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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm familiar with her, and I think she asked a couple of good questions along the way. But she comes from that peanut-gallery class of activists (APE, CCPTA, union) who are always deriding the board and superintendent until suddenly they find themselves on the board and actually having to make compromises. This is when they find out that the supposedly "easy, logical" solutions they pushed back when they were activists don't have the public buy-in to work. Or they learn that if you try to suddenly discard long-running plans or programs that there will be dramatic consequences you heretofore didn't know or care about, but have to take responsibility for addressing. In other words, it's hard.
Kadera's vote against the last CIP was easy because she was still in activist mode. Now she'll own the next one and it will entail school boundary changes...and possibly closing a neighborhood ES. Then there is the current drama over cellphones. But the biggest issue will be budget...and under Kadera's gavel the board is gearing up to prioritize staff compensation over everything else. In other words, somebody's SpEd service or iPad or sport or whatever WILL get sacrificed so that teachers get a big raise. I[b]ronically, I don't think the union will lower its criticism or activism in response, so it's no-win.[/b][/quote]

ALL school activist groups in Arlington seem to expect everything to be done, just raise the budget allocation from the County. Do everything - the money will appear![/quote]

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