What do I need to know about the Fairfax County School Board?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Still, say what you want. Elizabeth Schultz calls out the social engineering crap the Board engages in and refocuses them back on policy making and guidance. Sometimes the Board doesn’t follow their own procedures but it’s not because someone doesn’t try to keep them honest. She does.

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Most of the day-to-day management of FCPS is handled by the Superintendent and those who work for him. They do a very good job. There is no better school superintendent in the DC region than Scott Brabrand.

The School Board oversees FCPS and deals with broader policy issues. Most of those are non-controversial, but Schultz has tried to derail just about every initiative that she thinks her Tea Party masters would find objectionable. She isn't successful, and all she's does is make sure that many Board meetings last until well after midnight due to her grandstanding. The only people who benefit are the police and custodians who get paid overtime for hanging around later. It certainly doesn't benefit the Springfield District to have a Board member so out of step with both her colleagues and the vast majority of the county's residents.

Schultz is the only school board member with a willingness to stand up against the other wasteful school board members.

We need a balanced school board. Not this heavily one sided partisan school board consisting of no moderates, 2 conservatives and almost entirely very liberal members who are either like Strauss (liberal policies for everyone else but not in my back yard) or McElven who thinks that fcps is one huge social experiment where academics, class sizes and teacher pay are at the bottom of the priority list.

What are you talking about?

Strauss has a lot of low-income schools in Herndon in her district. She consistently votes to allocate more money to those schools and other low-income schools. As for her backyard, she's kept a Title I elementary school zoned to the high school for her own neighborhood, although that school is closer to two other high schools.

McElveen has consistently supported more academic options, lower class sizes, and higher teacher pay. If you think people will buy the notion that, if you support rights for minorities or LBGTQ kids, you somehow must not care about academics, class sizes, or teacher pay, you are underestimating county residents.

Schultz is more than willing to debate other School Board members about any issue that she thinks will resonate with conservative Republicans. It's not clear that she's accomplished anything for the Springfield District, or that families in her district benefit from having a representative who is neither liked nor trusted by other SB members. She got through one cycle with no one challenging her for re-election, but it looks like the Democrats will pull out the stops to defeat her next fall.

McElveen and Strauss have not supported lower class sizes. They have voted for many class size increases.

[Anonymous]

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Strauss has a lot of low-income schools in Herndon in her district. She consistently votes to allocate more money to those schools and other low-income schools. As for her backyard, she's kept a Title I elementary school zoned to the high school for her own neighborhood, although that school is closer to two other high schools.

She sure did not want her affluent neighborhoods (very close to South Lakes) sent to South Lakes during the boundary change. A couple of them were the logical choice.

So, again, your problem is that she hasn't been progressive enough? Because her Republican opponents would have kept Langley out of the South Lakes redistricting, found a way to redistrict the Title I school zoned for McLean to another high school, and pushed to redistribute FCPS resources away from Strauss's other Title I schools in Herndon.

Not to mention that, had some of the Langley neighborhoods been moved to South Lakes in 2008, South Lakes or other crowded schools in western Fairfax would be even more crowded now, and Langley, which was the third smallest high school in the county last year, would be even more below capacity.

Langley needs to take Tysons and the BOS needs to encourage more apartments in the Langley district. FCPS needs to build another high school out west.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Still, say what you want. Elizabeth Schultz calls out the social engineering crap the Board engages in and refocuses them back on policy making and guidance. Sometimes the Board doesn’t follow their own procedures but it’s not because someone doesn’t try to keep them honest. She does.

x100!!!!

Most of the day-to-day management of FCPS is handled by the Superintendent and those who work for him. They do a very good job. There is no better school superintendent in the DC region than Scott Brabrand.

The School Board oversees FCPS and deals with broader policy issues. Most of those are non-controversial, but Schultz has tried to derail just about every initiative that she thinks her Tea Party masters would find objectionable. She isn't successful, and all she's does is make sure that many Board meetings last until well after midnight due to her grandstanding. The only people who benefit are the police and custodians who get paid overtime for hanging around later. It certainly doesn't benefit the Springfield District to have a Board member so out of step with both her colleagues and the vast majority of the county's residents.

Schultz is the only school board member with a willingness to stand up against the other wasteful school board members.

We need a balanced school board. Not this heavily one sided partisan school board consisting of no moderates, 2 conservatives and almost entirely very liberal members who are either like Strauss (liberal policies for everyone else but not in my back yard) or McElven who thinks that fcps is one huge social experiment where academics, class sizes and teacher pay are at the bottom of the priority list.

What are you talking about?

Strauss has a lot of low-income schools in Herndon in her district. She consistently votes to allocate more money to those schools and other low-income schools. As for her backyard, she's kept a Title I elementary school zoned to the high school for her own neighborhood, although that school is closer to two other high schools.

McElveen has consistently supported more academic options, lower class sizes, and higher teacher pay. If you think people will buy the notion that, if you support rights for minorities or LBGTQ kids, you somehow must not care about academics, class sizes, or teacher pay, you are underestimating county residents.

Schultz is more than willing to debate other School Board members about any issue that she thinks will resonate with conservative Republicans. It's not clear that she's accomplished anything for the Springfield District, or that families in her district benefit from having a representative who is neither liked nor trusted by other SB members. She got through one cycle with no one challenging her for re-election, but it looks like the Democrats will pull out the stops to defeat her next fall.

McElveen and Strauss have not supported lower class sizes. They have voted for many class size increases.

Yes, in the context of approving budgets that need to get approved for the schools to operate.

Both favor lower class sizes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Still, say what you want. Elizabeth Schultz calls out the social engineering crap the Board engages in and refocuses them back on policy making and guidance. Sometimes the Board doesn’t follow their own procedures but it’s not because someone doesn’t try to keep them honest. She does.

x100!!!!

Most of the day-to-day management of FCPS is handled by the Superintendent and those who work for him. They do a very good job. There is no better school superintendent in the DC region than Scott Brabrand.

The School Board oversees FCPS and deals with broader policy issues. Most of those are non-controversial, but Schultz has tried to derail just about every initiative that she thinks her Tea Party masters would find objectionable. She isn't successful, and all she's does is make sure that many Board meetings last until well after midnight due to her grandstanding. The only people who benefit are the police and custodians who get paid overtime for hanging around later. It certainly doesn't benefit the Springfield District to have a Board member so out of step with both her colleagues and the vast majority of the county's residents.

Schultz is the only school board member with a willingness to stand up against the other wasteful school board members.

We need a balanced school board. Not this heavily one sided partisan school board consisting of no moderates, 2 conservatives and almost entirely very liberal members who are either like Strauss (liberal policies for everyone else but not in my back yard) or McElven who thinks that fcps is one huge social experiment where academics, class sizes and teacher pay are at the bottom of the priority list.

What are you talking about?

Strauss has a lot of low-income schools in Herndon in her district. She consistently votes to allocate more money to those schools and other low-income schools. As for her backyard, she's kept a Title I elementary school zoned to the high school for her own neighborhood, although that school is closer to two other high schools.

McElveen has consistently supported more academic options, lower class sizes, and higher teacher pay. If you think people will buy the notion that, if you support rights for minorities or LBGTQ kids, you somehow must not care about academics, class sizes, or teacher pay, you are underestimating county residents.

Schultz is more than willing to debate other School Board members about any issue that she thinks will resonate with conservative Republicans. It's not clear that she's accomplished anything for the Springfield District, or that families in her district benefit from having a representative who is neither liked nor trusted by other SB members. She got through one cycle with no one challenging her for re-election, but it looks like the Democrats will pull out the stops to defeat her next fall.

McElveen and Strauss have not supported lower class sizes. They have voted for many class size increases.

Yes, in the context of approving budgets that need to get approved for the schools to operate.

Both favor lower class sizes.

Sorry, but when you've voted for class size increases over 3 times you don't get to say you support them.

[Anonymous]

They also appear too stupid to realize that classroom teachers will keep asking for more money if you increase their class sizes. And less teachers will go into teaching knowing they might get high class sizes or their position will get cut. They could have cut many programs and auxiliary positions, but chose not to.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Still, say what you want. Elizabeth Schultz calls out the social engineering crap the Board engages in and refocuses them back on policy making and guidance. Sometimes the Board doesn’t follow their own procedures but it’s not because someone doesn’t try to keep them honest. She does.

x100!!!!

Most of the day-to-day management of FCPS is handled by the Superintendent and those who work for him. They do a very good job. There is no better school superintendent in the DC region than Scott Brabrand.

The School Board oversees FCPS and deals with broader policy issues. Most of those are non-controversial, but Schultz has tried to derail just about every initiative that she thinks her Tea Party masters would find objectionable. She isn't successful, and all she's does is make sure that many Board meetings last until well after midnight due to her grandstanding. The only people who benefit are the police and custodians who get paid overtime for hanging around later. It certainly doesn't benefit the Springfield District to have a Board member so out of step with both her colleagues and the vast majority of the county's residents.

Schultz is the only school board member with a willingness to stand up against the other wasteful school board members.

We need a balanced school board. Not this heavily one sided partisan school board consisting of no moderates, 2 conservatives and almost entirely very liberal members who are either like Strauss (liberal policies for everyone else but not in my back yard) or McElven who thinks that fcps is one huge social experiment where academics, class sizes and teacher pay are at the bottom of the priority list.

What are you talking about?

Strauss has a lot of low-income schools in Herndon in her district. She consistently votes to allocate more money to those schools and other low-income schools. As for her backyard, she's kept a Title I elementary school zoned to the high school for her own neighborhood, although that school is closer to two other high schools.

McElveen has consistently supported more academic options, lower class sizes, and higher teacher pay. If you think people will buy the notion that, if you support rights for minorities or LBGTQ kids, you somehow must not care about academics, class sizes, or teacher pay, you are underestimating county residents.

Schultz is more than willing to debate other School Board members about any issue that she thinks will resonate with conservative Republicans. It's not clear that she's accomplished anything for the Springfield District, or that families in her district benefit from having a representative who is neither liked nor trusted by other SB members. She got through one cycle with no one challenging her for re-election, but it looks like the Democrats will pull out the stops to defeat her next fall.

McElveen and Strauss have not supported lower class sizes. They have voted for many class size increases.

Yes, in the context of approving budgets that need to get approved for the schools to operate.

Both favor lower class sizes.

Sorry, but when you've voted for class size increases over 3 times you don't get to say you support them.

Also, the administration has suggested class size increases over the years to solve their budget issues and so far Dr. Brabrand has done nothing to lower them back down. I also fault them for the current large class sizes. During Garza's tenure though, this was how she supported all of her additional programs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They also appear too stupid to realize that classroom teachers will keep asking for more money if you increase their class sizes. And less teachers will go into teaching knowing they might get high class sizes or their position will get cut. They could have cut many programs and auxiliary positions, but chose not to.

Let me guess. You want the programs that your own kids don't benefit from cut.

The breadth of programs - foreign languages, AAP, AP and IB, TJ, Academy programs - differentiates FCPS from other jurisdictions that have a one-size-fits-all approach and don't attract nearly as many families who care about education.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They also appear too stupid to realize that classroom teachers will keep asking for more money if you increase their class sizes. And less teachers will go into teaching knowing they might get high class sizes or their position will get cut. They could have cut many programs and auxiliary positions, but chose not to.

Let me guess. You want the programs that your own kids don't benefit from cut.

The breadth of programs - foreign languages, AAP, AP and IB, TJ, Academy programs - differentiates FCPS from other jurisdictions that have a one-size-fits-all approach and don't attract nearly as many families who care about education.

That must be why FCPS is only seeing an increase in Title 1 kids and why Fairfax is seeing more families leave than enter the county.

[Anonymous]

http://sfullerinstitute.gmu.edu/2018/03/23/population-2017/

Net domestic migration was negative for nine of the 24 jurisdictions in the Washington region. The largest absolute loss occurred in Fairfax County, which had 15,350 more residents move to other parts of the region or the U.S. than move in. The largest absolute gained was in Loudoun County, which added 5,390 residents as a result of net domestic migration. After normalizing for population size, the largest losses were in Manassas City, VA, Fairfax City, VA and Fairfax County, VA. The largest relative gains were in Falls Church City, VA, Manassas Park City, VA, and Loudoun County, VA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://sfullerinstitute.gmu.edu/2018/03/23/population-2017/

Net domestic migration was negative for nine of the 24 jurisdictions in the Washington region. The largest absolute loss occurred in Fairfax County, which had 15,350 more residents move to other parts of the region or the U.S. than move in. The largest absolute gained was in Loudoun County, which added 5,390 residents as a result of net domestic migration. After normalizing for population size, the largest losses were in Manassas City, VA, Fairfax City, VA and Fairfax County, VA. The largest relative gains were in Falls Church City, VA, Manassas Park City, VA, and Loudoun County, VA.

The county still had a net population gain due to live births and international arrivals.

Loudoun can have the white nativists, who are not nearly as special as you clearly think they are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They also appear too stupid to realize that classroom teachers will keep asking for more money if you increase their class sizes. And less teachers will go into teaching knowing they might get high class sizes or their position will get cut. They could have cut many programs and auxiliary positions, but chose not to.

Let me guess. You want the programs that your own kids don't benefit from cut.

The breadth of programs - foreign languages, AAP, AP and IB, TJ, Academy programs - differentiates FCPS from other jurisdictions that have a one-size-fits-all approach and don't attract nearly as many families who care about education.

That must be why FCPS is only seeing an increase in Title 1 kids and why Fairfax is seeing more families leave than enter the county.

You don't understand statistics at all, apparently.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They also appear too stupid to realize that classroom teachers will keep asking for more money if you increase their class sizes. And less teachers will go into teaching knowing they might get high class sizes or their position will get cut. They could have cut many programs and auxiliary positions, but chose not to.

Let me guess. You want the programs that your own kids don't benefit from cut.

The breadth of programs - foreign languages, AAP, AP and IB, TJ, Academy programs - differentiates FCPS from other jurisdictions that have a one-size-fits-all approach and don't attract nearly as many families who care about education.

That must be why FCPS is only seeing an increase in Title 1 kids and why Fairfax is seeing more families leave than enter the county.

You don't understand statistics at all, apparently.

Both of my statements were true. Yes, Fairfax is seeing a rise of lower income births. Those families are not necessary the ones "who care about education" as you so claimed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They also appear too stupid to realize that classroom teachers will keep asking for more money if you increase their class sizes. And less teachers will go into teaching knowing they might get high class sizes or their position will get cut. They could have cut many programs and auxiliary positions, but chose not to.

Let me guess. You want the programs that your own kids don't benefit from cut.

The breadth of programs - foreign languages, AAP, AP and IB, TJ, Academy programs - differentiates FCPS from other jurisdictions that have a one-size-fits-all approach and don't attract nearly as many families who care about education.

That must be why FCPS is only seeing an increase in Title 1 kids and why Fairfax is seeing more families leave than enter the county.

You don't understand statistics at all, apparently.

Both of my statements were true. Yes, Fairfax is seeing a rise of lower income births. Those families are not necessary the ones "who care about education" as you so claimed.

Neither of your statements is true.

First, there is no such thing as "Title I kids." There are Title I schools, based on the percentage of students who qualify for FARMS, and the FARMS percentage in FCPS has been relatively stable in recent years, and lower than in either Arlington or Prince William Counties.

Second, there are more families entering the county than leaving the county. You simply refuse to acknowledge that families also include people who may have been born outside the country.

But, please, keep touting your racist nonsense. It will make it that much easier to convince others that Schultz and Wilson need to go.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They also appear too stupid to realize that classroom teachers will keep asking for more money if you increase their class sizes. And less teachers will go into teaching knowing they might get high class sizes or their position will get cut. They could have cut many programs and auxiliary positions, but chose not to.

Let me guess. You want the programs that your own kids don't benefit from cut.

The breadth of programs - foreign languages, AAP, AP and IB, TJ, Academy programs - differentiates FCPS from other jurisdictions that have a one-size-fits-all approach and don't attract nearly as many families who care about education.

That must be why FCPS is only seeing an increase in Title 1 kids and why Fairfax is seeing more families leave than enter the county.

You don't understand statistics at all, apparently.

Both of my statements were true. Yes, Fairfax is seeing a rise of lower income births. Those families are not necessary the ones "who care about education" as you so claimed.

Neither of your statements is true.

First, there is no such thing as "Title I kids." There are Title I schools, based on the percentage of students who qualify for FARMS, and the FARMS percentage in FCPS has been relatively stable in recent years, and lower than in either Arlington or Prince William Counties.

Second, there are more families entering the county than leaving the county. You simply refuse to acknowledge that families also include people who may have been born outside the country.

But, please, keep touting your racist nonsense. It will make it that much easier to convince others that Schultz and Wilson need to go.

So sorry. Kids who qualify for Free and Reduced lunch or FARM kids. So much less racist than Title 1.

You are still wrong on the immigration. There are less families moving into Fairfax than moving out. I was correct. There are more BIRTHS in Fairfax that overtake the migration loss.

[Anonymous]

You are still wrong on the immigration. There are less families moving into Fairfax than moving out. I was correct. There are more BIRTHS in Fairfax that overtake the migration loss.

And, yet ESOL numbers are going up.......