APS - Who is running for School Board?

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Anonymous wrote:Ok, can we all focus now... Symone is out. We can’t stand Cristina. Teron was probably the one who called. Key data dude is a joke. So we are all voting for Dave and Sandy? Not perfect candidates, but the best we got?

Why should someone not vote for Terron simply b/c he reported Symone? I respect him for reporting Symone's violation. If he was truly sneaky, he could have asked someone else to report it so it couldn't be traced back to him. At least that is what I would do if I was in his shoes.

For all of you on this board who claimed "I knew from the beginning that Symone was violating Hatch Act", why haven't you reported her? She doesn't seem like a popular candidate on DCUM anyway.

I've been planning to vote for Munnell, and my other vote will go to either Terron or Priddy. Terron's resume is a bit thin, but he seems harmless at least. Also his kids go to Swanson and Yorktown which is the schools my kid will go to (although my kid is only 2 yo), so my personal interest is more or less aligned with his. That said, I'm happy as long as the two winners are among Munnell, Priddy, or Terron. I don't have a strong preference among them. Just not the other candidates please.

Why do you like Munnell?

She is qualified. She has been in the schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok, can we all focus now... Symone is out. We can’t stand Cristina. Teron was probably the one who called. Key data dude is a joke. So we are all voting for Dave and Sandy? Not perfect candidates, but the best we got?

Why should someone not vote for Terron simply b/c he reported Symone? I respect him for reporting Symone's violation. If he was truly sneaky, he could have asked someone else to report it so it couldn't be traced back to him. At least that is what I would do if I was in his shoes.

For all of you on this board who claimed "I knew from the beginning that Symone was violating Hatch Act", why haven't you reported her? She doesn't seem like a popular candidate on DCUM anyway.

I've been planning to vote for Munnell, and my other vote will go to either Terron or Priddy. Terron's resume is a bit thin, but he seems harmless at least. Also his kids go to Swanson and Yorktown which is the schools my kid will go to (although my kid is only 2 yo), so my personal interest is more or less aligned with his. That said, I'm happy as long as the two winners are among Munnell, Priddy, or Terron. I don't have a strong preference among them. Just not the other candidates please.

Why do you like Munnell?

She is qualified. She has been in the schools.

Is there an “and” between those two statements or a “because”?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok, can we all focus now... Symone is out. We can’t stand Cristina. Teron was probably the one who called. Key data dude is a joke. So we are all voting for Dave and Sandy? Not perfect candidates, but the best we got?

Why should someone not vote for Terron simply b/c he reported Symone? I respect him for reporting Symone's violation. If he was truly sneaky, he could have asked someone else to report it so it couldn't be traced back to him. At least that is what I would do if I was in his shoes.

For all of you on this board who claimed "I knew from the beginning that Symone was violating Hatch Act", why haven't you reported her? She doesn't seem like a popular candidate on DCUM anyway.

I've been planning to vote for Munnell, and my other vote will go to either Terron or Priddy. Terron's resume is a bit thin, but he seems harmless at least. Also his kids go to Swanson and Yorktown which is the schools my kid will go to (although my kid is only 2 yo), so my personal interest is more or less aligned with his. That said, I'm happy as long as the two winners are among Munnell, Priddy, or Terron. I don't have a strong preference among them. Just not the other candidates please.

Why do you like Munnell?

She is qualified. She has been in the schools.

Do you think she is qualified just because she "has been in the schools"? Umm, no, thousands of people have "been in the schools" and that doesn't mean I want them on the board. Have you worked with her? Met her? Heard her speak? Is there something in her platform that speaks to you?

[Anonymous]

Priddy is also doing things like advocating for parking at Fleet and TJ, advocating for access for both buildings, pushing for changes like fixes to other messes they made, etc. He was one of the key people at Fleet pushing for the ADA fixes. He also tutors, has kids in the system, and has worked in construction, which is a big plus for me. Because we are building, building, building, and not doing it very well.

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NP here. I just wanted to leave a comment about Sandy Munnell. At first I was skeptical, because I thought the last thing we needed was a Boomer on the School Board. However, I heard Sandy speak at a smaller event and I was really impressed. She's been a teacher within APS for a long time. She made clear that she is not a fan of Murphy. I got the sense that she is running now in her retirement to try to address all the problems that she has been watching over the years as a staff member but was not empowered to fix. She spoke very authentically. I think she would bring a different and much needed inside perspective to the instructional issues that the School Board deals with, and would be able to ask hard questions to the APS administrators that other School Board members would not even know to ask. She isn't an ACDC insider either, so nobody would "own" her.

I'm voting Munnell and Priddy #1 and #2 and will probably leave the rest of my caucus ballot blank.

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Anonymous wrote:NP here. I just wanted to leave a comment about Sandy Munnell. At first I was skeptical, because I thought the last thing we needed was a Boomer on the School Board. However, I heard Sandy speak at a smaller event and I was really impressed. She's been a teacher within APS for a long time. She made clear that she is not a fan of Murphy. I got the sense that she is running now in her retirement to try to address all the problems that she has been watching over the years as a staff member but was not empowered to fix. She spoke very authentically. I think she would bring a different and much needed inside perspective to the instructional issues that the School Board deals with, and would be able to ask hard questions to the APS administrators that other School Board members would not even know to ask. She isn't an ACDC insider either, so nobody would "own" her.

I'm voting Munnell and Priddy #1 and #2 and will probably leave the rest of my caucus ballot blank.

+100

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Yeah, part of the deal with the ranked choice is you should not vote at all for anyone you would not want to see in. So don't put Cristina last. Don't number her at all. Etc.

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Anonymous wrote:I am so done with the ACDC. I’m starting to understand why some of my friends get so angry with the democrats despite a strong dislike for all things Republican. They say all politics are local. If the democrats want to influence who makes decisions about my local schools because they have some national agenda they want implemented, while I’m sitting here just hoping to have a representative who will help streamline the way kids like mine (dyslexic) get reading instruction, they will lose my support across the board. This is too personal. They need to make a clean exit from school board elections.

It’s just about priorities. Literally all the local Democratic Party cares about is “green” living and subsidized housing. Despite the fact that these two causes directly lead to higher enrollment (density/urbanization brings more people, including children, whodathunk?), they see schools are a nuisance that draws funding away from those nobler causes. That’s why they hold a caucus. To control the schools. Time was, parents got fed up with this and moved to Fairfax. Which helps explain why Fairfax spends 50 percent of the county budget on education and Arlington spends less than 40 percent. But no one wants to spend 40 dollars a day on tolls and spend 12 hours a week in traffic, so they are staying out and having kids here. And that is really becoming a problem for the blue hairs that have long run this place. That’s why they want to crown a childless young adult for school board.

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The PP speaks the truth. ACDC has a stranglehold on the SB and the schools. It’s been growing and now it’s reaching critical. It’s a shame. We stay for commute and because we have moved north where impact won’t fully hit for another decade or so. Which is just enough to get my kids through. But watch what they are doing to S. Arl. Deliberately. It’s unconscionable.

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Anonymous wrote:The PP speaks the truth. ACDC has a stranglehold on the SB and the schools. It’s been growing and now it’s reaching critical. It’s a shame. We stay for commute and because we have moved north where impact won’t fully hit for another decade or so. Which is just enough to get my kids through. But watch what they are doing to S. Arl. Deliberately. It’s unconscionable.

Then PLEASE help us stop it!
The south Arlington middle class can't do it alone.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The PP speaks the truth. ACDC has a stranglehold on the SB and the schools. It’s been growing and now it’s reaching critical. It’s a shame. We stay for commute and because we have moved north where impact won’t fully hit for another decade or so. Which is just enough to get my kids through. But watch what they are doing to S. Arl. Deliberately. It’s unconscionable.

Then PLEASE help us stop it!
The south Arlington middle class can't do it alone.

Lol. It’s not just the SB and the schools.

It’s hard to have sympathy for mainstream Dems who are just waking up to the reality of the stranglehold that the ACDC has over Arlington politics. It was never a problem to them before, despite the fact that the politically disenfranchised (not just Republicans- anyone who refuses to sign the ridiculous loyalty pledge) have been pointing it out for years. We’ve been saying “PLEASE help us stop it,” but it’s fallen on the deaf ears of the content.

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Having been on a committee with both Priddy and Sims, from my experience there is a huge difference between the two in terms of engagement and thoughtful input.

Priddy is well-informed, listens and engages with speakers and gives meaningful feedback. He seems to have really upped his involvement since his last run (when I was not compelled to vote for him.)

I don’t feel the same level of care and engagement from Sims. When I heard he was running, I was shocked because, to me, he seems checked out of the committee. From what I have seen, I do not think he would be an effective SB member.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The PP speaks the truth. ACDC has a stranglehold on the SB and the schools. It’s been growing and now it’s reaching critical. It’s a shame. We stay for commute and because we have moved north where impact won’t fully hit for another decade or so. Which is just enough to get my kids through. But watch what they are doing to S. Arl. Deliberately. It’s unconscionable.

Then PLEASE help us stop it!
The south Arlington middle class can't do it alone.

I hate to be that person, but it’s not going to stop. This has been going on for too many years and it is only getting worse. We moved from S. Arlington to Fairfax.

[Anonymous]

I love that Symone will be attending the debate and live tweeting her responses from the audience. That technique needs to be incorporated into an SNL sketch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Having been on a committee with both Priddy and Sims, from my experience there is a huge difference between the two in terms of engagement and thoughtful input.

Priddy is well-informed, listens and engages with speakers and gives meaningful feedback. He seems to have really upped his involvement since his last run (when I was not compelled to vote for him.)

I don’t feel the same level of care and engagement from Sims. When I heard he was running, I was shocked because, to me, he seems checked out of the committee. From what I have seen, I do not think he would be an effective SB member.

Yes, it's weird, because he does put in the time with the volunteering with kids and stuff, and he applies for all these committees, but he doesn't engage with whatever the issues are. He doesn't offer any unique perspective or help the group problem solve. How is he going to be on a five-person board? I think he's going to be like James Lander, grandstanding about a narrow range of issues but otherwise not really helping them sort out policy.