APS School Board race

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Anonymous wrote:In case anyone is wondering how APS teachers feel about a specific group of parents, here is an APS teacher (now former) who put her name on it --


At first, when schools moved to online instruction in the spring of 2020 and parents saw firsthand the hardships teachers were enduring, plaudits poured in for the educators showing remarkable commitment to their profession in a difficult situation they had never trained for. Virtual teaching took much more time to prepare, execute and evaluate. And because students were often not required to turn on their cameras, it was a lot like teaching into a void. But as time crawled on and schools remained closed to in-person instruction, parents became critical, even angry. The hostility parents leveled against teachers was astonishing. In September 2021 alone, 30,000 public school teachers nationwide gave notice. Between August 2020 and August 2021, Florida’s teacher vacancies surged 67 percent, according to a count by the Florida Education Association. In 2021, California’s largest district, Los Angeles Unified, had five times the number of vacancies as in previous years, according to Shannon Haber, a spokeswoman for the district. The number of retirements skyrocketed, and I joined the exodus. I was within a couple of years of my target retirement date, but I left earlier than planned because of the mounting stress around the pandemic and an ever-increasing workload.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/03/08/teachers-woes-vulnerable-profession-robbins/?fbclid=IwAR2UZodgy4iGVxCs8_X8Jp-yrhrMPKsHd6lhvFl5CAJ6rpmbqn9jA0FgT1o

The raw, misdirected hostility towards teachers was so crazy. I’m still shocked by what some parents did.

My kid was on teams **in class** when a parent interrupted and started screaming and cursing at the teacher. In front of all of the kids!!! The teacher handled it well, but WTAF?!

Yup. And then a lot of parents who were angry about schools closing took their kids out of APS and left for private schools, including one of our school bd candidates, so this is a problem they created for others to deal with.

I don't know how we repair the damage they did.

Certainly not by choosing a SB member who thought their actions were acceptable enough to partner with them.

Sorry but this entire thread reads as sock puppeting.
I don’t plan to vote, but I’m not sure how you can say someone who 1) doesn’t have children, 2) has never been inside an aps building, and 3) has lived in Arlington for less than a month is more qualified than anyone. Miranda is way more qualified, and if the Arl dems want to stay relevant and continue the endorsement process, Miranda should be the clear favorite.

There are multiple people posting.

He is absolutely less qualified. He also didn’t lead a group that has done so much damage to our community.

+1

I don't like either of then. But I may take newbie youngster over someone who has really damaged our school system. At least Angelo is probably harmless and it can't hurt to have a fresh perspective from a young person.

Whoops. This was where I wanted to post the above comment. I'm voting for the kid at this moment unless he really offs up. Miranda and her supporters do not represent me at all. She would probably ignore anyone who wasn't APE if she is elected.

Miranda has been involved in some capacity or another well before APE. See Drew and Green Valley. She's done more in APS than at least 2 current board members did before they were elected and her oldest kid isn't even in MS yet. She's talking to ASPHA and others. APS has some real challenges. Write someone if you want, but don't throw a vote at this unserious kid.

Did those two SB members lead a group that had such a negative impact on our community?

I’ll take a kid over someone who thinks so lowly of our teachers that she stood by while members in her group trashed teachers, SB members, administrators, and other parents.

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Anonymous wrote:In case anyone is wondering how APS teachers feel about a specific group of parents, here is an APS teacher (now former) who put her name on it --


At first, when schools moved to online instruction in the spring of 2020 and parents saw firsthand the hardships teachers were enduring, plaudits poured in for the educators showing remarkable commitment to their profession in a difficult situation they had never trained for. Virtual teaching took much more time to prepare, execute and evaluate. And because students were often not required to turn on their cameras, it was a lot like teaching into a void. But as time crawled on and schools remained closed to in-person instruction, parents became critical, even angry. The hostility parents leveled against teachers was astonishing. In September 2021 alone, 30,000 public school teachers nationwide gave notice. Between August 2020 and August 2021, Florida’s teacher vacancies surged 67 percent, according to a count by the Florida Education Association. In 2021, California’s largest district, Los Angeles Unified, had five times the number of vacancies as in previous years, according to Shannon Haber, a spokeswoman for the district. The number of retirements skyrocketed, and I joined the exodus. I was within a couple of years of my target retirement date, but I left earlier than planned because of the mounting stress around the pandemic and an ever-increasing workload.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/03/08/teachers-woes-vulnerable-profession-robbins/?fbclid=IwAR2UZodgy4iGVxCs8_X8Jp-yrhrMPKsHd6lhvFl5CAJ6rpmbqn9jA0FgT1o

The raw, misdirected hostility towards teachers was so crazy. I’m still shocked by what some parents did.

My kid was on teams **in class** when a parent interrupted and started screaming and cursing at the teacher. In front of all of the kids!!! The teacher handled it well, but WTAF?!

Yup. And then a lot of parents who were angry about schools closing took their kids out of APS and left for private schools, including one of our school bd candidates, so this is a problem they created for others to deal with.

I don't know how we repair the damage they did.

Certainly not by choosing a SB member who thought their actions were acceptable enough to partner with them.

What a slap in the face that would be to our teachers.

*OR* maybe our teachers would be thrilled to have a SB member lobbying for higher pay and smaller class sizes?

Everyone wants these things. But OK, I'll bite. Just how does she plan to pay for that?

How does ANYone plan to pay for them?

I'm convinced that maybe 4-5 people post in here. It's the same conversation everyday, no matter the thread.

Yep. And they have no shame in trying to spread rumors and gossip about an individual they clearly have a personal vendetta against. They are too chicken$hit to have their names associated with their opinions on AEM, of which they clearly are members so repeatedly post here anonymously.

I wish Jeff would just shut down this thread. There is nothing left to say, though I’m sure the 4-5 will respond with more rumors and gossip.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:In case anyone is wondering how APS teachers feel about a specific group of parents, here is an APS teacher (now former) who put her name on it --


At first, when schools moved to online instruction in the spring of 2020 and parents saw firsthand the hardships teachers were enduring, plaudits poured in for the educators showing remarkable commitment to their profession in a difficult situation they had never trained for. Virtual teaching took much more time to prepare, execute and evaluate. And because students were often not required to turn on their cameras, it was a lot like teaching into a void. But as time crawled on and schools remained closed to in-person instruction, parents became critical, even angry. The hostility parents leveled against teachers was astonishing. In September 2021 alone, 30,000 public school teachers nationwide gave notice. Between August 2020 and August 2021, Florida’s teacher vacancies surged 67 percent, according to a count by the Florida Education Association. In 2021, California’s largest district, Los Angeles Unified, had five times the number of vacancies as in previous years, according to Shannon Haber, a spokeswoman for the district. The number of retirements skyrocketed, and I joined the exodus. I was within a couple of years of my target retirement date, but I left earlier than planned because of the mounting stress around the pandemic and an ever-increasing workload.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/03/08/teachers-woes-vulnerable-profession-robbins/?fbclid=IwAR2UZodgy4iGVxCs8_X8Jp-yrhrMPKsHd6lhvFl5CAJ6rpmbqn9jA0FgT1o

The raw, misdirected hostility towards teachers was so crazy. I’m still shocked by what some parents did.

My kid was on teams **in class** when a parent interrupted and started screaming and cursing at the teacher. In front of all of the kids!!! The teacher handled it well, but WTAF?!

Yup. And then a lot of parents who were angry about schools closing took their kids out of APS and left for private schools, including one of our school bd candidates, so this is a problem they created for others to deal with.

I don't know how we repair the damage they did.

Certainly not by choosing a SB member who thought their actions were acceptable enough to partner with them.

What a slap in the face that would be to our teachers.

*OR* maybe our teachers would be thrilled to have a SB member lobbying for higher pay and smaller class sizes?

Everyone wants these things. But OK, I'll bite. Just how does she plan to pay for that?

How does ANYone plan to pay for them?

I'm convinced that maybe 4-5 people post in here. It's the same conversation everyday, no matter the thread.

Yep. And they have no shame in trying to spread rumors and gossip about an individual they clearly have a personal vendetta against. They are too chicken$hit to have their names associated with their opinions on AEM, of which they clearly are members so repeatedly post here anonymously.

I wish Jeff would just shut down this thread. There is nothing left to say, though I’m sure the 4-5 will respond with more rumors and gossip.

No one is spreading rumors.

She’s a candidate for SB. People will share their opinions and discuss her words and actions. If you can’t handle it, then you should take a break.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Jeff, why are posts about Miranda being removed when they are things she has said PUBLICLY in public forums and on her website?

She posted publicly on her website that one child is in private and the other two attend Montessori.

And then she publicly stated in a public forum that Drew is her neighborhood school which insinuates that her kids go there when they do not.

In that same public forum, she also stated that she has a rising APS middle schooler, which again insinuates this kid is in APS when they are not.

How is this not ok? It is all public and we should be allowed to talk about candidates' PUBLIC statements. She chose to put this info about there about her family. I am not disclosing anything private.

I personally think her answers are technically correct in a lawyerly kind of day, but also sneaky and not very transparent overall.

If Jeff deleted your posts, maybe it’s because it’s really not true that she insinuated anything? I don’t know her, but went to her website and it’s all stated there, lives in Drew zone, kids go to Montessori, rising middle schooler headed back to APS, all on the same page and easy to see.

DP. Did she technically lie? No. Was she fully transparent? No.

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I guess this is supposed to be a pro-Miranda forum.

My bad.

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Everybody's anonymous in here. Height of hypocrisy to post as anon and then complain about everyone else posting as anon.

Arlington is so whiny.

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Anonymous wrote:Everybody's anonymous in here. Height of hypocrisy to post as anon and then complain about everyone else posting as anon.

Arlington is so whiny.

No wonder the kids have behavioral problems and act out in school. Their parents never learned to respect differences of opinion and are just mean spirited.

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Anonymous wrote:Jeff, why are posts about Miranda being removed when they are things she has said PUBLICLY in public forums and on her website?

She posted publicly on her website that one child is in private and the other two attend Montessori.

And then she publicly stated in a public forum that Drew is her neighborhood school which insinuates that her kids go there when they do not.

In that same public forum, she also stated that she has a rising APS middle schooler, which again insinuates this kid is in APS when they are not.

How is this not ok? It is all public and we should be allowed to talk about candidates' PUBLIC statements. She chose to put this info about there about her family. I am not disclosing anything private.

I personally think her answers are technically correct in a lawyerly kind of day, but also sneaky and not very transparent overall.

For Jeff's awareness. THe SB canddidate has a child currently in private school. That child is returning for public school. By definition they are a rising APS middle schooler. Just like anyone with pre-schooler planning to attend APS for kinder. THey are a rising APS kinder. Not hard.

And her neighborhood school IS Drew. She is upfront on her website that her two other kids attend MPSA. She still volunteers for the PTA for her neighbhorhood school. Which IS Drew. Why is thi so hard? My kids went to option schools and I still supported my neighborhood school. And even refer to it as my neighborhoods school. That's pretty normal IMO. I think it's helpful context to understand she lives in South Arlington. I like knowing that she lives in South Arlington.

Are you kidding me? Her responses are misleading in a weaselly lawyerish way. Isn’t her platform accountability and transparency from APS? I’m not optimistic with this kind of word splitting about herself.

+1

Big difference to say you have a rising APS kindergartener. Most preschoolers don't/can't attend APS, while most rising APS middle schoolers are already in elementary school in APS, except Miranda's is not.

It will also be interesting to see if she actually puts her daughter back in APS this fall. Right now she says she is planning to, but plans can change.

I plan to send my kids to Harvard but that may not pan out.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Everybody's anonymous in here. Height of hypocrisy to post as anon and then complain about everyone else posting as anon.

Arlington is so whiny.

No wonder the kids have behavioral problems and act out in school. Their parents never learned to respect differences of opinion and are just mean spirited.

After a certain group of parents screamed at school board members, teachers, and other parents, is it any wonder their own kids don't know how to act?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where do they stand on boundary changes and dealing with facilities? Now that we’re not in a pandemic and the issue is not whether to have in-person instruction, these are the issues that tend to ignite passions.

I would like to know this too. The APE group that Miranda led was consistently against air quality and health upgrades to facilities so I would not expect much from Miranda on this.

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Anonymous wrote:In case anyone is wondering how APS teachers feel about a specific group of parents, here is an APS teacher (now former) who put her name on it --


At first, when schools moved to online instruction in the spring of 2020 and parents saw firsthand the hardships teachers were enduring, plaudits poured in for the educators showing remarkable commitment to their profession in a difficult situation they had never trained for. Virtual teaching took much more time to prepare, execute and evaluate. And because students were often not required to turn on their cameras, it was a lot like teaching into a void. But as time crawled on and schools remained closed to in-person instruction, parents became critical, even angry. The hostility parents leveled against teachers was astonishing. In September 2021 alone, 30,000 public school teachers nationwide gave notice. Between August 2020 and August 2021, Florida’s teacher vacancies surged 67 percent, according to a count by the Florida Education Association. In 2021, California’s largest district, Los Angeles Unified, had five times the number of vacancies as in previous years, according to Shannon Haber, a spokeswoman for the district. The number of retirements skyrocketed, and I joined the exodus. I was within a couple of years of my target retirement date, but I left earlier than planned because of the mounting stress around the pandemic and an ever-increasing workload.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/03/08/teachers-woes-vulnerable-profession-robbins/?fbclid=IwAR2UZodgy4iGVxCs8_X8Jp-yrhrMPKsHd6lhvFl5CAJ6rpmbqn9jA0FgT1o

The raw, misdirected hostility towards teachers was so crazy. I’m still shocked by what some parents did.

My kid was on teams **in class** when a parent interrupted and started screaming and cursing at the teacher. In front of all of the kids!!! The teacher handled it well, but WTAF?!

Yup. And then a lot of parents who were angry about schools closing took their kids out of APS and left for private schools, including one of our school bd candidates, so this is a problem they created for others to deal with.

I don't know how we repair the damage they did.

Certainly not by choosing a SB member who thought their actions were acceptable enough to partner with them.

Sorry but this entire thread reads as sock puppeting.
I don’t plan to vote, but I’m not sure how you can say someone who 1) doesn’t have children, 2) has never been inside an aps building, and 3) has lived in Arlington for less than a month is more qualified than anyone. Miranda is way more qualified, and if the Arl dems want to stay relevant and continue the endorsement process, Miranda should be the clear favorite.

There are multiple people posting.

He is absolutely less qualified. He also didn’t lead a group that has done so much damage to our community.

+1

I don't like either of then. But I may take newbie youngster over someone who has really damaged our school system. At least Angelo is probably harmless and it can't hurt to have a fresh perspective from a young person.

We've already given that a try with Diaz-Torres. We don't need another one of her.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In case anyone is wondering how APS teachers feel about a specific group of parents, here is an APS teacher (now former) who put her name on it --


At first, when schools moved to online instruction in the spring of 2020 and parents saw firsthand the hardships teachers were enduring, plaudits poured in for the educators showing remarkable commitment to their profession in a difficult situation they had never trained for. Virtual teaching took much more time to prepare, execute and evaluate. And because students were often not required to turn on their cameras, it was a lot like teaching into a void. But as time crawled on and schools remained closed to in-person instruction, parents became critical, even angry. The hostility parents leveled against teachers was astonishing. In September 2021 alone, 30,000 public school teachers nationwide gave notice. Between August 2020 and August 2021, Florida’s teacher vacancies surged 67 percent, according to a count by the Florida Education Association. In 2021, California’s largest district, Los Angeles Unified, had five times the number of vacancies as in previous years, according to Shannon Haber, a spokeswoman for the district. The number of retirements skyrocketed, and I joined the exodus. I was within a couple of years of my target retirement date, but I left earlier than planned because of the mounting stress around the pandemic and an ever-increasing workload.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/03/08/teachers-woes-vulnerable-profession-robbins/?fbclid=IwAR2UZodgy4iGVxCs8_X8Jp-yrhrMPKsHd6lhvFl5CAJ6rpmbqn9jA0FgT1o

The raw, misdirected hostility towards teachers was so crazy. I’m still shocked by what some parents did.

My kid was on teams **in class** when a parent interrupted and started screaming and cursing at the teacher. In front of all of the kids!!! The teacher handled it well, but WTAF?!

Yup. And then a lot of parents who were angry about schools closing took their kids out of APS and left for private schools, including one of our school bd candidates, so this is a problem they created for others to deal with.

I don't know how we repair the damage they did.

Certainly not by choosing a SB member who thought their actions were acceptable enough to partner with them.

What a slap in the face that would be to our teachers.

*OR* maybe our teachers would be thrilled to have a SB member lobbying for higher pay and smaller class sizes?

Everyone wants these things. But OK, I'll bite. Just how does she plan to pay for that?

How does ANYone plan to pay for them?

Well since you said this is Miranda's platform, does she have an actual plan to pay for them or are they just empty words?

I didn't say that. Different people commenting. Question stands. How does anyone plan to pay for these things? AEM people constantly griping about teacher salaries and calling for raises to compensate for inflation AND step increases. How do they propose paying for them????

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In case anyone is wondering how APS teachers feel about a specific group of parents, here is an APS teacher (now former) who put her name on it --


At first, when schools moved to online instruction in the spring of 2020 and parents saw firsthand the hardships teachers were enduring, plaudits poured in for the educators showing remarkable commitment to their profession in a difficult situation they had never trained for. Virtual teaching took much more time to prepare, execute and evaluate. And because students were often not required to turn on their cameras, it was a lot like teaching into a void. But as time crawled on and schools remained closed to in-person instruction, parents became critical, even angry. The hostility parents leveled against teachers was astonishing. In September 2021 alone, 30,000 public school teachers nationwide gave notice. Between August 2020 and August 2021, Florida’s teacher vacancies surged 67 percent, according to a count by the Florida Education Association. In 2021, California’s largest district, Los Angeles Unified, had five times the number of vacancies as in previous years, according to Shannon Haber, a spokeswoman for the district. The number of retirements skyrocketed, and I joined the exodus. I was within a couple of years of my target retirement date, but I left earlier than planned because of the mounting stress around the pandemic and an ever-increasing workload.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/03/08/teachers-woes-vulnerable-profession-robbins/?fbclid=IwAR2UZodgy4iGVxCs8_X8Jp-yrhrMPKsHd6lhvFl5CAJ6rpmbqn9jA0FgT1o

The raw, misdirected hostility towards teachers was so crazy. I’m still shocked by what some parents did.

My kid was on teams **in class** when a parent interrupted and started screaming and cursing at the teacher. In front of all of the kids!!! The teacher handled it well, but WTAF?!

Yup. And then a lot of parents who were angry about schools closing took their kids out of APS and left for private schools, including one of our school bd candidates, so this is a problem they created for others to deal with.

I don't know how we repair the damage they did.

Certainly not by choosing a SB member who thought their actions were acceptable enough to partner with them.

Sorry but this entire thread reads as sock puppeting.
I don’t plan to vote, but I’m not sure how you can say someone who 1) doesn’t have children, 2) has never been inside an aps building, and 3) has lived in Arlington for less than a month is more qualified than anyone. Miranda is way more qualified, and if the Arl dems want to stay relevant and continue the endorsement process, Miranda should be the clear favorite.

There are multiple people posting.

He is absolutely less qualified. He also didn’t lead a group that has done so much damage to our community.

+1

I don't like either of then. But I may take newbie youngster over someone who has really damaged our school system. At least Angelo is probably harmless and it can't hurt to have a fresh perspective from a young person.

We've already given that a try with Diaz-Torres. We don't need another one of her.

She is the absolute worst of the bunch

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jeff, why are posts about Miranda being removed when they are things she has said PUBLICLY in public forums and on her website?

She posted publicly on her website that one child is in private and the other two attend Montessori.

And then she publicly stated in a public forum that Drew is her neighborhood school which insinuates that her kids go there when they do not.

In that same public forum, she also stated that she has a rising APS middle schooler, which again insinuates this kid is in APS when they are not.

How is this not ok? It is all public and we should be allowed to talk about candidates' PUBLIC statements. She chose to put this info about there about her family. I am not disclosing anything private.

I personally think her answers are technically correct in a lawyerly kind of day, but also sneaky and not very transparent overall.

For Jeff's awareness. THe SB canddidate has a child currently in private school. That child is returning for public school. By definition they are a rising APS middle schooler. Just like anyone with pre-schooler planning to attend APS for kinder. THey are a rising APS kinder. Not hard.

And her neighborhood school IS Drew. She is upfront on her website that her two other kids attend MPSA. She still volunteers for the PTA for her neighbhorhood school. Which IS Drew. Why is thi so hard? My kids went to option schools and I still supported my neighborhood school. And even refer to it as my neighborhoods school. That's pretty normal IMO. I think it's helpful context to understand she lives in South Arlington. I like knowing that she lives in South Arlington.

Are you kidding me? Her responses are misleading in a weaselly lawyerish way. Isn’t her platform accountability and transparency from APS? I’m not optimistic with this kind of word splitting about herself.

+1

Big difference to say you have a rising APS kindergartener. Most preschoolers don't/can't attend APS, while most rising APS middle schoolers are already in elementary school in APS, except Miranda's is not.

It will also be interesting to see if she actually puts her daughter back in APS this fall. Right now she says she is planning to, but plans can change.

I plan to send my kids to Harvard but that may not pan out.

That's a stupid analogy. A "plan" to send a kid to Harvard depends on Harvard allowing you to. There's nothing preventing a parent from enrolling their 6th grader in a public middle school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In case anyone is wondering how APS teachers feel about a specific group of parents, here is an APS teacher (now former) who put her name on it --


At first, when schools moved to online instruction in the spring of 2020 and parents saw firsthand the hardships teachers were enduring, plaudits poured in for the educators showing remarkable commitment to their profession in a difficult situation they had never trained for. Virtual teaching took much more time to prepare, execute and evaluate. And because students were often not required to turn on their cameras, it was a lot like teaching into a void. But as time crawled on and schools remained closed to in-person instruction, parents became critical, even angry. The hostility parents leveled against teachers was astonishing. In September 2021 alone, 30,000 public school teachers nationwide gave notice. Between August 2020 and August 2021, Florida’s teacher vacancies surged 67 percent, according to a count by the Florida Education Association. In 2021, California’s largest district, Los Angeles Unified, had five times the number of vacancies as in previous years, according to Shannon Haber, a spokeswoman for the district. The number of retirements skyrocketed, and I joined the exodus. I was within a couple of years of my target retirement date, but I left earlier than planned because of the mounting stress around the pandemic and an ever-increasing workload.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/03/08/teachers-woes-vulnerable-profession-robbins/?fbclid=IwAR2UZodgy4iGVxCs8_X8Jp-yrhrMPKsHd6lhvFl5CAJ6rpmbqn9jA0FgT1o

The raw, misdirected hostility towards teachers was so crazy. I’m still shocked by what some parents did.

My kid was on teams **in class** when a parent interrupted and started screaming and cursing at the teacher. In front of all of the kids!!! The teacher handled it well, but WTAF?!

Yup. And then a lot of parents who were angry about schools closing took their kids out of APS and left for private schools, including one of our school bd candidates, so this is a problem they created for others to deal with.

I don't know how we repair the damage they did.

Certainly not by choosing a SB member who thought their actions were acceptable enough to partner with them.

Sorry but this entire thread reads as sock puppeting.
I don’t plan to vote, but I’m not sure how you can say someone who 1) doesn’t have children, 2) has never been inside an aps building, and 3) has lived in Arlington for less than a month is more qualified than anyone. Miranda is way more qualified, and if the Arl dems want to stay relevant and continue the endorsement process, Miranda should be the clear favorite.

There are multiple people posting.

He is absolutely less qualified. He also didn’t lead a group that has done so much damage to our community.

+1

I don't like either of then. But I may take newbie youngster over someone who has really damaged our school system. At least Angelo is probably harmless and it can't hurt to have a fresh perspective from a young person.

Whoops. This was where I wanted to post the above comment. I'm voting for the kid at this moment unless he really offs up. Miranda and her supporters do not represent me at all. She would probably ignore anyone who wasn't APE if she is elected.

Miranda has been involved in some capacity or another well before APE. See Drew and Green Valley. She's done more in APS than at least 2 current board members did before they were elected and her oldest kid isn't even in MS yet. She's talking to ASPHA and others. APS has some real challenges. Write someone if you want, but don't throw a vote at this unserious kid.

Did those two SB members lead a group that had such a negative impact on our community?

I’ll take a kid over someone who thinks so lowly of our teachers that she stood by while members in her group trashed teachers, SB members, administrators, and other parents.

One group alone is not responsible for all the negative impact that has happened.