If you voted for Youngkin, what was the number one reason?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Typically vote Dem. I think CRT is a red herring. But:

Closed schools

Confusion and lack of leadership in Richmond on testing and quarantines. Why is FCPS 14 days and surrounding counties 7 plus test? That’s a week of school.

TJ admissions standards

Teachers unionizing after getting first dibs on the vaxx, then trying not to go back

The use of a monitors in DD’s classroom while the vaxxed teacher taught from home last year

O Days! And especially cancelling APs on O Days.

VMPI

AAP

Focusing on renaming closed schools and electric school buses and re-doing TJ at a time when they could get kids back

Still focusing on BS and no answers on indoor lunch

So 99% local issues and one GOP talking point. Got it.

You clearly don't understand how state guidance and standards impact these decisions.

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They really don't. It's been posted over and over how the VDOE reports to the Governor - and the VDOE is in charge of curriculum, among many other things.

The VDOE has control over O days? TJ quarantine policies? Changes to AAP?

None of the other school districts have those issues?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Far left woke idealogy. We need to move back towards the center.

And you think Youngkin is the center? His stance on abortion is pretty extreme.

He's allowed to have his own personal views. What matters is upholding the law - which he has already pledged to do. Stop with the alarmist "sky is falling" nonsense.
DP

When did he say he’d veto any abortion restrictions that come his way?

Never. He’d be very happy to change that law.

Millions of moderates - including me - think there *should* be some reasonable restrictions around abortion. That doesn't mean it will be outlawed, as you seem to want people to believe.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Because I am a hypocritical idiot, terrified of progress.

Curious: what do you define as "progress"?

Whatever a progressive believes should happen is progress, by definition. And you are a hypocritical idiot if you dont agree. /s

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Far left woke idealogy. We need to move back towards the center.

And you think Youngkin is the center? His stance on abortion is pretty extreme.

He's allowed to have his own personal views. What matters is upholding the law - which he has already pledged to do. Stop with the alarmist "sky is falling" nonsense.
DP

When did he say he’d veto any abortion restrictions that come his way?

Never. He’d be very happy to change that law.

Millions of moderates - including me - think there *should* be some reasonable restrictions around abortion. That doesn't mean it will be outlawed, as you seem to want people to believe.

Sears said she’d to implement heartbeat ban.

Lt Gov casts deciding vote on split voters in state senate. That is exactly how the last anti-abortion passed.

It’s disingenuous to say abortion rights aren’t on the line here.

[Anonymous]

*said she’d vote

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Typically vote Dem. I think CRT is a red herring. But:

Closed schools

Confusion and lack of leadership in Richmond on testing and quarantines. Why is FCPS 14 days and surrounding counties 7 plus test? That’s a week of school.

TJ admissions standards

Teachers unionizing after getting first dibs on the vaxx, then trying not to go back

The use of a monitors in DD’s classroom while the vaxxed teacher taught from home last year

O Days! And especially cancelling APs on O Days.

VMPI

AAP

Focusing on renaming closed schools and electric school buses and re-doing TJ at a time when they could get kids back

Still focusing on BS and no answers on indoor lunch

So 99% local issues and one GOP talking point. Got it.

You clearly don't understand how state guidance and standards impact these decisions.

+1
They really don't. It's been posted over and over how the VDOE reports to the Governor - and the VDOE is in charge of curriculum, among many other things.

They don't understand how education leads to the governor in Virginia, because they are not from Virginia and probably do not have kids. They are from DC, MD or CA.

[Anonymous]

This is happening all over the US right now.

Pay attention.

https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2021-10-05/states-enact-record-number-of-abortion-restrictions-in-2021

“Since the landmark case in 1973 established a right to an abortion prior to fetal viability, states have implemented more than 1,300 abortion restrictions, 44% of which have occured in the last decade alone. This year, for the first time, states put in place more than 100 abortion restrictions in a single year.

A total of 19 states account for all 106 laws passed, including 12 abortion bans, the analysis says.

In December, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on a Mississippi ban on abortions 15 weeks into pregnancy, which advocates have said is in direction opposition to Roe v. Wade. With a conservative majority on the bench, the analysis says the case could be used to "weaken or outright overturn Roe."”

[Anonymous]

I'm a lifelong Democrat, and consider myself pretty "woke." But I just couldn't handle that dems went with such an average older white man again. Honestly, while a lot of folks in our party are pretty radical, being this average and still having the audacity to run for office is actually worse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Typically vote Dem. I think CRT is a red herring. But:

Closed schools

Confusion and lack of leadership in Richmond on testing and quarantines. Why is FCPS 14 days and surrounding counties 7 plus test? That’s a week of school.

TJ admissions standards

Teachers unionizing after getting first dibs on the vaxx, then trying not to go back

The use of a monitors in DD’s classroom while the vaxxed teacher taught from home last year

O Days! And especially cancelling APs on O Days.

VMPI

AAP

Focusing on renaming closed schools and electric school buses and re-doing TJ at a time when they could get kids back

Still focusing on BS and no answers on indoor lunch

So 99% local issues and one GOP talking point. Got it.

You clearly don't understand how state guidance and standards impact these decisions.

+1
They really don't. It's been posted over and over how the VDOE reports to the Governor - and the VDOE is in charge of curriculum, among many other things.

They don't understand how education leads to the governor in Virginia, because they are not from Virginia and probably do not have kids. They are from DC, MD or CA.

I’m from VA and have two kids in public schools. The PP’s list above is 99% grievance with FCPS, not anything VDOE did.

You want the GOP to implement MORE regulation? LOL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Far left woke idealogy. We need to move back towards the center.

And you think Youngkin is the center? His stance on abortion is pretty extreme.

He's allowed to have his own personal views. What matters is upholding the law - which he has already pledged to do. Stop with the alarmist "sky is falling" nonsense.
DP

When did he say he’d veto any abortion restrictions that come his way?

Never. He’d be very happy to change that law.

Millions of moderates - including me - think there *should* be some reasonable restrictions around abortion. That doesn't mean it will be outlawed, as you seem to want people to believe.

Please post a source to any article or to the place on Youngkin’s website that says he is in favor of “reasonable restrictions around abortion.” Because l I see is that he’s “pro-life,” which is another way to say you don’t respect the departing of church and state. I’d like to hear how he will handle this issue as governor.

[Anonymous]

Not condescending

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Typically vote Dem. I think CRT is a red herring. But:

Closed schools

Confusion and lack of leadership in Richmond on testing and quarantines. Why is FCPS 14 days and surrounding counties 7 plus test? That’s a week of school.

TJ admissions standards

Teachers unionizing after getting first dibs on the vaxx, then trying not to go back

The use of a monitors in DD’s classroom while the vaxxed teacher taught from home last year

O Days! And especially cancelling APs on O Days.

VMPI

AAP

Focusing on renaming closed schools and electric school buses and re-doing TJ at a time when they could get kids back

Still focusing on BS and no answers on indoor lunch

So 99% local issues and one GOP talking point. Got it.

You clearly don't understand how state guidance and standards impact these decisions.

+1
They really don't. It's been posted over and over how the VDOE reports to the Governor - and the VDOE is in charge of curriculum, among many other things.

They don't understand how education leads to the governor in Virginia, because they are not from Virginia and probably do not have kids. They are from DC, MD or CA.

That could definitely be the case. Or they actually are from Virginia but are incredibly stupid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Typically vote Dem. I think CRT is a red herring. But:

Closed schools

Confusion and lack of leadership in Richmond on testing and quarantines. Why is FCPS 14 days and surrounding counties 7 plus test? That’s a week of school.

TJ admissions standards

Teachers unionizing after getting first dibs on the vaxx, then trying not to go back

The use of a monitors in DD’s classroom while the vaxxed teacher taught from home last year

O Days! And especially cancelling APs on O Days.

VMPI

AAP

Focusing on renaming closed schools and electric school buses and re-doing TJ at a time when they could get kids back

Still focusing on BS and no answers on indoor lunch

So 99% local issues and one GOP talking point. Got it.

You clearly don't understand how state guidance and standards impact these decisions.

+1
They really don't. It's been posted over and over how the VDOE reports to the Governor - and the VDOE is in charge of curriculum, among many other things.

They don't understand how education leads to the governor in Virginia, because they are not from Virginia and probably do not have kids. They are from DC, MD or CA.

I’m from VA and have two kids in public schools. The PP’s list above is 99% grievance with FCPS, not anything VDOE did.

You want the GOP to implement MORE regulation? LOL.

McAuliffe was going to exert even more control over local schools. Part of the reason why fcps worked TJ over in the face of local opposition in a that they were getting their orders from Richmond via Atif Qarni.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Typically vote Dem. I think CRT is a red herring. But:

Closed schools

Confusion and lack of leadership in Richmond on testing and quarantines. Why is FCPS 14 days and surrounding counties 7 plus test? That’s a week of school.

TJ admissions standards

Teachers unionizing after getting first dibs on the vaxx, then trying not to go back

The use of a monitors in DD’s classroom while the vaxxed teacher taught from home last year

O Days! And especially cancelling APs on O Days.

VMPI

AAP

Focusing on renaming closed schools and electric school buses and re-doing TJ at a time when they could get kids back

Still focusing on BS and no answers on indoor lunch

So 99% local issues and one GOP talking point. Got it.

You clearly don't understand how state guidance and standards impact these decisions.

+1
They really don't. It's been posted over and over how the VDOE reports to the Governor - and the VDOE is in charge of curriculum, among many other things.

They don't understand how education leads to the governor in Virginia, because they are not from Virginia and probably do not have kids. They are from DC, MD or CA.

That could definitely be the case. Or they actually are from Virginia but are incredibly stupid.

And many of them voted for Biden a year ago. I guess Democrats need better control of the dummies they can only sway some of the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Typically vote Dem. I think CRT is a red herring. But:

Closed schools

Confusion and lack of leadership in Richmond on testing and quarantines. Why is FCPS 14 days and surrounding counties 7 plus test? That’s a week of school.

TJ admissions standards

Teachers unionizing after getting first dibs on the vaxx, then trying not to go back

The use of a monitors in DD’s classroom while the vaxxed teacher taught from home last year

O Days! And especially cancelling APs on O Days.

VMPI

AAP

Focusing on renaming closed schools and electric school buses and re-doing TJ at a time when they could get kids back

Still focusing on BS and no answers on indoor lunch

So 99% local issues and one GOP talking point. Got it.

You clearly don't understand how state guidance and standards impact these decisions.

+1
They really don't. It's been posted over and over how the VDOE reports to the Governor - and the VDOE is in charge of curriculum, among many other things.

They don't understand how education leads to the governor in Virginia, because they are not from Virginia and probably do not have kids. They are from DC, MD or CA.

I’m from VA and have two kids in public schools. The PP’s list above is 99% grievance with FCPS, not anything VDOE did.

You want the GOP to implement MORE regulation? LOL.

DP. As has been stated repeatedly, the VDOE *DIRECTLY OVERSEES ALL LOCAL SCHOOL DIVISIONS*. Luckily, the Board of Education consists of Governor-appointed members, so hopefully we'll be seeing a change soon.

Virginia’s Board of Education and Department of
Education supervise Virginia’s K–12 system

The Virginia Board of Education is tasked with promulgating the state’s K–12 policy
through regulations within the parameters of the Code of Virginia. The board consists
of nine appointed members, and the superintendent of public instruction serves as
the secretary of the board. Board members are appointed by the governor, subject to
confirmation by the General Assembly, and serve four-year terms. Board members do
not need specific qualifications (with the exception that at least two of the nine members “shall represent business and industry in the private sector”). VDOE provides
staff support to the board and implements regulations and policies on its behalf.

VDOE, through the Virginia Board of Education, has the broad statutory direction to
provide “general supervision of the public school system” and to conduct “proper and
uniform enforcement of the provisions of the school laws in cooperation with the
local school authorities.” In Virginia’s locally administered K–12 system, local school
boards have supervisory authority over the operations and management of schools in
their division (sidebar).

http://jlarc.virginia.gov/pdfs/reports/Rpt538.pdf