Do Local Republicans Want to Gut or Reform FCPS?

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe the average R voter wants to see reform, but the political party has directly said their goal is vouchers to private schools so I would say “gut”.

Voting R is saying you’re ok with vouchers.

For me, voting R is saying schools closures is the worst education thing I've ever seen. The Ds set such a low bar.

I'm really an Independent - not an R. So I will see who I want to vote for, case by case. I no longer trust the party on either side.

So you’re gonna vote GOP to open schools that have been open for 2+ years? Solid plan.

Of course “open schools” where library books are banned because they make a few rich white people sad aren’t much good, but at least you can do your Wine Yoga in peace!

Neither is perfect but right now Democrats are the not the lesser of two evils for me. They want censorship of thought, not just books.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe the average R voter wants to see reform, but the political party has directly said their goal is vouchers to private schools so I would say “gut”.

Voting R is saying you’re ok with vouchers.

For me, voting R is saying schools closures is the worst education thing I've ever seen. The Ds set such a low bar.

I'm really an Independent - not an R. So I will see who I want to vote for, case by case. I no longer trust the party on either side.

So you’re gonna vote GOP to open schools that have been open for 2+ years? Solid plan.

Of course “open schools” where library books are banned because they make a few rich white people sad aren’t much good, but at least you can do your Wine Yoga in peace!

Neither is perfect but right now Democrats are the not the lesser of two evils for me. They want censorship of thought, not just books.

Have you read the VADOE's proposed k-12 history revisions?

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe the average R voter wants to see reform, but the political party has directly said their goal is vouchers to private schools so I would say “gut”.

Voting R is saying you’re ok with vouchers.

For me, voting R is saying schools closures is the worst education thing I've ever seen. The Ds set such a low bar.

I'm really an Independent - not an R. So I will see who I want to vote for, case by case. I no longer trust the party on either side.

So you’re gonna vote GOP to open schools that have been open for 2+ years? Solid plan.

Of course “open schools” where library books are banned because they make a few rich white people sad aren’t much good, but at least you can do your Wine Yoga in peace!

Neither is perfect but right now Democrats are the not the lesser of two evils for me. They want censorship of thought, not just books.

Have you read the VADOE's proposed k-12 history revisions?

If you link them, I'll read them.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe the average R voter wants to see reform, but the political party has directly said their goal is vouchers to private schools so I would say “gut”.

Voting R is saying you’re ok with vouchers.

For me, voting R is saying schools closures is the worst education thing I've ever seen. The Ds set such a low bar.

I'm really an Independent - not an R. So I will see who I want to vote for, case by case. I no longer trust the party on either side.

So you’re gonna vote GOP to open schools that have been open for 2+ years? Solid plan.

Of course “open schools” where library books are banned because they make a few rich white people sad aren’t much good, but at least you can do your Wine Yoga in peace!

Neither is perfect but right now Democrats are the not the lesser of two evils for me. They want censorship of thought, not just books.

From what I've seen recently, Republicans want to impose their ideas on society but Democrats absolutely try to destroy the people with whom they disagree.

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Anonymous wrote:I think we're at a point where the one-party rule of the Democratic party has poised a negative effect on our county. It seems like Fairfax County was the most propitious under a bipartisan rule where the best non-partisan rule would help us succeed.

In total agreement. The county and FCPS in particular functioned much better when there wasn’t total dominance by preening, hypocritical, incompetent buffoons like the current all-D School Board. And they need to stop using Covid as an excuse for all their malfeasance - people see through that nonsense.

So you’d prefer more Rs focusing on making it illegal to be trans, arresting women who have abortions and re-rewriting history to make it look like white people are the victims. Yeah, that’ll fix everything.

The school board can do these things?

It's bizarre how some Ds absolve the Democrats on the FCPS School Board of responsibility for failing to do necessary things that are clearly within their authority, while ascribing powers to R candidates for School Board that they would never possess.

This word salad is a bunch of BS. And lbh, authority and norms are not things the current GOP party and supporters adheres to in any way. The last few years are replete with examples of that. So just b/c it isn't in their "authority" doesn't mean the GOP candidates wouldn't try. And you know it.

Right now - I haven't seen the Rs do anything worse than literally bar my kids from in person school for one full year.

It is okay- you are safe now. Your kids have been in school for 2 years in person. Take deep breaths. Let go of the anger, it will only hurt you if you decide to dwell on it.Let go of your past trauma you continue to be triggered from. You can’t even read a post without getting upset.

No - I will not forget - and I’ll try to make sure most people remember this for the next school board election.

We do remember we just have moved on and are focued on the future

In what I believe is germane to a school topical post - I don’t believe people who didn’t know enough about education to know one full year of virtual is not developmentally appropriate - especially when allowed by the state to offer some in person - know enough about education to fix the problems they caused.

It was reasonable to wait for teacher vaccines.

That's the line. I personally don't want people who think virtual schooling for longer than the rest of the state was reasonable to serve on the school board. Our local state representatives were having to push bills in the general assembly to force the school board's hand in order to get kids back into the classroom.

The School Board was composed of a bunch of people who hadn't had real jobs for years; had no sense of urgency; either didn't have kids in FCPS or were financially secure enough to place their kids in learning pods; and were deathly afraid of upsetting one of the core constituencies of the local Democrats - the teachers' organizations like FCFT and FEA. It was a bad confluence of factors that led many to lose any confidence in FCPS and we are still dealing with the fallout in 2023.

So rather than focus on getting kids back in buildings and ensuring that, in the interim, remote learning was the best it could possibly be, these folks took up a host of pet projects that they wanted to ram through when they could do it on Zoom. Just some truly slimy behavior by a group of party hacks who should never hold public office again.

Our state senator was one of the people leading the charge in Richmond to get kids back into school. He's still popular and has gotten no blowback from teachers

Blue Virginia is primarying moderate centrist Chap with the hopes of replacing him with a very far left candidate.

Democrats in Fairfax, please vote in your primary so the reasonable Chap Peterson can continue representing all ffx constituents, not just a tiny radical far left group.

[Anonymous]

Fairfax along with Loudoun has called for CRT, with a name like culturally responsive teaching or culturally sensitive learning. More detail is available on Wisconsin's website when they passed something similar under Tony Evers, who later became governor.

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Anonymous wrote:I think we're at a point where the one-party rule of the Democratic party has poised a negative effect on our county. It seems like Fairfax County was the most propitious under a bipartisan rule where the best non-partisan rule would help us succeed.

In total agreement. The county and FCPS in particular functioned much better when there wasn’t total dominance by preening, hypocritical, incompetent buffoons like the current all-D School Board. And they need to stop using Covid as an excuse for all their malfeasance - people see through that nonsense.

So you’d prefer more Rs focusing on making it illegal to be trans, arresting women who have abortions and re-rewriting history to make it look like white people are the victims. Yeah, that’ll fix everything.

The school board can do these things?

It's bizarre how some Ds absolve the Democrats on the FCPS School Board of responsibility for failing to do necessary things that are clearly within their authority, while ascribing powers to R candidates for School Board that they would never possess.

This word salad is a bunch of BS. And lbh, authority and norms are not things the current GOP party and supporters adheres to in any way. The last few years are replete with examples of that. So just b/c it isn't in their "authority" doesn't mean the GOP candidates wouldn't try. And you know it.

Right now - I haven't seen the Rs do anything worse than literally bar my kids from in person school for one full year.

It is okay- you are safe now. Your kids have been in school for 2 years in person. Take deep breaths. Let go of the anger, it will only hurt you if you decide to dwell on it.Let go of your past trauma you continue to be triggered from. You can’t even read a post without getting upset.

No - I will not forget - and I’ll try to make sure most people remember this for the next school board election.

We do remember we just have moved on and are focued on the future

In what I believe is germane to a school topical post - I don’t believe people who didn’t know enough about education to know one full year of virtual is not developmentally appropriate - especially when allowed by the state to offer some in person - know enough about education to fix the problems they caused.

It was reasonable to wait for teacher vaccines.

That's the line. I personally don't want people who think virtual schooling for longer than the rest of the state was reasonable to serve on the school board. Our local state representatives were having to push bills in the general assembly to force the school board's hand in order to get kids back into the classroom.

The School Board was composed of a bunch of people who hadn't had real jobs for years; had no sense of urgency; either didn't have kids in FCPS or were financially secure enough to place their kids in learning pods; and were deathly afraid of upsetting one of the core constituencies of the local Democrats - the teachers' organizations like FCFT and FEA. It was a bad confluence of factors that led many to lose any confidence in FCPS and we are still dealing with the fallout in 2023.

So rather than focus on getting kids back in buildings and ensuring that, in the interim, remote learning was the best it could possibly be, these folks took up a host of pet projects that they wanted to ram through when they could do it on Zoom. Just some truly slimy behavior by a group of party hacks who should never hold public office again.

Our state senator was one of the people leading the charge in Richmond to get kids back into school. He's still popular and has gotten no blowback from teachers

Blue Virginia is primarying moderate centrist Chap with the hopes of replacing him with a very far left candidate.

Democrats in Fairfax, please vote in your primary so the reasonable Chap Peterson can continue representing all ffx constituents, not just a tiny radical far left group.

“Very far left” LOL. Maybe if you’re the type of ignoramus who thinks Joe Biden is a socialist then yeah.

Anyway, Petersen can take his predatory towing-loving self and GTFO. He’s utterly worthless.

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If you watched a single school board meeting between August 2020 and February 2021, there is no way you’d vote for any of them again or anyone they support.

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Anonymous wrote:I think we're at a point where the one-party rule of the Democratic party has poised a negative effect on our county. It seems like Fairfax County was the most propitious under a bipartisan rule where the best non-partisan rule would help us succeed.

In total agreement. The county and FCPS in particular functioned much better when there wasn’t total dominance by preening, hypocritical, incompetent buffoons like the current all-D School Board. And they need to stop using Covid as an excuse for all their malfeasance - people see through that nonsense.

So you’d prefer more Rs focusing on making it illegal to be trans, arresting women who have abortions and re-rewriting history to make it look like white people are the victims. Yeah, that’ll fix everything.

The school board can do these things?

It's bizarre how some Ds absolve the Democrats on the FCPS School Board of responsibility for failing to do necessary things that are clearly within their authority, while ascribing powers to R candidates for School Board that they would never possess.

This word salad is a bunch of BS. And lbh, authority and norms are not things the current GOP party and supporters adheres to in any way. The last few years are replete with examples of that. So just b/c it isn't in their "authority" doesn't mean the GOP candidates wouldn't try. And you know it.

Right now - I haven't seen the Rs do anything worse than literally bar my kids from in person school for one full year.

It is okay- you are safe now. Your kids have been in school for 2 years in person. Take deep breaths. Let go of the anger, it will only hurt you if you decide to dwell on it.Let go of your past trauma you continue to be triggered from. You can’t even read a post without getting upset.

No - I will not forget - and I’ll try to make sure most people remember this for the next school board election.

We do remember we just have moved on and are focued on the future

In what I believe is germane to a school topical post - I don’t believe people who didn’t know enough about education to know one full year of virtual is not developmentally appropriate - especially when allowed by the state to offer some in person - know enough about education to fix the problems they caused.

It was reasonable to wait for teacher vaccines.

That's the line. I personally don't want people who think virtual schooling for longer than the rest of the state was reasonable to serve on the school board. Our local state representatives were having to push bills in the general assembly to force the school board's hand in order to get kids back into the classroom.

The School Board was composed of a bunch of people who hadn't had real jobs for years; had no sense of urgency; either didn't have kids in FCPS or were financially secure enough to place their kids in learning pods; and were deathly afraid of upsetting one of the core constituencies of the local Democrats - the teachers' organizations like FCFT and FEA. It was a bad confluence of factors that led many to lose any confidence in FCPS and we are still dealing with the fallout in 2023.

So rather than focus on getting kids back in buildings and ensuring that, in the interim, remote learning was the best it could possibly be, these folks took up a host of pet projects that they wanted to ram through when they could do it on Zoom. Just some truly slimy behavior by a group of party hacks who should never hold public office again.

Our state senator was one of the people leading the charge in Richmond to get kids back into school. He's still popular and has gotten no blowback from teachers

Blue Virginia is primarying moderate centrist Chap with the hopes of replacing him with a very far left candidate.

Democrats in Fairfax, please vote in your primary so the reasonable Chap Peterson can continue representing all ffx constituents, not just a tiny radical far left group.

“Very far left” LOL. Maybe if you’re the type of ignoramus who thinks Joe Biden is a socialist then yeah.

Anyway, Petersen can take his predatory towing-loving self and GTFO. He’s utterly worthless.

Petersen does the Democrats a big favor by showing voters they aren't all LWNJs. For that he gets pilloried by the creeps and challenged by the likes of Erica Yalowitz, who is claiming that she'd be "a progressive voice for Virginia." Please, we have enough "progressive voices." What we need at this point is a bit of balance again, including on the FCPS School Board.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe the average R voter wants to see reform, but the political party has directly said their goal is vouchers to private schools so I would say “gut”.

Voting R is saying you’re ok with vouchers.

For me, voting R is saying schools closures is the worst education thing I've ever seen. The Ds set such a low bar.

I'm really an Independent - not an R. So I will see who I want to vote for, case by case. I no longer trust the party on either side.

So you’re gonna vote GOP to open schools that have been open for 2+ years? Solid plan.

Of course “open schools” where library books are banned because they make a few rich white people sad aren’t much good, but at least you can do your Wine Yoga in peace!

Neither is perfect but right now Democrats are the not the lesser of two evils for me. They want censorship of thought, not just books.

You are absolutely lying through their teeth. Dems want MORE information in the thought department, not less. So you have those roles reversed from what you said.

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Elections have consequences.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe the average R voter wants to see reform, but the political party has directly said their goal is vouchers to private schools so I would say “gut”.

Voting R is saying you’re ok with vouchers.

For me, voting R is saying schools closures is the worst education thing I've ever seen. The Ds set such a low bar.

I'm really an Independent - not an R. So I will see who I want to vote for, case by case. I no longer trust the party on either side.

So you’re gonna vote GOP to open schools that have been open for 2+ years? Solid plan.

Of course “open schools” where library books are banned because they make a few rich white people sad aren’t much good, but at least you can do your Wine Yoga in peace!

Your “book ban” is a myth. Pornographic images, however, of anal sex absolutely should be removed from schools.

There is no porno.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe the average R voter wants to see reform, but the political party has directly said their goal is vouchers to private schools so I would say “gut”.

Voting R is saying you’re ok with vouchers.

For me, voting R is saying schools closures is the worst education thing I've ever seen. The Ds set such a low bar.

I'm really an Independent - not an R. So I will see who I want to vote for, case by case. I no longer trust the party on either side.

So you’re gonna vote GOP to open schools that have been open for 2+ years? Solid plan.

Of course “open schools” where library books are banned because they make a few rich white people sad aren’t much good, but at least you can do your Wine Yoga in peace!

Your “book ban” is a myth. Pornographic images, however, of anal sex absolutely should be removed from schools.

There is no porno.

DP, but several of these books were both graphic and sexually explicit, so whether you personally choose to label them pornography is largely irrelevant.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe the average R voter wants to see reform, but the political party has directly said their goal is vouchers to private schools so I would say “gut”.

Voting R is saying you’re ok with vouchers.

For me, voting R is saying schools closures is the worst education thing I've ever seen. The Ds set such a low bar.

I'm really an Independent - not an R. So I will see who I want to vote for, case by case. I no longer trust the party on either side.

So you’re gonna vote GOP to open schools that have been open for 2+ years? Solid plan.

Of course “open schools” where library books are banned because they make a few rich white people sad aren’t much good, but at least you can do your Wine Yoga in peace!

Neither is perfect but right now Democrats are the not the lesser of two evils for me. They want censorship of thought, not just books.

You are absolutely lying through their teeth. Dems want MORE information in the thought department, not less. So you have those roles reversed from what you said.

What I am referring to is how they don't want people to speak who have other ideas - see Stanford Law.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe the average R voter wants to see reform, but the political party has directly said their goal is vouchers to private schools so I would say “gut”.

Voting R is saying you’re ok with vouchers.

Can you show me where a candidate endorsed by the Fairfax GOP has to agree to support school vouchers?

The GOP supports vouchers. If a candidate seeks and gains the endorsement of the GOP then it’s on them to differentiate any differing positions. Which R candidates have said they don’t support vouchers?

Yeah, I don't find that persuasive. Again, can you point to anything that says, as a condition of receiving an endorsement from the Fairfax GOP, the candidate agrees to support vouchers?

If not, you're just trying to create noise.

From Glenn Youngkin- Fairfax resident
https://reason.com/2023/01/22/virginia-is-considering-4-different-school-choice-bills/