APS - Who is running for School Board?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Krieger is coming off as a total ass on AEM right now. Dude, don't tout your resume in Arlington. Every other person has an advanced degree. No one is impressed with you.

Well he finally wised up and signed off. That was not a pretty set of exchanges. He never should have tried to engage in that forum, which shows all the more that he's not ready for SB.

Has anyone noticed that a handful of staunch Key supporters who were literally screaming about their concern for the low income kids in the Key neighborhood last fall are now standing behind this guy’s thinly veiled stance of “teach more so my privileged white kids don’t fall behind on their Harvard trajectories.” I wasn’t on their side with the swap but I wanted to believe that some of them were expressing real concerns for real people. How naive of me. It really was just about keeping their kids on Key.

[Anonymous]

My current preferences: Krieger for this stand on teaching new material and Priddy for his questioning of the boundary changes (option school moves) a few months ago.
I expect my publicly elected officials to be independent thinkers and not just kowtow to staffs' recommendations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Krieger is coming off as a total ass on AEM right now. Dude, don't tout your resume in Arlington. Every other person has an advanced degree. No one is impressed with you.

Well he finally wised up and signed off. That was not a pretty set of exchanges. He never should have tried to engage in that forum, which shows all the more that he's not ready for SB.

Has anyone noticed that a handful of staunch Key supporters who were literally screaming about their concern for the low income kids in the Key neighborhood last fall are now standing behind this guy’s thinly veiled stance of “teach more so my privileged white kids don’t fall behind on their Harvard trajectories.” I wasn’t on their side with the swap but I wanted to believe that some of them were expressing real concerns for real people. How naive of me. It really was just about keeping their kids on Key.

I’m glad a global pandemic hasn’t stopped you from obsessing over your dislike for Key parents and posting your feelings about it in DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Krieger is coming off as a total ass on AEM right now. Dude, don't tout your resume in Arlington. Every other person has an advanced degree. No one is impressed with you.

Has anyone noticed that a handful of staunch Key supporters who were literally screaming about their concern for the low income kids in the Key neighborhood last fall are now standing behind this guy’s thinly veiled stance of “teach more so my privileged white kids don’t fall behind on their Harvard trajectories.” I wasn’t on their side with the swap but I wanted to believe that some of them were expressing real concerns for real people. How naive of me. It really was just about keeping their kids on Key.

I’m glad a global pandemic hasn’t stopped you from obsessing over your dislike for Key parents and posting your feelings about it in DCUM.

Agreed, the pro-APS staff groupies are particularly vicious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Krieger is coming off as a total ass on AEM right now. Dude, don't tout your resume in Arlington. Every other person has an advanced degree. No one is impressed with you.

Well he finally wised up and signed off. That was not a pretty set of exchanges. He never should have tried to engage in that forum, which shows all the more that he's not ready for SB.

Has anyone noticed that a handful of staunch Key supporters who were literally screaming about their concern for the low income kids in the Key neighborhood last fall are now standing behind this guy’s thinly veiled stance of “teach more so my privileged white kids don’t fall behind on their Harvard trajectories.” I wasn’t on their side with the swap but I wanted to believe that some of them were expressing real concerns for real people. How naive of me. It really was just about keeping their kids on Key.

Yes, so disgusting.

Then: “What about the poor kids?” (While completely ignoring the non-Key poor kids.)
Now: “What about the rich kids?”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Krieger is coming off as a total ass on AEM right now. Dude, don't tout your resume in Arlington. Every other person has an advanced degree. No one is impressed with you.

Well he finally wised up and signed off. That was not a pretty set of exchanges. He never should have tried to engage in that forum, which shows all the more that he's not ready for SB.

Has anyone noticed that a handful of staunch Key supporters who were literally screaming about their concern for the low income kids in the Key neighborhood last fall are now standing behind this guy’s thinly veiled stance of “teach more so my privileged white kids don’t fall behind on their Harvard trajectories.” I wasn’t on their side with the swap but I wanted to believe that some of them were expressing real concerns for real people. How naive of me. It really was just about keeping their kids on Key.

I’m glad a global pandemic hasn’t stopped you from obsessing over your dislike for Key parents and posting your feelings about it in DCUM.

PP here. Nope, as I said in my post, I had conflicted feelings before and was hoping that the Key supporters were acting on genuinely held beliefs and ideals, even if I didn't agree with their proposals. These most recent posts are what finally pushed me over to the side of everyone else who has been pointing out the Key supporters' hypocrisy for years now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Krieger is coming off as a total ass on AEM right now. Dude, don't tout your resume in Arlington. Every other person has an advanced degree. No one is impressed with you.

He's gone from a one-grudge candidate to a two-grudge candidate!

(Actually I suspect many if not most candidates start as grudge candidates -- they're mad about the way something was handled so they want to get involved. Great! But then look around and find out who else has reason to be unhappy and figure out how to set some priorities.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think part of it is that Cristina is articulate and a good speaker. That doesn't mean she's qualified. Her resume is paper thin.

Priddy's not as good on the debate stage, but he's a good listener and really gathers information before making decisions.

That's why I would pick him over Cristina every time.

Does anyone else feel like David should know more about APS or education by now?? He's basically been running since he lost his last election. If he's been gathering information for that long, he should have more to say on the debate stage.

[Anonymous]

I thought their responses to the SEPTA questions were interesting (publicly available on the SEPTA website).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought their responses to the SEPTA questions were interesting (publicly available on the SEPTA website).

Yes, Sandy and Symone really stood out.

Terron brings a great perspective too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think part of it is that Cristina is articulate and a good speaker. That doesn't mean she's qualified. Her resume is paper thin.

Priddy's not as good on the debate stage, but he's a good listener and really gathers information before making decisions.

That's why I would pick him over Cristina every time.

Does anyone else feel like David should know more about APS or education by now?? He's basically been running since he lost his last election. If he's been gathering information for that long, he should have more to say on the debate stage.

Yes! Only Symone seems more entitled.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I thought their responses to the SEPTA questions were interesting (publicly available on the SEPTA website).

Yes, Sandy and Symone really stood out.

Terron brings a great perspective too.

I thought Symone and Cristina both offered concise responses from different perspectives. David had hardly anything to say. The others seemed to ramble.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought their responses to the SEPTA questions were interesting (publicly available on the SEPTA website).

Yes, Sandy and Symone really stood out.

Terron brings a great perspective too.

I thought Symone and Cristina both offered concise responses from different perspectives. David had hardly anything to say. The others seemed to ramble.

Sandy raised a good point about how losing FLES means that the special ed teachers lose that time to collaborate with the lead teachers. I didn't even know that was a thing but it makes total sense.

I was underwhelmed by Sims and Priddy on the answers. I expected Priddy to have more substantive thoughts considering how much time he lobbied the school board to fix Fleet.

[Anonymous]

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Sandy raised a good point about how losing FLES means that the special ed teachers lose that time to collaborate with the lead teachers. I didn't even know that was a thing but it makes total sense.

OK, but you don't keep FLES just because it has a significant side benefit. You keep FLES because it's doing what it's supposed to do (there should be some way of measuring its success), and get rid of it if it's not (and can't be fixed).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
Sandy raised a good point about how losing FLES means that the special ed teachers lose that time to collaborate with the lead teachers. I didn't even know that was a thing but it makes total sense.

OK, but you don't keep FLES just because it has a significant side benefit. You keep FLES because it's doing what it's supposed to do (there should be some way of measuring its success), and get rid of it if it's not (and can't be fixed).

I wasn't advocating for keeping FLES for this purpose. I was just saying that this use of planning time was not something I was aware of, and its loss is something that has implications. I couldn't care less about FLES.