How will new Sec of Edu effect FCPS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

You sound like a hired shill. Why are you on the FCPS forums if you are in a different state and loving your charter schools?

+1

Doesn’t even in VA and pushing charters. Hard.

My kids were in FCPS for 6 years, and I've been on dcum for quite awhile. I still pop into the FCPS forum to see how things are going, especially since FCPS is so dysfunctional. Main point, though, is that there is a lot of fear mongering about charters. They've been a godsend for my kids, and so much better than what they were receiving in FCPS. FCPS could give more school choice and different options by opening more magnet programs, but I don't think they are flexible enough to want to do so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

You sound like a hired shill. Why are you on the FCPS forums if you are in a different state and loving your charter schools?

+1

Doesn’t even in VA and pushing charters. Hard.

My kids were in FCPS for 6 years, and I've been on dcum for quite awhile. I still pop into the FCPS forum to see how things are going, especially since FCPS is so dysfunctional. Main point, though, is that there is a lot of fear mongering about charters. They've been a godsend for my kids, and so much better than what they were receiving in FCPS. FCPS could give more school choice and different options by opening more magnet programs, but I don't think they are flexible enough to want to do so.

You just don’t get it. If you don’t stand down and let the FCPS bureaucrats and our School Board mandarins do whatever they want, on their own terms, you must be a shill, a Trumpkin, or an “Astroturfer.” All decent people in the county should just shut up, smile, and accept what FCPS delivers.

Congratulations on escaping the FCPS train wreck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just as an example, FCPS could desperately use a charter or two for kids with dyslexia. Kids with dyslexia should have a free option for getting out of a mainstream classroom and instead choosing to attend one that will use methods and curricula much more suited to helping them.

Right. For profit charters coming to save the day… 🙄

Bahahaha. A special education charter in Fairfax…haaaaaaaaa. Yes, this would indeed be awesome, but zero chance a charter school is going to come in with a bunch of dyslexia trained educators and save the day. I say this as someone who once represented a charter school in DC that catered to special education students and looked at their financials/quality of teaching.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

You sound like a hired shill. Why are you on the FCPS forums if you are in a different state and loving your charter schools?

+1

Doesn’t even in VA and pushing charters. Hard.

My kids were in FCPS for 6 years, and I've been on dcum for quite awhile. I still pop into the FCPS forum to see how things are going, especially since FCPS is so dysfunctional. Main point, though, is that there is a lot of fear mongering about charters. They've been a godsend for my kids, and so much better than what they were receiving in FCPS. FCPS could give more school choice and different options by opening more magnet programs, but I don't think they are flexible enough to want to do so.

You just don’t get it. If you don’t stand down and let the FCPS bureaucrats and our School Board mandarins do whatever they want, on their own terms, you must be a shill, a Trumpkin, or an “Astroturfer.” All decent people in the county should just shut up, smile, and accept what FCPS delivers.

Congratulations on escaping the FCPS train wreck.

+1,000,000
Nailed it. And so curious that these same twits welcomed out-of-staters bashing Youngkin on the gubernatorial threads this fall. Very, very transparent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

You sound like a hired shill. Why are you on the FCPS forums if you are in a different state and loving your charter schools?

+1

Doesn’t even in VA and pushing charters. Hard.

My kids were in FCPS for 6 years, and I've been on dcum for quite awhile. I still pop into the FCPS forum to see how things are going, especially since FCPS is so dysfunctional. Main point, though, is that there is a lot of fear mongering about charters. They've been a godsend for my kids, and so much better than what they were receiving in FCPS. FCPS could give more school choice and different options by opening more magnet programs, but I don't think they are flexible enough to want to do so.

You just don’t get it. If you don’t stand down and let the FCPS bureaucrats and our School Board mandarins do whatever they want, on their own terms, you must be a shill, a Trumpkin, or an “Astroturfer.” All decent people in the county should just shut up, smile, and accept what FCPS delivers.

Oh BS. I've said it that I don't like the SB. Complaining about the SB is one thing, calling people "leftists," socialists," engaging in conspiracy theories, and saying parents are doormats because they do not agree with you sounds like right wing propaganda. I can tell the difference, can you?
Congratulations on escaping the FCPS train wreck.

Oh BS. I've said it that I don't like the SB. Complaining about the SB is one thing, calling people "leftists," socialists," engaging in conspiracy theories, and saying parents are doormats because they do not agree with you sounds like right wing propaganda. I can tell the difference, can you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

You sound like a hired shill. Why are you on the FCPS forums if you are in a different state and loving your charter schools?

+1

Doesn’t even in VA and pushing charters. Hard.

My kids were in FCPS for 6 years, and I've been on dcum for quite awhile. I still pop into the FCPS forum to see how things are going, especially since FCPS is so dysfunctional. Main point, though, is that there is a lot of fear mongering about charters. They've been a godsend for my kids, and so much better than what they were receiving in FCPS. FCPS could give more school choice and different options by opening more magnet programs, but I don't think they are flexible enough to want to do so.

You just don’t get it. If you don’t stand down and let the FCPS bureaucrats and our School Board mandarins do whatever they want, on their own terms, you must be a shill, a Trumpkin, or an “Astroturfer.” All decent people in the county should just shut up, smile, and accept what FCPS delivers.

Oh BS. I've said it that I don't like the SB. Complaining about the SB is one thing, calling people "leftists," socialists," engaging in conspiracy theories, and saying parents are doormats because they do not agree with you sounds like right wing propaganda. I can tell the difference, can you?
Congratulations on escaping the FCPS train wreck.

Oh BS. I've said it that I don't like the SB. Complaining about the SB is one thing, calling people "leftists," socialists," engaging in conspiracy theories, and saying parents are doormats because they do not agree with you sounds like right wing propaganda. I can tell the difference, can you?

The PP that you claimed was a "hired shill" said none of those things. So now you're sticking words in her mouth and others to justify your own knee-jerk reaction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

You sound like a hired shill. Why are you on the FCPS forums if you are in a different state and loving your charter schools?

+1

Doesn’t even in VA and pushing charters. Hard.

My kids were in FCPS for 6 years, and I've been on dcum for quite awhile. I still pop into the FCPS forum to see how things are going, especially since FCPS is so dysfunctional. Main point, though, is that there is a lot of fear mongering about charters. They've been a godsend for my kids, and so much better than what they were receiving in FCPS. FCPS could give more school choice and different options by opening more magnet programs, but I don't think they are flexible enough to want to do so.

You just don’t get it. If you don’t stand down and let the FCPS bureaucrats and our School Board mandarins do whatever they want, on their own terms, you must be a shill, a Trumpkin, or an “Astroturfer.” All decent people in the county should just shut up, smile, and accept what FCPS delivers.

Oh BS. I've said it that I don't like the SB. Complaining about the SB is one thing, calling people "leftists," socialists," engaging in conspiracy theories, and saying parents are doormats because they do not agree with you sounds like right wing propaganda. I can tell the difference, can you?
Congratulations on escaping the FCPS train wreck.

Oh BS. I've said it that I don't like the SB. Complaining about the SB is one thing, calling people "leftists," socialists," engaging in conspiracy theories, and saying parents are doormats because they do not agree with you sounds like right wing propaganda. I can tell the difference, can you?

Or pushing crap about charters.

[Anonymous]

How dare they?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/fairfax-teacher-proposes-charter-school/2012/01/18/gIQAHTsS9P_story.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

You sound like a hired shill. Why are you on the FCPS forums if you are in a different state and loving your charter schools?

+1

Doesn’t even in VA and pushing charters. Hard.

My kids were in FCPS for 6 years, and I've been on dcum for quite awhile. I still pop into the FCPS forum to see how things are going, especially since FCPS is so dysfunctional. Main point, though, is that there is a lot of fear mongering about charters. They've been a godsend for my kids, and so much better than what they were receiving in FCPS. FCPS could give more school choice and different options by opening more magnet programs, but I don't think they are flexible enough to want to do so.

You just don’t get it. If you don’t stand down and let the FCPS bureaucrats and our School Board mandarins do whatever they want, on their own terms, you must be a shill, a Trumpkin, or an “Astroturfer.” All decent people in the county should just shut up, smile, and accept what FCPS delivers.

Oh BS. I've said it that I don't like the SB. Complaining about the SB is one thing, calling people "leftists," socialists," engaging in conspiracy theories, and saying parents are doormats because they do not agree with you sounds like right wing propaganda. I can tell the difference, can you?
Congratulations on escaping the FCPS train wreck.

Oh BS. I've said it that I don't like the SB. Complaining about the SB is one thing, calling people "leftists," socialists," engaging in conspiracy theories, and saying parents are doormats because they do not agree with you sounds like right wing propaganda. I can tell the difference, can you?

The PP that you claimed was a "hired shill" said none of those things. So now you're sticking words in her mouth and others to justify your own knee-jerk reaction.

I’m a completely different poster BTW. I never said anything about anyone being a hired shill. I’m addressing people who are dismissing that there is no right wing propaganda at all. Sounds like you are the one having a knee jerk reaction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

You sound like a hired shill. Why are you on the FCPS forums if you are in a different state and loving your charter schools?

+1

Doesn’t even in VA and pushing charters. Hard.

My kids were in FCPS for 6 years, and I've been on dcum for quite awhile. I still pop into the FCPS forum to see how things are going, especially since FCPS is so dysfunctional. Main point, though, is that there is a lot of fear mongering about charters. They've been a godsend for my kids, and so much better than what they were receiving in FCPS. FCPS could give more school choice and different options by opening more magnet programs, but I don't think they are flexible enough to want to do so.

You just don’t get it. If you don’t stand down and let the FCPS bureaucrats and our School Board mandarins do whatever they want, on their own terms, you must be a shill, a Trumpkin, or an “Astroturfer.” All decent people in the county should just shut up, smile, and accept what FCPS delivers.

Oh BS. I've said it that I don't like the SB. Complaining about the SB is one thing, calling people "leftists," socialists," engaging in conspiracy theories, and saying parents are doormats because they do not agree with you sounds like right wing propaganda. I can tell the difference, can you?
Congratulations on escaping the FCPS train wreck.

Oh BS. I've said it that I don't like the SB. Complaining about the SB is one thing, calling people "leftists," socialists," engaging in conspiracy theories, and saying parents are doormats because they do not agree with you sounds like right wing propaganda. I can tell the difference, can you?

The PP that you claimed was a "hired shill" said none of those things. So now you're sticking words in her mouth and others to justify your own knee-jerk reaction.

I’m a completely different poster BTW. I never said anything about anyone being a hired shill. I’m addressing people who are dismissing that there is no right wing propaganda at all. Sounds like you are the one having a knee jerk reaction.

Not surprised to see your straw-man arguments continue. You disagree with PP, so you keep looking for different ways to imply her views aren't legitimate or based on personal experience. And then, when challenged, you retreat to suggesting that all you're really saying is that there must be some "right-wing propaganda."

The latter statement is anodyne, but so what? There are quite a few posters who regularly stalk these threads with their anti-Youngkin messages, making all sorts of ludicrous claims about what he's planning to do to education in the state. Grow up.

[Anonymous]

If the out-of-stater doesn’t want to be called out as a shill then perhaps she should share a pro-charter comment that sounds like it came right out of a campaign email.

Youngkin is going to push to defund our public schools with charters and vouchers. Our schools need to be supported, not to be gutted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If the out-of-stater doesn’t want to be called out as a shill then perhaps she should share a pro-charter comment that sounds like it came right out of a campaign email.

Youngkin is going to push to defund our public schools with charters and vouchers. Our schools need to be supported, not to be gutted.

I see FCPS administrators and School Board members gutting our schools. When you see the hypocrisy, neglect, and misguided priorities on display for years, first by a 10-2 and then by a 12-0 Democratic School Boards, what you consider "gutting" seems like a "rescue mission" to many of us.

Without more details, the continued whining about how charters are going to "gut" the public schools is simply hysteria. One suspects what bothers you isn't the potential opening of a charter school so much as the realization that your ability to operate with limited accountability and to prioritize random social justice initiatives over the efficient operation of a $3B school system is coming to an end.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If the out-of-stater doesn’t want to be called out as a shill then perhaps she should share a pro-charter comment that sounds like it came right out of a campaign email.

Youngkin is going to push to defund our public schools with charters and vouchers. Our schools need to be supported, not to be gutted.

Okay. Fine. Both my bright gen ed kid and my AAP kid were completely underserved and ignored in their FCPS schools. The teachers were overwhelmed with working with lower performing kids (even in AAP!), and my kids got almost no time with the teacher plus way too much time on Dreambox, ST Math, Raz kids, etc. Plus, the not-really-curricula that FCPS uses are terrible. Basically, the FCPS model was to take money for educating my kids, ignore them, and then spend the money to educate higher needs kids instead. At least at their charter, they're being given a rigorous education, and they're finally not bored out of their minds. Both kids would have been way behind standard from their FCPS educations (even in AAP!). Thankfully, we supplemented with AoPS math + language arts classes, so they were still on track for their grade levels.

I suppose if you view losing cash cow students (i.e the bright, supposedly easy to educate kids that constantly get ignored and aren't actually being educated by their teachers) as "gutting public schools," then charters will do exactly that. If you feel that bright, motivated kids deserve to be educated at an appropriate level, and they deserve to have their funding be spent on them and not diverted to other kids, then charters are great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If the out-of-stater doesn’t want to be called out as a shill then perhaps she should share a pro-charter comment that sounds like it came right out of a campaign email.

Youngkin is going to push to defund our public schools with charters and vouchers. Our schools need to be supported, not to be gutted.

NP. This is absolute BS. Either you know this and are just a sour grapes LWNJ, or you are incredibly foolish. Either way - not a good look.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If the out-of-stater doesn’t want to be called out as a shill then perhaps she should share a pro-charter comment that sounds like it came right out of a campaign email.

Youngkin is going to push to defund our public schools with charters and vouchers. Our schools need to be supported, not to be gutted.

I see FCPS administrators and School Board members gutting our schools. When you see the hypocrisy, neglect, and misguided priorities on display for years, first by a 10-2 and then by a 12-0 Democratic School Boards, what you consider "gutting" seems like a "rescue mission" to many of us.

Without more details, the continued whining about how charters are going to "gut" the public schools is simply hysteria. One suspects what bothers you isn't the potential opening of a charter school so much as the realization that your ability to operate with limited accountability and to prioritize random social justice initiatives over the efficient operation of a $3B school system is coming to an end.

+ a million
Well said. So sick of the constant "sky is falling" from the left.