APS - Who is running for School Board?

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Anonymous wrote:As far as I can tell from her LinkedIn, she's been out of college for not quite 7 years.

-- 3 yrs with Teach for America
-- 1 yr on the hill
-- 2.5+ yrs with her current consulting firm

I swear her early promo stuff described 10 yrs experience, but I can't find it, so she maybe dropped it.

It’s been scrubbed. The only remaining evidence is the wording of Beth Arthur’s endorsement.

Thanks for pointing that out. She still has an endorsement on her site that claims 10 years experience. That's beyond insulting. It also bothers me that she calls herself an "educator." She may be a "former educator." She's a no for me.

I also can't support Simms because of what he did to Symone.

And I can't support Steven because he's spamming me.

So I'm voting for Sandy and David by process of elimination.

Agree on Cristina and Steven. I support Sims BECAUSE he's rumored to have reported Symone for violating Hatch. She was trying to skirt the law, as if she didn't think it applied to her when it applies to every other fed. So either he did it and I respect him for calling out BS when he sees it or he got caught up in her playing her victim card when she got caught. I support Sandy enthusiastically as the most qualified, so I'm going Sandy, Terron, David and that's it

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It apparently wasn't just that he reported her, but that he persistently called her office and her supervisors, elevating and elevating and elevating it into her initial approval got withdrawn. There's a reason she called it harassment.

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Anonymous wrote:It apparently wasn't just that he reported her, but that he persistently called her office and her supervisors, elevating and elevating and elevating it into her initial approval got withdrawn. There's a reason she called it harassment.

I certainly would be open to seeing her evidence of that. As others have called on in this forum, it also would be helpful for her to release the email or letter that authorized her to run in the first place. Did it say she was able to run as an independent candidate, or did it say she could run for the Dem endorsement. I work in the ethics office at a fed agency and I can assure you that the former is fine and the latter is definitely not. It's surprising if her office authorized the latter, and I'm not sure I believe that they did.

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Anonymous wrote:The Arlington Education Association endorsed Cristina. https://aeava.org/

And only Cristina. I've not been as impressed by Sandy as are others on here, but I am surprised they didn't endorse her too. Cristina is young and less experienced than others, but the experience she has impressed the teachers. And I think she has the best information online. I'm going with Cristina, Sandy, and Terron for my top three.

I'm a teacher and parent. My husband and I always vote for the AEA endorsed candidates. I'll likely choose Sandy or David as my second choice.

[eye roll] "I only vote Democrat." "I only vote Republican."

People need to think for themselves. That blind thinking is what got us the current occupant in the White House.

In my opinion, its the type of hate that folks on here direct at Symone and Cristina that got us the current occupant in the White House. Not that Hillary didn't have flaws.

Not PP, but that makes no sense. All the candidates running are Dems. All of them. If we don’t like something about one of those two, or any of the others, there are other DEM candidates to choose from. I don’t think any R candidates will stand up after the caucus, so it’s not like anyone is going to NOT vote for whoever the nominee is and then some R candidate, who doesn’t exist, will win.

My biggest qualm with Cristina is that I feel like the SB is just a stepping stone to larger ambitions. I want someone who will take positions and vote based on their beliefs and experience, rather than how it might play at some future point. I also don’t like that she hasn’t lived here for very long, and doesn’t have any direct experience in our school system as a parent or teacher or administrator. She seems smart and highly capable, so I wouldn’t panic if she were elected. I would probably not mind her on the CB. I just don’t think she’s the right fit for the SB at this point in time.

I agree. If nobody in Arlington was qualified, then fine. Go find some outside talent. But inserting Cristina into a local school board race that is rich with diverse and local candidates is insulting. It displaces our local representation and dilutes our local representation. This runs against all the principles that draw me to the democrats in the first place. They say all politics is local. If the AC/DC is looking to upset a district that has been a reliable democratic voting block, they’re testing their limits. Keep your hands off my schools. Insert yourself in national politics, maybe get involved in criminal justice reform, but don’t insert your up-and-coming star into a seat that decides how my kid receives instruction or how IEPs are administered etc. Just get out of school board politics.

I'm not sure this makes much sense to me since she lives in Arlington and works in education. Even if she has less professional experience than others, all of her work and volunteerism are focused on education. She and Sandy seem to be the only people that know what they are talking about! SB seems like a logical choice given her interests. I think AEA endorsed Cristina over Sandy because Sandy has been a part of bad decisions made by our lackluster superintendents. I'm not blaming her for all of our problems, I just think she will be a yes vote on every administrative recommendation. Despite the drama surrounding Symone, I would vote 1) Cristina 2) Symone 3) Sandy if that was an option because I like Symone's passion.

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Anonymous wrote:The Arlington Education Association endorsed Cristina. https://aeava.org/

Thought Sandy would have had that one locked up.

Cristina was hand-picked by the AC/DC. The AEA doesn’t endorse even mildly controversial candidates, always the incumbent. They endorsed Lander in 2017.

Very interesting, thank you! I still would have pegged Sandy as the least controversial candidate out there and, coupled with her extensive educational background, she seemed a very logical choice to get the endorsement. I think she's pretty much a lock to get one of the SB seats.

I do not believe Sandy could be considered even mildly controversial. Wasn't she an AEA member? Perhaps she doesn't support collective bargaining for teachers?

I didn’t mean to say controversial in her positions, but she’s not a lock to win one of the two spots. I think the AEA is pretty sure Cristina is a lock, given her support from much higher up in the Dem party, even outside Arlington (for reasons that have nothing to do with our local SB). They endorse the presumptive winner, so they don’t make an enemy.

Now, I'm interested! Which big-name Dems are supporting her? Did she cozy up to Pelosi while interning in the house? I wouldn't be opposed to Arlington receiving more federal dollars for education

Still don't know about Christina, but just saw a video on FB of Cory Booker endorsing Terron

We have enough bullying in our schools without Terron on the SB. 1) Steven 2) Cristina 3) Sandy 4) Priddy

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Anonymous wrote:The Arlington Education Association endorsed Cristina. https://aeava.org/

Thought Sandy would have had that one locked up.

Cristina was hand-picked by the AC/DC. The AEA doesn’t endorse even mildly controversial candidates, always the incumbent. They endorsed Lander in 2017.

Very interesting, thank you! I still would have pegged Sandy as the least controversial candidate out there and, coupled with her extensive educational background, she seemed a very logical choice to get the endorsement. I think she's pretty much a lock to get one of the SB seats.

I do not believe Sandy could be considered even mildly controversial. Wasn't she an AEA member? Perhaps she doesn't support collective bargaining for teachers?

I didn’t mean to say controversial in her positions, but she’s not a lock to win one of the two spots. I think the AEA is pretty sure Cristina is a lock, given her support from much higher up in the Dem party, even outside Arlington (for reasons that have nothing to do with our local SB). They endorse the presumptive winner, so they don’t make an enemy.

Now, I'm interested! Which big-name Dems are supporting her? Did she cozy up to Pelosi while interning in the house? I wouldn't be opposed to Arlington receiving more federal dollars for education

Still don't know about Christina, but just saw a video on FB of Cory Booker endorsing Terron

We have enough bullying in our schools without Terron on the SB. 1) Steven 2) Cristina 3) Sandy 4) Priddy

What do you mean by bullying?

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Ugh. They all suck for various reasons.

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I don't understand the support for Sandy. We need school board members who will stand up to APS administration. This has been our biggest problem for years! With budgets being cut, I'm sure this is why AEA didn't endorse her. They don't trust her to have a mind of her own.

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Anonymous wrote:Ugh. They all suck for various reasons.

Yes

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand the support for Sandy. We need school board members who will stand up to APS administration. This has been our biggest problem for years! With budgets being cut, I'm sure this is why AEA didn't endorse her. They don't trust her to have a mind of her own.

I feel the same way about Priddy. Someone as uninformed as him will not stand up to administrative staff.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand the support for Sandy. We need school board members who will stand up to APS administration. This has been our biggest problem for years! With budgets being cut, I'm sure this is why AEA didn't endorse her. They don't trust her to have a mind of her own.

I feel the same way about Priddy. Someone as uninformed as him will not stand up to administrative staff.

I disagree. I think he's learning how to get stuff done behind the scenes. Before all this mess broke, he was part of an effort to fix ADA stuff at Fleet. And also was working on making the TJ/Fleet parking mess better. He's been making connections and leveraging them since he ran last year.

And say what you will about NVD, but I think she's the most analytical of our current members. He won her over, so I assume there's a reason.

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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.

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.)

I agree. Cristina and Sandy are the only two people running who haven't before or aren't Steven. I also like their websites most. I'm voting 1) Cristina 2) Sandy. I might vote 3) Priddy but I am still unsure.

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It could be argued that the county is at an unusually low point in terms of its leadership.

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Please don’t put our children’s future at the hands of a TFA (nontrained) teacher who left the classroom after two years, who has no connection to our schools and community, and who’s only using this to expand her personal career and not our children. Vote no to Cristina.

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Anonymous wrote:Please don’t put our children’s future at the hands of a TFA (nontrained) teacher who left the classroom after two years, who has no connection to our schools and community, and who’s only using this to expand her personal career and not our children. Vote no to Cristina.

THIS!!!