Former FCPS School Board Member Elizabeth Schultz on Youngkin's Education Transition Team

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are in for a real decline in education and raging culture wars about books and bathrooms. I am so disgusted by those voters who fell for all of Youngkin’s right wing trigger words.

Unfortunately, we've all seen what FCPS (and many other school systems) have become after years of left wing trigger words - and emphasis on social justice/equity rather than focusing on excellent academics for all. We can only go up from here, and I have every confidence a Youngkin-led VDOE will do just that.

I disagree with your premise that FCPS isn’t working to provide excellent academics for all. The pandemic was a huge crisis and they should have gone back sooner. But they have been educating our students well. I am not okay with diverting resources to charter schools or allowing unhinged parents to decide what to teach my kids and to have state officials banning books or hiding America’s history. Elizabeth Schulz was useless when she was on the board — did a lot of screaming and stoking off culture wars. Education was not her focus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That is a frightening list. All those mommies who thought voting for Youngkin would stick it to the evil Democrats are going to be in for a shock.

Schultz is just vile. She was a terrible board member.

I’m a mommy who did this. First R vote ever. An good. After t*ts how last year, FCPS proved they should not have a monopoly or free education. If there had been charters and vouchers, FCPS would have had to open— or become defunct. Nothing wrong with making the, compete for students with the private sector.

Bring on charters, vouchers, magnets, smaller more specialized HSs, etc.

This is not necessarily true- in DC the charters tended to be more free-wheeling than DCPS in terms of not opening. Obviously would depend on how a charter system was administered in VA but there was not option to just switch schools mid year for the most part- hard to vote with your feet if there isn't space for you at another school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are in for a real decline in education and raging culture wars about books and bathrooms. I am so disgusted by those voters who fell for all of Youngkin’s right wing trigger words.

Unfortunately, we've all seen what FCPS (and many other school systems) have become after years of left wing trigger words - and emphasis on social justice/equity rather than focusing on excellent academics for all. We can only go up from here, and I have every confidence a Youngkin-led VDOE will do just that.

I disagree with your premise that FCPS isn’t working to provide excellent academics for all. The pandemic was a huge crisis and they should have gone back sooner. But they have been educating our students well. I am not okay with diverting resources to charter schools or allowing unhinged parents to decide what to teach my kids and to have state officials banning books or hiding America’s history. Elizabeth Schulz was useless when she was on the board — did a lot of screaming and stoking off culture wars. Education was not her focus.

On the other hand, I am not okay with diverting resources to feel-good equity initiatives, spending time that could have been used on academic remediation strategies on changes to TJ admissions intended to reduce the percentage of Asian kids, and wasting money on school expansions that were neither necessary nor subject to any meaningful oversight by the school board. Schultz was one of the few School Board members who challenged the direction in which the school board was stumbling.

[Anonymous]

All members, except maybe one, have a white last names. What happened to the Asian parents who fought to preserve TJ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All members, except maybe one, have a white last names. What happened to the Asian parents who fought to preserve TJ?

What about them?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All members, except maybe one, have a white last names. What happened to the Asian parents who fought to preserve TJ?

What about them?

None of them is recruited to help VA sharp their education policy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All members, except maybe one, have a white last names. What happened to the Asian parents who fought to preserve TJ?

What about them?

None of them is recruited to help VA sharp their education policy.

Why would they be?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All members, except maybe one, have a white last names. What happened to the Asian parents who fought to preserve TJ?

What about them?

None of them is recruited to help VA sharp their education policy.

Why would they be?

Youngkin promised parents a voice. Seems like they don’t want to hear from all parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All members, except maybe one, have a white last names. What happened to the Asian parents who fought to preserve TJ?

What about them?

None of them is recruited to help VA sharp their education policy.

Why would they be?

Youngkin promised parents a voice. Seems like they don’t want to hear from all parents.

Seems a little premature to reach that conclusion. He hasn't even taken office.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are in for a real decline in education and raging culture wars about books and bathrooms. I am so disgusted by those voters who fell for all of Youngkin’s right wing trigger words.

“I don’t think parents (like you, PP) should be telling schools what to teach.” Isn’t that what your candidate said? So you should follow your boy’s advice, and STFU now. Stop posting. You are not supposed to have a voice.

Elections have consequences, PP. And years ago, you voted in the radicals serving on local school boards, who caused this in the first place. Now shut up. You have only yourself to blame.

Besides, the Virginia DOE were the ones trying to eliminate higher math opportunities in VA high schools, then they backtracked and lied about it - all in the name of their concept of “equity” (lower the standards and make everyone stupid).

This new Youngkin leadership team will make our schools focus on: education (shocking to you, I know).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All members, except maybe one, have a white last names. What happened to the Asian parents who fought to preserve TJ?

What about them?

None of them is recruited to help VA sharp their education policy.

Why would they be?

Youngkin promised parents a voice. Seems like they don’t want to hear from all parents.

There are lots of parents with lots of very different issues. Did you really expect every group to get a seat at the table?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are in for a real decline in education and raging culture wars about books and bathrooms. I am so disgusted by those voters who fell for all of Youngkin’s right wing trigger words.

“I don’t think parents (like you, PP) should be telling schools what to teach.” Isn’t that what your candidate said? So you should follow your boy’s advice, and STFU now. Stop posting. You are not supposed to have a voice.

Elections have consequences, PP. And years ago, you voted in the radicals serving on local school boards, who caused this in the first place. Now shut up. You have only yourself to blame.

Besides, the Virginia DOE were the ones trying to eliminate higher math opportunities in VA high schools, then they backtracked and lied about it - all in the name of their concept of “equity” (lower the standards and make everyone stupid).

This new Youngkin leadership team will make our schools focus on: education (shocking to you, I know).

Can you even define what that means? Bonus points if you can cite to Youngkin using the same definition

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That is a frightening list. All those mommies who thought voting for Youngkin would stick it to the evil Democrats are going to be in for a shock.

Schultz is just vile. She was a terrible board member.

I’m a mommy who did this. First R vote ever. An good. After t*ts how last year, FCPS proved they should not have a monopoly or free education. If there had been charters and vouchers, FCPS would have had to open— or become defunct. Nothing wrong with making the, compete for students with the private sector.

Bring on charters, vouchers, magnets, smaller more specialized HSs, etc.

+1

Stop with the equity at the center of it all nonsense. The primary job of a school system is education. That should be their #1, #2 and #3 priorities.

Renaming schools, changing admissions to 1 HS, equity dashboards, etc. should be way down the agenda of a school board.

+2

+3

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All members, except maybe one, have a white last names. What happened to the Asian parents who fought to preserve TJ?

Tian is a Chinese name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All members, except maybe one, have a white last names. What happened to the Asian parents who fought to preserve TJ?

What about them?

White republicans in Fairfax were happy with the prior status quo of TJ - which admitted students in a COLOR BLIND process based on merit.

Republicans support a color blind process, ie - NOT RACIST. Guess what TJ looked like? 80% minority. That is: 80% People of Color - who passed the exams and demonstrated their academic merit. So be it. That’s fine by this white parent.

But the democrats? Oh no. You just could not tolerate a fair, color-blind, merit based system. It was pure racism on the part of democraps, who insisted on making race a factor in TJ admissions. Your hypocrisy and anti-Asian bigotry is disgusting, dems.

Return TJ to a purely merit-based system!