Not sure if this should be in the policy forum instead... Anyone here voting for Youngkin because of

[Anonymous]

Still not buying that any sane person would throw a governor’s election because they’re pissed at FCPS. Governor’s certify election results folks. This is more of the same push to get corrupt GOP in places to subvert democracy. Don’t do it. Vote for change at the local level. Push back on the school board, at your schools, and in your personal decisions. By all means democratic governors in Virginia have done very well for Virginians.

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Anonymous wrote:Show me Republican states with good education. There aren’t many.

My second grader is struggling with reading and writing because he missed a full year of school. And don't you dare pretend that online school for 6 year-olds was school. So maybe climb off your "good education" soap box.

My second grader is doing great because I took matters into my own hands, while still working full time. Sometimes life is like that. Continuing to be angry about last year accomplishes nothing. Why didn’t you pull yourself up by your bootstraps and figure it out? Aren’t you people big on that? Where’s the personal responsibility? I bet you’re the first to blame parents when a kid is acting out and being disruptive in school. But I guess you take no responsibility for your own child’s struggles? Stop blaming others and help your child. Do what it takes.

Thank you for making me feel more confident about my vote for Youngkin

NP. I can't vote in this race, just reading for interest, and IMO that other PP basically made an argument for Youngkin. When I read that out-of-touch screed, I thought, well, that person is not making the argument she thinks she is making.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes - but it’s not a dilemma for me any longer. Definitely voting Youngkin to send the local Democrats a message that they had better start cleaning up their giant mess. And I have always voted Democratic in state/local elections, except when Creigh Deeds ran for Governor (and, yes, I know McDonnell got into hot water but he was still better than Deeds would have been).

This is not the message you are sending by voting for a rich guy without a plan.

But, if you want to send the message that you are afraid of teaching history with any accuracy and want more charter schools, go for it.

[Anonymous]

If you choose to vote for Youngkin because of FCPS then you are letting FOX win as you are buying their soundbites.

Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.

Vote out the schoolboard on the next election, they are our problem, but voting for Youngkin is not going to help the situation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you choose to vote for Youngkin because of FCPS then you are letting FOX win as you are buying their soundbites.

Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.

Vote out the schoolboard on the next election, they are our problem, but voting for Youngkin is not going to help the situation.

Actually it will. The state policies can temper the local policies such that we may actually end up somewhere in the middle. And that is good for kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Show me Republican states with good education. There aren’t many.

My second grader is struggling with reading and writing because he missed a full year of school. And don't you dare pretend that online school for 6 year-olds was school. So maybe climb off your "good education" soap box.

I also have a 2nd grader and yes I was furious about the way the FCPS school board handled 2020-2021. It still doesn't mean that a republican governor is going to do anything to help local schools, except to further defund them with "school choice".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Still not buying that any sane person would throw a governor’s election because they’re pissed at FCPS. Governor’s certify election results folks. This is more of the same push to get corrupt GOP in places to subvert democracy. Don’t do it. Vote for change at the local level. Push back on the school board, at your schools, and in your personal decisions. By all means democratic governors in Virginia have done very well for Virginians.

People should be voting for a change at ALL levels. Not just local.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes - but it’s not a dilemma for me any longer. Definitely voting Youngkin to send the local Democrats a message that they had better start cleaning up their giant mess. And I have always voted Democratic in state/local elections, except when Creigh Deeds ran for Governor (and, yes, I know McDonnell got into hot water but he was still better than Deeds would have been).

This is not the message you are sending by voting for a rich guy without a plan.

But, if you want to send the message that you are afraid of teaching history with any accuracy and want more charter schools, go for it.

My Never-Trump friends make the reverse argument for voting for McAuliffe, saying it tells the Republicans that they must distance themselves as far from Trump as possible or they will continue to lose.

I don't personally think either protest vote works. Politics is downstream from culture.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you choose to vote for Youngkin because of FCPS then you are letting FOX win as you are buying their soundbites.

Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.

Vote out the schoolboard on the next election, they are our problem, but voting for Youngkin is not going to help the situation.

Actually it will. The state policies can temper the local policies such that we may actually end up somewhere in the middle. And that is good for kids.

Ah yes, GOP have been so temperate lately. 🙄

They are extremists that will make everything worse, especially forcing it down from the top. Talk to your school board members if you’re upset about what’s happening in what is still one of the best school districts in the country.

[Anonymous]

Yes, the democrats in control at every level in Virginia botched our kids education with COVID. I know our local
school board will still be controlled by democrats but I think we need diversity of thought in the state. The democrats in the school board were more interested in renaming schools than getting our kids in a classroom during COVID. At least a strong supporter of in person education (not the Dems) could’ve forced their hand at the task at hand -
educating our kids in a classroom, not renaming schools during COVID. Northam did nothing. Definitely think we need a change.

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Anonymous wrote:Still not buying that any sane person would throw a governor’s election because they’re pissed at FCPS. Governor’s certify election results folks. This is more of the same push to get corrupt GOP in places to subvert democracy. Don’t do it. Vote for change at the local level. Push back on the school board, at your schools, and in your personal decisions. By all means democratic governors in Virginia have done very well for Virginians.

People should be voting for a change at ALL levels. Not just local.

Depends what kind of change you want! I don’t want things to chan free at the state level, dens have been excellent governors! Hate to think what the last couple of years would have been like with a republicans Lucian leading the state

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Anonymous wrote:Show me Republican states with good education. There aren’t many.

Show us a democratic city with good education.

There are none.

Why do only cities matter? Cities have their own unique problems. There are plenty of blue states with great public schools… NJ and MA being two of them. Aren’t we talking about a statewide election here?

Good teachers want to work where they feel supported and adequately paid. Constantly complaining about them is going to make them leave for greener pastures. Republicans seem determined to make that happen for some reason.

NJ and MA frequently have republican governors with democratic legislators.

You just made an argument for electing Youngkin.

Balance.

Not democratic domination.

Cities are examples of democratic domination. Virginia is moving in that direction. The schools will start to fail. Look at the drop of some schools and divksion between the MV, Lewis, Justice type schools and everyone else.

We need balance.

A moderate republican like Youngkin will achieve balance.

Youngkin isn’t a moderate, but you sure are gullible.

Oh, and McAulife is? Ha. Tell that to the progressive left wing Marxists who are so desperately trying to salvage his campaign, and to whom he would be beholden.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Show me Republican states with good education. There aren’t many.

My second grader is struggling with reading and writing because he missed a full year of school. And don't you dare pretend that online school for 6 year-olds was school. So maybe climb off your "good education" soap box.

I also have a 2nd grader and yes I was furious about the way the FCPS school board handled 2020-2021. It still doesn't mean that a republican governor is going to do anything to help local schools, except to further defund them with "school choice".

Exactly. Republicans won't offer up viable solutions to help our schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Show me Republican states with good education. There aren’t many.

My second grader is struggling with reading and writing because he missed a full year of school. And don't you dare pretend that online school for 6 year-olds was school. So maybe climb off your "good education" soap box.

I also have a 2nd grader and yes I was furious about the way the FCPS school board handled 2020-2021. It still doesn't mean that a republican governor is going to do anything to help local schools, except to further defund them with "school choice".

Exactly. Republicans won't offer up viable solutions to help our schools.

Then they'll lose the next election. Both parties need to realize they can't take the suburbs for granted.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Show me Republican states with good education. There aren’t many.

My second grader is struggling with reading and writing because he missed a full year of school. And don't you dare pretend that online school for 6 year-olds was school. So maybe climb off your "good education" soap box.

I also have a 2nd grader and yes I was furious about the way the FCPS school board handled 2020-2021. It still doesn't mean that a republican governor is going to do anything to help local schools, except to further defund them with "school choice".

Exactly. Republicans won't offer up viable solutions to help our schools.

Then they'll lose the next election. Both parties need to realize they can't take the suburbs for granted.

No need to run a live experiment. We already know what they want and it’s not going to help.