Arlington Dems School Board Debate - go!

[Anonymous]

If it’s important to you, can someone just ask who their campaign managers are? Isn’t that public information?

[Anonymous]

If Mary's so crazy then why did Matt De Ferranti, the AEA and many prominent local Dems endorse her?

Say what you want about Mary, there's no way she's "crazy." She sounds very reasonable to me, and no doubt that's why she has so many backers.

Seems like Miranda is the toxic one. No one will associate with her. Except for her group APE and people like TT!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If Mary's so crazy then why did Matt De Ferranti, the AEA and many prominent local Dems endorse her?

Say what you want about Mary, there's no way she's "crazy." She sounds very reasonable to me, and no doubt that's why she has so many backers.

Seems like Miranda is the toxic one. No one will associate with her. Except for her group APE and people like TT!

No one said that Mary was crazy, they said she attracted some crazy supporters.

Separately, you pretty much just proved pp’s point that Mary Kadera is the favorite of the Arlington Democrats machine, and therefore she will never buck them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If Mary's so crazy then why did Matt De Ferranti, the AEA and many prominent local Dems endorse her?

Say what you want about Mary, there's no way she's "crazy." She sounds very reasonable to me, and no doubt that's why she has so many backers.

Seems like Miranda is the toxic one. No one will associate with her. Except for her group APE and people like TT!

No one said that Mary was crazy, they said she attracted some crazy supporters.

Separately, you pretty much just proved pp’s point that Mary Kadera is the favorite of the Arlington Democrats machine, and therefore she will never buck them.

Ok well I'll take that over electing APE crazy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Separately, you pretty much just proved pp’s point that Mary Kadera is the favorite of the Arlington Democrats machine, and therefore she will never buck them.

Ok well I'll take that over electing APE crazy.

+1. Miranda is a single-issue grievance candidate, whose single issue will be largely moot long before she'd take office. At least Mary isn't myopically focused on just one thing to the exclusion of everything else. Mary actually seems interested in a lot of problems facing APS, and without regard to whether they can be used to push anyone's return-to-school agenda.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Separately, you pretty much just proved pp’s point that Mary Kadera is the favorite of the Arlington Democrats machine, and therefore she will never buck them.

Ok well I'll take that over electing APE crazy.

+1. Miranda is a single-issue grievance candidate, whose single issue will be largely moot long before she'd take office. At least Mary isn't myopically focused on just one thing to the exclusion of everything else. Mary actually seems interested in a lot of problems facing APS, and without regard to whether they can be used to push anyone's return-to-school agenda.

If Miranda wins she's going to be beholden to the APE crazies who all voted for her. That's going to be a real problem for APS.

The APE group has the anti LGBTQ crowd, the school voucher crowd, lots and lots of Republican ties. And many of the ones who are Dems are DINOs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Separately, you pretty much just proved pp’s point that Mary Kadera is the favorite of the Arlington Democrats machine, and therefore she will never buck them.

Ok well I'll take that over electing APE crazy.

+1. Miranda is a single-issue grievance candidate, whose single issue will be largely moot long before she'd take office. At least Mary isn't myopically focused on just one thing to the exclusion of everything else. Mary actually seems interested in a lot of problems facing APS, and without regard to whether they can be used to push anyone's return-to-school agenda.

If Miranda wins she's going to be beholden to the APE crazies who all voted for her. That's going to be a real problem for APS.

The APE group has the anti LGBTQ crowd, the school voucher crowd, lots and lots of Republican ties. And many of the ones who are Dems are DINOs.

This is a weird mischaracterization. Yes, there are APE members who are really vocal on their FB page who are super right-wing. There are also APE people who are super vocal on the FB page who appear to be right-leaning because this is Arlington and people clamber over one another to prove their wokeness. Keeping schools closed for the majority of 18 months is a gift from the heavens for school voucher people (and PLEASE don't tell me they were "open" bc we made tens of thousands of APS kids sit on iPads all day!). Regardless, I assure you that I know tons of APE people who are ultra-liberal. I am far from a DINO and I think schools should have been open this year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mary actually has a clue for how to plan for Covid and post Covid. And she cares about all kids.

Miranda only cares about those who have been screaming for full time in person. That's it. That was made very clear by her campaign manager TT on AEM who was incredibly hostile to anyone who said that doesn't work for my family. The APS world is much wider than APE. Miranda, if elected, will advocate for those in APE and that's it. That is scary to me.

You are way off base. TT is not her campaign manager, he isn’t even affiliated with anyone in her campaign, he just posts about her all the time on AEM and I bet she wishes he wouldn’t! I could never ever vote for Mary after what she pulled as McKinley PTA President. When her kids school was put up as an option site, she put forth tons of maps screwing over every other school so her precious kids wouldn’t get bussed elsewhere. You think she gives a rats ass about anyone else?? Miranda moved into the Drew neighborhood and plans to send her kids to school there, even though she could afford to live elsewhere or send them to private school. She supports equity, and raises for teachers, and wants ALL kids to have the chance to go back to school. Mary just repeats the same talking points from every other school board member ever, and doesn’t seem to care at all about getting kids back in the classroom.

You're waaaaay off base here.

Miranda is a white gentrifier family who moved into Green Valley. Her kids do not attend Drew. She pulled one out into PRIVATE SCHOOL. The other is in Montessori. So much for equity if you won't even send your kids to the neighborhood school in the historically black neighborhood.

As for Mary, whatever she did at McK with the moves, she didn't do it for her own kids. Her kids were too old to be impacted.

Please—that was all about property values (and I’m not a Miranda supporter).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mary actually has a clue for how to plan for Covid and post Covid. And she cares about all kids.

Miranda only cares about those who have been screaming for full time in person. That's it. That was made very clear by her campaign manager TT on AEM who was incredibly hostile to anyone who said that doesn't work for my family. The APS world is much wider than APE. Miranda, if elected, will advocate for those in APE and that's it. That is scary to me.

You are way off base. TT is not her campaign manager, he isn’t even affiliated with anyone in her campaign, he just posts about her all the time on AEM and I bet she wishes he wouldn’t! I could never ever vote for Mary after what she pulled as McKinley PTA President. When her kids school was put up as an option site, she put forth tons of maps screwing over every other school so her precious kids wouldn’t get bussed elsewhere. You think she gives a rats ass about anyone else?? Miranda moved into the Drew neighborhood and plans to send her kids to school there, even though she could afford to live elsewhere or send them to private school. She supports equity, and raises for teachers, and wants ALL kids to have the chance to go back to school. Mary just repeats the same talking points from every other school board member ever, and doesn’t seem to care at all about getting kids back in the classroom.

You're waaaaay off base here.

Miranda is a white gentrifier family who moved into Green Valley. Her kids do not attend Drew. She pulled one out into PRIVATE SCHOOL. The other is in Montessori. So much for equity if you won't even send your kids to the neighborhood school in the historically black neighborhood.

As for Mary, whatever she did at McK with the moves, she didn't do it for her own kids. Her kids were too old to be impacted.

Actually MT's kids have been in Drew for a long time, but she was forced to withdraw them due to school closures issues. I've heard her say publicly her kids want to go back once school is in person again.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mary actually has a clue for how to plan for Covid and post Covid. And she cares about all kids.

Miranda only cares about those who have been screaming for full time in person. That's it. That was made very clear by her campaign manager TT on AEM who was incredibly hostile to anyone who said that doesn't work for my family. The APS world is much wider than APE. Miranda, if elected, will advocate for those in APE and that's it. That is scary to me.

You are way off base. TT is not her campaign manager, he isn’t even affiliated with anyone in her campaign, he just posts about her all the time on AEM and I bet she wishes he wouldn’t! I could never ever vote for Mary after what she pulled as McKinley PTA President. When her kids school was put up as an option site, she put forth tons of maps screwing over every other school so her precious kids wouldn’t get bussed elsewhere. You think she gives a rats ass about anyone else?? Miranda moved into the Drew neighborhood and plans to send her kids to school there, even though she could afford to live elsewhere or send them to private school. She supports equity, and raises for teachers, and wants ALL kids to have the chance to go back to school. Mary just repeats the same talking points from every other school board member ever, and doesn’t seem to care at all about getting kids back in the classroom.

You're waaaaay off base here.

Miranda is a white gentrifier family who moved into Green Valley. Her kids do not attend Drew. She pulled one out into PRIVATE SCHOOL. The other is in Montessori. So much for equity if you won't even send your kids to the neighborhood school in the historically black neighborhood.

As for Mary, whatever she did at McK with the moves, she didn't do it for her own kids. Her kids were too old to be impacted.

Actually MT's kids have been in Drew for a long time, but she was forced to withdraw them due to school closures issues. I've heard her say publicly her kids want to go back once school is in person again.

"forced?" hahahaha

"forced to withdraw them" and send them to private school" is just hilarious. Talk about privilege and lack of self awareness. Do you know how many people can't afford private? Or could but stuck with the public schools?

I don't want someone representing me who just gives up on public school so quickly, and then wants to represent me and my kids who are STILL in public.

Oh you really made my night.

[Anonymous]

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"forced?" hahahaha

"forced to withdraw them" and send them to private school" is just hilarious. Talk about privilege and lack of self awareness. Do you know how many people can't afford private? Or could but stuck with the public schools?

I don't want someone representing me who just gives up on public school so quickly, and then wants to represent me and my kids who are STILL in public.

Oh you really made my night.

+1,000

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
"forced?" hahahaha

"forced to withdraw them" and send them to private school" is just hilarious. Talk about privilege and lack of self awareness. Do you know how many people can't afford private? Or could but stuck with the public schools?

I don't want someone representing me who just gives up on public school so quickly, and then wants to represent me and my kids who are STILL in public.

Oh you really made my night.

+1,000

She still had a kid at APS. More than you can say for 4 out of the 5 current school board members.

[Anonymous]

Four of whom have had kids go through the system. I’ll grant you the fifth is a carpetbagger.

Point still is Miranda’s family bailed on APS. This is a single issue candidate who does not have credentials trials or even a demonstrated commitment to the school system. If for some reason APS ends up not fully opening in the fall, will her kids both be in APS schools regardless of how it looks? Can she commit to reenrolling her kids no matter what?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Four of whom have had kids go through the system. I’ll grant you the fifth is a carpetbagger.

Point still is Miranda’s family bailed on APS. This is a single issue candidate who does not have credentials trials or even a demonstrated commitment to the school system. If for some reason APS ends up not fully opening in the fall, will her kids both be in APS schools regardless of how it looks? Can she commit to reenrolling her kids no matter what?

Priddy and O'Grady have kid(s) still in the system. PP is right that Goldstein and Kanninen had kids go through the system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Four of whom have had kids go through the system. I’ll grant you the fifth is a carpetbagger.

Point still is Miranda’s family bailed on APS. This is a single issue candidate who does not have credentials trials or even a demonstrated commitment to the school system. If for some reason APS ends up not fully opening in the fall, will her kids both be in APS schools regardless of how it looks? Can she commit to reenrolling her kids no matter what?

Miranda should get get on the board or whatever of her kids' private school.

Leave APS to us poor public folks.