APS - Who is running for School Board?

[Anonymous]

If you're someone who disagrees with APS' increasing tendency to lower expectations for all students to the least common denominator, then Symone and Christina and maybe David are not the people you want on the Board. Krieger is annoying, arrogant, and has tunnel vision in addition to having extremely limited experience in APS. His kids are very young and he hasn't even experienced elementary school in its entirety, let alone seen directly how things are in middle or high school. For a "social justice warrior," he is absolutely clueless.

I'm not a Terron fan, either, as I don't believe he would make much difference one way or another. Sandy is the most qualified; but she also seems to be limited in her perspective - she's always talking about WL; but we do need someone who understands educational technology.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Yeah, all it takes to "win over" NVD is to agree with her and tout the things she believes in.
I don't think David is a dynamic leader. I think he goes with the wind; but at least he asks questions and listens. I disagree that he is uninformed.

[Anonymous]

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.

She has more classroom experience than most of the candidates. Regardless, at least her work has been in education policy. Maybe her familiarity with what other districts are doing across the country could offer APS something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you're someone who disagrees with APS' increasing tendency to lower expectations for all students to the least common denominator, then Symone and Christina and maybe David are not the people you want on the Board. Krieger is annoying, arrogant, and has tunnel vision in addition to having extremely limited experience in APS. His kids are very young and he hasn't even experienced elementary school in its entirety, let alone seen directly how things are in middle or high school. For a "social justice warrior," he is absolutely clueless.

I'm not a Terron fan, either, as I don't believe he would make much difference one way or another. Sandy is the most qualified; but she also seems to be limited in her perspective - she's always talking about WL; but we do need someone who understands educational technology.

It doesn't sound like you really want to vote for any of them

[Anonymous]

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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.

She has more classroom experience than most of the candidates. Regardless, at least her work has been in education policy. Maybe her familiarity with what other districts are doing across the country could offer APS something.

But the other candidates know Arlington and have spent time in our community. Her “education” work is doing sales for a consultant firm and as an intern (per LinkedIn), not that impressive. The problem is she enhances her resume to make it sound like she has experience she doesn’t actually have.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

She has more classroom experience than most of the candidates. Regardless, at least her work has been in education policy. Maybe her familiarity with what other districts are doing across the country could offer APS something.

But the other candidates know Arlington and have spent time in our community. Her “education” work is doing sales for a consultant firm and as an intern (per LinkedIn), not that impressive. The problem is she enhances her resume to make it sound like she has experience she doesn’t actually have.

THIS. I don't understand how anyone is buying that she is bringing so much experience to the School Board. She spent 3 years doing TFA, 1 year interning on the Hill, and she's been working as an entry-level marketing analyst for a very small for-profit education consulting firm. I also really question her ability to stand up to the County Board when Katie Cristol works in a senior-level position at the same education consulting firm-- which is absolutely not a coincidence. Katie practically hand-picked her to run. She's going to be Katie's puppet, and anyone who has watched Arlington politics for the past few years should know that Katie has not exactly been a champion for APS's budget and capacity needs at the County Board level.

[Anonymous]

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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.

She has more classroom experience than most of the candidates. Regardless, at least her work has been in education policy. Maybe her familiarity with what other districts are doing across the country could offer APS something.

But the other candidates know Arlington and have spent time in our community. Her “education” work is doing sales for a consultant firm and as an intern (per LinkedIn), not that impressive. The problem is she enhances her resume to make it sound like she has experience she doesn’t actually have.

THIS. I don't understand how anyone is buying that she is bringing so much experience to the School Board. She spent 3 years doing TFA, 1 year interning on the Hill, and she's been working as an entry-level marketing analyst for a very small for-profit education consulting firm. I also really question her ability to stand up to the County Board when Katie Cristol works in a senior-level position at the same education consulting firm-- which is absolutely not a coincidence. Katie practically hand-picked her to run. She's going to be Katie's puppet, and anyone who has watched Arlington politics for the past few years should know that Katie has not exactly been a champion for APS's budget and capacity needs at the County Board level.

I find it very difficult to disagree with any of this! 😊

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you're someone who disagrees with APS' increasing tendency to lower expectations for all students to the least common denominator, then Symone and Christina and maybe David are not the people you want on the Board. Krieger is annoying, arrogant, and has tunnel vision in addition to having extremely limited experience in APS. His kids are very young and he hasn't even experienced elementary school in its entirety, let alone seen directly how things are in middle or high school. For a "social justice warrior," he is absolutely clueless.

I'm not a Terron fan, either, as I don't believe he would make much difference one way or another. Sandy is the most qualified; but she also seems to be limited in her perspective - she's always talking about WL; but we do need someone who understands educational technology.

It doesn't sound like you really want to vote for any of them

DP. We are definitely picking the least horrible options.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Yeah, all it takes to "win over" NVD is to agree with her and tout the things she believes in.
I don't think David is a dynamic leader. I think he goes with the wind; but at least he asks questions and listens. I disagree that he is uninformed.

Everyone asks questions and listens!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

She has more classroom experience than most of the candidates. Regardless, at least her work has been in education policy. Maybe her familiarity with what other districts are doing across the country could offer APS something.

But the other candidates know Arlington and have spent time in our community. Her “education” work is doing sales for a consultant firm and as an intern (per LinkedIn), not that impressive. The problem is she enhances her resume to make it sound like she has experience she doesn’t actually have.

THIS. I don't understand how anyone is buying that she is bringing so much experience to the School Board. She spent 3 years doing TFA, 1 year interning on the Hill, and she's been working as an entry-level marketing analyst for a very small for-profit education consulting firm. I also really question her ability to stand up to the County Board when Katie Cristol works in a senior-level position at the same education consulting firm-- which is absolutely not a coincidence. Katie practically hand-picked her to run. She's going to be Katie's puppet, and anyone who has watched Arlington politics for the past few years should know that Katie has not exactly been a champion for APS's budget and capacity needs at the County Board level.

I find it very difficult to disagree with any of this! 😊

I'm so surprised by all of the nativism. Most of my friends in Arlington are not from Arlington. I've never encountered this us vs them dynamic before. We must be much younger than most people commenting here because it feels like some bizarro world. I'm still unsure how I'm going to rank my vote, but I think it would be a helpful for APS to have a younger voice contributing to the discussion.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

She has more classroom experience than most of the candidates. Regardless, at least her work has been in education policy. Maybe her familiarity with what other districts are doing across the country could offer APS something.

But the other candidates know Arlington and have spent time in our community. Her “education” work is doing sales for a consultant firm and as an intern (per LinkedIn), not that impressive. The problem is she enhances her resume to make it sound like she has experience she doesn’t actually have.

THIS. I don't understand how anyone is buying that she is bringing so much experience to the School Board. She spent 3 years doing TFA, 1 year interning on the Hill, and she's been working as an entry-level marketing analyst for a very small for-profit education consulting firm. I also really question her ability to stand up to the County Board when Katie Cristol works in a senior-level position at the same education consulting firm-- which is absolutely not a coincidence. Katie practically hand-picked her to run. She's going to be Katie's puppet, and anyone who has watched Arlington politics for the past few years should know that Katie has not exactly been a champion for APS's budget and capacity needs at the County Board level.

I find it very difficult to disagree with any of this! 😊

I'm so surprised by all of the nativism. Most of my friends in Arlington are not from Arlington. I've never encountered this us vs them dynamic before. We must be much younger than most people commenting here because it feels like some bizarro world. I'm still unsure how I'm going to rank my vote, but I think it would be a helpful for APS to have a younger voice contributing to the discussion.

It’s not nativism if you expect someone running for an important local office to be familiar with the entity they are hoping to run. Did Cristina have any documented involvement with APS before the year she announced her candidacy? The Katie connection also makes me uneasy since I have personally been condescended to by that woman. I am the same age as her, btw so it’s not generational.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

She has more classroom experience than most of the candidates. Regardless, at least her work has been in education policy. Maybe her familiarity with what other districts are doing across the country could offer APS something.

But the other candidates know Arlington and have spent time in our community. Her “education” work is doing sales for a consultant firm and as an intern (per LinkedIn), not that impressive. The problem is she enhances her resume to make it sound like she has experience she doesn’t actually have.

THIS. I don't understand how anyone is buying that she is bringing so much experience to the School Board. She spent 3 years doing TFA, 1 year interning on the Hill, and she's been working as an entry-level marketing analyst for a very small for-profit education consulting firm. I also really question her ability to stand up to the County Board when Katie Cristol works in a senior-level position at the same education consulting firm-- which is absolutely not a coincidence. Katie practically hand-picked her to run. She's going to be Katie's puppet, and anyone who has watched Arlington politics for the past few years should know that Katie has not exactly been a champion for APS's budget and capacity needs at the County Board level.

I find it very difficult to disagree with any of this! 😊

I'm so surprised by all of the nativism. Most of my friends in Arlington are not from Arlington. I've never encountered this us vs them dynamic before. We must be much younger than most people commenting here because it feels like some bizarro world. I'm still unsure how I'm going to rank my vote, but I think it would be a helpful for APS to have a younger voice contributing to the discussion.

^^^These people are looking for a reason to hate. When they describe the county board taking over the school board, it starts to read more like a Trump press statement. To them, Cristina is both an unrelenting self-advocate and a puppet. If they liked her, they would tout her relationship with Katie as one that would benefit APS. Cristina has a record on the budget advisory committee. AEA wouldn't have endorsed a candidate that wants to slash budgets. I like Terron and Symone most, but with her out, I voted 1)Terron 2) Cristina 3) David 4) Sandy 5) Steven.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

She has more classroom experience than most of the candidates. Regardless, at least her work has been in education policy. Maybe her familiarity with what other districts are doing across the country could offer APS something.

But the other candidates know Arlington and have spent time in our community. Her “education” work is doing sales for a consultant firm and as an intern (per LinkedIn), not that impressive. The problem is she enhances her resume to make it sound like she has experience she doesn’t actually have.

THIS. I don't understand how anyone is buying that she is bringing so much experience to the School Board. She spent 3 years doing TFA, 1 year interning on the Hill, and she's been working as an entry-level marketing analyst for a very small for-profit education consulting firm. I also really question her ability to stand up to the County Board when Katie Cristol works in a senior-level position at the same education consulting firm-- which is absolutely not a coincidence. Katie practically hand-picked her to run. She's going to be Katie's puppet, and anyone who has watched Arlington politics for the past few years should know that Katie has not exactly been a champion for APS's budget and capacity needs at the County Board level.

I find it very difficult to disagree with any of this! 😊

I'm so surprised by all of the nativism. Most of my friends in Arlington are not from Arlington. I've never encountered this us vs them dynamic before. We must be much younger than most people commenting here because it feels like some bizarro world. I'm still unsure how I'm going to rank my vote, but I think it would be a helpful for APS to have a younger voice contributing to the discussion.

It’s not nativism if you expect someone running for an important local office to be familiar with the entity they are hoping to run. Did Cristina have any documented involvement with APS before the year she announced her candidacy? The Katie connection also makes me uneasy since I have personally been condescended to by that woman. I am the same age as her, btw so it’s not generational.

Did you just ask for documentation?

[Anonymous]

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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.

She has more classroom experience than most of the candidates. Regardless, at least her work has been in education policy. Maybe her familiarity with what other districts are doing across the country could offer APS something.

But the other candidates know Arlington and have spent time in our community. Her “education” work is doing sales for a consultant firm and as an intern (per LinkedIn), not that impressive. The problem is she enhances her resume to make it sound like she has experience she doesn’t actually have.

THIS. I don't understand how anyone is buying that she is bringing so much experience to the School Board. She spent 3 years doing TFA, 1 year interning on the Hill, and she's been working as an entry-level marketing analyst for a very small for-profit education consulting firm. I also really question her ability to stand up to the County Board when Katie Cristol works in a senior-level position at the same education consulting firm-- which is absolutely not a coincidence. Katie practically hand-picked her to run. She's going to be Katie's puppet, and anyone who has watched Arlington politics for the past few years should know that Katie has not exactly been a champion for APS's budget and capacity needs at the County Board level.

I find it very difficult to disagree with any of this! 😊

I'm so surprised by all of the nativism. Most of my friends in Arlington are not from Arlington. I've never encountered this us vs them dynamic before. We must be much younger than most people commenting here because it feels like some bizarro world. I'm still unsure how I'm going to rank my vote, but I think it would be a helpful for APS to have a younger voice contributing to the discussion.

It’s not nativism if you expect someone running for an important local office to be familiar with the entity they are hoping to run. Did Cristina have any documented involvement with APS before the year she announced her candidacy? The Katie connection also makes me uneasy since I have personally been condescended to by that woman. I am the same age as her, btw so it’s not generational.

“That woman”? Her ceiling is limitless.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

She has more classroom experience than most of the candidates. Regardless, at least her work has been in education policy. Maybe her familiarity with what other districts are doing across the country could offer APS something.

But the other candidates know Arlington and have spent time in our community. Her “education” work is doing sales for a consultant firm and as an intern (per LinkedIn), not that impressive. The problem is she enhances her resume to make it sound like she has experience she doesn’t actually have.

THIS. I don't understand how anyone is buying that she is bringing so much experience to the School Board. She spent 3 years doing TFA, 1 year interning on the Hill, and she's been working as an entry-level marketing analyst for a very small for-profit education consulting firm. I also really question her ability to stand up to the County Board when Katie Cristol works in a senior-level position at the same education consulting firm-- which is absolutely not a coincidence. Katie practically hand-picked her to run. She's going to be Katie's puppet, and anyone who has watched Arlington politics for the past few years should know that Katie has not exactly been a champion for APS's budget and capacity needs at the County Board level.

I find it very difficult to disagree with any of this! 😊

I'm so surprised by all of the nativism. Most of my friends in Arlington are not from Arlington. I've never encountered this us vs them dynamic before. We must be much younger than most people commenting here because it feels like some bizarro world. I'm still unsure how I'm going to rank my vote, but I think it would be a helpful for APS to have a younger voice contributing to the discussion.

It’s not nativism if you expect someone running for an important local office to be familiar with the entity they are hoping to run. Did Cristina have any documented involvement with APS before the year she announced her candidacy? The Katie connection also makes me uneasy since I have personally been condescended to by that woman. I am the same age as her, btw so it’s not generational.

Did you just ask for documentation?

If you have it, yes. But an answer to my question whether she had any involvement with APS before she decided to run is really what I want.