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Anonymous wrote:Okay, Davis isn’t a reasonable person. Just saw her nutso public comments at the board meeting.

Anyone who uses the offensive term "special needs" is not getting my vote.

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Anonymous wrote:Tony Sabio was at BTSN and arguing with a parent about crazy 2nd amendment crap. I'm not voting for that insanity...

Isn’t he the guy running against Frisch?

There’s no bigger moron on the School Board, and no bigger stooge among the current candidates, than Karl Frisch.

He spent four years ignoring constituents, wasting money, and trying unsuccessfully to get elected to state office before now deciding to run for re-election and start blitzing people with e-mail updates.

If someone decided to bait Sabio into an argument about 2A, so what? No one could possibly be worse for Providence than Frisch.

I've had several conversations with Karl Frisch and he is caring and knowledgeable about literacy standards and other academics. Based on his handout and his website, this other guy just doesn't know what he's talking about. I'd prefer we not elect another Elizabeth Schultz

You've got to be kidding. No he is not knowledgeable, he didn't go to college, he has no kids, and the only jobs he's had are in policy advocacy. He knows how to advocate for his cause. That's about it.

Do you know him? Have you met him and had a conversation in person? What sort of research have you done on his background?

And what is your expertise on these matters?

Give examples of his accomplishments. He can be the nicest guy in the world, but his accomplishments seem to be against the advantages of the students.

1. Gave up new school for students in order to keep playground for dogs
2. Kept schools closed.
3. Advocates for one group over another.

He didn't do any of that.

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Anonymous wrote:Tony Sabio was at BTSN and arguing with a parent about crazy 2nd amendment crap. I'm not voting for that insanity...

Isn’t he the guy running against Frisch?

There’s no bigger moron on the School Board, and no bigger stooge among the current candidates, than Karl Frisch.

He spent four years ignoring constituents, wasting money, and trying unsuccessfully to get elected to state office before now deciding to run for re-election and start blitzing people with e-mail updates.

If someone decided to bait Sabio into an argument about 2A, so what? No one could possibly be worse for Providence than Frisch.

I've had several conversations with Karl Frisch and he is caring and knowledgeable about literacy standards and other academics. Based on his handout and his website, this other guy just doesn't know what he's talking about. I'd prefer we not elect another Elizabeth Schultz

You've got to be kidding. No he is not knowledgeable, he didn't go to college, he has no kids, and the only jobs he's had are in policy advocacy. He knows how to advocate for his cause. That's about it.

Do you know him? Have you met him and had a conversation in person? What sort of research have you done on his background?

And what is your expertise on these matters?

Give examples of his accomplishments. He can be the nicest guy in the world, but his accomplishments seem to be against the advantages of the students.

1. Gave up new school for students in order to keep playground for dogs
2. Kept schools closed.
3. Advocates for one group over another.

Must be listing Frisch’s accomplishments.

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Anonymous wrote:Okay, Davis isn’t a reasonable person. Just saw her nutso public comments at the board meeting.

Anyone who uses the offensive term "special needs" is not getting my vote.

What’s offensive about the term?

You people demand everyone use the language you decided yesterday was appropriate and stop using the language you decided yesterday was inappropriate. It’s your own form of bullying and exclusion, under the guise of inclusion, and it’s tiresome.

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Anonymous wrote:Okay, Davis isn’t a reasonable person. Just saw her nutso public comments at the board meeting.

Anyone who uses the offensive term "special needs" is not getting my vote.

What’s offensive about the term?

You people demand everyone use the language you decided yesterday was appropriate and stop using the language you decided yesterday was inappropriate. It’s your own form of bullying and exclusion, under the guise of inclusion, and it’s tiresome.

DP
That’s the first I’ve heard of it being offensive.

ES Teacher

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Anonymous wrote:Okay, Davis isn’t a reasonable person. Just saw her nutso public comments at the board meeting.

Here is the video of Saundra Davis at the school board last night. Please share what she said specifically for you to call her an unreasonable person. I listened to her comments more than once and I don’t see how anyone with children at FCPS would disagree, but I’m open to hear a different perspective:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcQ-zD06WMc

Just want to point out that the School Board’s self-serving decision a couple of years ago to cut speaker time from three to two minutes makes most speakers sound rushed, as they are just trying to get through their remarks in the limited time allotted.

In this instance, I think Davis would have sounded calmer if she’d had more time to deliver her remarks, but it’s almost like the SB wants citizen speakers to sound agitated so they can justify not paying any attention to them. In terms of the substance, many parents with recent experience with FCPS would agree with what Davis had to say.

I agree with Davis’ comments completely. Hard not to sound agitated when you are so passionate about the points she brings up, particularly because they are recurrent and the school board just disregards them.

BTW, how I wished the never ending congratulatory self-flattering speeches School Board members give at these meetings were limited to two minutes as well.

It was unhinged verbal diarrhea of right wing talking points.

Please tell me what she said was "unhinged?" Everything she listed was true.

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Anonymous wrote:Okay, Davis isn’t a reasonable person. Just saw her nutso public comments at the board meeting.

Anyone who uses the offensive term "special needs" is not getting my vote.

Yes, we have gone full circle and are now back to disabled. That will certainly make a child with special needs feel better about themselves.

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There is no bigger idiot in local public office than Karl Frisch.

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Anonymous wrote:Okay, Davis isn’t a reasonable person. Just saw her nutso public comments at the board meeting.

Anyone who uses the offensive term "special needs" is not getting my vote.

Yes, we have gone full circle and are now back to disabled. That will certainly make a child with special needs feel better about themselves.

Not every child with special needs is necessarily disabled.

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Anonymous wrote:Okay, Davis isn’t a reasonable person. Just saw her nutso public comments at the board meeting.

Anyone who uses the offensive term "special needs" is not getting my vote.

Yes, we have gone full circle and are now back to disabled. That will certainly make a child with special needs feel better about themselves.

Not every child with special needs is necessarily disabled.

Is “special needs” offensive?

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Anonymous wrote:Okay, Davis isn’t a reasonable person. Just saw her nutso public comments at the board meeting.

Here is the video of Saundra Davis at the school board last night. Please share what she said specifically for you to call her an unreasonable person. I listened to her comments more than once and I don’t see how anyone with children at FCPS would disagree, but I’m open to hear a different perspective:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcQ-zD06WMc

Saundra is very reasonable, moderwte and child/parent focused.

It would be so refreshing to have at least one centrist voice on the school board, especially since Megan is retiring.

I don't understand the left being so partisan that they only want one monolithic far left voice represented on the school board, with no moderates, no centriwt democrats and no conservwtives, especially in a county as diverse as Fairfax County.

Why are the far left school board so afraid of discussion, debate, dissent and diverse viewpoints?

Are their ideas so bad that they cannot survive even a basic discussion or debate?

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Anonymous wrote:Okay, Davis isn’t a reasonable person. Just saw her nutso public comments at the board meeting.

Here is the video of Saundra Davis at the school board last night. Please share what she said specifically for you to call her an unreasonable person. I listened to her comments more than once and I don’t see how anyone with children at FCPS would disagree, but I’m open to hear a different perspective:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcQ-zD06WMc

Just want to point out that the School Board’s self-serving decision a couple of years ago to cut speaker time from three to two minutes makes most speakers sound rushed, as they are just trying to get through their remarks in the limited time allotted.

In this instance, I think Davis would have sounded calmer if she’d had more time to deliver her remarks, but it’s almost like the SB wants citizen speakers to sound agitated so they can justify not paying any attention to them. In terms of the substance, many parents with recent experience with FCPS would agree with what Davis had to say.

I agree with Davis’ comments completely. Hard not to sound agitated when you are so passionate about the points she brings up, particularly because they are recurrent and the school board just disregards them.

BTW, how I wished the never ending congratulatory self-flattering speeches School Board members give at these meetings were limited to two minutes as well.

It was unhinged verbal diarrhea of right wing talking points.

Saundra is very moderate and a centrist.

Only an extreme partisan would view her positions as "right wing"

[Anonymous]

Hi Saundra, I think you are really missing an excellent chance to appeal to moderates by saying there is porn in schools and focusing on masks. Please drop those points, focus in efficiency, academics, staff satisfaction and reject left and right wing culture wars.

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Anonymous wrote:Okay, Davis isn’t a reasonable person. Just saw her nutso public comments at the board meeting.

Here is the video of Saundra Davis at the school board last night. Please share what she said specifically for you to call her an unreasonable person. I listened to her comments more than once and I don’t see how anyone with children at FCPS would disagree, but I’m open to hear a different perspective:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcQ-zD06WMc

Saundra is very reasonable, moderwte and child/parent focused.

It would be so refreshing to have at least one centrist voice on the school board, especially since Megan is retiring.

I don't understand the left being so partisan that they only want one monolithic far left voice represented on the school board, with no moderates, no centriwt democrats and no conservwtives, especially in a county as diverse as Fairfax County.

Why are the far left school board so afraid of discussion, debate, dissent and diverse viewpoints?

Are their ideas so bad that they cannot survive even a basic discussion or debate?

Often, yes.

What I’ve seen from this School Board is that their only heated debates have been over largely meaningless resolutions or policies where it became a matter of trying to outdo one another when it came to their commitment to equity.

However, when it came to most matters, they were a pathetic echo chamber where members never bothered to challenge each others’ worst initiatives.

Why would they want that to change? It must be fun to push your pet projects and screw over your own constituents with next to no accountability whatsoever from your colleagues.

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Anonymous wrote:Hi Saundra, I think you are really missing an excellent chance to appeal to moderates by saying there is porn in schools and focusing on masks. Please drop those points, focus in efficiency, academics, staff satisfaction and reject left and right wing culture wars.

Agreed. Right wing people complain about culture wars while doing the same.