FCPS comprehensive boundary review

[Anonymous]

If the did not discuss middle 6-8, how are they getting public feedback on this aspect of the redraw?

Asking separately, in isolation, “would you be in favor of middle 6-8” without the context of the impact of boundary redraws is not an open and transparent process. It is not a full opportunity for public feedback and comment.

Trump and Musk are horrible. They are also doing exactly what they ran on. That does not make any of what they are doing right. However, it highlights how deep of a betrayal these actions by the SB feel to the people who voted for them. This is not right.

[Anonymous]

FCPS School Board

“We’ll kick you while you are down, because we can.”

Fairfax Democrats

“Your vote is ours no matter what we do.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From the Va Governor’s thread:

“It's not the responsibility of the Fairfax Democrats to cower in fear of the consequences of acting on THE BELIEFS AND PRINCIPLES THAT BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER IN THE FIRST PLACE. The consequences of acting on principles of fairness, diversity and acceptance are BETTER SCHOOLS and a BETTER SOCIETY. Fairfax is firmly BLUE. No matter what happens in Richmond, Fairfax should act like it, or else people may as well move to a Republican county.”

So, this teeing up to be quite the issue in the fall. Apparently this rezoning is for BETTER SCHOOLS and a BETTER SOCIETY.

People love it when you tell them what you are entitled to do with their children to make society better. That is a real winning formula.

The pride cometh before the fall. Seems that the school board believes it can act with impunity. Looking forward to working to prove them wrong.

Why should Democrats expect to "fall" for acting like Democrats in a majority Democratic county? That's stupid.

Stupid is forgetting the lessons from Terry mcauliffe’s loss just three short years ago. You may wish the boundary agenda was popular, but it isn’t popular even in deep blue Fairfax. Frankly, it’s this boundary crap that threatens reversion back to purple and red. Anyone who ignores that reveals herself to be a stooopid 🤡.

McAuliffe won Fairfax County. Is the lesson we are supposed to take away that Boutetort should have voted for him in 2021?

I think you’re missing the point. That’s not how votes are counted. It’s not the electoral college, by county.

Fairfax will remain blue, no matter what. The dispositive question in a governors race is just blue Fairfax goes. This boundary review will make Fairfax less blue, just enough for a republican governor to win.

It’s really simple. Pump the brakes on the boundary review, then the issues become just Trump & Musk.

All politics are local. Issues that hit home matter. People invest in their neighborhoods based on the schools. They can’t move now because of interest rates. They are trapped. Changing the boundaries now amid all the chaos, while people feel trapped, has a distinct feel of the school board taking advantage of people who are under duress with no options.

In November, people will send a message. They will tell local politicians, who are only on the school board to climb the political ladder that their local actions to mess with their kids’ schools are a bad move. They will do it in the governor’s race. That’s how Youngkin won.

The FCPS SB has a choice:

1) Put their own, personal, political goals first. Recall that NONE of the school board ran for election on boundary changes, universal pre-k, or the changing middle school to 6-8 to justify the boundary changes and facilitate universal pre-k. People did not vote for them on this basis. The people did NOT ask for this. The current SB would NOT have gotten elected if they stated these as interrelated goals, if elected. These things are being pushed through to give a certain politician who has lost a race at the next level a big badge of honor (“I got UPK”). This path will get a republican elected governor in Virginia in November.

2) Listen to your constituents. Pump the brakes. Stop antagonizing the voters whom you serve during a time of chaos.

Stop taking the “you are so beat down by someone else it doesn’t matter what I do to you, you will hate them more” attitude. Right now, the school board is acting like a friend who witnesses you getting assaulted, runs over to show concern, then steals your wallet as you lie in the street. “Hey, I’m not the one that assaulted you. Between me and them, who do you hate more?” That is not a winning strategy.

Absolutely. Right now my animosity is aimed equally at musk and the school board.

The school board is really doing itself zero favors contributing to the uncertainty. Losing a lot of allies that way.

Completely agree. We just bought a house in Woodson/Frost/Wakefield pyramid (2.2 miles from it) and are part of federal workforce. Now we are stuck between Doge and FCPS (both claiming they know what is good for everyone). If they move us to Annandale High, our vote will reflect this decision by FCPS.

We are in the same situation.

And yet, Reid doesn’t care about future votes. She will implement this and have it on her resume that she rezoned the infamous Fairfax country public school system based on equity before moving to her next democratic office elsewhere in country. Her allegiance is not to this area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am hearing a lot of “this is a democratic school board doing what they were elected to do in a democratic county.”

Did I miss something when the SB was up for election?

Did ANY of the current SB members say run on rewriting the boundary policy 8130?

Did ANY of the current SB members run on the biggest boundary redraw in 40 years, affecting every HS pyramid?

Did ANY of the current SB members run on a boundary review based on capacity, no wait: equity, no wait: middles school 6-8 to make room for universal pre-k?

Did ANY of the current SB members even mention any of this during their campaigns?

Stop saying that the SB is doing what it was elected to do because Fairfax is blue. None of these SB members would be in office if they ran on what they are currently doing.

But, maybe I missed something.

They didn’t run on this. Nor did they discuss the movement of 6th grade to middle school in any of the open community feedback sessions and now sneaking that in. This factor will impact every pyramid redraw.

This was their plan before Covid. I tended a virtual boundary meeting during Covid where parents were given a survey full of confusing questions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From the Va Governor’s thread:

“It's not the responsibility of the Fairfax Democrats to cower in fear of the consequences of acting on THE BELIEFS AND PRINCIPLES THAT BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER IN THE FIRST PLACE. The consequences of acting on principles of fairness, diversity and acceptance are BETTER SCHOOLS and a BETTER SOCIETY. Fairfax is firmly BLUE. No matter what happens in Richmond, Fairfax should act like it, or else people may as well move to a Republican county.”

So, this teeing up to be quite the issue in the fall. Apparently this rezoning is for BETTER SCHOOLS and a BETTER SOCIETY.

People love it when you tell them what you are entitled to do with their children to make society better. That is a real winning formula.

The pride cometh before the fall. Seems that the school board believes it can act with impunity. Looking forward to working to prove them wrong.

Why should Democrats expect to "fall" for acting like Democrats in a majority Democratic county? That's stupid.

Stupid is forgetting the lessons from Terry mcauliffe’s loss just three short years ago. You may wish the boundary agenda was popular, but it isn’t popular even in deep blue Fairfax. Frankly, it’s this boundary crap that threatens reversion back to purple and red. Anyone who ignores that reveals herself to be a stooopid 🤡.

McAuliffe won Fairfax County. Is the lesson we are supposed to take away that Boutetort should have voted for him in 2021?

I think you’re missing the point. That’s not how votes are counted. It’s not the electoral college, by county.

Fairfax will remain blue, no matter what. The dispositive question in a governors race is just blue Fairfax goes. This boundary review will make Fairfax less blue, just enough for a republican governor to win.

It’s really simple. Pump the brakes on the boundary review, then the issues become just Trump & Musk.

All politics are local. Issues that hit home matter. People invest in their neighborhoods based on the schools. They can’t move now because of interest rates. They are trapped. Changing the boundaries now amid all the chaos, while people feel trapped, has a distinct feel of the school board taking advantage of people who are under duress with no options.

In November, people will send a message. They will tell local politicians, who are only on the school board to climb the political ladder that their local actions to mess with their kids’ schools are a bad move. They will do it in the governor’s race. That’s how Youngkin won.

The FCPS SB has a choice:

1) Put their own, personal, political goals first. Recall that NONE of the school board ran for election on boundary changes, universal pre-k, or the changing middle school to 6-8 to justify the boundary changes and facilitate universal pre-k. People did not vote for them on this basis. The people did NOT ask for this. The current SB would NOT have gotten elected if they stated these as interrelated goals, if elected. These things are being pushed through to give a certain politician who has lost a race at the next level a big badge of honor (“I got UPK”). This path will get a republican elected governor in Virginia in November.

2) Listen to your constituents. Pump the brakes. Stop antagonizing the voters whom you serve during a time of chaos.

Stop taking the “you are so beat down by someone else it doesn’t matter what I do to you, you will hate them more” attitude. Right now, the school board is acting like a friend who witnesses you getting assaulted, runs over to show concern, then steals your wallet as you lie in the street. “Hey, I’m not the one that assaulted you. Between me and them, who do you hate more?” That is not a winning strategy.

Absolutely. Right now my animosity is aimed equally at musk and the school board.

The school board is really doing itself zero favors contributing to the uncertainty. Losing a lot of allies that way.

Completely agree. We just bought a house in Woodson/Frost/Wakefield pyramid (2.2 miles from it) and are part of federal workforce. Now we are stuck between Doge and FCPS (both claiming they know what is good for everyone). If they move us to Annandale High, our vote will reflect this decision by FCPS.

And yet, Reid doesn’t care about future votes. She will implement this and have it on her resume that she rezoned the infamous Fairfax country public school system based on equity before moving to her next democratic office elsewhere in country. Her allegiance is not to this area.

Our children are chess pieces for a case study.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am hearing a lot of “this is a democratic school board doing what they were elected to do in a democratic county.”

Did I miss something when the SB was up for election?

Did ANY of the current SB members say run on rewriting the boundary policy 8130?

Did ANY of the current SB members run on the biggest boundary redraw in 40 years, affecting every HS pyramid?

Did ANY of the current SB members run on a boundary review based on capacity, no wait: equity, no wait: middles school 6-8 to make room for universal pre-k?

Did ANY of the current SB members even mention any of this during their campaigns?

Stop saying that the SB is doing what it was elected to do because Fairfax is blue. None of these SB members would be in office if they ran on what they are currently doing.

But, maybe I missed something.

They didn’t run on this. Nor did they discuss the movement of 6th grade to middle school in any of the open community feedback sessions and now sneaking that in. This factor will impact every pyramid redraw.

This was their plan before Covid. I tended a virtual boundary meeting during Covid where parents were given a survey full of confusing questions.

Interesting. In the meetings I’ve attended for this iteration, it has not been evident at all. Nor can you find it in any of their publicly posted documents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am hearing a lot of “this is a democratic school board doing what they were elected to do in a democratic county.”

Did I miss something when the SB was up for election?

Did ANY of the current SB members say run on rewriting the boundary policy 8130?

Did ANY of the current SB members run on the biggest boundary redraw in 40 years, affecting every HS pyramid?

Did ANY of the current SB members run on a boundary review based on capacity, no wait: equity, no wait: middles school 6-8 to make room for universal pre-k?

Did ANY of the current SB members even mention any of this during their campaigns?

Stop saying that the SB is doing what it was elected to do because Fairfax is blue. None of these SB members would be in office if they ran on what they are currently doing.

But, maybe I missed something.

They didn’t run on this. Nor did they discuss the movement of 6th grade to middle school in any of the open community feedback sessions and now sneaking that in. This factor will impact every pyramid redraw.

This was their plan before Covid. I tended a virtual boundary meeting during Covid where parents were given a survey full of confusing questions.

Interesting. In the meetings I’ve attended for this iteration, it has not been evident at all. Nor can you find it in any of their publicly posted documents.

Right, I attended one of the in person boundary meetings (at Lake Braddock and it was down to standing room only) and 6th to middle was not mentioned. If you have a rep who actually does public outreach, I think Dunne is pretty much the only one, your rep will probably mention it if you can get on one of their Zoom meeting calls or if they come and speak to your PTA or a community group. That’s how I first heard about the push for 6th to middle and also on here. But most people are really under-informed - IF they even know boundary changes are on the table, they don’t know about 6th to middle or the push for UPK. Sadly a lot of the big community groups on FB and ND shut down all the discussions about boundary changes because it devolves into fighting or they have a “no politics” rule.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FCPS School Board

“We’ll kick you while you are down, because we can.”

Fairfax Democrats

“Your vote is ours no matter what we do.”

+ 1 to the second point

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am hearing a lot of “this is a democratic school board doing what they were elected to do in a democratic county.”

Did I miss something when the SB was up for election?

Did ANY of the current SB members say run on rewriting the boundary policy 8130?

Did ANY of the current SB members run on the biggest boundary redraw in 40 years, affecting every HS pyramid?

Did ANY of the current SB members run on a boundary review based on capacity, no wait: equity, no wait: middles school 6-8 to make room for universal pre-k?

Did ANY of the current SB members even mention any of this during their campaigns?

Stop saying that the SB is doing what it was elected to do because Fairfax is blue. None of these SB members would be in office if they ran on what they are currently doing.

But, maybe I missed something.

They didn’t run on this. Nor did they discuss the movement of 6th grade to middle school in any of the open community feedback sessions and now sneaking that in. This factor will impact every pyramid redraw.

This was their plan before Covid. I tended a virtual boundary meeting during Covid where parents were given a survey full of confusing questions.

Interesting. In the meetings I’ve attended for this iteration, it has not been evident at all. Nor can you find it in any of their publicly posted documents.

Right, I attended one of the in person boundary meetings (at Lake Braddock and it was down to standing room only) and 6th to middle was not mentioned. If you have a rep who actually does public outreach, I think Dunne is pretty much the only one, your rep will probably mention it if you can get on one of their Zoom meeting calls or if they come and speak to your PTA or a community group. That’s how I first heard about the push for 6th to middle and also on here. But most people are really under-informed - IF they even know boundary changes are on the table, they don’t know about 6th to middle or the push for UPK. Sadly a lot of the big community groups on FB and ND shut down all the discussions about boundary changes because it devolves into fighting or they have a “no politics” rule.

I saw a thread on ND a few days ago discussing the recent property tax bill hike. I thought, “wow, I wonder if people are aware of the FCPS push for making middle school 6-8 and adding universal pre-k. I wonder if people are aware of this push. How will we pay for that?”

Before I posted, I read the thread to see if it had been mentioned. Nope. But this was there:

“All. FYI. ND unilaterally just shut down another thread discussing school budget. This one is alive for now.”

What is going on?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From the Va Governor’s thread:

“It's not the responsibility of the Fairfax Democrats to cower in fear of the consequences of acting on THE BELIEFS AND PRINCIPLES THAT BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER IN THE FIRST PLACE. The consequences of acting on principles of fairness, diversity and acceptance are BETTER SCHOOLS and a BETTER SOCIETY. Fairfax is firmly BLUE. No matter what happens in Richmond, Fairfax should act like it, or else people may as well move to a Republican county.”

So, this teeing up to be quite the issue in the fall. Apparently this rezoning is for BETTER SCHOOLS and a BETTER SOCIETY.

People love it when you tell them what you are entitled to do with their children to make society better. That is a real winning formula.

The pride cometh before the fall. Seems that the school board believes it can act with impunity. Looking forward to working to prove them wrong.

Why should Democrats expect to "fall" for acting like Democrats in a majority Democratic county? That's stupid.

Stupid is forgetting the lessons from Terry mcauliffe’s loss just three short years ago. You may wish the boundary agenda was popular, but it isn’t popular even in deep blue Fairfax. Frankly, it’s this boundary crap that threatens reversion back to purple and red. Anyone who ignores that reveals herself to be a stooopid 🤡.

McAuliffe won Fairfax County. Is the lesson we are supposed to take away that Boutetort should have voted for him in 2021?

I think you’re missing the point. That’s not how votes are counted. It’s not the electoral college, by county.

Fairfax will remain blue, no matter what. The dispositive question in a governors race is just blue Fairfax goes. This boundary review will make Fairfax less blue, just enough for a republican governor to win.

It’s really simple. Pump the brakes on the boundary review, then the issues become just Trump & Musk.

All politics are local. Issues that hit home matter. People invest in their neighborhoods based on the schools. They can’t move now because of interest rates. They are trapped. Changing the boundaries now amid all the chaos, while people feel trapped, has a distinct feel of the school board taking advantage of people who are under duress with no options.

In November, people will send a message. They will tell local politicians, who are only on the school board to climb the political ladder that their local actions to mess with their kids’ schools are a bad move. They will do it in the governor’s race. That’s how Youngkin won.

The FCPS SB has a choice:

1) Put their own, personal, political goals first. Recall that NONE of the school board ran for election on boundary changes, universal pre-k, or the changing middle school to 6-8 to justify the boundary changes and facilitate universal pre-k. People did not vote for them on this basis. The people did NOT ask for this. The current SB would NOT have gotten elected if they stated these as interrelated goals, if elected. These things are being pushed through to give a certain politician who has lost a race at the next level a big badge of honor (“I got UPK”). This path will get a republican elected governor in Virginia in November.

2) Listen to your constituents. Pump the brakes. Stop antagonizing the voters whom you serve during a time of chaos.

Stop taking the “you are so beat down by someone else it doesn’t matter what I do to you, you will hate them more” attitude. Right now, the school board is acting like a friend who witnesses you getting assaulted, runs over to show concern, then steals your wallet as you lie in the street. “Hey, I’m not the one that assaulted you. Between me and them, who do you hate more?” That is not a winning strategy.

Absolutely. Right now my animosity is aimed equally at musk and the school board.

The school board is really doing itself zero favors contributing to the uncertainty. Losing a lot of allies that way.

Completely agree. We just bought a house in Woodson/Frost/Wakefield pyramid (2.2 miles from it) and are part of federal workforce. Now we are stuck between Doge and FCPS (both claiming they know what is good for everyone). If they move us to Annandale High, our vote will reflect this decision by FCPS.

How far are you from Annandale? I mean, silly to think boundaries won’t change. And shame on your realtor for not sharing the possible changes and boasting “great school
Pyramid”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am hearing a lot of “this is a democratic school board doing what they were elected to do in a democratic county.”

Did I miss something when the SB was up for election?

Did ANY of the current SB members say run on rewriting the boundary policy 8130?

Did ANY of the current SB members run on the biggest boundary redraw in 40 years, affecting every HS pyramid?

Did ANY of the current SB members run on a boundary review based on capacity, no wait: equity, no wait: middles school 6-8 to make room for universal pre-k?

Did ANY of the current SB members even mention any of this during their campaigns?

Stop saying that the SB is doing what it was elected to do because Fairfax is blue. None of these SB members would be in office if they ran on what they are currently doing.

But, maybe I missed something.

They didn’t run on this. Nor did they discuss the movement of 6th grade to middle school in any of the open community feedback sessions and now sneaking that in. This factor will impact every pyramid redraw.

This was their plan before Covid. I tended a virtual boundary meeting during Covid where parents were given a survey full of confusing questions.

I don’t know why people refuse to remember this. It was not a secret. They didn’t have to say it on the campaigns because they all knew that was on their open to do list.

[Anonymous]

Will the proposed boundary changes include an estimate of the cost of the proposed changes? Even if you do not have kids in school, you will have to pay for the changes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From the Va Governor’s thread:

“It's not the responsibility of the Fairfax Democrats to cower in fear of the consequences of acting on THE BELIEFS AND PRINCIPLES THAT BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER IN THE FIRST PLACE. The consequences of acting on principles of fairness, diversity and acceptance are BETTER SCHOOLS and a BETTER SOCIETY. Fairfax is firmly BLUE. No matter what happens in Richmond, Fairfax should act like it, or else people may as well move to a Republican county.”

So, this teeing up to be quite the issue in the fall. Apparently this rezoning is for BETTER SCHOOLS and a BETTER SOCIETY.

People love it when you tell them what you are entitled to do with their children to make society better. That is a real winning formula.

The pride cometh before the fall. Seems that the school board believes it can act with impunity. Looking forward to working to prove them wrong.

Why should Democrats expect to "fall" for acting like Democrats in a majority Democratic county? That's stupid.

Stupid is forgetting the lessons from Terry mcauliffe’s loss just three short years ago. You may wish the boundary agenda was popular, but it isn’t popular even in deep blue Fairfax. Frankly, it’s this boundary crap that threatens reversion back to purple and red. Anyone who ignores that reveals herself to be a stooopid 🤡.

McAuliffe won Fairfax County. Is the lesson we are supposed to take away that Boutetort should have voted for him in 2021?

I think you’re missing the point. That’s not how votes are counted. It’s not the electoral college, by county.

Fairfax will remain blue, no matter what. The dispositive question in a governors race is just blue Fairfax goes. This boundary review will make Fairfax less blue, just enough for a republican governor to win.

It’s really simple. Pump the brakes on the boundary review, then the issues become just Trump & Musk.

All politics are local. Issues that hit home matter. People invest in their neighborhoods based on the schools. They can’t move now because of interest rates. They are trapped. Changing the boundaries now amid all the chaos, while people feel trapped, has a distinct feel of the school board taking advantage of people who are under duress with no options.

In November, people will send a message. They will tell local politicians, who are only on the school board to climb the political ladder that their local actions to mess with their kids’ schools are a bad move. They will do it in the governor’s race. That’s how Youngkin won.

The FCPS SB has a choice:

1) Put their own, personal, political goals first. Recall that NONE of the school board ran for election on boundary changes, universal pre-k, or the changing middle school to 6-8 to justify the boundary changes and facilitate universal pre-k. People did not vote for them on this basis. The people did NOT ask for this. The current SB would NOT have gotten elected if they stated these as interrelated goals, if elected. These things are being pushed through to give a certain politician who has lost a race at the next level a big badge of honor (“I got UPK”). This path will get a republican elected governor in Virginia in November.

2) Listen to your constituents. Pump the brakes. Stop antagonizing the voters whom you serve during a time of chaos.

Stop taking the “you are so beat down by someone else it doesn’t matter what I do to you, you will hate them more” attitude. Right now, the school board is acting like a friend who witnesses you getting assaulted, runs over to show concern, then steals your wallet as you lie in the street. “Hey, I’m not the one that assaulted you. Between me and them, who do you hate more?” That is not a winning strategy.

Absolutely. Right now my animosity is aimed equally at musk and the school board.

The school board is really doing itself zero favors contributing to the uncertainty. Losing a lot of allies that way.

Completely agree. We just bought a house in Woodson/Frost/Wakefield pyramid (2.2 miles from it) and are part of federal workforce. Now we are stuck between Doge and FCPS (both claiming they know what is good for everyone). If they move us to Annandale High, our vote will reflect this decision by FCPS.

How far are you from Annandale? I mean, silly to think boundaries won’t change. And shame on your realtor for not sharing the possible changes and boasting “great school
Pyramid”.

Ok, Gatehouse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am hearing a lot of “this is a democratic school board doing what they were elected to do in a democratic county.”

Did I miss something when the SB was up for election?

Did ANY of the current SB members say run on rewriting the boundary policy 8130?

Did ANY of the current SB members run on the biggest boundary redraw in 40 years, affecting every HS pyramid?

Did ANY of the current SB members run on a boundary review based on capacity, no wait: equity, no wait: middles school 6-8 to make room for universal pre-k?

Did ANY of the current SB members even mention any of this during their campaigns?

Stop saying that the SB is doing what it was elected to do because Fairfax is blue. None of these SB members would be in office if they ran on what they are currently doing.

But, maybe I missed something.

They didn’t run on this. Nor did they discuss the movement of 6th grade to middle school in any of the open community feedback sessions and now sneaking that in. This factor will impact every pyramid redraw.

This was their plan before Covid. I tended a virtual boundary meeting during Covid where parents were given a survey full of confusing questions.

I don’t know why people refuse to remember this. It was not a secret. They didn’t have to say it on the campaigns because they all knew that was on their open to do list.

Yep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From the Va Governor’s thread:

“It's not the responsibility of the Fairfax Democrats to cower in fear of the consequences of acting on THE BELIEFS AND PRINCIPLES THAT BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER IN THE FIRST PLACE. The consequences of acting on principles of fairness, diversity and acceptance are BETTER SCHOOLS and a BETTER SOCIETY. Fairfax is firmly BLUE. No matter what happens in Richmond, Fairfax should act like it, or else people may as well move to a Republican county.”

So, this teeing up to be quite the issue in the fall. Apparently this rezoning is for BETTER SCHOOLS and a BETTER SOCIETY.

People love it when you tell them what you are entitled to do with their children to make society better. That is a real winning formula.

The pride cometh before the fall. Seems that the school board believes it can act with impunity. Looking forward to working to prove them wrong.

Why should Democrats expect to "fall" for acting like Democrats in a majority Democratic county? That's stupid.

Stupid is forgetting the lessons from Terry mcauliffe’s loss just three short years ago. You may wish the boundary agenda was popular, but it isn’t popular even in deep blue Fairfax. Frankly, it’s this boundary crap that threatens reversion back to purple and red. Anyone who ignores that reveals herself to be a stooopid 🤡.

McAuliffe won Fairfax County. Is the lesson we are supposed to take away that Boutetort should have voted for him in 2021?

I think you’re missing the point. That’s not how votes are counted. It’s not the electoral college, by county.

Fairfax will remain blue, no matter what. The dispositive question in a governors race is just blue Fairfax goes. This boundary review will make Fairfax less blue, just enough for a republican governor to win.

It’s really simple. Pump the brakes on the boundary review, then the issues become just Trump & Musk.

All politics are local. Issues that hit home matter. People invest in their neighborhoods based on the schools. They can’t move now because of interest rates. They are trapped. Changing the boundaries now amid all the chaos, while people feel trapped, has a distinct feel of the school board taking advantage of people who are under duress with no options.

In November, people will send a message. They will tell local politicians, who are only on the school board to climb the political ladder that their local actions to mess with their kids’ schools are a bad move. They will do it in the governor’s race. That’s how Youngkin won.

The FCPS SB has a choice:

1) Put their own, personal, political goals first. Recall that NONE of the school board ran for election on boundary changes, universal pre-k, or the changing middle school to 6-8 to justify the boundary changes and facilitate universal pre-k. People did not vote for them on this basis. The people did NOT ask for this. The current SB would NOT have gotten elected if they stated these as interrelated goals, if elected. These things are being pushed through to give a certain politician who has lost a race at the next level a big badge of honor (“I got UPK”). This path will get a republican elected governor in Virginia in November.

2) Listen to your constituents. Pump the brakes. Stop antagonizing the voters whom you serve during a time of chaos.

Stop taking the “you are so beat down by someone else it doesn’t matter what I do to you, you will hate them more” attitude. Right now, the school board is acting like a friend who witnesses you getting assaulted, runs over to show concern, then steals your wallet as you lie in the street. “Hey, I’m not the one that assaulted you. Between me and them, who do you hate more?” That is not a winning strategy.

Absolutely. Right now my animosity is aimed equally at musk and the school board.

The school board is really doing itself zero favors contributing to the uncertainty. Losing a lot of allies that way.

Completely agree. We just bought a house in Woodson/Frost/Wakefield pyramid (2.2 miles from it) and are part of federal workforce. Now we are stuck between Doge and FCPS (both claiming they know what is good for everyone). If they move us to Annandale High, our vote will reflect this decision by FCPS.

How far are you from Annandale? I mean, silly to think boundaries won’t change. And shame on your realtor for not sharing the possible changes and boasting “great school
Pyramid”.

Ok, Gatehouse.

You are very welcome, buffet democrat.