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Anonymous wrote:As a Republican, I say let the Democrats continue to own the disaster that FCPS has become. No saving it at this point.

They will, anyway. Most pay no attention to politics, they just vote Democrat.

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Anonymous wrote:As a Republican, I say let the Democrats continue to own the disaster that FCPS has become. No saving it at this point.

They will, anyway. Most pay no attention to politics, they just vote Democrat.

I pay attention to politics which is why I continue to vote Democrats. Not because I think they are great. They are just better than Republicans at this point.

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Saundra Davis boasts about her concern for learning loss, declining test scores, and increasing rigor. I would love to see her in the trenches at schools like Weyanoke and Hybla Valley ES where learning loss and test score decline are significant, and academic rigor leaves much to be desired. That would show me she's committed to her real values and isn't putting up a façade.

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Anonymous wrote:As a Republican, I say let the Democrats continue to own the disaster that FCPS has become. No saving it at this point.

I disagree that fcps is a disaster and most parents are satisfied with their child’s experience. I do think that a third or more of the current school board is a disaster.

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Anonymous wrote:Saundra Davis boasts about her concern for learning loss, declining test scores, and increasing rigor. I would love to see her in the trenches at schools like Weyanoke and Hybla Valley ES where learning loss and test score decline are significant, and academic rigor leaves much to be desired. That would show me she's committed to her real values and isn't putting up a façade.

Ryan McElveen lives in the Langley district. Kyle McDaniel lives in the Oakton district. Ilryong Moon sent a kid to TJHSST if I recall correctly.

Are you sure you aren't applying some serious double standards here? Davis took up a cause that she believed in, just like Megan McLaughlin did when it came to later HS start times and Elaine Tholen did when it came to prioritizing Langley's interests over all the other schools in her district. You can respect someone for their effort and commitment, even if you don't agree 100% with what they championed.

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Anonymous wrote:As a Republican, I say let the Democrats continue to own the disaster that FCPS has become. No saving it at this point.

I disagree that fcps is a disaster and most parents are satisfied with their child’s experience. I do think that a third or more of the current school board is a disaster.

People actively avoid 8 pyramids and this board seems to knock about twice that number.

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Anonymous wrote:I just want some people with common sense who will be considerate of students and parents of all types--not just those with special needs and wants.

Davis is probably your best bet.

She is right down the middle moderate who strongly supports parents and students.

Like a poster said above, there is a snowballs chance in hell that Rs and moderates win a majority on the school board. There is a miniscule chance that Rs and moderates win a tiny handful of 2 to 4 seats on the school board.

But even one moderate like Davis gives a voice to the centrist and right leaning parents in FCPS.

She is the best hope for moderates to have at least one person represent their voice on the school board.

If you care about education, do not vote straight D endorsed candidates.

We have to have discussion and debate so perhaps some of their worst fringe ideas can at least be challenged.

We cannot have 4 more years of unfettered political radicals from one party who are using the school board as a stepping stone for higher office and to push a fringe agenda.

Hi Saundra! You don’t seem like a moderate to me. Still looking for my third at large but still researching, too. Glad there are so many choices this year.

Not Saundra.

I don't even align with her on national politicals issues, but I pay attention to the school board, school policies and school board candidates to know that she is the strongest moderate running and the best chance for centrists and right leaning families to have a voice on the school board.

After the past few years in fcps, I am shocked that any one who pays even a little bit attention to the schools, property values, use of tax dollars, etc can stomach voting a straight D ticket.

Saundra is a moderate.

She is strong, committed and very informed. She knows her stuff.

And she is not some partisan person who will only listen to the loudest fringe voices or only hear people who think exactly like she thinks or only works for her party leaders and the dictates of national donors.

Anyone who cares about education issues and cares that the way the schools educate students affect all of society should give a serious look at Davis and anyone else not on the fringes who can give a centrist, moderate voice or a right leaning counterweight to the democratic stronghold on the school board.

Fairfax county will never elect a republican majority school board. That ship has sailed.

So you can safely vote for any centrist or right leaning candidates or even conservative candidates knowing that at best, this might result in 1-4 school board members who at least offer a voice of discussion and dissent to this board.

Many of you cannot stomach voting for anyone right of center. I get that.

So vote for Davis. She is a moderate and is strong enough to speak out for students and parents.

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Anonymous wrote:As a Republican, I say let the Democrats continue to own the disaster that FCPS has become. No saving it at this point.

They will, anyway. Most pay no attention to politics, they just vote Democrat.

I pay attention to politics which is why I continue to vote Democrats. Not because I think they are great. They are just better than Republicans at this point.

How can you say that with a straight face?

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Anonymous wrote:I just want some people with common sense who will be considerate of students and parents of all types--not just those with special needs and wants.

Davis is probably your best bet.

She is right down the middle moderate who strongly supports parents and students.

Like a poster said above, there is a snowballs chance in hell that Rs and moderates win a majority on the school board. There is a miniscule chance that Rs and moderates win a tiny handful of 2 to 4 seats on the school board.

But even one moderate like Davis gives a voice to the centrist and right leaning parents in FCPS.

She is the best hope for moderates to have at least one person represent their voice on the school board.

If you care about education, do not vote straight D endorsed candidates.

We have to have discussion and debate so perhaps some of their worst fringe ideas can at least be challenged.

We cannot have 4 more years of unfettered political radicals from one party who are using the school board as a stepping stone for higher office and to push a fringe agenda.

Hi Saundra! You don’t seem like a moderate to me. Still looking for my third at large but still researching, too. Glad there are so many choices this year.

Not Saundra.

I don't even align with her on national politicals issues, but I pay attention to the school board, school policies and school board candidates to know that she is the strongest moderate running and the best chance for centrists and right leaning families to have a voice on the school board.

After the past few years in fcps, I am shocked that any one who pays even a little bit attention to the schools, property values, use of tax dollars, etc can stomach voting a straight D ticket.

Saundra is a moderate.

She is strong, committed and very informed. She knows her stuff.

And she is not some partisan person who will only listen to the loudest fringe voices or only hear people who think exactly like she thinks or only works for her party leaders and the dictates of national donors.

Anyone who cares about education issues and cares that the way the schools educate students affect all of society should give a serious look at Davis and anyone else not on the fringes who can give a centrist, moderate voice or a right leaning counterweight to the democratic stronghold on the school board.

Fairfax county will never elect a republican majority school board. That ship has sailed.

So you can safely vote for any centrist or right leaning candidates or even conservative candidates knowing that at best, this might result in 1-4 school board members who at least offer a voice of discussion and dissent to this board.

Many of you cannot stomach voting for anyone right of center. I get that.

So vote for Davis. She is a moderate and is strong enough to speak out for students and parents.

It’s not a high bar to be better than the likes of Tholen, Cohen, Keys Gamarra, and Frisch, but Davis might at least challenge the next lying hypocrite like Tholen, the next giant money waster like Frisch or Keys Gamarra, or the next school closer like Cohen. I hope she gets a seat.

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Anonymous wrote:As a Republican, I say let the Democrats continue to own the disaster that FCPS has become. No saving it at this point.

They will, anyway. Most pay no attention to politics, they just vote Democrat.

I pay attention to politics which is why I continue to vote Democrats. Not because I think they are great. They are just better than Republicans at this point.

How can you say that with a straight face?

How can you say the opposite with a straight face?

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Close the achievement gap from the top or the bottom?
Combine sexes for FLE or not?
Close schools or keep them open?
Pay expensive progressive speakers for administrators or spend money on students?
Squash parental involvement or encourage it?
Mock parents who disagree with you or listen to them?
Prioritize demands of some over common sense policies?

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Anonymous wrote:At this point our likely at large members are moon, mcelveen, and mcdaniel or davis.

Agree and I would vote for Davis for some diversity of viewpoint. It’s also a little creepy how Kyle McDaniel, a former aide to Pat Herrity, has repackaged himself as a left-of-center Democrat like he’s the second coming of Laura Jane Cohen.

No way I'm voting for any Republican.

Davis is an independent and McDaniel is a former Republican. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up with the shifting affiliations.

McDaniel sounds good to me as a moderate. No way to Davis since she supports book bans in school libraries rather than the current process of allowing professional librarians to select books, people to challenge books, and most importantly parents to monitor what their own kids read if they have such strong beliefs.

I have positive associations with Moon and like that he could help bring some order to the board chaos with his experience, but will have to think more on that.

Still thinking about a third.

Mostly, I hope people look into candidates themselves instead of just following the endorsement of FCDC that brought us horrible members like Keys Gamarra and Omeish.

Please.

By book bans you mean porn.

Those who don't have any leg to stand on shout "book burning" to try to distract from the fact that they are advocating for books depicting graphic photos of stuff like orgies, genitals, graphic sex in school libraries.

Davis' view on this aligns with most parents and civil society.

It is -objectively- not porn. And you and your kids are free to to check any of those books out. You do not have the right to prevent me and my children from doing so. Mind your own house and business.

You want to regulate the hell out of everyone except when it comes to smutty materials in school libraries. They it's all about "my rights."

That tells us all we need to know about your agenda and priorities. Hopefully new School Board members will have a keener appreciation of community standards than the current, horrid bunch.

This is the very opposite of regulation, dumba$$. It is leaving YOU to decide for your kid; and me to mine. God, you're a moron.

It must be tough constantly having to harangue people when they just want high academic standards and some basic decency in the schools, all to keep the fringes of your coalition happy. But it's hard to feel sorry for you when you're so obviously a complete and utter jerk.

I mean, that's a nice word salad to say nothing at all.

My kid has high academics: all honors and APs and all As. Sorry your kid isn't doing so well. Maybe it's not the schools.

In terms of "smut", does your kid have a phone? Will they? If so, then you lose any credibility with re: to this issue. WAY worse on the phones. If you're legit that you won't give your kid a phone until older HS age, then you may at least have some moral high ground. Still doesn't give you the right to decide what my kid has access to.

Now you're just tossing out unverifiable claims about your kid's brilliance to make yourself look better. Giant fail.

Community members absolutely have a right to weigh in on what belongs in the libraries of schools they support with their taxpayer dollars. You just want them to be others who, like you, turn a blind eye to smut to curry favor with LWNJs.

Of course it's unverifiable. I don't want some psycho DCUM mom stalking my kid or identifying DC. I don't care what you think or believe re: my kid's "brilliance." I know what is.

The point is re; libraries is . . . and for some reason you are either too dumb or being deliberately obtuse . .. .you CAN turn a blind eye. Feel free to do so. Tell your kid to do so. Forbid your kid from checking out those books. Put YOUR kid's name on a list so they are banned from looking at them. You have NO RIGHT. NONE. to tell me what my kid is allowed to see, read, be subjected to. I don't give a rat's behind if you think it is porn. Smut. Inappropriate. That is for me to decide for my kid.

BTW, does your kid have a phone?

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Anonymous wrote:At this point our likely at large members are moon, mcelveen, and mcdaniel or davis.

Agree and I would vote for Davis for some diversity of viewpoint. It’s also a little creepy how Kyle McDaniel, a former aide to Pat Herrity, has repackaged himself as a left-of-center Democrat like he’s the second coming of Laura Jane Cohen.

No way I'm voting for any Republican.

Davis is an independent and McDaniel is a former Republican. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up with the shifting affiliations.

McDaniel sounds good to me as a moderate. No way to Davis since she supports book bans in school libraries rather than the current process of allowing professional librarians to select books, people to challenge books, and most importantly parents to monitor what their own kids read if they have such strong beliefs.

I have positive associations with Moon and like that he could help bring some order to the board chaos with his experience, but will have to think more on that.

Still thinking about a third.

Mostly, I hope people look into candidates themselves instead of just following the endorsement of FCDC that brought us horrible members like Keys Gamarra and Omeish.

Please.

By book bans you mean porn.

Those who don't have any leg to stand on shout "book burning" to try to distract from the fact that they are advocating for books depicting graphic photos of stuff like orgies, genitals, graphic sex in school libraries.

Davis' view on this aligns with most parents and civil society.

It is -objectively- not porn. And you and your kids are free to to check any of those books out. You do not have the right to prevent me and my children from doing so. Mind your own house and business.

You want to regulate the hell out of everyone except when it comes to smutty materials in school libraries. They it's all about "my rights."

That tells us all we need to know about your agenda and priorities. Hopefully new School Board members will have a keener appreciation of community standards than the current, horrid bunch.

This is the very opposite of regulation, dumba$$. It is leaving YOU to decide for your kid; and me to mine. God, you're a moron.

It must be tough constantly having to harangue people when they just want high academic standards and some basic decency in the schools, all to keep the fringes of your coalition happy. But it's hard to feel sorry for you when you're so obviously a complete and utter jerk.

I mean, that's a nice word salad to say nothing at all.

My kid has high academics: all honors and APs and all As. Sorry your kid isn't doing so well. Maybe it's not the schools.

In terms of "smut", does your kid have a phone? Will they? If so, then you lose any credibility with re: to this issue. WAY worse on the phones. If you're legit that you won't give your kid a phone until older HS age, then you may at least have some moral high ground. Still doesn't give you the right to decide what my kid has access to.

Now you're just tossing out unverifiable claims about your kid's brilliance to make yourself look better. Giant fail.

Community members absolutely have a right to weigh in on what belongs in the libraries of schools they support with their taxpayer dollars. You just want them to be others who, like you, turn a blind eye to smut to curry favor with LWNJs.

Of course it's unverifiable. I don't want some psycho DCUM mom stalking my kid or identifying DC. I don't care what you think or believe re: my kid's "brilliance." I know what is.

The point is re; libraries is . . . and for some reason you are either too dumb or being deliberately obtuse . .. .you CAN turn a blind eye. Feel free to do so. Tell your kid to do so. Forbid your kid from checking out those books. Put YOUR kid's name on a list so they are banned from looking at them. You have NO RIGHT. NONE. to tell me what my kid is allowed to see, read, be subjected to. I don't give a rat's behind if you think it is porn. Smut. Inappropriate. That is for me to decide for my kid.

BTW, does your kid have a phone?

You’re an idiot and a broken record, too. And I doubt much your child, if you even have one, is an academically distinguished in any way.

Let’s elect some School Board members with common sense, not more of the same left-wing sell-outs who constantly pander to the same freaks.

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It would have been very simple--and logical--for the SB to have been sympathetic to the mom who brought up the inappropriate books. (By the way, I did not like the way she presented it, but she did get my attention when watching.) If it is inappropriate to read those paragraphs in a SB meeting, it is certainly inappropriate to have them in a school library.

That is not "banning books." It is using common sense for the schools to be selective. Public libraries and bookstores are a different story==although, I'm not sure it is a wise use of taxpayer funds.

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Anonymous wrote:It's official - Omeish is not seeking re-election. The power brokers among the Fairfax Democrats basically sent her a message that she need not bother and, while it's possible she could have prevailed in the endorsement process, she's moving on to other things.

WOW - that is good news for me. I hate her. sorry I am few days late. I did not read DCUM while on spring break.