Alexandria School Board Candidates

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For A, I'm going to vote for ACPS parents. I think Dr. Rief and Jacinta Greene are two of the better school board members. I will probably vote for one of the ACPS current parents running. What do you know about them?

I am a yes for Dr. Rief and a definite no for Greene (she adds nothing to the Board). I am likely supportive of Willie Bailey based on his city council record but am undecided as to my third choice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I really want people to hold Dr. Hutchings accountable. Is Tammy Ignacio the person to do that? My kids are in middle school so I have no interaction with her.

Nope. She's an ACPS insider. She'll be there to replace the current yes women/Hutchings defenders - Nolan, Lorber and Anderson.

Correct - she is extremely pro Hutchings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes the superintendent is required to live in Alexandria. At one of the last board meetings Dr. Hutchings requested permission to live outside the city limits when his home had repair work. I heard from others his family was receiving threats.

He claimed he has been the target of "microagressions" on twitter. The world revolves around him don't you know?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes the superintendent is required to live in Alexandria. At one of the last board meetings Dr. Hutchings requested permission to live outside the city limits when his home had repair work. I heard from others his family was receiving threats.

He claimed he has been the target of "microagressions" on twitter. The world revolves around him don't you know?

Huh. So he should ignore the bully behavior and just let people like you walk all over him and his family?

Good for him for calling people out on their bad behavior.

You all are an embarrassment and exactly the reason why we send our kids to private school. We don't send our kids to private school to get away from the school system or the teachers, we send our kids to private school because of the people like you who send your kids to Alexandria City Public Schools.

We don't have a school system problem in Alexandria, we have a parent problem in Alexandria.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I really want people to hold Dr. Hutchings accountable. Is Tammy Ignacio the person to do that? My kids are in middle school so I have no interaction with her.

Nope. She's an ACPS insider. She'll be there to replace the current yes women/Hutchings defenders - Nolan, Lorber and Anderson.

Nah, she’s a fair-weather politico. She’ll hitch her wagon to whatever seems to be the best way for her to benefit personally.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes the superintendent is required to live in Alexandria. At one of the last board meetings Dr. Hutchings requested permission to live outside the city limits when his home had repair work. I heard from others his family was receiving threats.

He claimed he has been the target of "microagressions" on twitter. The world revolves around him don't you know?

Huh. So he should ignore the bully behavior and just let people like you walk all over him and his family?

Good for him for calling people out on their bad behavior.

You all are an embarrassment and exactly the reason why we send our kids to private school. We don't send our kids to private school to get away from the school system or the teachers, we send our kids to private school because of the people like you who send your kids to Alexandria City Public Schools.

We don't have a school system problem in Alexandria, we have a parent problem in Alexandria.

Preach Mrs. Hutchings

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes the superintendent is required to live in Alexandria. At one of the last board meetings Dr. Hutchings requested permission to live outside the city limits when his home had repair work. I heard from others his family was receiving threats.

He claimed he has been the target of "microagressions" on twitter. The world revolves around him don't you know?

Huh. So he should ignore the bully behavior and just let people like you walk all over him and his family?

Good for him for calling people out on their bad behavior.

You all are an embarrassment and exactly the reason why we send our kids to private school. We don't send our kids to private school to get away from the school system or the teachers, we send our kids to private school because of the people like you who send your kids to Alexandria City Public Schools.

We don't have a school system problem in Alexandria, we have a parent problem in Alexandria.

Preach Mrs. Hutchings

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For A, I'm going to vote for ACPS parents. I think Dr. Rief and Jacinta Greene are two of the better school board members. I will probably vote for one of the ACPS current parents running. What do you know about them?

I am a yes for Dr. Rief and a definite no for Greene (she adds nothing to the Board). I am likely supportive of Willie Bailey based on his city council record but am undecided as to my third choice.

+1

[Anonymous]

Who are people voting for so far?

[Anonymous]

I like Michelle Rief. I think she is responsive to parents and she asks hard questions. I don't always agree with her, but I find her fair, balanced, and responsive to constituents. She is an ACPS parent and I'm leaning heavily to only voting for people who have kids in ACPS or had kids in ACPS. I don't know much about the new candidates in A except Willie Bailey. I heard mixed reviews about him on city council, though he sounds like an upstanding guy and community member. Just because you are a super volunteer does not mean you are equipped for school board. He came to my house and he spoke glowingly of the superintendent and school board. I don't think it is right to treat Dr. Hutchings disrespectfully or attack him or his family personally. But I don't want an echo chamber. I want people who will manage the superintendent. That is the job of the school board.

[Anonymous]

PreAnne Johnson and Tammy Ignacio are status quo. We need people who will manage the superintendent. You don't have to be a teacher or former administrator to be on the school board. In fact, I think ACPS would benefit from people on the school board who aren't educators but understand public schools.

[Anonymous]

Who is running who has a management background? PreAnn Johnson and Tammy Ignacio. Who else? I normally am not too involved in the board and rarely vote for the school board members. This year, I am voting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like Michelle Rief. I think she is responsive to parents and she asks hard questions. I don't always agree with her, but I find her fair, balanced, and responsive to constituents. She is an ACPS parent and I'm leaning heavily to only voting for people who have kids in ACPS or had kids in ACPS. I don't know much about the new candidates in A except Willie Bailey. I heard mixed reviews about him on city council, though he sounds like an upstanding guy and community member. Just because you are a super volunteer does not mean you are equipped for school board. He came to my house and he spoke glowingly of the superintendent and school board. I don't think it is right to treat Dr. Hutchings disrespectfully or attack him or his family personally. But I don't want an echo chamber. I want people who will manage the superintendent. That is the job of the school board.

It sounds like if you don't want a Hutchings echo chamber and people who will manage the superintendent, then Willie Bailey isn't your guy.

What is Bailey's experience with ACPS that he can speak so glowingly of it and Hutchings?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes the superintendent is required to live in Alexandria. At one of the last board meetings Dr. Hutchings requested permission to live outside the city limits when his home had repair work. I heard from others his family was receiving threats.

He claimed he has been the target of "microagressions" on twitter. The world revolves around him don't you know?

Huh. So he should ignore the bully behavior and just let people like you walk all over him and his family?

Good for him for calling people out on their bad behavior.

You all are an embarrassment and exactly the reason why we send our kids to private school. We don't send our kids to private school to get away from the school system or the teachers, we send our kids to private school because of the people like you who send your kids to Alexandria City Public Schools.

We don't have a school system problem in Alexandria, we have a parent problem in Alexandria.

Really! We don't have the cash to send our kiddos to private, so we suffer through abuse and aggression daily. No end in sight. So now, Dr. Hutchings wants to live outside the city in addition to sending his child to private school? Surely, as a TCW graduate he knew the snake pit he was going to manage? Every other superintendent candidate did and wouldn't touch the job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes the superintendent is required to live in Alexandria. At one of the last board meetings Dr. Hutchings requested permission to live outside the city limits when his home had repair work. I heard from others his family was receiving threats.

He claimed he has been the target of "microagressions" on twitter. The world revolves around him don't you know?

Huh. So he should ignore the bully behavior and just let people like you walk all over him and his family?

Good for him for calling people out on their bad behavior.

You all are an embarrassment and exactly the reason why we send our kids to private school. We don't send our kids to private school to get away from the school system or the teachers, we send our kids to private school because of the people like you who send your kids to Alexandria City Public Schools.

We don't have a school system problem in Alexandria, we have a parent problem in Alexandria.

Really! We don't have the cash to send our kiddos to private, so we suffer through abuse and aggression daily. No end in sight. So now, Dr. Hutchings wants to live outside the city in addition to sending his child to private school? Surely, as a TCW graduate he knew the snake pit he was going to manage? Every other superintendent candidate did and wouldn't touch the job.

Reading comprehension is important. See the bolded.

Then read the next sentence. "...his family was receiving threats." Apparently that is acceptable to you. It isn't to me so I guess we have vastly different value systems. It saddens me that you are a neighbor in my beloved Alexandria.