School board results?

[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.

I think she is one of the best on the Board.

[Anonymous]

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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.

R's never had control of the Loudoun County School Board that I know of. They can't stop people from showing up to hearings. If anything, maybe they were too progressive to cause this much of a retaliation. Extreme people come out of the woodwork on each side when each side becomes more extreme. What were they actually able to pass as legislation?

[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.

what teacher’s union?

[Anonymous]

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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.

That’s not true. Or, it’s a significant re-write of history. When parents were given an option in summer. 2020 between virtual and in person for 2020-2021, a significant majority chose in person. And people who wanted more caution in fall 2020 were over it by spring when FCPS failed again and again to reopen because (in one instance), they couldn’t figure out lunch logistics. FCPS was one of the last school districts to reopen. And they would not have in Spring 2021 if the State Senate hadn’t voted almost unanimously to make them. And even then, any teacher with with any medical condition, including a BMI of 26, didn’t have to come back, and we got Monitors and virtual learning for kids in school. Even though they were first in line for vaccines and had the option to be fully vaccines when they returned.

Heck, Youngkin won BA based label on suburban moms pissed about the failure to schools to reopen. Without that (and McAwful being a crap candidate), he never would ha won.

Crazy was teachers standing outside school board meetings carrying small coffins.

[Anonymous]

To mock and publically shame someone is un-called for. This is a forum and we are all allowed our opinions without bashing one another. I am allowed my own opinion in this and just so you are aware I am a DEMOCRAT on all other issues, but not schools. And BTW- SCIENCE did prove that kids should and could safely be in schools (masked) during the point of closures exceeding 9 months. The long term impact has certainly spoken for itself. As such, you are allowed your opinion. I will however end this note and not bash you or call you names as you did to me.

[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.

Who are these "moderate Democrats"? There's Moon and....?

Calling McDaniel a "moderate Democrat," as some have done, is an exercise in self-delusion. He is a political opportunist, and he perceived correctly that there was a lot more to be gained in Fairfax by aligning himself with far-left Democrats than remaining a moderate Republican. Why would he switch his stripes now and recast himself in the mold of Megan McLaughlin or Chap Peterson?

Sizemore-Heizer, Anderson, Frisch, and Meren are all far-left. McElveen may be slightly less far-left now that he has kids and lives in the Langley district, but he's far-left as well. The other newcomers have every incentive to glom onto to whatever the incumbents want to keep doing.

These terms are subjective but if you think McElveen is far left then we obviously have different ideas on what that means. But regardless of however you or I define these terms, the fact remains that Republicans have taken themselves out of the running in this area. Maybe their views would be considered moderately conservative in places like Mississippi, but not here. So people who think the board is too far left need to support people like Moon and McElveen. A vote for a Republican is like a vote for Mickey Mouse, a throwaway vote.

That's a different issue, but please explain why you consider McElveen a moderate.

From what I’ve heard, he seems interested in promoting practical things like teacher retention and updating facilities. I haven’t heard as much about parents rights and that kind of stuff from him although maybe I just missed it. He didn’t seem as invested in that kind of stuff as some other candidates on either side.

[Anonymous]

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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?

Around the time the State legislature— not the school board— forced schools to reopen despite FCPS showing no indication they actually would for most students (non- SPED) in 2020-2021. Schools didn’t reopen because the San listened. They reopened because Chap Peterson forced the issue with the legislature. And, even then, fully vaxxed teachers were allowed to teach from home— to kids sitting in a classroom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All dem
https://www.vpap.org/electionresults/20231107/local/fairfax-county-va/

Too bad for Asians. Won’t get a fair shake.

[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.

I think she is one of the best on the Board.

Megan McLaughlin is my hero. She removed a key barrier to getting out HS to offer 4 days a week in person in spring 2021– and she isn’t even put Rep. she just sat there arensolved problems and put out fires for the whole county.

[Anonymous]

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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.

That’s not true. Or, it’s a significant re-write of history. When parents were given an option in summer. 2020 between virtual and in person for 2020-2021, a significant majority chose in person. And people who wanted more caution in fall 2020 were over it by spring when FCPS failed again and again to reopen because (in one instance), they couldn’t figure out lunch logistics. FCPS was one of the last school districts to reopen. And they would not have in Spring 2021 if the State Senate hadn’t voted almost unanimously to make them. And even then, any teacher with with any medical condition, including a BMI of 26, didn’t have to come back, and we got Monitors and virtual learning for kids in school. Even though they were first in line for vaccines and had the option to be fully vaccines when they returned.

Heck, Youngkin won BA based label on suburban moms pissed about the failure to schools to reopen. Without that (and McAwful being a crap candidate), he never would ha won.

Crazy was teachers standing outside school board meetings carrying small coffins.

Repeat this to yourself as needed: You have no entitlement to dictate the health risks for other people. None. ZERO.

I'm not a teacher. But I've been in the schools a lot in various capacities. And those places, esp the lunch rooms in our HS, are petri dishes in GOOD years. If they did not want that exposure for themselves, or to bring home to vulnerable family members, that is their right. And you should have absolutely ZERO say in that.

[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.

I think she is one of the best on the Board.

Megan McLaughlin is my hero. She removed a key barrier to getting out HS to offer 4 days a week in person in spring 2021– and she isn’t even put Rep. she just sat there arensolved problems and put out fires for the whole county.

It’s a loss to the community that she retired, but as a reasonable person you could see the roll dealing with so much crazy was taking on her.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't care about whether they are R or D but hate that the trajectory seems to be dumbing down education for "equity," and forcing teachers to deal with untenable classroom situations. We'll do the best we can to support our kids's education by providing them with as much supplemental education as we can. Sadly, we can't afford "private" as we're trying to save for four college educations, nor can we move as our jobs are based in Fairfax. We'll survive, but it would be nice to see the schools start focus on educating again instead of spending money on wasteful renaming projects, consultants, etc.

Oh come on, the schools focus on education--this is the vast majority of what they do. How exactly are they "dumbing down" education? I haven't seen it. I think they are focusing on equity and excellence. I've had 1 kid go through FCPS and 2 still in it and they all have received/are receiving solid educations. The eldest is succeeding at UVA now--well-prepared. And we didn't do any supplementing except for private music lessons and outdoorsy summer camps. There are nationwide teacher shortages and FCPS is handling staffing better than most districts. I honestly don't understand all the griping.

No homework

the parent with the money pay for classes that have the homeworks. this meaning the child get reinforcement of the materials.

thus inequity

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't care about whether they are R or D but hate that the trajectory seems to be dumbing down education for "equity," and forcing teachers to deal with untenable classroom situations. We'll do the best we can to support our kids's education by providing them with as much supplemental education as we can. Sadly, we can't afford "private" as we're trying to save for four college educations, nor can we move as our jobs are based in Fairfax. We'll survive, but it would be nice to see the schools start focus on educating again instead of spending money on wasteful renaming projects, consultants, etc.

Oh come on, the schools focus on education--this is the vast majority of what they do. How exactly are they "dumbing down" education? I haven't seen it. I think they are focusing on equity and excellence. I've had 1 kid go through FCPS and 2 still in it and they all have received/are receiving solid educations. The eldest is succeeding at UVA now--well-prepared. And we didn't do any supplementing except for private music lessons and outdoorsy summer camps. There are nationwide teacher shortages and FCPS is handling staffing better than most districts. I honestly don't understand all the griping.

No homework

the parent with the money pay for classes that have the homeworks. this meaning the child get reinforcement of the materials.

thus inequity

What is this magical "no homework" you speak of? Because that is 10000000% not our experience. For a fleeting 18 mos. period during Covid there was minimal -not "no"- homework. But my kid had some HW in ES, and has a TON in HS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't care about whether they are R or D but hate that the trajectory seems to be dumbing down education for "equity," and forcing teachers to deal with untenable classroom situations. We'll do the best we can to support our kids's education by providing them with as much supplemental education as we can. Sadly, we can't afford "private" as we're trying to save for four college educations, nor can we move as our jobs are based in Fairfax. We'll survive, but it would be nice to see the schools start focus on educating again instead of spending money on wasteful renaming projects, consultants, etc.

Oh come on, the schools focus on education--this is the vast majority of what they do. How exactly are they "dumbing down" education? I haven't seen it. I think they are focusing on equity and excellence. I've had 1 kid go through FCPS and 2 still in it and they all have received/are receiving solid educations. The eldest is succeeding at UVA now--well-prepared. And we didn't do any supplementing except for private music lessons and outdoorsy summer camps. There are nationwide teacher shortages and FCPS is handling staffing better than most districts. I honestly don't understand all the griping.

No homework

the parent with the money pay for classes that have the homeworks. this meaning the child get reinforcement of the materials.

thus inequity

DP
It really isn’t necessary in grade levels lower than HS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't care about whether they are R or D but hate that the trajectory seems to be dumbing down education for "equity," and forcing teachers to deal with untenable classroom situations. We'll do the best we can to support our kids's education by providing them with as much supplemental education as we can. Sadly, we can't afford "private" as we're trying to save for four college educations, nor can we move as our jobs are based in Fairfax. We'll survive, but it would be nice to see the schools start focus on educating again instead of spending money on wasteful renaming projects, consultants, etc.

Oh come on, the schools focus on education--this is the vast majority of what they do. How exactly are they "dumbing down" education? I haven't seen it. I think they are focusing on equity and excellence. I've had 1 kid go through FCPS and 2 still in it and they all have received/are receiving solid educations. The eldest is succeeding at UVA now--well-prepared. And we didn't do any supplementing except for private music lessons and outdoorsy summer camps. There are nationwide teacher shortages and FCPS is handling staffing better than most districts. I honestly don't understand all the griping.

No homework

the parent with the money pay for classes that have the homeworks. this meaning the child get reinforcement of the materials.

thus inequity

What is this magical "no homework" you speak of? Because that is 10000000% not our experience. For a fleeting 18 mos. period during Covid there was minimal -not "no"- homework. But my kid had some HW in ES, and has a TON in HS.

All HS homework is optional