APS - Who is running for School Board?

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So anyone have any insight on the other candidates? Would love to learn about the other 5 if they are even still running.

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Anonymous wrote:If you’ve never sent your child to or dropped him off at a public school you have no business being on a school board. It takes an enormous amount of trust, and parents justifiably want to have a say in what happens to their children during the school day. If Cristina embodies Arlington because she doesn’t have kids, maybe she shouldn’t ask us to vote for her to make decisions that affect those of us who do. Does she think we’re out of touch for wanting a high quality education for our kids? She will never have my vote, and I’m not alone in being disgusted that the Arlington Dems decided to foist this ridiculous candidate on us, especially given how many amazing alternatives have joined the race.

Stay tuned friends! Cristina might just be making an announcement that will put many of your arguments to shame. I wonder what those of you in this forum will theorize and come up with when it comes out.

Is she pulling out of the race???!!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you’ve never sent your child to or dropped him off at a public school you have no business being on a school board. It takes an enormous amount of trust, and parents justifiably want to have a say in what happens to their children during the school day. If Cristina embodies Arlington because she doesn’t have kids, maybe she shouldn’t ask us to vote for her to make decisions that affect those of us who do. Does she think we’re out of touch for wanting a high quality education for our kids? She will never have my vote, and I’m not alone in being disgusted that the Arlington Dems decided to foist this ridiculous candidate on us, especially given how many amazing alternatives have joined the race.

Stay tuned friends! Cristina might just be making an announcement that will put many of your arguments to shame. I wonder what those of you in this forum will theorize and come up with when it comes out.

Is she pulling out of the race???!!!

That she has a ten your child we haven’t hear about?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you’ve never sent your child to or dropped him off at a public school you have no business being on a school board. It takes an enormous amount of trust, and parents justifiably want to have a say in what happens to their children during the school day. If Cristina embodies Arlington because she doesn’t have kids, maybe she shouldn’t ask us to vote for her to make decisions that affect those of us who do. Does she think we’re out of touch for wanting a high quality education for our kids? She will never have my vote, and I’m not alone in being disgusted that the Arlington Dems decided to foist this ridiculous candidate on us, especially given how many amazing alternatives have joined the race.

Stay tuned friends! Cristina might just be making an announcement that will put many of your arguments to shame. I wonder what those of you in this forum will theorize and come up with when it comes out.

Is she pulling out of the race???!!!

That she has a ten your child we haven’t hear about?

That she is getting another politically motivated endorsement that says nothing of her ability to understand the challenges of students?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you’ve never sent your child to or dropped him off at a public school you have no business being on a school board. It takes an enormous amount of trust, and parents justifiably want to have a say in what happens to their children during the school day. If Cristina embodies Arlington because she doesn’t have kids, maybe she shouldn’t ask us to vote for her to make decisions that affect those of us who do. Does she think we’re out of touch for wanting a high quality education for our kids? She will never have my vote, and I’m not alone in being disgusted that the Arlington Dems decided to foist this ridiculous candidate on us, especially given how many amazing alternatives have joined the race.

Stay tuned friends! Cristina might just be making an announcement that will put many of your arguments to shame. I wonder what those of you in this forum will theorize and come up with when it comes out.

Is she pulling out of the race???!!!

That she has a ten your child we haven’t hear about?

She will announce she has a 10 year old, but we will later find out the child is actually 4 and is her nephew.

[Anonymous]

I can tell you about Dave Priddy. He has a middle school and elementary school student. He grew up in Arlington and is a genuinely nice guy. He listens to people and thinks about things. He's coming from a business/construction background (elevators, I think) so brings that to the table.

He ran last time and started to build a coalition. Out knocking on doors. Not aiming for higher things. He's frustrated with how APS has been running things, lack of transparency, fiscally unwise decisions (see architectural wonder that is HB followed immediately by the cries of poverty to build at Career Center). He's concerned about equity.

Last time, he was a relative newcomer, but he has used the last year to gain a ton more experience. Lots of committees, PTA president for TJMS, and just in general making more connections and learning the system better.

He's genuinely motivated and has a stake in the game. He'll listen to you. I've met him and like him.

He definitely has one of my votes.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, having a complete newcomer with no roots and no stake is always a great idea!

She’s not that new. Been in Arlington going on 5 years. She’s done a lot in those years and I look forward to what else she will do. It seems she reviews both the county and school budgets (poor thing) and sits on a third commission. Katie Cristol was elected to county board at 28 or 29 and is doing a fine job. I think Cristina will also do great.

She lived in NV until June 2016 and then first worked in DC in Sept 2016, according to linked in. How could she have been in Arlington for 5 years? You campaign staffers should really get your facts straight about your own candidate.

3, 4, ... that's going on 5. Just like every other bullet point in her resume, they're exaggerating.

Go Cristina go! Big Cristina believer here. We work together and went to undergrad at the same school. Love all the attention she's getting in here. I also love how threatened everyone is, meaning she will at least be one of the front runners right? She's shaking up the status quo. Considering the median age in Arlington is 33 and 80% of our residents also don't have children, she actually embodies Arlington. Get over yourselves and attack her policy positions, her impact on the 3 commissions, or her research based approach to using data. Arlington is getting younger, and some of you are just so out of touch. She already advises schools, districts, and state education leaders across the country. This week we were just on a call with California's secretary of education. He was taking his cues from Cristina. Imagine that. Not to mention that she does this full time every week. I'm sorry, but the problems we face in Arlington don't even compare to some of the issues other districts are up against. She's uniquely equipped to lead our system and I hope she wins. Her masters is in education... specifically it is in curriculum design (lol wake up people). She's one of only two candidates with an actual education background. While some of the naysayers attempt to attack her experience, the fact is that her and Sandy are the ONLY two who know exactly what its like to be in a classroom. She has more experience in the classroom than four of the other candidates. That argument is now weak, and weakens stronger arguments. I'm looking forward to her outlining everyones actual qualifying "education experience" in a public forum. The other do gooders are lost when it comes to the exact impact of every board decision. How could they ever know what its like for our students and teachers. They are the true "political climbers."

No idea about your candidate, but as a general matter I just have to laugh when people say generic things like, a research-approach to using data. Does that mean that you have researched the question and determined that as a general matter it is smart to take data into account? Is APS not taking data into account? Who isn’t performing research?

Even a fool would know the data that is publicly available has been manipulated and is not transparent. What rock are you hiding under?

Uh, I believe that the decision makers are acting in good faith. Why are you angry?

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Anonymous wrote:If you’ve never sent your child to or dropped him off at a public school you have no business being on a school board. It takes an enormous amount of trust, and parents justifiably want to have a say in what happens to their children during the school day. If Cristina embodies Arlington because she doesn’t have kids, maybe she shouldn’t ask us to vote for her to make decisions that affect those of us who do. Does she think we’re out of touch for wanting a high quality education for our kids? She will never have my vote, and I’m not alone in being disgusted that the Arlington Dems decided to foist this ridiculous candidate on us, especially given how many amazing alternatives have joined the race.

Stay tuned friends! Cristina might just be making an announcement that will put many of your arguments to shame. I wonder what those of you in this forum will theorize and come up with when it comes out.

Is she pulling out of the race???!!!

That she has a ten your child we haven’t hear about?

That she is getting another politically motivated endorsement that says nothing of her ability to understand the challenges of students?

endorsement from Bernie?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Krieger is running. I didn't think I could have a candidate I would rank lower than Cristina until I saw his campaign website. He is running to 'keep communities together' and 'bring back summer enrichment'. Umm- how exactly do you want to account for new growth if 'communities' always have to stay together?
https://www.stevenforschoolboard.com/nice-to-meet-you

Just what we need, a single issue grudge candidate. If the Key move happens it will be final before this guy takes office. So then what of his tenure?

At least he has kids in APS and is motivated by his interest in our schools, not a political career. None of the candidates are perfect, but so far Cristina is the only one to have no legitimate connection to our schools and it’s disgraceful that she’s being endorsed by the Arlington democrats. I’d rather a bunch of pissed off parents at the helm than someone without a vested interest in the day to day realities of our schools.

The fact that she isn’t a parent (yet) is actually better. I see her as completely objective in the decisions that she makes... more objective than some of the candidates who actually will be pursuing their own interests over the collective interests. Kids will not cloud her judgement based on their own preferences and interests.

LOL. It means she’ll do what the people who put her there want her to do. Which is make sure that schools - whether it’s funding, location, demographics, you name it — interfere with loading up South Arlington with ever more affordable housing. That is all the AC/DC cares about: more money for affordable housing, no matter what.

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Anonymous wrote:Krieger is running. I didn't think I could have a candidate I would rank lower than Cristina until I saw his campaign website. He is running to 'keep communities together' and 'bring back summer enrichment'. Umm- how exactly do you want to account for new growth if 'communities' always have to stay together?
https://www.stevenforschoolboard.com/nice-to-meet-you

Just what we need, a single issue grudge candidate. If the Key move happens it will be final before this guy takes office. So then what of his tenure?

At least he has kids in APS and is motivated by his interest in our schools, not a political career. None of the candidates are perfect, but so far Cristina is the only one to have no legitimate connection to our schools and it’s disgraceful that she’s being endorsed by the Arlington democrats. I’d rather a bunch of pissed off parents at the helm than someone without a vested interest in the day to day realities of our schools.

The fact that she isn’t a parent (yet) is actually better. I see her as completely objective in the decisions that she makes... more objective than some of the candidates who actually will be pursuing their own interests over the collective interests. Kids will not cloud her judgement based on their own preferences and interests.

LOL. It means she’ll do what the people who put her there want her to do. Which is make sure that schools - whether it’s funding, location, demographics, you name it — don’t interfere with loading up South Arlington with ever more affordable housing. That is all the AC/DC cares about: more money for affordable housing, no matter what.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you’ve never sent your child to or dropped him off at a public school you have no business being on a school board. It takes an enormous amount of trust, and parents justifiably want to have a say in what happens to their children during the school day. If Cristina embodies Arlington because she doesn’t have kids, maybe she shouldn’t ask us to vote for her to make decisions that affect those of us who do. Does she think we’re out of touch for wanting a high quality education for our kids? She will never have my vote, and I’m not alone in being disgusted that the Arlington Dems decided to foist this ridiculous candidate on us, especially given how many amazing alternatives have joined the race.

Stay tuned friends! Cristina might just be making an announcement that will put many of your arguments to shame. I wonder what those of you in this forum will theorize and come up with when it comes out.

Is she pulling out of the race???!!!

That she has a ten your child we haven’t hear about?

That she is getting another politically motivated endorsement that says nothing of her ability to understand the challenges of students?

My guess is endorsement by Katie Cristol.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you’ve never sent your child to or dropped him off at a public school you have no business being on a school board. It takes an enormous amount of trust, and parents justifiably want to have a say in what happens to their children during the school day. If Cristina embodies Arlington because she doesn’t have kids, maybe she shouldn’t ask us to vote for her to make decisions that affect those of us who do. Does she think we’re out of touch for wanting a high quality education for our kids? She will never have my vote, and I’m not alone in being disgusted that the Arlington Dems decided to foist this ridiculous candidate on us, especially given how many amazing alternatives have joined the race.

Stay tuned friends! Cristina might just be making an announcement that will put many of your arguments to shame. I wonder what those of you in this forum will theorize and come up with when it comes out.

What she's been hiding a mystery child who is in school in APS?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you’ve never sent your child to or dropped him off at a public school you have no business being on a school board. It takes an enormous amount of trust, and parents justifiably want to have a say in what happens to their children during the school day. If Cristina embodies Arlington because she doesn’t have kids, maybe she shouldn’t ask us to vote for her to make decisions that affect those of us who do. Does she think we’re out of touch for wanting a high quality education for our kids? She will never have my vote, and I’m not alone in being disgusted that the Arlington Dems decided to foist this ridiculous candidate on us, especially given how many amazing alternatives have joined the race.

Stay tuned friends! Cristina might just be making an announcement that will put many of your arguments to shame. I wonder what those of you in this forum will theorize and come up with when it comes out.

That’s not how DCUM works. There is no shame here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can tell you about Dave Priddy. He has a middle school and elementary school student. He grew up in Arlington and is a genuinely nice guy. He listens to people and thinks about things. He's coming from a business/construction background (elevators, I think) so brings that to the table.

He ran last time and started to build a coalition. Out knocking on doors. Not aiming for higher things. He's frustrated with how APS has been running things, lack of transparency, fiscally unwise decisions (see architectural wonder that is HB followed immediately by the cries of poverty to build at Career Center). He's concerned about equity.

Last time, he was a relative newcomer, but he has used the last year to gain a ton more experience. Lots of committees, PTA president for TJMS, and just in general making more connections and learning the system better.

He's genuinely motivated and has a stake in the game. He'll listen to you. I've met him and like him.

He definitely has one of my votes.

He has mine too, and I will be candid that I didn't vote for him the first time he ran. I didn't think he knew enough then but have been impressed since then how he's dug in and done the work and listened and learned. So he earned my vote.

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Anonymous wrote:I can tell you about Dave Priddy. He has a middle school and elementary school student. He grew up in Arlington and is a genuinely nice guy. He listens to people and thinks about things. He's coming from a business/construction background (elevators, I think) so brings that to the table.

He ran last time and started to build a coalition. Out knocking on doors. Not aiming for higher things. He's frustrated with how APS has been running things, lack of transparency, fiscally unwise decisions (see architectural wonder that is HB followed immediately by the cries of poverty to build at Career Center). He's concerned about equity.

Last time, he was a relative newcomer, but he has used the last year to gain a ton more experience. Lots of committees, PTA president for TJMS, and just in general making more connections and learning the system better.

He's genuinely motivated and has a stake in the game. He'll listen to you. I've met him and like him.

He definitely has one of my votes.

He has mine too, and I will be candid that I didn't vote for him the first time he ran. I didn't think he knew enough then but have been impressed since then how he's dug in and done the work and listened and learned. So he earned my vote.

That’s not enough for me. Sorry. I’m sure he is a really nice guy from the sounds of it but what are his qualifications? You mention that he’s got a ton more experience. Didn’t he just run last year? Asking for clarity.