School board results?

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS will now circle the drain.

Looking for a decent private school is now the only option for local families.

And just watch property values plummet over the next decade.

Thanks, voters.

Ok, why don't you just go to a private school then and stop complaining on this page?

- The voters

My kids go to an immersion school and an AAP program. They are both doing just fine. If you need private, go for it, but we are getting a fantastic experience in public for both of them and are very happy! Maybe if you had been smarter about your choices and the programs you put your kids in, you would be happy too.
The GOP has been saying it to poor people for years: Those bootstraps are meant to be pulled, and only people who help themselves get helped.

So here it is, right back at you.

So basically the people in Fairfax who can't make an immersion school happen or have smart enough kids for AAP which is the majority of Fairfax County should just go find somewhere else to live? Is that your solution for equity? Immersion requires driving to the school which most families can't do unless it's their base school. Not all students in immersion schools are excelling. AAP is through a test that no parent has any control over their children getting in. It's not something parents can plan for. Stupid stupid post.

No, sillyhead.

The poster is saying if you vote for christofascist GOP for SB, your scramble for better schools will happen sooner than you think.

More like the christofascist school near me is looking more and more appealing. When it didn't before.

I've been here for several decades. The GOP has been on the board before and nothing like what you mentioned has ever happened hear. Fearmongering.

DP: If you haven't noticed, the GOP isn't what it used to be.

[Anonymous]

I didn't like either of my options. I voted for the one I disliked slightly less (Karl). It is that simple. I wish there was a better option.

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

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

Why can't Verizon donate the access and write it off on their corporate taxes vs forcing taxpayers?

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

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

Why can't Verizon donate the access and write it off on their corporate taxes vs forcing taxpayers?

This was already addressed in the previous pages after this comment was made. FCPS already handled this issue during covid and still has a solution for it. It's a non-issue and has nothing to do with the homework policy.

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Anonymous wrote:It is a shame that the Demo party even backed Rachna Sizemore Heizer. She was a HUGE part of the school closure issue with COVID and is only politically driven and does not care about the children at all. I am still in shock that she won.

Most people understand people were making tough decisions with limited knowledge in an unprecedented situation during Covid. As a parent at that time I didn't want my kids going to school, getting Covid, bringing it back home to more vulnerable family members etc. It was a scary time that was disruptive whether schools were virtual or in person. Most of us know people who died and even more who were hospitalized. I don't blame any school board member for that--and I imagine many others feel the same.

I preferred McLaughlin, but I don't see Sizemore Heizer through the same lens as you.

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The crazy Open Schools Now! people were very vocal, but not representative of most parents.

I think they were representative of most parents by late Spring of 2021. By then private schools had been back in person as well as public’s all over the country. The schools lost my support when the teachers got put ahead of the general public for vaccines and still wouldn’t consider going back. There was a shift during COVID. I supported teachers very much at the beginning. Not so much by the end and by the end many teachers wanted to go back because remote and Hybrid was so bad. At that point, it was the school board who was really the problem. And by then we had a much better understanding about COVID and had treatments.

You mean, when kids were already back in the building?

Around the time the State legislature— not the school board— forced schools to reopen despite FCPS showing no indication they actually would for most students (non- SPED) in 2020-2021. Schools didn’t reopen because the San listened. They reopened because Chap Peterson forced the issue with the legislature. And, even then, fully vaxxed teachers were allowed to teach from home— to kids sitting in a classroom.

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

I'm wondering exactly how long people will bleat on about covid... It's been years. Move on.

[Anonymous]

The new school board will still continue the policies of skill-based grading and E3 math, while also continuing to encourage the practice of no homework and no novels. Enjoy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It is a shame that the Demo party even backed Rachna Sizemore Heizer. She was a HUGE part of the school closure issue with COVID and is only politically driven and does not care about the children at all. I am still in shock that she won.

Most people understand people were making tough decisions with limited knowledge in an unprecedented situation during Covid. As a parent at that time I didn't want my kids going to school, getting Covid, bringing it back home to more vulnerable family members etc. It was a scary time that was disruptive whether schools were virtual or in person. Most of us know people who died and even more who were hospitalized. I don't blame any school board member for that--and I imagine many others feel the same.

I preferred McLaughlin, but I don't see Sizemore Heizer through the same lens as you.

+1 million

The crazy Open Schools Now! people were very vocal, but not representative of most parents.

I think they were representative of most parents by late Spring of 2021. By then private schools had been back in person as well as public’s all over the country. The schools lost my support when the teachers got put ahead of the general public for vaccines and still wouldn’t consider going back. There was a shift during COVID. I supported teachers very much at the beginning. Not so much by the end and by the end many teachers wanted to go back because remote and Hybrid was so bad. At that point, it was the school board who was really the problem. And by then we had a much better understanding about COVID and had treatments.

You mean, when kids were already back in the building?

Around the time the State legislature— not the school board— forced schools to reopen despite FCPS showing no indication they actually would for most students (non- SPED) in 2020-2021. Schools didn’t reopen because the San listened. They reopened because Chap Peterson forced the issue with the legislature. And, even then, fully vaxxed teachers were allowed to teach from home— to kids sitting in a classroom.

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

I'm wondering exactly how long people will bleat on about covid... It's been years. Move on.

The new school board will have to as well. They can't rest on this being an impediment to progress.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Homework is optional or non-existent in many elementary and middle schools as well as many high school courses. This is not up for debate.

You’re exaggerating.

Some ES and a few MS. A few HS courses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FCPS will now circle the drain.

Looking for a decent private school is now the only option for local families.

And just watch property values plummet over the next decade.

Thanks, voters.

The Republican hysteria is just…something. Does it come naturally or is it something you train for?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS will now circle the drain.

Looking for a decent private school is now the only option for local families.

And just watch property values plummet over the next decade.

Thanks, voters.

The Republican hysteria is just…something. Does it come naturally or is it something you train for?

One republican on the board was going to attack and change LGBTQ rights? Look in the mirror. The hysteria of people that support either party against all reason is just......something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The new school board will still continue the policies of skill-based grading and E3 math, while also continuing to encourage

the practice of no homework and no novels. Enjoy.

It’s called paying for tutoring, enrichment camps and having your children do Great Books.

Jeez stop whining.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is a shame that the Demo party even backed Rachna Sizemore Heizer. She was a HUGE part of the school closure issue with COVID and is only politically driven and does not care about the children at all. I am still in shock that she won.

Most people understand people were making tough decisions with limited knowledge in an unprecedented situation during Covid. As a parent at that time I didn't want my kids going to school, getting Covid, bringing it back home to more vulnerable family members etc. It was a scary time that was disruptive whether schools were virtual or in person. Most of us know people who died and even more who were hospitalized. I don't blame any school board member for that--and I imagine many others feel the same.

I preferred McLaughlin, but I don't see Sizemore Heizer through the same lens as you.

+1 million

The crazy Open Schools Now! people were very vocal, but not representative of most parents.

I think they were representative of most parents by late Spring of 2021. By then private schools had been back in person as well as public’s all over the country. The schools lost my support when the teachers got put ahead of the general public for vaccines and still wouldn’t consider going back. There was a shift during COVID. I supported teachers very much at the beginning. Not so much by the end and by the end many teachers wanted to go back because remote and Hybrid was so bad. At that point, it was the school board who was really the problem. And by then we had a much better understanding about COVID and had treatments.

You mean, when kids were already back in the building?

Around the time the State legislature— not the school board— forced schools to reopen despite FCPS showing no indication they actually would for most students (non- SPED) in 2020-2021. Schools didn’t reopen because the San listened. They reopened because Chap Peterson forced the issue with the legislature. And, even then, fully vaxxed teachers were allowed to teach from home— to kids sitting in a classroom.

FCPS was already making plans to reopen buildings after the teachers were vaccinated.

Most teachers went back in-person.

The OpenSchoolsNow! groups were the mechanism for astroturfing. Notice how they all pivoted to political topics? It’s been a steady stream of hysteria even since to foster discourse and chaos. “Disorientation” is their tool to tear it all down. They are “flooding the zone”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS will now circle the drain.

Looking for a decent private school is now the only option for local families.

And just watch property values plummet over the next decade.

Thanks, voters.

The Republican hysteria is just…something. Does it come naturally or is it something you train for?

One republican on the board was going to attack and change LGBTQ rights? Look in the mirror. The hysteria of people that support either party against all reason is just......something.

Nobody said that.

Being a bigot is certainly a disqualifier though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS will now circle the drain.

Looking for a decent private school is now the only option for local families.

And just watch property values plummet over the next decade.

Thanks, voters.

The Republican hysteria is just…something. Does it come naturally or is it something you train for?

One republican on the board was going to attack and change LGBTQ rights? Look in the mirror. The hysteria of people that support either party against all reason is just......something.

Nobody said that.

Being a bigot is certainly a disqualifier though.

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I can't people are arguing that we should vote for someone who is a bigot because they won't have power to enact their bigotry? Real winning strategy you have there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS will now circle the drain.

Looking for a decent private school is now the only option for local families.

And just watch property values plummet over the next decade.

Thanks, voters.

The Republican hysteria is just…something. Does it come naturally or is it something you train for?

One republican on the board was going to attack and change LGBTQ rights? Look in the mirror. The hysteria of people that support either party against all reason is just......something.

Why should people who support LGBTQ rights vote for someone who actively doesn't? I don't care if they are powerless to enact their views--it shows they are someone I don't want to vote for. I don't trust them with my own or anyone's children's well-being. Full stop. I think that is very reasonable. It's just....something that you can't grasp that and think that we must all be hysterical and deluded because we don't believe what you believe.