APS - How can we get rid of Superintendent Murphy?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We have to get them out. Lander is a good place to start. He seems very nice, but he isn't interested in being very honest about our predicament. He has also said some really silly things regarding poverty and Farms students.
Maura is a nice combination of kindness and sensibility.

What I was saying about the whites who want to get rid of the poors coming out to support Maura (b/c opposition to Lander).

Lander is the one who insisted that race and SES don't matter because all APS schools are good, then voted for Option 4. So I wouldn't count him as an ally in the fight for social justice and quality public education for all.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have to get them out. Lander is a good place to start. He seems very nice, but he isn't interested in being very honest about our predicament. He has also said some really silly things regarding poverty and Farms students.
Maura is a nice combination of kindness and sensibility.

What I was saying about the whites who want to get rid of the poors coming out to support Maura (b/c opposition to Lander).

Lander is the one who insisted that race and SES don't matter because all APS schools are good, then voted for Option 4. So I wouldn't count him as an ally in the fight for social justice and quality public education for all.

He also made the very valid point that busing kids would be very harmful for lower income families, members of which (i.e. parents) may not be easily able to get across town for school events (back to school night, music concerts, sporting events).

You have to be very careful that the call for diversity and "social justice" not be something privileged white people demand. Minority communities like their neighborhood schools just fine too.

[Anonymous]

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He also made the very valid point that busing kids would be very harmful for lower income families, members of which (i.e. parents) may not be easily able to get across town for school events (back to school night, music concerts, sporting events).

You have to be very careful that the call for diversity and "social justice" not be something privileged white people demand. Minority communities like their neighborhood schools just fine too.

Agreed. He's not my favorite, but I don't think he's the worst of the bunch. That title is proudly held by Van Doren.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have to get them out. Lander is a good place to start. He seems very nice, but he isn't interested in being very honest about our predicament. He has also said some really silly things regarding poverty and Farms students.
Maura is a nice combination of kindness and sensibility.

What I was saying about the whites who want to get rid of the poors coming out to support Maura (b/c opposition to Lander).

Lander is the one who insisted that race and SES don't matter because all APS schools are good, then voted for Option 4. So I wouldn't count him as an ally in the fight for social justice and quality public education for all.

He also made the very valid point that busing kids would be very harmful for lower income families, members of which (i.e. parents) may not be easily able to get across town for school events (back to school night, music concerts, sporting events).

You have to be very careful that the call for diversity and "social justice" not be something privileged white people demand. Minority communities like their neighborhood schools just fine too.

The experience in DC, with black OOB families trying very hard to get their kids into Wilson, suggests otherwise.

Murphy has perpetuated the current inequalities within APS but his downfall is that he's disappointed the privileged within APS as well.

[Anonymous]

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He's not my favorite, but I don't think he's the worst of the bunch. That title is proudly held by Van Doren.

Co-sign -- but I don't think most of my fellow members of AEM would agree. (I can think of a couple who I'd love to run, but I don't expect them to.)

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We'll we just put Van Doren back in, so it will be some time before that's even an issue.
It has to start with Lander.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have to get them out. Lander is a good place to start. He seems very nice, but he isn't interested in being very honest about our predicament. He has also said some really silly things regarding poverty and Farms students.
Maura is a nice combination of kindness and sensibility.

What I was saying about the whites who want to get rid of the poors coming out to support Maura (b/c opposition to Lander).

Lander is the one who insisted that race and SES don't matter because all APS schools are good, then voted for Option 4. So I wouldn't count him as an ally in the fight for social justice and quality public education for all.

He also made the very valid point that busing kids would be very harmful for lower income families, members of which (i.e. parents) may not be easily able to get across town for school events (back to school night, music concerts, sporting events).

You have to be very careful that the call for diversity and "social justice" not be something privileged white people demand. Minority communities like their neighborhood schools just fine too.

The experience in DC, with black OOB families trying very hard to get their kids into Wilson, suggests otherwise.

Murphy has perpetuated the current inequalities within APS but his downfall is that he's disappointed the privileged within APS as well.

I don't think DC schools are comparable to Arlington, so I don't think your Wilson analogy really applies. Plus, there's Metro in DC. You cannot take Metro from Four Mile Run to Yorktown.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

He's not my favorite, but I don't think he's the worst of the bunch. That title is proudly held by Van Doren.

Co-sign -- but I don't think most of my fellow members of AEM would agree. (I can think of a couple who I'd love to run, but I don't expect them to.)

She has said she won't go back on the HS boundary changes regardless of the results from the consultants. She won't even entertain the idea. What the heck is wrong with her?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have to get them out. Lander is a good place to start. He seems very nice, but he isn't interested in being very honest about our predicament. He has also said some really silly things regarding poverty and Farms students.
Maura is a nice combination of kindness and sensibility.

What I was saying about the whites who want to get rid of the poors coming out to support Maura (b/c opposition to Lander).

Lander is the one who insisted that race and SES don't matter because all APS schools are good, then voted for Option 4. So I wouldn't count him as an ally in the fight for social justice and quality public education for all.

He also made the very valid point that busing kids would be very harmful for lower income families, members of which (i.e. parents) may not be easily able to get across town for school events (back to school night, music concerts, sporting events).

You have to be very careful that the call for diversity and "social justice" not be something privileged white people demand. Minority communities like their neighborhood schools just fine too.

The experience in DC, with black OOB families trying very hard to get their kids into Wilson, suggests otherwise.

Murphy has perpetuated the current inequalities within APS but his downfall is that he's disappointed the privileged within APS as well.

I don't think DC schools are comparable to Arlington, so I don't think your Wilson analogy really applies. Plus, there's Metro in DC. You cannot take Metro from Four Mile Run to Yorktown.

Goodness! We can't have kids from FOUR MILE RUN polluting Yorktown!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have to get them out. Lander is a good place to start. He seems very nice, but he isn't interested in being very honest about our predicament. He has also said some really silly things regarding poverty and Farms students.
Maura is a nice combination of kindness and sensibility.

What I was saying about the whites who want to get rid of the poors coming out to support Maura (b/c opposition to Lander).

Lander is the one who insisted that race and SES don't matter because all APS schools are good, then voted for Option 4. So I wouldn't count him as an ally in the fight for social justice and quality public education for all.

He also made the very valid point that busing kids would be very harmful for lower income families, members of which (i.e. parents) may not be easily able to get across town for school events (back to school night, music concerts, sporting events).

You have to be very careful that the call for diversity and "social justice" not be something privileged white people demand. Minority communities like their neighborhood schools just fine too.

The experience in DC, with black OOB families trying very hard to get their kids into Wilson, suggests otherwise.

Murphy has perpetuated the current inequalities within APS but his downfall is that he's disappointed the privileged within APS as well.

I don't think DC schools are comparable to Arlington, so I don't think your Wilson analogy really applies. Plus, there's Metro in DC. You cannot take Metro from Four Mile Run to Yorktown.

Goodness! We can't have kids from FOUR MILE RUN polluting Yorktown!

Jesus Christ, you wench. This is in the context of the difficulty of PARENTS who live in the Four Mile Run area getting to Yorktown in a busing scenario.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have to get them out. Lander is a good place to start. He seems very nice, but he isn't interested in being very honest about our predicament. He has also said some really silly things regarding poverty and Farms students.
Maura is a nice combination of kindness and sensibility.

What I was saying about the whites who want to get rid of the poors coming out to support Maura (b/c opposition to Lander).

Lander is the one who insisted that race and SES don't matter because all APS schools are good, then voted for Option 4. So I wouldn't count him as an ally in the fight for social justice and quality public education for all.

He also made the very valid point that busing kids would be very harmful for lower income families, members of which (i.e. parents) may not be easily able to get across town for school events (back to school night, music concerts, sporting events).

You have to be very careful that the call for diversity and "social justice" not be something privileged white people demand. Minority communities like their neighborhood schools just fine too.

The experience in DC, with black OOB families trying very hard to get their kids into Wilson, suggests otherwise.

Murphy has perpetuated the current inequalities within APS but his downfall is that he's disappointed the privileged within APS as well.

I don't think DC schools are comparable to Arlington, so I don't think your Wilson analogy really applies. Plus, there's Metro in DC. You cannot take Metro from Four Mile Run to Yorktown.

Goodness! We can't have kids from FOUR MILE RUN polluting Yorktown!

Jesus Christ, you wench. This is in the context of the difficulty of PARENTS who live in the Four Mile Run area getting to Yorktown in a busing scenario.

How about we give them the option, instead of having a bunch of privileged white people tell the brown people what is best for them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

He also made the very valid point that busing kids would be very harmful for lower income families, members of which (i.e. parents) may not be easily able to get across town for school events (back to school night, music concerts, sporting events).

You have to be very careful that the call for diversity and "social justice" not be something privileged white people demand. Minority communities like their neighborhood schools just fine too.

Agreed. He's not my favorite, but I don't think he's the worst of the bunch. That title is proudly held by Van Doren.

Listening to the SB work session last night is painful. She says she hears the group going in one direction, but she's clearly trying to steamroll Tania and Barbara.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have to get them out. Lander is a good place to start. He seems very nice, but he isn't interested in being very honest about our predicament. He has also said some really silly things regarding poverty and Farms students.
Maura is a nice combination of kindness and sensibility.

What I was saying about the whites who want to get rid of the poors coming out to support Maura (b/c opposition to Lander).

Lander is the one who insisted that race and SES don't matter because all APS schools are good, then voted for Option 4. So I wouldn't count him as an ally in the fight for social justice and quality public education for all.

He also made the very valid point that busing kids would be very harmful for lower income families, members of which (i.e. parents) may not be easily able to get across town for school events (back to school night, music concerts, sporting events).

You have to be very careful that the call for diversity and "social justice" not be something privileged white people demand. Minority communities like their neighborhood schools just fine too.

The experience in DC, with black OOB families trying very hard to get their kids into Wilson, suggests otherwise.

Murphy has perpetuated the current inequalities within APS but his downfall is that he's disappointed the privileged within APS as well.

I don't think DC schools are comparable to Arlington, so I don't think your Wilson analogy really applies. Plus, there's Metro in DC. You cannot take Metro from Four Mile Run to Yorktown.

Goodness! We can't have kids from FOUR MILE RUN polluting Yorktown!

Jesus Christ, you wench. This is in the context of the difficulty of PARENTS who live in the Four Mile Run area getting to Yorktown in a busing scenario.

How about we give them the option, instead of having a bunch of privileged white people tell the brown people what is best for them.

Last time I checked, Mr. Lander was brown. This was his point. Please try to keep up.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

He also made the very valid point that busing kids would be very harmful for lower income families, members of which (i.e. parents) may not be easily able to get across town for school events (back to school night, music concerts, sporting events).

You have to be very careful that the call for diversity and "social justice" not be something privileged white people demand. Minority communities like their neighborhood schools just fine too.

Agreed. He's not my favorite, but I don't think he's the worst of the bunch. That title is proudly held by Van Doren.

Listening to the SB work session last night is painful. She says she hears the group going in one direction, but she's clearly trying to steamroll Tania and Barbara.

She is like a bulldozer and already tried to put the fear of God into Tania about how she needs to toe the line. I think Tania's biding time and getting the lay of the land before she makes any moves. But Van Doren has and deserves a target on her back.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

He also made the very valid point that busing kids would be very harmful for lower income families, members of which (i.e. parents) may not be easily able to get across town for school events (back to school night, music concerts, sporting events).

You have to be very careful that the call for diversity and "social justice" not be something privileged white people demand. Minority communities like their neighborhood schools just fine too.

Agreed. He's not my favorite, but I don't think he's the worst of the bunch. That title is proudly held by Van Doren.

Listening to the SB work session last night is painful. She says she hears the group going in one direction, but she's clearly trying to steamroll Tania and Barbara.

She is like a bulldozer and already tried to put the fear of God into Tania about how she needs to toe the line. I think Tania's biding time and getting the lay of the land before she makes any moves. But Van Doren has and deserves a target on her back.

She was literally just reelected.