ACPS parents, what school board members get things done?

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Anonymous wrote:Okay, back to the OP's post. Who actually has the potential to get things done on the school board? We have pta presidents on the podium at the meeting asking for assistance. We have multiple forums about school safety. We have people talking about academics. Who on the school board is going to focus on education, paying teachers competitively with other districts, recruiting staff positions like crossing guards and bus drivers, as well as teachers, not being into political statements and buzz words, but really care about our community's education? I want to know who. And also, who was the person engaged in drug use. Normally I don't care about something so petty as an edible, joint or vape. But you have my HS students coming home stating that kids are vaping in class, getting high smoking pills, etc. Not a good look. I would feel the same way about public intoxication.

I think this was answered. No one. Not one single board member.

Since doing so would involve confronting ACPS’s administration rather than fawning over them, I agree the answer is none of them although there may some actually care about these issues.

So these board members secretly care about these issues but are too scared to address them? Are they are more beholden to ACPS, Super, and other board members than their constituents?

Nah, they fawn because they agree with everything ACPS is doing. They don't care about these issues. They didn't run to actually change anything. They ran because it benefits them, their kids, their egos and because they AGREE with ACPS. And the voters are ok with that.

So i disagree with you about some board members. I think some do care about these issues but as you put it are more beholden to ACPS and the other board members (ie they don’t want to be the squeaky wheel. But it in the end, they are all ineffective.

That makes them cowards.

Sure. To be clear, I think Rief, Baird, Booz (maybe?), Elnoubi seem to care but won’t rock the boat.

Alderton, Greene, Bailey, Ignacio, and Harris (probably) don’t care and are likely lost causes.

Ignacio is 100% a lost cause. She ran off several really good teachers at TC because they dared not to put her on a pedestal- she truly believed she was the principal, not an AP. She couldn’t cut it in central office, and was terrible as an AP, so school board is her last gasp to try to be relevant.

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Anonymous wrote:Okay, back to the OP's post. Who actually has the potential to get things done on the school board? We have pta presidents on the podium at the meeting asking for assistance. We have multiple forums about school safety. We have people talking about academics. Who on the school board is going to focus on education, paying teachers competitively with other districts, recruiting staff positions like crossing guards and bus drivers, as well as teachers, not being into political statements and buzz words, but really care about our community's education? I want to know who. And also, who was the person engaged in drug use. Normally I don't care about something so petty as an edible, joint or vape. But you have my HS students coming home stating that kids are vaping in class, getting high smoking pills, etc. Not a good look. I would feel the same way about public intoxication.

I think this was answered. No one. Not one single board member.

Since doing so would involve confronting ACPS’s administration rather than fawning over them, I agree the answer is none of them although there may some actually care about these issues.

So these board members secretly care about these issues but are too scared to address them? Are they are more beholden to ACPS, Super, and other board members than their constituents?

Nah, they fawn because they agree with everything ACPS is doing. They don't care about these issues. They didn't run to actually change anything. They ran because it benefits them, their kids, their egos and because they AGREE with ACPS. And the voters are ok with that.

So i disagree with you about some board members. I think some do care about these issues but as you put it are more beholden to ACPS and the other board members (ie they don’t want to be the squeaky wheel. But it in the end, they are all ineffective.

That makes them cowards.

Sure. To be clear, I think Rief, Baird, Booz (maybe?), Elnoubi seem to care but won’t rock the boat.

Alderton, Greene, Bailey, Ignacio, and Harris (probably) don’t care and are likely lost causes.

Ignacio is 100% a lost cause. She ran off several really good teachers at TC because they dared not to put her on a pedestal- she truly believed she was the principal, not an AP. She couldn’t cut it in central office, and was terrible as an AP, so school board is her last gasp to try to be relevant.

But...but she wears converse! Her nasty racist remark about Hispanics on that silly wine mom podcast told me everything i needed to know. Didn't vote for her.

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Anonymous wrote:Okay, back to the OP's post. Who actually has the potential to get things done on the school board? We have pta presidents on the podium at the meeting asking for assistance. We have multiple forums about school safety. We have people talking about academics. Who on the school board is going to focus on education, paying teachers competitively with other districts, recruiting staff positions like crossing guards and bus drivers, as well as teachers, not being into political statements and buzz words, but really care about our community's education? I want to know who. And also, who was the person engaged in drug use. Normally I don't care about something so petty as an edible, joint or vape. But you have my HS students coming home stating that kids are vaping in class, getting high smoking pills, etc. Not a good look. I would feel the same way about public intoxication.

I think this was answered. No one. Not one single board member.

Since doing so would involve confronting ACPS’s administration rather than fawning over them, I agree the answer is none of them although there may some actually care about these issues.

So these board members secretly care about these issues but are too scared to address them? Are they are more beholden to ACPS, Super, and other board members than their constituents?

Nah, they fawn because they agree with everything ACPS is doing. They don't care about these issues. They didn't run to actually change anything. They ran because it benefits them, their kids, their egos and because they AGREE with ACPS. And the voters are ok with that.

So i disagree with you about some board members. I think some do care about these issues but as you put it are more beholden to ACPS and the other board members (ie they don’t want to be the squeaky wheel. But it in the end, they are all ineffective.

That makes them cowards.

Sure. To be clear, I think Rief, Baird, Booz (maybe?), Elnoubi seem to care but won’t rock the boat.

Alderton, Greene, Bailey, Ignacio, and Harris (probably) don’t care and are likely lost causes.

Ignacio is 100% a lost cause. She ran off several really good teachers at TC because they dared not to put her on a pedestal- she truly believed she was the principal, not an AP. She couldn’t cut it in central office, and was terrible as an AP, so school board is her last gasp to try to be relevant.

But...but she wears converse! Her nasty racist remark about Hispanics on that silly wine mom podcast told me everything i needed to know. Didn't vote for her.

I was SO offended by that comment Ignacio made on the podcast! Told me everything I needed to know about her.

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Anonymous wrote:Okay, back to the OP's post. Who actually has the potential to get things done on the school board? We have pta presidents on the podium at the meeting asking for assistance. We have multiple forums about school safety. We have people talking about academics. Who on the school board is going to focus on education, paying teachers competitively with other districts, recruiting staff positions like crossing guards and bus drivers, as well as teachers, not being into political statements and buzz words, but really care about our community's education? I want to know who. And also, who was the person engaged in drug use. Normally I don't care about something so petty as an edible, joint or vape. But you have my HS students coming home stating that kids are vaping in class, getting high smoking pills, etc. Not a good look. I would feel the same way about public intoxication.

I think this was answered. No one. Not one single board member.

Since doing so would involve confronting ACPS’s administration rather than fawning over them, I agree the answer is none of them although there may some actually care about these issues.

So these board members secretly care about these issues but are too scared to address them? Are they are more beholden to ACPS, Super, and other board members than their constituents?

Nah, they fawn because they agree with everything ACPS is doing. They don't care about these issues. They didn't run to actually change anything. They ran because it benefits them, their kids, their egos and because they AGREE with ACPS. And the voters are ok with that.

So i disagree with you about some board members. I think some do care about these issues but as you put it are more beholden to ACPS and the other board members (ie they don’t want to be the squeaky wheel. But it in the end, they are all ineffective.

That makes them cowards.

Sure. To be clear, I think Rief, Baird, Booz (maybe?), Elnoubi seem to care but won’t rock the boat.

Alderton, Greene, Bailey, Ignacio, and Harris (probably) don’t care and are likely lost causes.

Ignacio is 100% a lost cause. She ran off several really good teachers at TC because they dared not to put her on a pedestal- she truly believed she was the principal, not an AP. She couldn’t cut it in central office, and was terrible as an AP, so school board is her last gasp to try to be relevant.

But...but she wears converse! Her nasty racist remark about Hispanics on that silly wine mom podcast told me everything i needed to know. Didn't vote for her.

I was SO offended by that comment Ignacio made on the podcast! Told me everything I needed to know about her.

What did she say?

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Anonymous wrote:Okay, back to the OP's post. Who actually has the potential to get things done on the school board? We have pta presidents on the podium at the meeting asking for assistance. We have multiple forums about school safety. We have people talking about academics. Who on the school board is going to focus on education, paying teachers competitively with other districts, recruiting staff positions like crossing guards and bus drivers, as well as teachers, not being into political statements and buzz words, but really care about our community's education? I want to know who. And also, who was the person engaged in drug use. Normally I don't care about something so petty as an edible, joint or vape. But you have my HS students coming home stating that kids are vaping in class, getting high smoking pills, etc. Not a good look. I would feel the same way about public intoxication.

I think this was answered. No one. Not one single board member.

Since doing so would involve confronting ACPS’s administration rather than fawning over them, I agree the answer is none of them although there may some actually care about these issues.

So these board members secretly care about these issues but are too scared to address them? Are they are more beholden to ACPS, Super, and other board members than their constituents?

Nah, they fawn because they agree with everything ACPS is doing. They don't care about these issues. They didn't run to actually change anything. They ran because it benefits them, their kids, their egos and because they AGREE with ACPS. And the voters are ok with that.

So i disagree with you about some board members. I think some do care about these issues but as you put it are more beholden to ACPS and the other board members (ie they don’t want to be the squeaky wheel. But it in the end, they are all ineffective.

That makes them cowards.

Sure. To be clear, I think Rief, Baird, Booz (maybe?), Elnoubi seem to care but won’t rock the boat.

Alderton, Greene, Bailey, Ignacio, and Harris (probably) don’t care and are likely lost causes.

Ignacio is 100% a lost cause. She ran off several really good teachers at TC because they dared not to put her on a pedestal- she truly believed she was the principal, not an AP. She couldn’t cut it in central office, and was terrible as an AP, so school board is her last gasp to try to be relevant.

But...but she wears converse! Her nasty racist remark about Hispanics on that silly wine mom podcast told me everything i needed to know. Didn't vote for her.

I was SO offended by that comment Ignacio made on the podcast! Told me everything I needed to know about her.

What did she say?

My recollection is that she basically said she would automatically get the Hispanic vote because of her last name (she is not Latina herself but married a Hispanic man). It came across horribly and her attitude was very cavalier, especially given the real issues the Hispanic/Latino community faces in Alexandria and ACPS. I was also offended that none of the liberal podcasters pushed back on the comments or asked any follow up. It was just gross.

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Anonymous wrote:Okay, back to the OP's post. Who actually has the potential to get things done on the school board? We have pta presidents on the podium at the meeting asking for assistance. We have multiple forums about school safety. We have people talking about academics. Who on the school board is going to focus on education, paying teachers competitively with other districts, recruiting staff positions like crossing guards and bus drivers, as well as teachers, not being into political statements and buzz words, but really care about our community's education? I want to know who. And also, who was the person engaged in drug use. Normally I don't care about something so petty as an edible, joint or vape. But you have my HS students coming home stating that kids are vaping in class, getting high smoking pills, etc. Not a good look. I would feel the same way about public intoxication.

I think this was answered. No one. Not one single board member.

Since doing so would involve confronting ACPS’s administration rather than fawning over them, I agree the answer is none of them although there may some actually care about these issues.

So these board members secretly care about these issues but are too scared to address them? Are they are more beholden to ACPS, Super, and other board members than their constituents?

Nah, they fawn because they agree with everything ACPS is doing. They don't care about these issues. They didn't run to actually change anything. They ran because it benefits them, their kids, their egos and because they AGREE with ACPS. And the voters are ok with that.

So i disagree with you about some board members. I think some do care about these issues but as you put it are more beholden to ACPS and the other board members (ie they don’t want to be the squeaky wheel. But it in the end, they are all ineffective.

That makes them cowards.

Sure. To be clear, I think Rief, Baird, Booz (maybe?), Elnoubi seem to care but won’t rock the boat.

Alderton, Greene, Bailey, Ignacio, and Harris (probably) don’t care and are likely lost causes.

Ignacio is 100% a lost cause. She ran off several really good teachers at TC because they dared not to put her on a pedestal- she truly believed she was the principal, not an AP. She couldn’t cut it in central office, and was terrible as an AP, so school board is her last gasp to try to be relevant.

But...but she wears converse! Her nasty racist remark about Hispanics on that silly wine mom podcast told me everything i needed to know. Didn't vote for her.

I was SO offended by that comment Ignacio made on the podcast! Told me everything I needed to know about her.

What did she say?

My recollection is that she basically said she would automatically get the Hispanic vote because of her last name (she is not Latina herself but married a Hispanic man). It came across horribly and her attitude was very cavalier, especially given the real issues the Hispanic/Latino community faces in Alexandria and ACPS. I was also offended that none of the liberal podcasters pushed back on the comments or asked any follow up. It was just gross.

That’s how she was in school as well. She’d drop some casual racism like it was no big deal. She let more than a few people think she was Latina and not just a regular white woman from WV.

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I think Ashley Simpson Baird and Abdel Elnoubi have potential to get stuff done. I secretly think that Michelle Rief and Christopher Harris have a lot to say too, but keep quiet.

I will never understand how Ignacio got elected. Her social media was updated everyday with new endorsements and she has a lot of Alexandria big wig connections. But her website had absolutely no content. It was not issue based like Baird's which was excellent and appealed to the active voters who are data driven and into change.

I really expected Kelly Booz to be so involved in school board. What was she like when she was on it before? We lived abroad then.

Jacinta Greene seems like a really nice person, as does Willie Bailey. But do they do anything?

Alderton seems to have a lot of influence, which I will never get since she is a private school parent.

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Wow regarding Ignacio and the comments about Latinos. Did you work with her in ACPS? I thought she was beloved. That was the impression I got from her.

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Anonymous wrote:Okay, back to the OP's post. Who actually has the potential to get things done on the school board? We have pta presidents on the podium at the meeting asking for assistance. We have multiple forums about school safety. We have people talking about academics. Who on the school board is going to focus on education, paying teachers competitively with other districts, recruiting staff positions like crossing guards and bus drivers, as well as teachers, not being into political statements and buzz words, but really care about our community's education? I want to know who. And also, who was the person engaged in drug use. Normally I don't care about something so petty as an edible, joint or vape. But you have my HS students coming home stating that kids are vaping in class, getting high smoking pills, etc. Not a good look. I would feel the same way about public intoxication.

I think this was answered. No one. Not one single board member.

Since doing so would involve confronting ACPS’s administration rather than fawning over them, I agree the answer is none of them although there may some actually care about these issues.

So these board members secretly care about these issues but are too scared to address them? Are they are more beholden to ACPS, Super, and other board members than their constituents?

Nah, they fawn because they agree with everything ACPS is doing. They don't care about these issues. They didn't run to actually change anything. They ran because it benefits them, their kids, their egos and because they AGREE with ACPS. And the voters are ok with that.

So i disagree with you about some board members. I think some do care about these issues but as you put it are more beholden to ACPS and the other board members (ie they don’t want to be the squeaky wheel. But it in the end, they are all ineffective.

That makes them cowards.

Sure. To be clear, I think Rief, Baird, Booz (maybe?), Elnoubi seem to care but won’t rock the boat.

Alderton, Greene, Bailey, Ignacio, and Harris (probably) don’t care and are likely lost causes.

Ignacio is 100% a lost cause. She ran off several really good teachers at TC because they dared not to put her on a pedestal- she truly believed she was the principal, not an AP. She couldn’t cut it in central office, and was terrible as an AP, so school board is her last gasp to try to be relevant.

But...but she wears converse! Her nasty racist remark about Hispanics on that silly wine mom podcast told me everything i needed to know. Didn't vote for her.

What is a "wine mom"? I heard this term thrown around about ACPS all the time. I honestly think it is sick as adults and as a woman to play into gross stereotypes about moms needing to drink to get by. Maybe because I was raised by an alcoholic mom who couldn't even drive me to school because she was always drunk, but I don't find it cute or funny. What do you mean by a wine mom? Is this what these people call themselves? Are you talking about the podcasters of that podcast the chair of Alexandria Democrats? I don't know anything about her, but I thought the wine moms were a group of moms who volunteer for Wilson, Greene, Bennett-Parker, Booz, Baird, Bailey, campaigning for them. Why do they not promote Rief? Why do they not find another candidate in District C to oust Alderton whose kids don't even go here?

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I think there are two potential wine mom groups: the PTAC moms and dads and then the group of friends headed by a woman who owns a tutoring company that most of the wealthy families send their kids to in ACPS. I don't know who is in her clique of friends, but she seemed to be very vocal about "outing" Ish Boyle as an anti masker. She seemed totally okay with Bailey being the head of HR when those two female firefighters filed sexual harassment complaints against the department in Fairfax County and one committed suicide. Or that he regularly slept on the dais and was lockstep with Hutchings and wanted to censor Booz and Elnoubi. It's funny who these people choose to support. Baird and Booz were the two this woman and her friends supported. I don't know her, just that she has a pretty house and seems very smart.

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While it would be ideal if SB members were current parents of students in ACPS, it’s not disqualifying. Some may bring experience as educators or education consultants to the table and that should in theory help with holding Central Office accountable so long as there are no conflicts of interest. Hopefully some of them read these posts. What do you want to see the SB prioritize this year and in the next 2-3 years?

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I want them to prioritize educational achievement, facilities and overcrowding. I think we need to build 1-2 additional middle schools and maybe 1-2 high schools. I would to invest in smaller class sizes, more money for tutoring or after school clubs for students who can't afford it, more recreation or social opportunities that aren't sports or clubs for teens in MS and HS, like teen hang out rooms at rec centers, more interventions or programming that is geared at the middle school and high school level.

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1. academic achievement
2. vo-tech options
3. facilities/overcrowding

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1. academic achievement
2. school safety
3. facilities-additional schools, perhaps redistricting

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Anonymous wrote:1. academic achievement
2. vo-tech options
3. facilities/overcrowding

Yes and ACPS could still frame the issue as equity focused because a primary issue for academic achievement is the achievement levels of subgroups of ACPS student population.