FCPS School Board and Brabrand Must Go

[Anonymous]

There is no question that FCPS over the past few months has been a disaster. This new FCPS school board is filled with egomaniacal fools. They lack the experience and strength to hold Superintendent Brabrand and administration to account, and they instead focus all their energy on sending out repetitive newsletters, isolating video clips of themselves and holding juvenile “quaranstreams.” I’ve received as many as six newsletters from school board members in one day. This shows their lack of respect for the community—they only respect themselves. Most gallingly, they voted in secret to add 1.5 personal staff for each board member without disclosing it to the public, amounting to more than $1M in additional taxpayer dollars.

They’ve been in office less than four months and have already run the system into the ground. It’s no wonder principals and staff are revolting against the board and Brabrand. Hopefully the community and parents will revolt, too, so we can get new leadership.

[Anonymous]

100%

I think the problems extend far past the superintendent and the board but someone needs to be held accountable for this disaster of a virtual learning plan. It does not surprise me at all that it has been a disaster because of the year after year problems I have seen.

[Anonymous]

Agree. But people voted in this schoolboard over national party politics and not based off who is qualified or what their goals are for fcps. Their incompetence is an unintended consequence of a conscious choice by voters.

[Anonymous]

so shaky.

[Anonymous]

Go where?

When you run, maybe I'll vote for you. I voted for the not-crazy candidates. That's what I'm looking for.

And Brabrand hasn't been stellar but he hasn't folded a la APS. Mediocre is enough. It's better than bad. In a couple weeks, however distance learning shakes out in FCPS, he'll have shown himself to be competent, presumably.

[Anonymous]

where can I find more info on this personal staff business?

I've been willing to give the benefit of the doubt, but using taxpayer resources to hire purse-holders? That's a big no from me.

[Anonymous]

Why don't you let them figure this out. Then find out what went wrong. Then advicate for corrective action.

Demanding termination of the superintendent at this time would be even more disruptive. He's doing his best to solve the problem. Maybe it's someone in IT who screwed up.. Maybe it's BB didn't provide what they promised. Maybe it's something else.

Proceed with logic. Not a lynch mob emotion.

[Anonymous]

FCPS spent their time and resources focusing on the wrong priorities. As a school system, they should focus on education. It took FCPS 4 weeks to get distance learning up and running, poorly, but only a few days to get their meal distribution up and running. I have received infinitely more communication regarding meal distribution than distance learning. Let the food banks feed the kids. The school system needs to focus on educating the kids.

[Anonymous]

This has been shameful.

[Anonymous]

I'm all for an emergency recall vote for the school board, but will our county citizens vote in competent people in exchange? Those who voted overwhelmingly for these candidates brought this on themselves only months ago.

And yes, the signing everyone up for their absurd newsletters (without asking, might I add - I was signed up for my school NYC and FCPS's, and the new school board members auto-added me) was ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Go where?

When you run, maybe I'll vote for you. I voted for the not-crazy candidates. That's what I'm looking for.

And Brabrand hasn't been stellar but he hasn't folded a la APS. Mediocre is enough. It's better than bad. In a couple weeks, however distance learning shakes out in FCPS, he'll have shown himself to be competent, presumably.

What do you mean by this? APS has been doing distance learning for a full month!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FCPS spent their time and resources focusing on the wrong priorities. As a school system, they should focus on education. It took FCPS 4 weeks to get distance learning up and running, poorly, but only a few days to get their meal distribution up and running. I have received infinitely more communication regarding meal distribution than distance learning. Let the food banks feed the kids. The school system needs to focus on educating the kids.

You’ve got my vote, PP.

I’m in social services in Fairfax County and have watched our schools creep into food distribution and social work - basically overstepping boundaries and making established charities and networks superfluous.

Also entirely too much focus on unisex bathrooms and menstrual supply availability when we have ignored sinking graduation rates, overcrowded schools and changing demographics.

It’s been smoke and mirrors for too long.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FCPS spent their time and resources focusing on the wrong priorities. As a school system, they should focus on education. It took FCPS 4 weeks to get distance learning up and running, poorly, but only a few days to get their meal distribution up and running. I have received infinitely more communication regarding meal distribution than distance learning. Let the food banks feed the kids. The school system needs to focus on educating the kids.

The view must be nice from your ivory tower.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why don't you let them figure this out. Then find out what went wrong. Then advicate for corrective action.

Demanding termination of the superintendent at this time would be even more disruptive. He's doing his best to solve the problem. Maybe it's someone in IT who screwed up.. Maybe it's BB didn't provide what they promised. Maybe it's something else.

Proceed with logic. Not a lynch mob emotion.

They should require you use your school login to join videoconferencing (so your real name appears), and the teacher to let each person into the room.

MCPS did this from the start. It's a configuration option. Why did FCPS not think to do the same thing. This is basic IT stuff, and with numerous articles about "zoombombing", how did they not think of this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why don't you let them figure this out. Then find out what went wrong. Then advicate for corrective action.

Demanding termination of the superintendent at this time would be even more disruptive. He's doing his best to solve the problem. Maybe it's someone in IT who screwed up.. Maybe it's BB didn't provide what they promised. Maybe it's something else.

Proceed with logic. Not a lynch mob emotion.

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