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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OK, I’ll take your word for it on Dems supporting Vihstadt. The people just sounded like keyboard warriors.

But the teachers thing? Why would teachers support a challenger who you say is “a disaster” for schools? When the incumbent supposedly sought to increase funding?

I read the endorsement.. I’m guessing teachers care less about gold-plated schools than (some) parents. Whereas money not transferred winds up supporting other programs that maybe stabilize families more broadly? Is that what was going on?

Is that it? Reducing the gap between the privileged and the poors?[/quote]

I am not part of a controlled effort and very much a real Democrat-leaning voter who will never vote a Dem for the ACB again.

It is not *just* schools. It is a Board who continues to approve densely populated affordable housing developments, concentrated in certain areas of South Arlington, that lead to school overcrowding and high FARMs rates. That combined with not enough funding for APS to keep up with the county’s housing policy has been really, really disasterous.[b] Take a look at the 50 recent threads on elementary boundaries/overcrowding if you don’t believe me.[/b]

There is no reducing the gap between the privileged and the poor. Pretty soon with the ACB policies there will ONLY be privileged and poor. 
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Indeed I have gone through and read through a couple of those threads (I have the day off today  :) ).

I see your point if it's the FARMs kids driving overcrowding. Is that what you're saying, that it's the FARMS kids who produce overcrowding? And not more SFH kids?[/quote]

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