APS School Board race

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yup. Many parents worked with their kids who were distance learning while they themselves held jobs. Many other parents homeschooled their kids altogether. Both required time. Miranda went to private school instead, an option that means she herself didn't have to spend time working with her kids. It's also not an option that most had. This has nothing to do with teachers being babysitters, although ironically many in her APE group did complain very loudly about their lost childcare, read the teachers/school during that time.

But the post was lost on you. It's a legit question to ask how much time a big law firm partner is going to devote to the school board.

This is up there with being one of the most bone headed stupidest posts I have ever seen on this site. And that’s saying something!

Why is is stupid to ask about how much time she has to commit to the Board? It's a really big job.

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Anonymous wrote:Yup. Many parents worked with their kids who were distance learning while they themselves held jobs. Many other parents homeschooled their kids altogether. Both required time. Miranda went to private school instead, an option that means she herself didn't have to spend time working with her kids. It's also not an option that most had. This has nothing to do with teachers being babysitters, although ironically many in her APE group did complain very loudly about their lost childcare, read the teachers/school during that time.

But the post was lost on you. It's a legit question to ask how much time a big law firm partner is going to devote to the school board.

Only 1 of 3 went private. Who said she didn’t have time? She ran a pod for her other APS kids who were at APS the entire time. Your attempts at personal character attacks are getting old, especially since they’re factually incorrect.

don't see how it's a personal character attack. it's not false that she sent one of her kids to private. that's a fact.

and you keep avoiding the question of how much time she will have for the board.

What is her job exactly? It’s full-time?

She’s a partner at a big law firm in DC

Seems like she will be really busy helping insurance companies to avoid paying out for “historical pollution” (Superfund), global warning, covid, etc.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/experienced-first-chair-insurance-litigator-miranda-h-turner-joins-crowell--moring-301338294.html

You have NO CLUE what her work in this field entails or you would not post something so incredibly ignorant. Signed, Someone Who Knows

Did she not represent an insurance company over coverage for a Superfund site? Was she trying to help them…pay more?

[Anonymous]

There are some real Miranda obsessed people in Arlington. Y'all are a little nutty. We have two moms with full time jobs and young kids running for school board with really similar platforms. And then Angelo. Miranda is going to get it. You can spend the next 4 years complaining to her at open office hours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are some real Miranda obsessed people in Arlington. Y'all are a little nutty. We have two moms with full time jobs and young kids running for school board with really similar platforms. And then Angelo. Miranda is going to get it. You can spend the next 4 years complaining to her at open office hours.

How time consuming is a LOC librarian job?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are some real Miranda obsessed people in Arlington. Y'all are a little nutty. We have two moms with full time jobs and young kids running for school board with really similar platforms. And then Angelo. Miranda is going to get it. You can spend the next 4 years complaining to her at open office hours.

How time consuming is a LOC librarian job?

Apparently too time consuming to be involved in anything APS outside her own school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are some real Miranda obsessed people in Arlington. Y'all are a little nutty. We have two moms with full time jobs and young kids running for school board with really similar platforms. And then Angelo. Miranda is going to get it. You can spend the next 4 years complaining to her at open office hours.

How time consuming is a LOC librarian job?

Are you dismissing her work as a LOC librarian? If it's a FT job, it's FT job. Maybe not as stressful as others, but I can't pull off a FT job and serve on the school board. My guess is a lawyer with billable hours may have more flexibility as long as her firm willing to let her take the cut.

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Anonymous wrote:Yup. Many parents worked with their kids who were distance learning while they themselves held jobs. Many other parents homeschooled their kids altogether. Both required time. Miranda went to private school instead, an option that means she herself didn't have to spend time working with her kids. It's also not an option that most had. This has nothing to do with teachers being babysitters, although ironically many in her APE group did complain very loudly about their lost childcare, read the teachers/school during that time.

But the post was lost on you. It's a legit question to ask how much time a big law firm partner is going to devote to the school board.

Only 1 of 3 went private. Who said she didn’t have time? She ran a pod for her other APS kids who were at APS the entire time. Your attempts at personal character attacks are getting old, especially since they’re factually incorrect.

don't see how it's a personal character attack. it's not false that she sent one of her kids to private. that's a fact.

and you keep avoiding the question of how much time she will have for the board.

What is her job exactly? It’s full-time?

She’s a partner at a big law firm in DC

Seems like she will be really busy helping insurance companies to avoid paying out for “historical pollution” (Superfund), global warning, covid, etc.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/experienced-first-chair-insurance-litigator-miranda-h-turner-joins-crowell--moring-301338294.html

You have NO CLUE what her work in this field entails or you would not post something so incredibly ignorant. Signed, Someone Who Knows

Did she not represent an insurance company over coverage for a Superfund site? Was she trying to help them…pay more?

Come back here after you've researched the various pollution exclusions that have been part of liability policies since the early 1970s, statutory pollution exclusions and each of the 50 state's interpretation of same. After that I'll give you a few more basic insurance coverage research assignments. Maybe each of the 50 states' interpretation of some other key terms that have been in liability policies over the decades and burden of proof on missing policies. Then you might start to realize that insurance coverage for a superfund site is actually a lot more nuanced than you realized.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yup. Many parents worked with their kids who were distance learning while they themselves held jobs. Many other parents homeschooled their kids altogether. Both required time. Miranda went to private school instead, an option that means she herself didn't have to spend time working with her kids. It's also not an option that most had. This has nothing to do with teachers being babysitters, although ironically many in her APE group did complain very loudly about their lost childcare, read the teachers/school during that time.

But the post was lost on you. It's a legit question to ask how much time a big law firm partner is going to devote to the school board.

This is up there with being one of the most bone headed stupidest posts I have ever seen on this site. And that’s saying something!

Why is is stupid to ask about how much time she has to commit to the Board? It's a really big job.

Yeah. I'm sure she is naively unaware of the time commitment, and woefully unprepared for the role. You have sussed out her deficiency. You should probably tip off ArlNow immediately so they can do an article on your groundbreaking revelation.

[Anonymous]

Not to interrupt the snipefest, but I'm over here snickering at some of Angelo's responses to questions on AEM. I think this is a sign that I am officially a cranky old witch, because the amount of cheese in some of these answers makes me worry about my cholesterol level. "A function of my exceptional youth..." snort.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are some real Miranda obsessed people in Arlington. Y'all are a little nutty. We have two moms with full time jobs and young kids running for school board with really similar platforms. And then Angelo. Miranda is going to get it. You can spend the next 4 years complaining to her at open office hours.

How time consuming is a LOC librarian job?

Are you dismissing her work as a LOC librarian? If it's a FT job, it's FT job. Maybe not as stressful as others, but I can't pull off a FT job and serve on the school board. My guess is a lawyer with billable hours may have more flexibility as long as her firm willing to let her take the cut.

It’s a question, not a statement.

FT jobs vary. Is this one time consuming?

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Anonymous wrote:Yup. Many parents worked with their kids who were distance learning while they themselves held jobs. Many other parents homeschooled their kids altogether. Both required time. Miranda went to private school instead, an option that means she herself didn't have to spend time working with her kids. It's also not an option that most had. This has nothing to do with teachers being babysitters, although ironically many in her APE group did complain very loudly about their lost childcare, read the teachers/school during that time.

But the post was lost on you. It's a legit question to ask how much time a big law firm partner is going to devote to the school board.

Only 1 of 3 went private. Who said she didn’t have time? She ran a pod for her other APS kids who were at APS the entire time. Your attempts at personal character attacks are getting old, especially since they’re factually incorrect.

don't see how it's a personal character attack. it's not false that she sent one of her kids to private. that's a fact.

and you keep avoiding the question of how much time she will have for the board.

What is her job exactly? It’s full-time?

She’s a partner at a big law firm in DC

Seems like she will be really busy helping insurance companies to avoid paying out for “historical pollution” (Superfund), global warning, covid, etc.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/experienced-first-chair-insurance-litigator-miranda-h-turner-joins-crowell--moring-301338294.html

You have NO CLUE what her work in this field entails or you would not post something so incredibly ignorant. Signed, Someone Who Knows

Did she not represent an insurance company over coverage for a Superfund site? Was she trying to help them…pay more?

Come back here after you've researched the various pollution exclusions that have been part of liability policies since the early 1970s, statutory pollution exclusions and each of the 50 state's interpretation of same. After that I'll give you a few more basic insurance coverage research assignments. Maybe each of the 50 states' interpretation of some other key terms that have been in liability policies over the decades and burden of proof on missing policies. Then you might start to realize that insurance coverage for a superfund site is actually a lot more nuanced than you realized.

And what is her ultimate objective working through those various nuances? Not paying out.

[Anonymous]

For anyone not on AEM:

Q: Have you ever set foot in any of our schools? If so, which ones, when and in what capacity?
As an APS teacher and APS parent that is very important to me.

Angelo answer: I can appreciate that! It’s definitely important to have School Board members who know what it’s like to be a student in school today.
So what you want to know is the extent of my engagement with APS to date. While I couldn’t actually list them all for you, I’ve been in our schools for a range of community events in the past. Like many of our present board members, I do not come to the race as an APS alum. I have been a member of the School Health Advisory Board, a working group member in the County’s Food Security Coalition, and have been involved in youth programs and organizing around the region through the years. I may not possess decades of experience in our school system specifically, but I do believe that’s largely a function of my exceptional youth and therefore an effect of that unique proposition of my candidacy. Feel free to give me a ring xxx or email xxx, I’d love to grab coffee and talk issues anytime!

[Anonymous]

Which, agreeing with PP, is kind of an LOL answer.

Someone tell me how "I’ve been in our schools for a range of community events in the past" is a qualification to be on the board?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Which, agreeing with PP, is kind of an LOL answer.

Someone tell me how "I’ve been in our schools for a range of community events in the past" is a qualification to be on the board?

I went to vote in an APS building one time, so I'm definitely qualified!

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Anonymous wrote:APS doesn't pay school board members to be full time employees, so all of them have jobs, families, and lives. This is the stupidest, most misogynistic thing I've seen on DCUM in a long time, and that's saying something.

How will a skilled professional balance her work and other obligations? The same freaking way she does every day.

Why is it misognynistic? Who else on the board has a job as time consuming as a law firm partner? It's a legit question how much time she will commit to it, especially when she has not committed to any other big time consuming leadership roles in APS, like PTA prez or committee chair.

I am not a Miranda fan, but I'll probably support her. Even if only for the schadenfreude of watching her APE comrades turn on her when they realize the SB really isn't that powerful and Miranda really can't do much to effect change. She will just be a thorn in the side of her colleagues that she alienated during her time with APE. She and her APE crew were extremely critical of the SB during COVID, including the various restrictions placed on SB members open hours during COVID. I think people should hold Miranda to account by attending every single office hour with her, every single meeting, noting when she votes/abstains, etc. Be as critical of her as APE was of the others, but, of course, with much more civility.

+1. I don’t want to vote for Miranda, but she’s the only choice sadly. The other 2 have done less.

What about being president of a school PTA? That is no small job in APS.

According to this thread and whispers elsewhere, Erin was a divisive president. I mean Miranda is divisive too, but I just feel like their platforms are too similar. Might as well vote for Miranda then. At least I know what I’m getting.

Are you sure the rumors about Erin were not planted by her opponent's supporters?

Conspiracy theories everywhere. As we are learning in every contemporary campaign truth is negligible. I don't believe Mirandas or Erin supporters or detractors. The only exposure I have to Erin is watching her at a recent SB meeting. All of Key's parents were begging to have their principal reinstated, and she talked about... learning loss? Good god, she was already running for the board then. And I was already immediately put off by her. Whether Miranda or Erin wins, it's the same candidate with no real gravitas.

Not that I want Angelo either. I'm just hoping an actual qualified Independent runs. Otherwise our kids are so, so screwed.