) disregard the will of the FCPS residents. And so will Paul Bartkowski, or any other candidate (endorsed by either party) that will place the needs of those he/she represents over party.

NP.

I opened that link and it is shocking. Someone as extreme and anti-Semitic as Omeish should not be on the school board:

“ FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. – Last month, here at Luther Jackson Middle School, parents gasped as a Fairfax County Public Schools board member, Abrar Omeish, stumbled through a clumsy speech and called the historic battle of Iwo Jima “evil,” even though the decisive victory by U.S. Marines led to eventual victory by Allied forces against Nazi Germany and its leader Adolph Hitler, ending the brutal genocide of Jews in the Holocaust. . .

Omeish, it would turn out, wasn’t concerned about failing schools or lifting lagging students up to standards. Her talk was about what she characterized as the lies of American public education, which she considered to be pro-Israel, anti-Palestinian. She spoke of a teacher fired from her position for promoting the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement, the controversial economic and political program—and cause célèbre of worldwide leftist organizations—that would pave the way for Palestinian statehood by crippling or destroying Israel economically.

Omeish started, “When we talk about the Palestinian issue, and it affects us deeply and families are affected, and we know how important it is to us.” Indeed, when she was a girl, in 2007, her father, Esam Omeish had resigned from a Virginia state commission that former governor Tim Kaine had named him to be a member, after a video emerged of him saying that pro-Palestinians had to pursue the “way of jihad” in opposing Israel.“

I am definitely voting for Paul in the hopes of restoring centrist, sane leadership to the FCPS Board.

Plus, I am a Dranesville voter (McLean) and my daughter tells me her school - McLean HS - is falling apart due to age and neglect by the current Board, superintendent, Gatehouse, etc. Paul will work to try to change that, while his opponent only represents the status quo who neglect McLean schools as “too privileged” to even maintain. The choice for us is obvious.

[Anonymous]

I have a lot of respect for someone like Paul who is willing to put it out there so that there might possibly be some more traditional or, as he puts it, "old-fashioned" views expressed on the School Board. The progressive wing of the FCDC is absolutely brutal when it comes to tearing down anyone who doesn't embrace every aspect of their far-left agenda.

[Anonymous]

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paulforfcsb wrote:I tend to agree with those that suggested recently that this has devolved into more of an argument than simple sharing of information and positions. I answered the policy-related questions about the website - some may disagree with my discomfort with the schools pushing sex and sexuality, but I think there's been plenty of that talk on a forum about schools and education. I think the focus on that is counter-productive and in many cases inappropriate. I get that people disagree, but I don't plan to stay here and argue back and forth with them. People can decide - parents like me know exactly what I'm referring to - they hear it from the kids, and you can see it if you watch any School Board meeting, where the Board spends far more time on that than, for example, reversing learning loss and improving scores/curriculum. I'd rather focus on math/science/English/history/etc.

Re TJ and the court case, I disagree with anyone that says the evidence didn't show discrimination. It does - you can google that and find it. The Fourth Circuit effectively said the discrimination was OK because Asian Americans still constituted a percentage higher than their percentage of the population (but lower than admissions based on merit). Again - we can disagree whether that was right or wrong (it's likely headed to the Supreme Court due to FCPS's insistence on maintaining the policy), but everyone (including the Board, as evidenced by their text messages) knew the goal was to limit Asian American students, a goal with which I disagree.

I'll try to check back from time to time to see if there are policy questions that would help voters decide in this important election.

NP. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts with us and being so available to answer questions. Unfortunately, you are on DCUM and the social justice warriors/LWNJs are going to troll this thread (and others) relentlessly. Please ignore their attempts to intimidate you. You’ve got my vote and probably many others as well. This School Board is in dire need of change. Best of luck!

Asking a candidate questions about the topics they have posted on their own website isn't trolling.

Just become someone doesn't agree with you doesn't make them a "troll". The more you call people who are asking legit questions "trolls" the more desperate you look.

Kind of like the poster who complained to Jeff that "too many Republican trolls" were expressing their opinions on this forum? Oh. Very desperate, indeed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On your website, you say:
"At-Large" School Board Candidates Who Have Similar Goals
You can vote for up to 3 "At-Large" School Board Candidates
CASSANDRA AUCOIN
MAUREEN BRODY
SAUNDRA DAVIS

Can you please explain how your goals are similar to Maureen Brody's goals?

Not Paul, but I'm amused by how you think this is such a "gotcha" moment.

Here are the main priorities on Brody's site (I'd never checked before):

* Refocus curriculum on fundamentals
* Improve low-performing schools
* Get spending under control
* Modernize school infrastructure

These priorities or goals seem sensible to me and I suspect they'd also seem sensible to many other parents if they took a look. And the fact that it's coming from someone who sent her kids to Lewis HS is a plus. Other social justice warriors in the county like Sujatha Hampton and VH sent their kids to Langley and Woodson, respectively.

So you do think that Maureen Brody and Paul Bartkowski are aligned?

I don't have a view as to whether they are "aligned." I'm not even sure what that means.

Is it like asking Robyn Lady whether she'd also invite LBGTQ teens who are having a dispute with their parents to come live with her and her partner, merely because one of her more vocal supporters has said he'd offer shelter in his home to LBGTQ teens in such circumstances?

By asking such a question, you attempt to imply that people with certain backgrounds or affiliations march in lock-step on every issue, and of course they don't. It's not a good look for you, nor does it serve the interests of the candidates you support.

That’s not a fair comparison at all.

Maureen Brody was endorsed by the Fairfax GOP at the same time they endorsed Paul Bartkowski. A question about who Paul supports and is aligned with is completely legitimate considering they will both appear on Republican sample ballots together.

Moderate centrist Megan McLaughlin was on the same democratic endorsed sample ballot as far left extremist activists Frisch and Omeish.

Most sample ballots and endorsements represent a spectrum of political opinions of their political party. It is pretty simplistic to pretend like this is some gotcha moment.

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THANK YOU. Honestly, the nonsense some of these trolls are peddling is quite remarkable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can you talk about how you will work with a likely majority democrat school board to get things done in a non-partisan way? I don’t think politics belong on the school board, on either side, but there seems to be no getting around it.

Can you also talk about how you will get our teachers the raises they need to increase retention and to attract new teachers? And how you would attract qualified special education teachers?

What are your thoughts on the exorbitant costs of lawyers on FCPS? And the excess costs of useless surveys from gatehouse?

What are your thoughts on how to help students at Mount Vernon High School?

These are all good questions, but I'd like to point out that Bartkowski is running for Dranesville rep - you should address your last question to whomever is representing Mount Vernon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a lot of respect for someone like Paul who is willing to put it out there so that there might possibly be some more traditional or, as he puts it, "old-fashioned" views expressed on the School Board. The progressive wing of the FCDC is absolutely brutal when it comes to tearing down anyone who doesn't embrace every aspect of their far-left agenda.

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And again - I see zero Democrats willing to answer questions on a forum like this. Good for him. I will definitely be voting for him.