Arl Dems Caucus Endorsement - School Board - In the Candidates' Words

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Anonymous wrote:Angelo has only lived here less than 1 year. He donated to Ebbin in May 2022 and has Washington, DC as his address.

I understand a few people have such a grudge that they'll vote for him as a protest vote, but would you really want to trust this 22 year old with $800M of our tax revenue and our kids' education?

Better than someone who thought that abusing teachers, Duran, and other parents was acceptable behavior.

That shows, at best, poor judgment. At worst…

Either way, not someone who should be on the SB.

So, yes, he is the more trustworthy candidate.

+1. I don't trust Miranda's judgment at all based on her already having shown us her values. Easy choice for me. Apparently for Reid as well. His endorsement of Angelo is very telling. Pay attention -- or don't at your peril.

Exactly.

Serious question: Angelo thinks we have a “crisis” at APS. He uses this exact word on his website. So why should we care if Reid endorsed him. Presumably, as a school board member, the crisis happened under Reid’s watch. So why should anyone care what he thinks?

You do realize there are maybe a few things that could cause a crisis that are out of the SB's control?

Logic fail.

Then how is Angelo going to fix those things?

Maybe the same way Miranda was going to raise teacher pay?

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Anonymous wrote:Lol, seriously? Reid Goldstein endorsed the child. Wow.

There are people that see him as the only viable option. And being on a school board in this day and age is a thankless job, so the competition is light.

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Based on what I've seen in posted videos, Reid's endorsement isn't going to age well. But the Stockton endorsement is a real coup for MT.

Are you kidding? No one knows who Stockton is, or cares about a rando from Maryland.

But keep trying to pretend it's a bigger deal than an endorsement from the current board chair. When are you people going to start taking Angelo seriously?

Brian Stockton was with APS. He's not a rando MoCo guy.

The people I know who are most keyed in definitely know who stockton is, had relationships with him and are definitely shocked about this endorsement. Good for her for getting it.

Agreed! I'm glad to see he wasn't really part of the closed-school cabal that Duran spearheaded. This is an important endorsement for Miranda showing that Stockton is in favor of a fresh approach that puts learning excellence back at the center of education and gets us away from all COVID-fear and fluffy diversity and inclusion initiatives.

So Miranda is going to fight against diversity and inclusion initiatives?

Still, crickets.

Based on what I've seen of Miranda on AEM, and in the Stockton endorsement, is that she will be focused on APS's awful achievement gaps. That should be the the focus of and goal of diversity and inclusion initiatives IMO.

You expect that she will discourage APS from "fluffy diversity and inclusion initiatives".

Miranda comes across as a no BS person who won't tolerate "fluffy" regardless of what it is modifying. But she demonstrates that she cares about seeing results from diversity and inclusion initiatives. I'm not sure what the PP meant about fluffy, but I know what I expect to see from this work and that's things like closing achievement gaps and disproportionate suspensions for starters.

Stop trying to walk this back. We all read the comment - that Miranda won't tolerate fluffy DEI initiatives and that's seen as a positive. That tells us everything we need to know about the priorities of her camp.

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What has she been discussing with her Republican "anti CRT" friends in APE?

DP. You sound ridiculous. There is no CRT in schools. I get their newsletter have never seen a whiff of culture war and would promptly unsubscribe if they focused on those things. But you made me go check out what MT is talking about. Looks like she is talking about things like equity, achievement gaps and English Learners:

https://www.mirandaturner.org/my-newsletter/what-questions-are-voters-asking

https://www.mirandaturner.org/my-newsletter/class-sizes-are-too-big

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Anonymous wrote:Lol, seriously? Reid Goldstein endorsed the child. Wow.

There are people that see him as the only viable option. And being on a school board in this day and age is a thankless job, so the competition is light.

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Based on what I've seen in posted videos, Reid's endorsement isn't going to age well. But the Stockton endorsement is a real coup for MT.

Are you kidding? No one knows who Stockton is, or cares about a rando from Maryland.

But keep trying to pretend it's a bigger deal than an endorsement from the current board chair. When are you people going to start taking Angelo seriously?

Brian Stockton was with APS. He's not a rando MoCo guy.

The people I know who are most keyed in definitely know who stockton is, had relationships with him and are definitely shocked about this endorsement. Good for her for getting it.

Agreed! I'm glad to see he wasn't really part of the closed-school cabal that Duran spearheaded. This is an important endorsement for Miranda showing that Stockton is in favor of a fresh approach that puts learning excellence back at the center of education and gets us away from all COVID-fear and fluffy diversity and inclusion initiatives.

So Miranda is going to fight against diversity and inclusion initiatives?

Still, crickets.

Based on what I've seen of Miranda on AEM, and in the Stockton endorsement, is that she will be focused on APS's awful achievement gaps. That should be the the focus of and goal of diversity and inclusion initiatives IMO.

You expect that she will discourage APS from "fluffy diversity and inclusion initiatives".

Miranda comes across as a no BS person who won't tolerate "fluffy" regardless of what it is modifying. But she demonstrates that she cares about seeing results from diversity and inclusion initiatives. I'm not sure what the PP meant about fluffy, but I know what I expect to see from this work and that's things like closing achievement gaps and disproportionate suspensions for starters.

Stop trying to walk this back. We all read the comment - that Miranda won't tolerate fluffy DEI initiatives and that's seen as a positive. That tells us everything we need to know about the priorities of her camp.

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What has she been discussing with her Republican "anti CRT" friends in APE?

DP. You sound ridiculous. There is no CRT in schools. I get their newsletter have never seen a whiff of culture war and would promptly unsubscribe if they focused on those things. But you made me go check out what MT is talking about. Looks like she is talking about things like equity, achievement gaps and English Learners:

https://www.mirandaturner.org/my-newsletter/what-questions-are-voters-asking

https://www.mirandaturner.org/my-newsletter/class-sizes-are-too-big

Then what are the “fluffy diversity and inclusion initiatives” that the PP thinks she will cut out?

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Still hoping someone can point me to the campaign reports pleasE?

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Anonymous wrote:Still hoping someone can point me to the campaign reports pleasE?

Found them at vpap dot org

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Anonymous wrote:Still hoping someone can point me to the campaign reports pleasE?

Found them at vpap dot org

https://www.vpap.org/candidates/454706/elections/

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Anonymous wrote:She didn’t choose APS? She abused teachers?!
What do you mean? Seriously!?

You cannot possibly mean abuse = asking teachers to return to in person instruction 8 months (!!) after they had been first in line to receive vaccines??

that's not what she asked and you know it

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Anonymous wrote:Still hoping someone can point me to the campaign reports pleasE?

Found them at vpap dot org

https://www.vpap.org/candidates/454706/elections/

Looks like Miranda's crazy "campaign manager" is back again for this election.

Definitely bad judgment.

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I am the only one who finds this misleading?

Angelo Cocchiaro has spent the last six years in work on issues related to students and schools. Angelo has been a student organizer, mobilizing his student peers on issues affecting them. He is prepared to advocate in the very same spirit for our most important APS stakeholders: students. Angelo is also a former childcare provider and certified physical fitness & nutrition professional, part of the reason he is putting equity in food policy at the center of his campaign. Angelo also brings to the table a background of academic research in Title IX policy, gender-based violence in educational settings, and childcare policy.

Angelo’s involvement in our community dates back nearly a decade to 2014. Then, as a 13-year-old, Angelo participated in the Honor Flight Network with his granddad, taking military veterans to the Iwo Jima Memorial near where he lives now in Rosslyn. Angelo now sits on the APS School Health Advisory Board and is a member of a range of civic organizations, including the Arlington Rotary Club and its Youth Committee, the Radnor-Ft. Meyer Heights (RAFOM) Civic Association, and others. Angelo is a working group member of the Arlington County Food Security Coalition. Having experienced food insecurity himself, Angelo knows how important the issue is, especially as pandemic-era assistance programs are ending.

Angelo is running for the Arlington School Board to bring new voices to the table, bring people together, and deliver on the change that's overdue.

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Anonymous wrote:I am the only one who finds this misleading?

Angelo Cocchiaro has spent the last six years in work on issues related to students and schools. Angelo has been a student organizer, mobilizing his student peers on issues affecting them. He is prepared to advocate in the very same spirit for our most important APS stakeholders: students. Angelo is also a former childcare provider and certified physical fitness & nutrition professional, part of the reason he is putting equity in food policy at the center of his campaign. Angelo also brings to the table a background of academic research in Title IX policy, gender-based violence in educational settings, and childcare policy.

Angelo’s involvement in our community dates back nearly a decade to 2014. Then, as a 13-year-old, Angelo participated in the Honor Flight Network with his granddad, taking military veterans to the Iwo Jima Memorial near where he lives now in Rosslyn. Angelo now sits on the APS School Health Advisory Board and is a member of a range of civic organizations, including the Arlington Rotary Club and its Youth Committee, the Radnor-Ft. Meyer Heights (RAFOM) Civic Association, and others. Angelo is a working group member of the Arlington County Food Security Coalition. Having experienced food insecurity himself, Angelo knows how important the issue is, especially as pandemic-era assistance programs are ending.

Angelo is running for the Arlington School Board to bring new voices to the table, bring people together, and deliver on the change that's overdue.

- claim: involvement in community dates back to 2014 because he went with his grandpa to drive Vets to the Iwo Jima memorial. TRUTH: Angelo has lived here less than 6 months.

- claim: sits in school health advisory board and early childhood committee. Fact: He only showed up to 1 of 3 SHAB meetings since joining in Nov ‘22 according to publicly available meeting minutes and there’s been a total of ONE early childhood committee meeting since he joined a couple months ago. A whole TWO APS-related meetings under his belt

- claim: News he was withdrawing from race was a rumor. Fact: it was published on his own website

- claim: he worked for Don Beyer. Fact: since been removed or downgraded to “helped re-elect” aka canvassed

- claim: he’s done academic research on gender issues fact: wtf knows but I see it’s been downgraded to “background in academic research.” Dude probably took a class in college that looked at these issues

The guy is a FRAUD. I cannot believe the Dems are putting this guy on ticket without fully vetting him and so soon after Santos.

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Anonymous wrote:I am the only one who finds this misleading?

Angelo Cocchiaro has spent the last six years in work on issues related to students and schools. Angelo has been a student organizer, mobilizing his student peers on issues affecting them. He is prepared to advocate in the very same spirit for our most important APS stakeholders: students. Angelo is also a former childcare provider and certified physical fitness & nutrition professional, part of the reason he is putting equity in food policy at the center of his campaign. Angelo also brings to the table a background of academic research in Title IX policy, gender-based violence in educational settings, and childcare policy.

Angelo’s involvement in our community dates back nearly a decade to 2014. Then, as a 13-year-old, Angelo participated in the Honor Flight Network with his granddad, taking military veterans to the Iwo Jima Memorial near where he lives now in Rosslyn. Angelo now sits on the APS School Health Advisory Board and is a member of a range of civic organizations, including the Arlington Rotary Club and its Youth Committee, the Radnor-Ft. Meyer Heights (RAFOM) Civic Association, and others. Angelo is a working group member of the Arlington County Food Security Coalition. Having experienced food insecurity himself, Angelo knows how important the issue is, especially as pandemic-era assistance programs are ending.

Angelo is running for the Arlington School Board to bring new voices to the table, bring people together, and deliver on the change that's overdue.

- claim: involvement in community dates back to 2014 because he went with his grandpa to drive Vets to the Iwo Jima memorial. TRUTH: Angelo has lived here less than 6 months.

- claim: sits in school health advisory board and early childhood committee. Fact: He only showed up to 1 of 3 SHAB meetings since joining in Nov ‘22 according to publicly available meeting minutes and there’s been a total of ONE early childhood committee meeting since he joined a couple months ago. A whole TWO APS-related meetings under his belt

- claim: News he was withdrawing from race was a rumor. Fact: it was published on his own website

- claim: he worked for Don Beyer. Fact: since been removed or downgraded to “helped re-elect” aka canvassed

- claim: he’s done academic research on gender issues fact: wtf knows but I see it’s been downgraded to “background in academic research.” Dude probably took a class in college that looked at these issues

The guy is a FRAUD. I cannot believe the Dems are putting this guy on ticket without fully vetting him and so soon after Santos.

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I never vote in the caucus b/c I think the pledge is inappropriate. I never thought I'd vote for someone associated with APE. However, this candidate has pushed me over the edge. I think it's beyond ridiculous that ACDC is even considering this candidate given the lack of experience and the lies.

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Anonymous wrote:She didn’t choose APS? She abused teachers?!
What do you mean? Seriously!?

You cannot possibly mean abuse = asking teachers to return to in person instruction 8 months (!!) after they had been first in line to receive vaccines??

that's not what she asked and you know it

They are trying to rewrite history.

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Anonymous wrote:I am the only one who finds this misleading?

Angelo Cocchiaro has spent the last six years in work on issues related to students and schools. Angelo has been a student organizer, mobilizing his student peers on issues affecting them. He is prepared to advocate in the very same spirit for our most important APS stakeholders: students. Angelo is also a former childcare provider and certified physical fitness & nutrition professional, part of the reason he is putting equity in food policy at the center of his campaign. Angelo also brings to the table a background of academic research in Title IX policy, gender-based violence in educational settings, and childcare policy.

Angelo’s involvement in our community dates back nearly a decade to 2014. Then, as a 13-year-old, Angelo participated in the Honor Flight Network with his granddad, taking military veterans to the Iwo Jima Memorial near where he lives now in Rosslyn. Angelo now sits on the APS School Health Advisory Board and is a member of a range of civic organizations, including the Arlington Rotary Club and its Youth Committee, the Radnor-Ft. Meyer Heights (RAFOM) Civic Association, and others. Angelo is a working group member of the Arlington County Food Security Coalition. Having experienced food insecurity himself, Angelo knows how important the issue is, especially as pandemic-era assistance programs are ending.

Angelo is running for the Arlington School Board to bring new voices to the table, bring people together, and deliver on the change that's overdue.

- claim: involvement in community dates back to 2014 because he went with his grandpa to drive Vets to the Iwo Jima memorial. TRUTH: Angelo has lived here less than 6 months.

- claim: sits in school health advisory board and early childhood committee. Fact: He only showed up to 1 of 3 SHAB meetings since joining in Nov ‘22 according to publicly available meeting minutes and there’s been a total of ONE early childhood committee meeting since he joined a couple months ago. A whole TWO APS-related meetings under his belt

- claim: News he was withdrawing from race was a rumor. Fact: it was published on his own website

- claim: he worked for Don Beyer. Fact: since been removed or downgraded to “helped re-elect” aka canvassed

- claim: he’s done academic research on gender issues fact: wtf knows but I see it’s been downgraded to “background in academic research.” Dude probably took a class in college that looked at these issues

The guy is a FRAUD. I cannot believe the Dems are putting this guy on ticket without fully vetting him and so soon after Santos.

AND you missed the part where he claims 6 years experience "in work" on issues related to students and schools. Basically, he's been a student the last 6 years! It's so misleading. It makes me angry.

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Anonymous wrote:I am the only one who finds this misleading?

Angelo Cocchiaro has spent the last six years in work on issues related to students and schools. Angelo has been a student organizer, mobilizing his student peers on issues affecting them. He is prepared to advocate in the very same spirit for our most important APS stakeholders: students. Angelo is also a former childcare provider and certified physical fitness & nutrition professional, part of the reason he is putting equity in food policy at the center of his campaign. Angelo also brings to the table a background of academic research in Title IX policy, gender-based violence in educational settings, and childcare policy.

Angelo’s involvement in our community dates back nearly a decade to 2014. Then, as a 13-year-old, Angelo participated in the Honor Flight Network with his granddad, taking military veterans to the Iwo Jima Memorial near where he lives now in Rosslyn. Angelo now sits on the APS School Health Advisory Board and is a member of a range of civic organizations, including the Arlington Rotary Club and its Youth Committee, the Radnor-Ft. Meyer Heights (RAFOM) Civic Association, and others. Angelo is a working group member of the Arlington County Food Security Coalition. Having experienced food insecurity himself, Angelo knows how important the issue is, especially as pandemic-era assistance programs are ending.

Angelo is running for the Arlington School Board to bring new voices to the table, bring people together, and deliver on the change that's overdue.

You’ve got to be absolutely kidding with “involvement with this community dates back to 2014”!
I’m familiar with these flights, you don’t have to be local for these, but this is besides the point.

You are actually trying to frame a 13 yr old accompanying his grandfather to a single (non-APS, non-county related) event as “involvement with the community” since 2014.

*This* is misrepresentation, and beyond the pale, really.

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Anonymous wrote:I am the only one who finds this misleading?

Angelo Cocchiaro has spent the last six years in work on issues related to students and schools. Angelo has been a student organizer, mobilizing his student peers on issues affecting them. He is prepared to advocate in the very same spirit for our most important APS stakeholders: students. Angelo is also a former childcare provider and certified physical fitness & nutrition professional, part of the reason he is putting equity in food policy at the center of his campaign. Angelo also brings to the table a background of academic research in Title IX policy, gender-based violence in educational settings, and childcare policy.

Angelo’s involvement in our community dates back nearly a decade to 2014. Then, as a 13-year-old, Angelo participated in the Honor Flight Network with his granddad, taking military veterans to the Iwo Jima Memorial near where he lives now in Rosslyn. Angelo now sits on the APS School Health Advisory Board and is a member of a range of civic organizations, including the Arlington Rotary Club and its Youth Committee, the Radnor-Ft. Meyer Heights (RAFOM) Civic Association, and others. Angelo is a working group member of the Arlington County Food Security Coalition. Having experienced food insecurity himself, Angelo knows how important the issue is, especially as pandemic-era assistance programs are ending.

Angelo is running for the Arlington School Board to bring new voices to the table, bring people together, and deliver on the change that's overdue.

- claim: involvement in community dates back to 2014 because he went with his grandpa to drive Vets to the Iwo Jima memorial. TRUTH: Angelo has lived here less than 6 months.

- claim: sits in school health advisory board and early childhood committee. Fact: He only showed up to 1 of 3 SHAB meetings since joining in Nov ‘22 according to publicly available meeting minutes and there’s been a total of ONE early childhood committee meeting since he joined a couple months ago. A whole TWO APS-related meetings under his belt

- claim: News he was withdrawing from race was a rumor. Fact: it was published on his own website

- claim: he worked for Don Beyer. Fact: since been removed or downgraded to “helped re-elect” aka canvassed

- claim: he’s done academic research on gender issues fact: wtf knows but I see it’s been downgraded to “background in academic research.” Dude probably took a class in college that looked at these issues

The guy is a FRAUD. I cannot believe the Dems are putting this guy on ticket without fully vetting him and so soon after Santos.

AND you missed the part where he claims 6 years experience "in work" on issues related to students and schools. Basically, he's been a student the last 6 years! It's so misleading. It makes me angry.

He has no experience working on anything. I can pull nearly any person off the streets here in Arlington and they likely have more involvement with APS and the community. This is an embarrassment.