School board results?

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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

As long as there are rich and poor people there will always be inequity, not just in education, in everything. It’s not FCPS’s job to fix a societal problem.

Any parent can access the hundreds of FREE websites, if the want to give their kid homework.

Not if they can't afford at-home internet access. Believe it or not, there are still people for whom this is the case.

And stuff like this is why FCPS doesn't give homework. They don't have internet. They have to work in the evening. On and on. Rather than trying to fix these situations and having the correct goal and method to grow academically in mind, they just pretend that kids can learn the same without homework and don't actually help these families get internet or get through school with an extra year or whatever is needed to pay the bills and actually learn.

So you're in favor of a significant tax increase to make high-speed internet available for all? To be fair, that would fall on the Fairfax County Government rather than the school system, but still, it's always great to hear folks advocating for higher taxes to pay for services that will benefit all. I know I'd love a lower bill from Verizon Fios if I just had to pay for cable.

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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.

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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.

This is how one of my kids "returned to school" that Spring. It was absolutely horrible! And his teacher announced to everyone in the class when she got vaccinated. Meanwhile all the kids' parents were still waiting, despite several of them working in person.

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Here we go again! The Republicans lost and now were not going to hear the rest of it for the next four years.

Cry more!

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Anonymous wrote:People even voted for some random person with no experience in Fairfax County for clerk of court, rather than the current deputy clerk of court because she is endorsed by Republicans. There was never a chance for anyone R.

Chris is deputy in Arlington

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Anonymous wrote:Fairfax voters are willingly Baltimoring the schools. Sure, some good pockets will remain, but an increasing number of schools are avoided. People with means are going private or leaving. FR Lunch will continue to rise.

Definition of insanity...

You people are nuts.

Make sure you send your kids to Lewis, Mt. Vernon, Justice, Annandale, Herndon, Falls Church, West Potomac, or Edison.

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Anonymous wrote:Here we go again! The Republicans lost and now were not going to hear the rest of it for the next four years.

Cry more!

What??? Also, “cry more” a horrible right wing saying.

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Anonymous wrote:People even voted for some random person with no experience in Fairfax County for clerk of court, rather than the current deputy clerk of court because she is endorsed by Republicans. There was never a chance for anyone R.

Chris is deputy in Arlington

He has no experience in Fairfax and the current clerk who is retiring after 32 years endorsed his opponent. But party trump’s qualifications nowadays.

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Anonymous wrote:I am amused seeing McLean area precincts results. No wonder their schools are over crowded and old. Anyway, it's a good result. 🤣🤣🥰

What are the McLean precinct results showing?

Every precinct zoned for McLean, whether in Dranesville or Providence, voted for the Democratic candidates (Lady and Frisch). The Republican running in Dranesville (Bartkowski) only won one precinct, which was in the Langley area (Forestville). The Republican running in Providence (Sabio) may carry a weapon, but he isn’t carrying a single precinct.

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Anonymous wrote:Cannot believe people voted Frisch and Meren back in. Awful.

I’m glad we got Moon and McElveen.

They did! Melanie and Karl got more votes than the others. It turns out when you run far-right candidates like Harry jackson and tony sabio, you lose.

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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

As long as there are rich and poor people there will always be inequity, not just in education, in everything. It’s not FCPS’s job to fix a societal problem.

Any parent can access the hundreds of FREE websites, if the want to give their kid homework.

Not if they can't afford at-home internet access. Believe it or not, there are still people for whom this is the case.

And stuff like this is why FCPS doesn't give homework. They don't have internet. They have to work in the evening. On and on. Rather than trying to fix these situations and having the correct goal and method to grow academically in mind, they just pretend that kids can learn the same without homework and don't actually help these families get internet or get through school with an extra year or whatever is needed to pay the bills and actually learn.

So you're in favor of a significant tax increase to make high-speed internet available for all? To be fair, that would fall on the Fairfax County Government rather than the school system, but still, it's always great to hear folks advocating for higher taxes to pay for services that will benefit all. I know I'd love a lower bill from Verizon Fios if I just had to pay for cable.

I don't know about high speed but internet would be a better service than no homework. All rental facilities could be required to provide this service

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Anonymous wrote:Repubs should have stayed away from book banning and crucifying trans kids. As well as slamming equity like it is a slur.

Maybe they would have had a chance.

This.

Until the Republican party as a whole comes to its senses, they are never going to win among an educated population.

They got bold and started saying the quiet part out loud. These are not new opinions. I hope they keep being honest about who they really are. There are no senses to "return" to.

This.

And here is something I also believe -- the amount of nonsense posting on DCUM made me MORE likely to support democrats, not less. The board went to high hell over the past year.

OK, glad to know you so easily dismiss the concerns of others as nonsense.

We will return the favor when you invariably complain about something going on within FCPS in the next four years, courtesy of the same folks (or types) you keep returning to office.

It's easy to dismiss mean spirited for right propaganda by those who don't even live in Fairfax county, apparently

What are you talking about? The only person who raised a lot of funds outside the county was a democrat. The people who ran were local and running on local issues. Frish was the only person aspiring to something outside the county.

Right. Even Youngkin didn’t support this batch of R candidates. Womp womp.

lol but these candidates supported Youngkin. Glenn just knew he would lose these seats so he didn't get involved.

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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.

Cry more!

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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.

Dumbest comment on this thread. She is the biggest advocate for special ed.

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Why did fcps make computers available to all if they were worried about internet. I'm going to go out on a limb and say this isn't a real problem.

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Anonymous wrote:Loving all the write-in votes against Steve Descano! Those who voted for him must be the regular straight-D voters no matter what.

If that's the case then 77% of Fairfax County are straight-D voters, and about 15% of them got confused on Clerk of Court and accidentally voted for the R candidate. Or, your analysis is wrong.