APS School Board candidates?

[Anonymous]

I have decided not to vote for Zuraya at all. I know more about her endorsements than her stances on student success.

I just don't like Chen. Sorry not sorry. In person, he's a prick.

I guess that leaves Kathleen who was #1 anyway and Larry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:With iPads and cellphones being banned, APE really wants students to be Luddites when they graduate.

That's okay. My kids have a phone. They know that they can't use it in school except for emergencies without consequences. I monitor all of it. Because I'm a good parent who doesn't need his teachers, administrators and school board members to be co-parents with me.

Right I keep wondering why APE wants to ban cell phones for all the other students. If the APEs don't want their own kids to have a cell phone in school, then don't buy them one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:With iPads and cellphones being banned, APE really wants students to be Luddites when they graduate.

That's okay. My kids have a phone. They know that they can't use it in school except for emergencies without consequences. I monitor all of it. Because I'm a good parent who doesn't need his teachers, administrators and school board members to be co-parents with me.

Right I keep wondering why APE wants to ban cell phones for all the other students. If the APEs don't want their own kids to have a cell phone in school, then don't buy them one.

They don’t really care about cell phones. Well maybe that one loudmouth with kids in early ES cares because she is clueless about older kids.

They just want to trash APS 24x7. They are not advocating for our kids.

[Anonymous]

APE just sounds like a group of parents who are having a hard time managing their own kids so they want to deflect and manage APS to help them where they are failing at home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:APE just sounds like a group of parents who are having a hard time managing their own kids so they want to deflect and manage APS to help them where they are failing at home.

Does that description apply to the entire country of England? https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-launches-crackdown-on-mobile-phones-in-schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:APE just sounds like a group of parents who are having a hard time managing their own kids so they want to deflect and manage APS to help them where they are failing at home.

+1000

[Anonymous]

Just learned that Chen works for a Fortune 50 company and Zuraya at Meta/facebook and univision.

Is it wrong that I hate how often business execs feel like they can come in to any environment and fix things? (with NO experience other than their corporate job)

[Anonymous]

I voted for Kathleen and Larry. The others aren't qualified and aren't worthy of ranking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I voted for Kathleen and Larry. The others aren't qualified and aren't worthy of ranking.

+1

Plus Zuraya getting all this external money rather than spending a few years getting involved in APS is a huge turnoff. I’m tired of carpetbaggers like Katie Cristol and Cristina D-T using SB as a stepping stone for their own ambitions. Zuraya seems to fall in that category.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just learned that Chen works for a Fortune 50 company and Zuraya at Meta/facebook and univision.

Is it wrong that I hate how often business execs feel like they can come in to any environment and fix things? (with NO experience other than their corporate job)

Same! They think they are God's gift to a school system, but they are in for a rude awakening when they find out how things really work. And they are not going to be effective. The only ones who can be effective are the ones who bothered to put in the time to figure out how things actually work here. That's Kathleen and I guess Larry.

[Anonymous]

Why didn’t Larry respond to the AGIA candidate survey?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why didn’t Larry respond to the AGIA candidate survey?

Someone should go ask him to. He likes to say that he's the only one who is retired, so he has all the time to be a SB member. But can't fill out a form?

Where's ASHPA? Tannia and Janeth didn't weigh in on Zuraya? That speaks volumes.

[Anonymous]

I just hope an independent (not Rives) runs so that I can break my "promise" and vote for someone who is actually qualified and not part of the machine. They won't win, but I'd feel better about this vote.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just hope an independent (not Rives) runs so that I can break my "promise" and vote for someone who is actually qualified and not part of the machine. They won't win, but I'd feel better about this vote.

You don't think Kathleen is qualified? What are your standards?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why didn’t Larry respond to the AGIA candidate survey?

Someone should go ask him to. He likes to say that he's the only one who is retired, so he has all the time to be a SB member. But can't fill out a form?

Where's ASHPA? Tannia and Janeth didn't weigh in on Zuraya? That speaks volumes.

I'm sure he was asked by AGIA, they gave it to all candidates. What else does he need?