What do I need to know about the Fairfax County School Board?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It is too large to be managed properly, OP. That is all you need to know.

Beg to differ. Independent analyses rated FCPS as having effective management. And having had kids at multiple school districts of differing sizes, I would say it's one of the more efficient, streamlined school systems. A bit impersonal for my tastes, but I wouldn't say poorly managed at all.

What independent external analyses are you referring to?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Corrected for the PC police

Obama put a lot of undocumented children in Fairfax and didn't pay for their extra services. FCPS acknowledged this and wrote to Obama saying they would educate them but asked for money they didn't get. The aftermath over many years now shows that higher income people are moving out at a greater rate than they are moving in. Taking out any racism, this is not healthy for a school system to continually have people moving in making less money than before. Not even beneficial for hispanics in apartments.

By every measure, Fairfax County is one of the most affluent counties in the nation. In 2016, the median household income of the 395,164 households in Fairfax County, VA grew to $115,717 from the previous year's value of $113,208. Median family income also increased from $129,538 to $135,595.

We would be lucky to have Barack Obama still in office, rather than the Republican buffoon who finds new ways every day to embarrass the country.

The median income of children within FCPS has gone down per FCPS's own statistics.

I wasn't aware children were expected to have incomes.

Their ability to pay for school meals. The FARM rates are increasing within FCPS. Really your name calling and PC calling out is getting ridiculous.

Pointing out the absurdity of a reference to the "median income of children" isn't name calling.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Corrected for the PC police

Obama put a lot of undocumented children in Fairfax and didn't pay for their extra services. FCPS acknowledged this and wrote to Obama saying they would educate them but asked for money they didn't get. The aftermath over many years now shows that higher income people are moving out at a greater rate than they are moving in. Taking out any racism, this is not healthy for a school system to continually have people moving in making less money than before. Not even beneficial for hispanics in apartments.

By every measure, Fairfax County is one of the most affluent counties in the nation. In 2016, the median household income of the 395,164 households in Fairfax County, VA grew to $115,717 from the previous year's value of $113,208. Median family income also increased from $129,538 to $135,595.

We would be lucky to have Barack Obama still in office, rather than the Republican buffoon who finds new ways every day to embarrass the country.

The median income of children within FCPS has gone down per FCPS's own statistics.

I wasn't aware children were expected to have incomes.

Their ability to pay for school meals. The FARM rates are increasing within FCPS. Really your name calling and PC calling out is getting ridiculous.

Pointing out the absurdity of a reference to the "median income of children" isn't name calling.

FCPS tags each child as a FARM or non-FARM child in order to receive additional services as if they themselves put up the money to pay for their meals, so my statement wasn't absurd or racist.

Some name calling comments:

"Keep touting your racist nonsense" - To a statement that did not even discuss race

"Loudoun can have the white nativists, who are not nearly as special as you clearly think they are" - To a comment about FARM children that had nothing to do with race until you made it about race basically calling FARM children non-white

"Please feel free to go back to whatever decade you belong in" - To a teacher

"Republican buffoon" - To our elected president

These are all words of someone who already shows a bias and is triggered of any talk about income.

[Anonymous]

Please feel free to go back to whatever decade you belong in. Calling kids "Title I kids" was, and is, a bad idea.

Please tell me what is offensive about using the term. They are getting benefits that other kids do not get. Just like magnet programs or AAP, it is an identifier.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Corrected for the PC police

Obama put a lot of undocumented children in Fairfax and didn't pay for their extra services. FCPS acknowledged this and wrote to Obama saying they would educate them but asked for money they didn't get. The aftermath over many years now shows that higher income people are moving out at a greater rate than they are moving in. Taking out any racism, this is not healthy for a school system to continually have people moving in making less money than before. Not even beneficial for hispanics in apartments.

By every measure, Fairfax County is one of the most affluent counties in the nation. In 2016, the median household income of the 395,164 households in Fairfax County, VA grew to $115,717 from the previous year's value of $113,208. Median family income also increased from $129,538 to $135,595.

We would be lucky to have Barack Obama still in office, rather than the Republican buffoon who finds new ways every day to embarrass the country.

The median income of children within FCPS has gone down per FCPS's own statistics.

I wasn't aware children were expected to have incomes.

Their ability to pay for school meals. The FARM rates are increasing within FCPS. Really your name calling and PC calling out is getting ridiculous.

Pointing out the absurdity of a reference to the "median income of children" isn't name calling.

FCPS tags each child as a FARM or non-FARM child in order to receive additional services as if they themselves put up the money to pay for their meals, so my statement wasn't absurd or racist.

Some name calling comments:

"Keep touting your racist nonsense" - To a statement that did not even discuss race

"Loudoun can have the white nativists, who are not nearly as special as you clearly think they are" - To a comment about FARM children that had nothing to do with race until you made it about race basically calling FARM children non-white

"Please feel free to go back to whatever decade you belong in" - To a teacher

"Republican buffoon" - To our elected president

These are all words of someone who already shows a bias and is triggered of any talk about income.

Not all the same poster, sorry.

Are you equally upset by the references to "liberal crap," "stupid liberal causes," "short on brains," "stupid liberal crap," "social engineering crap," "too stupid," etc.

LOL.

[Anonymous]

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Please feel free to go back to whatever decade you belong in. Calling kids "Title I kids" was, and is, a bad idea.

Please tell me what is offensive about using the term. They are getting benefits that other kids do not get. Just like magnet programs or AAP, it is an identifier.

Depends on how you look at it. The benefit is a meal, and the other kids aren't going hungry.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Corrected for the PC police

Obama put a lot of undocumented children in Fairfax and didn't pay for their extra services. FCPS acknowledged this and wrote to Obama saying they would educate them but asked for money they didn't get. The aftermath over many years now shows that higher income people are moving out at a greater rate than they are moving in. Taking out any racism, this is not healthy for a school system to continually have people moving in making less money than before. Not even beneficial for hispanics in apartments.

By every measure, Fairfax County is one of the most affluent counties in the nation. In 2016, the median household income of the 395,164 households in Fairfax County, VA grew to $115,717 from the previous year's value of $113,208. Median family income also increased from $129,538 to $135,595.

We would be lucky to have Barack Obama still in office, rather than the Republican buffoon who finds new ways every day to embarrass the country.

The median income of children within FCPS has gone down per FCPS's own statistics.

I wasn't aware children were expected to have incomes.

Their ability to pay for school meals. The FARM rates are increasing within FCPS. Really your name calling and PC calling out is getting ridiculous.

Pointing out the absurdity of a reference to the "median income of children" isn't name calling.

FCPS tags each child as a FARM or non-FARM child in order to receive additional services as if they themselves put up the money to pay for their meals, so my statement wasn't absurd or racist.

Some name calling comments:

"Keep touting your racist nonsense" - To a statement that did not even discuss race

"Loudoun can have the white nativists, who are not nearly as special as you clearly think they are" - To a comment about FARM children that had nothing to do with race until you made it about race basically calling FARM children non-white

"Please feel free to go back to whatever decade you belong in" - To a teacher

"Republican buffoon" - To our elected president

These are all words of someone who already shows a bias and is triggered of any talk about income.

Not all the same poster, sorry.

Are you equally upset by the references to "liberal crap," "stupid liberal causes," "short on brains," "stupid liberal crap," "social engineering crap," "too stupid," etc.

LOL.

I'm equally upset by"short on brains". The liberal references I don't consider name calling but don't use myself. Although in this case the majority on the school board is liberal and they are the ones who have the power and tout themselves as being correct on issues, so I can see why the minority representation might use those words to rebut the majority.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Corrected for the PC police

Obama put a lot of undocumented children in Fairfax and didn't pay for their extra services. FCPS acknowledged this and wrote to Obama saying they would educate them but asked for money they didn't get. The aftermath over many years now shows that higher income people are moving out at a greater rate than they are moving in. Taking out any racism, this is not healthy for a school system to continually have people moving in making less money than before. Not even beneficial for hispanics in apartments.

By every measure, Fairfax County is one of the most affluent counties in the nation. In 2016, the median household income of the 395,164 households in Fairfax County, VA grew to $115,717 from the previous year's value of $113,208. Median family income also increased from $129,538 to $135,595.

We would be lucky to have Barack Obama still in office, rather than the Republican buffoon who finds new ways every day to embarrass the country.

The median income of children within FCPS has gone down per FCPS's own statistics.

I wasn't aware children were expected to have incomes.

Their ability to pay for school meals. The FARM rates are increasing within FCPS. Really your name calling and PC calling out is getting ridiculous.

Pointing out the absurdity of a reference to the "median income of children" isn't name calling.

FCPS tags each child as a FARM or non-FARM child in order to receive additional services as if they themselves put up the money to pay for their meals, so my statement wasn't absurd or racist.

Some name calling comments:

"Keep touting your racist nonsense" - To a statement that did not even discuss race

"Loudoun can have the white nativists, who are not nearly as special as you clearly think they are" - To a comment about FARM children that had nothing to do with race until you made it about race basically calling FARM children non-white

"Please feel free to go back to whatever decade you belong in" - To a teacher

"Republican buffoon" - To our elected president

These are all words of someone who already shows a bias and is triggered of any talk about income.

Not all the same poster, sorry.

Are you equally upset by the references to "liberal crap," "stupid liberal causes," "short on brains," "stupid liberal crap," "social engineering crap," "too stupid," etc.

LOL.

I'm equally upset by"short on brains". The liberal references I don't consider name calling but don't use myself. Although in this case the majority on the school board is liberal and they are the ones who have the power and tout themselves as being correct on issues, so I can see why the minority representation might use those words to rebut the majority.

It’s not a rebuttal. It’s just an insult hurled by cranky people who want to turn back the clock.

[Anonymous]

Insults at things or ideas, not people though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Insults at things or ideas, not people though.

Kind of a distinction without a difference, when it's said in connection with people who are actually being named in the posts.

[Anonymous]

I think you are forgetting that you have called people names, called out people for lying when they weren't and called people out as racists when they didn't speak about race.

You've also made statements that were proven untrue.

Ever hear of the term "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones?" I suggest cleaning up your own behavior if you want to be taken more seriously.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Still, say what you want. Elizabeth Schultz calls out the social engineering crap the Board engages in and refocuses them back on policy making and guidance. Sometimes the Board doesn’t follow their own procedures but it’s not because someone doesn’t try to keep them honest. She does.

x100!!!!

Most of the day-to-day management of FCPS is handled by the Superintendent and those who work for him. They do a very good job. There is no better school superintendent in the DC region than Scott Brabrand.

The School Board oversees FCPS and deals with broader policy issues. Most of those are non-controversial, but Schultz has tried to derail just about every initiative that she thinks her Tea Party masters would find objectionable. She isn't successful, and all she's does is make sure that many Board meetings last until well after midnight due to her grandstanding. The only people who benefit are the police and custodians who get paid overtime for hanging around later. It certainly doesn't benefit the Springfield District to have a Board member so out of step with both her colleagues and the vast majority of the county's residents.

Hahahahahaha You are just plain wrong.

Schultz is the only school board member with a willingness to stand up against the other wasteful school board members.

We need a balanced school board. Not this heavily one sided partisan school board consisting of no moderates, 2 conservatives and almost entirely very liberal members who are either like Strauss (liberal policies for everyone else but not in my back yard) or McElven who thinks that fcps is one huge social experiment where academics, class sizes and teacher pay are at the bottom of the priority list.

What are you talking about?

Strauss has a lot of low-income schools in Herndon in her district. She consistently votes to allocate more money to those schools and other low-income schools. As for her backyard, she's kept a Title I elementary school zoned to the high school for her own neighborhood, although that school is closer to two other high schools.

McElveen has consistently supported more academic options, lower class sizes, and higher teacher pay. If you think people will buy the notion that, if you support rights for minorities or LBGTQ kids, you somehow must not care about academics, class sizes, or teacher pay, you are underestimating county residents.

Schultz is more than willing to debate other School Board members about any issue that she thinks will resonate with conservative Republicans. It's not clear that she's accomplished anything for the Springfield District, or that families in her district benefit from having a representative who is neither liked nor trusted by other SB members. She got through one cycle with no one challenging her for re-election, but it looks like the Democrats will pull out the stops to defeat her next fall.

[Anonymous]

Wrong wrong wrong
End of the year. Under the cover of night, Ryan runs them into the wee hours. Just stupid stuff that he has no clue about in the first place.

[Anonymous]

Why does a kinder parent post this question? This is fishy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Please feel free to go back to whatever decade you belong in. Calling kids "Title I kids" was, and is, a bad idea.

Please tell me what is offensive about using the term. They are getting benefits that other kids do not get. Just like magnet programs or AAP, it is an identifier.

Depends on how you look at it. The benefit is a meal, and the other kids aren't going hungry.

No. The reference was to Title I. If you think the only benefit the kids get is a meal, you are really uninformed. Title I kids get smaller classes, more resources for instruction, and other educational benefits that are not given to kids in other schools. If you mean free lunches by a meal, there are many kids in schools that are not identified as Title I who get free meals. Calling kids "Title I kids" is not a slur. Why do you think it is?