APS School Board race

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Meanwhile private schools in Arlington opened in august of 2020.

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Anonymous wrote:That is not correct. APS did not open till mandated to by the Governor. https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/northam-orders-all-virginia-schools-to-plan-for-in-person-learning-by-march-15/article_3110e7a4-67ce-11eb-9c20-a7413b721660.html

We were already planning to reopen. Duran announced that before the mandate.

No Northam updated guidance in January, that thread started early November. They then didn’t open till mid March. What took so long?!

Sorry February!

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When APS opened (which was way too late) they only did so for 2 days a week!

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Anonymous wrote:That is not correct. APS did not open till mandated to by the Governor. https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/northam-orders-all-virginia-schools-to-plan-for-in-person-learning-by-march-15/article_3110e7a4-67ce-11eb-9c20-a7413b721660.html

We were already planning to reopen. Duran announced that before the mandate.

No Northam updated guidance in January, that thread started early November. They then didn’t open till mid March. What took so long?!

Sorry February!

AFTER Duran already said they were working on reopening plan that they would announce in two weeks.

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Anonymous wrote:That is not correct. APS did not open till mandated to by the Governor. https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/northam-orders-all-virginia-schools-to-plan-for-in-person-learning-by-march-15/article_3110e7a4-67ce-11eb-9c20-a7413b721660.html

We were already planning to reopen. Duran announced that before the mandate.

No Northam updated guidance in January, that thread started early November. They then didn’t open till mid March. What took so long?!

Sorry February!

AFTER Duran already said they were working on reopening plan that they would announce in two weeks.

Lol. He said that like 5 times and never followed thru….until after governor’s order

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Anonymous wrote:That is not correct. APS did not open till mandated to by the Governor. https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/northam-orders-all-virginia-schools-to-plan-for-in-person-learning-by-march-15/article_3110e7a4-67ce-11eb-9c20-a7413b721660.html

We were already planning to reopen. Duran announced that before the mandate.

No Northam updated guidance in January, that thread started early November. They then didn’t open till mid March. What took so long?!

Sorry February!

AFTER Duran already said they were working on reopening plan that they would announce in two weeks.

Lol. He said that like 5 times and never followed thru….until after governor’s order

I was helping a school at the time and they were preparing to bring back kids imminently. Coming up with specific lunch plans, etc. The wheels were already rolling before the mandate.

[Anonymous]

^ and vaccines were a game changer. We didn’t have those in July 2020. Or October 2020 as the winter surge began.

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Anonymous wrote:I look forward to the debates where Miranda can go on the record to say how she feels about learning loss and who it affects, trans rights, "CRT", SROs, banning books and the like.

I don't want to vote for that kid Antonio, but he may be the one based on her answers instead of people here speaking for her.

She wouldn’t say anything openly.

Then multiple people need to ask and push back. Make both candidates be on the record with their agenda wide open. Can’t advocate for transparency if you’re not transparent yourself. 👍

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Anonymous wrote:That is not correct. APS did not open till mandated to by the Governor. https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/northam-orders-all-virginia-schools-to-plan-for-in-person-learning-by-march-15/article_3110e7a4-67ce-11eb-9c20-a7413b721660.html

We were already planning to reopen. Duran announced that before the mandate.

No Northam updated guidance in January, that thread started early November. They then didn’t open till mid March. What took so long?!

Sorry February!

AFTER Duran already said they were working on reopening plan that they would announce in two weeks.

Lol. He said that like 5 times and never followed thru….until after governor’s order

I was helping a school at the time and they were preparing to bring back kids imminently. Coming up with specific lunch plans, etc. The wheels were already rolling before the mandate.

I was told in the fall that Duran was preparing for a return several times. Was that not actually happening until spring of 2021? They didn’t talk about lunch plans till then?? In OCTOBER he said they were prepping? Did that not actually happen? https://www.arlnow.com/2020/10/19/aps-presents-return-to-school-plan-based-on-student-need/

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That is not correct. APS did not open till mandated to by the Governor. https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/northam-orders-all-virginia-schools-to-plan-for-in-person-learning-by-march-15/article_3110e7a4-67ce-11eb-9c20-a7413b721660.html

We were already planning to reopen. Duran announced that before the mandate.

No Northam updated guidance in January, that thread started early November. They then didn’t open till mid March. What took so long?!

Sorry February!

AFTER Duran already said they were working on reopening plan that they would announce in two weeks.

Lol. He said that like 5 times and never followed thru….until after governor’s order

I was helping a school at the time and they were preparing to bring back kids imminently. Coming up with specific lunch plans, etc. The wheels were already rolling before the mandate.

I was told in the fall that Duran was preparing for a return several times. Was that not actually happening until spring of 2021? They didn’t talk about lunch plans till then?? In OCTOBER he said they were prepping? Did that not actually happen? https://www.arlnow.com/2020/10/19/aps-presents-return-to-school-plan-based-on-student-need/

They had made plans for general aspects long before that - spacing of tables, general flow of people to get to cafeteria, etc. This was specifically who was where, when.

In Jan, they were they were adjusting class assignments based on virtual/hybrid, figuring out lunch schedules, making tentative plans for in-school activities in March. In Jan, teachers were also trying hard to get scheduled for vaccines; appts were hard to find. The wheels were in motion. Vaccines + post winter peak were game changers.

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Anonymous wrote:I look forward to the debates where Miranda can go on the record to say how she feels about learning loss and who it affects, trans rights, "CRT", SROs, banning books and the like.

I don't want to vote for that kid Antonio, but he may be the one based on her answers instead of people here speaking for her.

She wouldn’t say anything openly.

Then multiple people need to ask and push back. Make both candidates be on the record with their agenda wide open. Can’t advocate for transparency if you’re not transparent yourself. 👍

You can tell by her silence. Just like when everyone under the sun in Arlington came out publicly pro mask in winter 2021 during the worst of omicron but APE refused to take a position. It was pretty clear from that they were anti mask just like Youngkin.

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Anonymous wrote:I look forward to the debates where Miranda can go on the record to say how she feels about learning loss and who it affects, trans rights, "CRT", SROs, banning books and the like.

I don't want to vote for that kid Antonio, but he may be the one based on her answers instead of people here speaking for her.

She wouldn’t say anything openly.

Then multiple people need to ask and push back. Make both candidates be on the record with their agenda wide open. Can’t advocate for transparency if you’re not transparent yourself. 👍

You can tell by her silence. Just like when everyone under the sun in Arlington came out publicly pro mask in winter 2021 during the worst of omicron but APE refused to take a position. It was pretty clear from that they were anti mask just like Youngkin.

Has she said her position on trans kids use of bathrooms and sports teams? Vouchers for private schools?

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Anonymous wrote:NYT finds connections between the Open Schools parents and the parents' rights anti-LGBTQ set. This is why a lot of people are worried about the leader of the local Open Schools group being on the APS Board.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/07/upshot/school-curriculums-survey-lgbtq.html?fbclid=IwAR28go5nsGsmnYRmXr5OaTHgHdOIvoQK55vK-DaZmKIUhM9XWYiOFNCXuGw

You are really stretching. There is literally not even a hint of this in her personal statements or campaign materials, etc.

--someone who has actually engaged with her directly and personally and could not be less worried about this as a possibility

Of course she is too smart to put this kind of stuff in her campaign materials or to say it out loud. But she didn't run away from it either, and she embraced those in the group that she led. I was in APE for a little while. People have choices about who to associate with and their choices are telling. I left when I realized who else was in APE with me and that those views were welcomed. It made me very uncomfortable. Miranda, on the other hand, led the group.

So you're saying you want a group-think board that only listens to one type of person and sticks to the party line. Got it.

I don't want someone who listens to the hateful anti LGBTQ crowd. All viewpoints are not equal.

You definitely are the majority in Arlington. But then you can’t wonder why things are so poorly done in APS. I mean no one ever had any differing viewpoint and everyone says they are do everything perfectly. So I don’t understand why people like you even bother to get upset at anything in the schools? It doesn’t make sense - you got what you asked for and voted for 🤷‍♀️

Maybe you will rethink your position on group think after missing middle passes and a nice little condo building goes up a few houses down from you. I know there are older residents salivating at the prospect of this passing. Up until it passes they will say it’s a terrible thing, ruining the neighborhood, and so on. Week after it passes they will be looking for an agent to market their property to developers ….

So you are ... sticking up for the hateful anti LGBTQ crowd because you think we need their differing viewpoint? Got it.

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Let’s not normalize LGBTQ bigotry in Arlington.

Miranda's supporters are showing their true colors.

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Anonymous wrote:Someone might want to do a welfare check on the 3 to 4 extremist AEM Miranda haters (comments on this thread look very similar too). They're going to have to see her on the School Board dais starting in Jan 2024 until at least the end of 2027, and possibly 2031 or longer.

I really hope the ventilation enthusiasts are doing alright. It's got to be a tough pill to swallow.

Reinforcing the belief that Miranda supporters are not the nicest crew.

+ 1

This is exactly the type of ugliness we don't need on our local school board

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I look forward to the debates where Miranda can go on the record to say how she feels about learning loss and who it affects, trans rights, "CRT", SROs, banning books and the like.

I don't want to vote for that kid Antonio, but he may be the one based on her answers instead of people here speaking for her.

She wouldn’t say anything openly.

Then multiple people need to ask and push back. Make both candidates be on the record with their agenda wide open. Can’t advocate for transparency if you’re not transparent yourself. 👍

You can tell by her silence. Just like when everyone under the sun in Arlington came out publicly pro mask in winter 2021 during the worst of omicron but APE refused to take a position. It was pretty clear from that they were anti mask just like Youngkin.

Has she said her position on trans kids use of bathrooms and sports teams? Vouchers for private schools?

I don't think so. I would be willing to bet a lot of money that she wiggles her way out of it, just like she did with some of her other responses on touchy issues where her core supporters are out of step with the rest of Arlington.