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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I'm with you all the way until this comment. The Dems aren't "putting" him on the ticket. You don't need to be vetted to get your name on a caucus ballot. Now, if the voters actually give him the endorsement, another conversation should be had.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I'm with you all the way until this comment. The Dems aren't "putting" him on the ticket. You don't need to be vetted to get your name on a caucus ballot. Now, if the voters actually give him the endorsement, another conversation should be had.

Lord help us if this conartist wins the endorsement. Everyone seems to assume MT will win but can’t forget people said the said thing when trump was running!! Everyone needs to take this seriously. I hope the press covers this more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I'm with you all the way until this comment. The Dems aren't "putting" him on the ticket. You don't need to be vetted to get your name on a caucus ballot. Now, if the voters actually give him the endorsement, another conversation should be had.

Lord help us if this conartist wins the endorsement. Everyone seems to assume MT will win but can’t forget people said the said thing when trump was running!! Everyone needs to take this seriously. I hope the press covers this more.

“Con artist”?

I’m looking for a fresh perspective. He has my vote.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I'm with you all the way until this comment. The Dems aren't "putting" him on the ticket. You don't need to be vetted to get your name on a caucus ballot. Now, if the voters actually give him the endorsement, another conversation should be had.

Lord help us if this conartist wins the endorsement. Everyone seems to assume MT will win but can’t forget people said the said thing when trump was running!! Everyone needs to take this seriously. I hope the press covers this more.

Will he even serve his entire term if he’a only shown up for 1 advisory committee meeting? Advisory committe meetings are 2 hours 1x a month. Sb meetings are every other week, 3-4 hours on average including closed meetings. Plus all the other work sessions and responsibilities. What possible interest does he actually have in APS?

Speaking of closed meetings, nothing about his details instills confidence that he will be a good steward of confidential information.

[Anonymous]

It’s so ridiculous. The worst thing I’ve seen about MT is she was friends with people who were angry about closed schools. That’s it. That’s what they’ve got.

So let’s elect a child who has lived here less than a year, with santos like embellishments to his resume, who apparently has one friend in Arlington (RG), who has not bothered to show up more than once to an advisory committee, and who campaigns like Arlington is the front line of the culture war and not 80% dark blue. I really hope it’s just about the 3 of you on here who are voting for him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I'm with you all the way until this comment. The Dems aren't "putting" him on the ticket. You don't need to be vetted to get your name on a caucus ballot. Now, if the voters actually give him the endorsement, another conversation should be had.

Lord help us if this conartist wins the endorsement. Everyone seems to assume MT will win but can’t forget people said the said thing when trump was running!! Everyone needs to take this seriously. I hope the press covers this more.

Will he even serve his entire term if he’a only shown up for 1 advisory committee meeting? Advisory committe meetings are 2 hours 1x a month. Sb meetings are every other week, 3-4 hours on average including closed meetings. Plus all the other work sessions and responsibilities. What possible interest does he actually have in APS?

Speaking of closed meetings, nothing about his details instills confidence that he will be a good steward of confidential information.

He was a no show at Ashton heights Civ Fed forum this week as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: who apparently has one friend in Arlington (RG)

It's not even that he has RG as a friend. RG just really hates MT, and is willing to be extremely petty to show it. I never was one to blame RG for APS shortcomings, but he has shown himself to be completely unfit for public service if he's willing to advance a completely unqualified candidate just to thumb his nose at someone who went against party insider orthodoxy 3 years ago. Good riddance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I'm with you all the way until this comment. The Dems aren't "putting" him on the ticket. You don't need to be vetted to get your name on a caucus ballot. Now, if the voters actually give him the endorsement, another conversation should be had.

Lord help us if this conartist wins the endorsement. Everyone seems to assume MT will win but can’t forget people said the said thing when trump was running!! Everyone needs to take this seriously. I hope the press covers this more.

Will he even serve his entire term if he’a only shown up for 1 advisory committee meeting? Advisory committe meetings are 2 hours 1x a month. Sb meetings are every other week, 3-4 hours on average including closed meetings. Plus all the other work sessions and responsibilities. What possible interest does he actually have in APS?

Speaking of closed meetings, nothing about his details instills confidence that he will be a good steward of confidential information.

He was a no show at Ashton heights Civ Fed forum this week as well.

If he does not win this election I bet he will not show up for even a second time at any of these committees he quickly joined.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s so ridiculous. The worst thing I’ve seen about MT is she was friends with people who were angry about closed schools. That’s it. That’s what they’ve got.

So let’s elect a child who has lived here less than a year, with santos like embellishments to his resume, who apparently has one friend in Arlington (RG), who has not bothered to show up more than once to an advisory committee, and who campaigns like Arlington is the front line of the culture war and not 80% dark blue. I really hope it’s just about the 3 of you on here who are voting for him.

Totally misrepresentative of her role in APE and the people she chose to work closely with for years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I'm with you all the way until this comment. The Dems aren't "putting" him on the ticket. You don't need to be vetted to get your name on a caucus ballot. Now, if the voters actually give him the endorsement, another conversation should be had.

Lord help us if this conartist wins the endorsement. Everyone seems to assume MT will win but can’t forget people said the said thing when trump was running!! Everyone needs to take this seriously. I hope the press covers this more.

Will he even serve his entire term if he’a only shown up for 1 advisory committee meeting? Advisory committe meetings are 2 hours 1x a month. Sb meetings are every other week, 3-4 hours on average including closed meetings. Plus all the other work sessions and responsibilities. What possible interest does he actually have in APS?

Speaking of closed meetings, nothing about his details instills confidence that he will be a good steward of confidential information.

He was a no show at Ashton heights Civ Fed forum this week as well.

If he does not win this election I bet he will not show up for even a second time at any of these committees he quickly joined.

Mmmmhmmmm. He will go find some other community where he has similarly deep roots and start again. I am completely unimpressed with his BS. I have not voted in caucuses because I loathe the loyalty pledge, even though I’ll surely vote for the D candidate in the end anyway, but I’ll definitely be voting this time. This whole thing is a total farce. The pandemic broke us. I have zero love or tolerance for the APE zealots, but the enemy of my enemy is not my friend, folks. Not this time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I'm with you all the way until this comment. The Dems aren't "putting" him on the ticket. You don't need to be vetted to get your name on a caucus ballot. Now, if the voters actually give him the endorsement, another conversation should be had.

Lord help us if this conartist wins the endorsement. Everyone seems to assume MT will win but can’t forget people said the said thing when trump was running!! Everyone needs to take this seriously. I hope the press covers this more.

Will he even serve his entire term if he’a only shown up for 1 advisory committee meeting? Advisory committe meetings are 2 hours 1x a month. Sb meetings are every other week, 3-4 hours on average including closed meetings. Plus all the other work sessions and responsibilities. What possible interest does he actually have in APS?

Speaking of closed meetings, nothing about his details instills confidence that he will be a good steward of confidential information.

He was a no show at Ashton heights Civ Fed forum this week as well.

If he does not win this election I bet he will not show up for even a second time at any of these committees he quickly joined.

Mmmmhmmmm. He will go find some other community where he has similarly deep roots and start again. I am completely unimpressed with his BS. I have not voted in caucuses because I loathe the loyalty pledge, even though I’ll surely vote for the D candidate in the end anyway, but I’ll definitely be voting this time. This whole thing is a total farce. The pandemic broke us. I have zero love or tolerance for the APE zealots, but the enemy of my enemy is not my friend, folks. Not this time.

Same. I can't believe I'm finally voting in the caucus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I'm with you all the way until this comment. The Dems aren't "putting" him on the ticket. You don't need to be vetted to get your name on a caucus ballot. Now, if the voters actually give him the endorsement, another conversation should be had.

Lord help us if this conartist wins the endorsement. Everyone seems to assume MT will win but can’t forget people said the said thing when trump was running!! Everyone needs to take this seriously. I hope the press covers this more.

Will he even serve his entire term if he’a only shown up for 1 advisory committee meeting? Advisory committe meetings are 2 hours 1x a month. Sb meetings are every other week, 3-4 hours on average including closed meetings. Plus all the other work sessions and responsibilities. What possible interest does he actually have in APS?

Speaking of closed meetings, nothing about his details instills confidence that he will be a good steward of confidential information.

He was a no show at Ashton heights Civ Fed forum this week as well.

If he does not win this election I bet he will not show up for even a second time at any of these committees he quickly joined.

Mmmmhmmmm. He will go find some other community where he has similarly deep roots and start again. I am completely unimpressed with his BS. I have not voted in caucuses because I loathe the loyalty pledge, even though I’ll surely vote for the D candidate in the end anyway, but I’ll definitely be voting this time. This whole thing is a total farce. The pandemic broke us. I have zero love or tolerance for the APE zealots, but the enemy of my enemy is not my friend, folks. Not this time.

Same. I can't believe I'm finally voting in the caucus.

Yeah I am super resentful and it seems like we have to actually go vote in person. This Angelo person doesn’t even seem like he wants to run that badly. What a disaster.

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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.

I'm with you all the way until this comment. The Dems aren't "putting" him on the ticket. You don't need to be vetted to get your name on a caucus ballot. Now, if the voters actually give him the endorsement, another conversation should be had.

Lord help us if this conartist wins the endorsement. Everyone seems to assume MT will win but can’t forget people said the said thing when trump was running!! Everyone needs to take this seriously. I hope the press covers this more.

Will he even serve his entire term if he’a only shown up for 1 advisory committee meeting? Advisory committe meetings are 2 hours 1x a month. Sb meetings are every other week, 3-4 hours on average including closed meetings. Plus all the other work sessions and responsibilities. What possible interest does he actually have in APS?

Speaking of closed meetings, nothing about his details instills confidence that he will be a good steward of confidential information.

He was a no show at Ashton heights Civ Fed forum this week as well.

If he does not win this election I bet he will not show up for even a second time at any of these committees he quickly joined.

Mmmmhmmmm. He will go find some other community where he has similarly deep roots and start again. I am completely unimpressed with his BS. I have not voted in caucuses because I loathe the loyalty pledge, even though I’ll surely vote for the D candidate in the end anyway, but I’ll definitely be voting this time. This whole thing is a total farce. The pandemic broke us. I have zero love or tolerance for the APE zealots, but the enemy of my enemy is not my friend, folks. Not this time.

Same. I can't believe I'm finally voting in the caucus.

Yeah I am super resentful and it seems like we have to actually go vote in person. This Angelo person doesn’t even seem like he wants to run that badly. What a disaster.

So is Vell Rives running again? I saw a sign of his the other day.

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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?

Why does the PP think that Miranda will cut "fluffy diversity and inclusive initiatives"?

What has she been discussing with the Republican leadership from APE?

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know what is going on with this Angelo kid but the whole withdrawal tweet that disappeared is weird. My kids aren’t even in APS and now I feel like I have to drag myself out to vote bc this is so messed up.

I think misogyny is definitely playing a role in some of the anti-Miranda opinions.

We aren’t allowed to criticize people with vaginas?

Don’t be so patronizing.

Agree, I find it insulting to all women that you're trying to pull the gender card. Please. You have a candidate with a record that makes people very uncomfortable.

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