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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have been in a position to work with NAACP leadership, or should I say try to work with them, on a variety of educational issues. My experience has been there is no reasonable discussion, as they have their mind set on perceptions and not realities. And whatever the national trend is that is how everything is perceived, without any real exploration of what is in front of them. There are many adjustments to policies I favor, and wanted to explore real data and develop plans. They wanted nothing to do with it. They have all the answers on hiring, school discipline, adjustments to funding, etc. Ad hominem attacks are what they offered when a real conversation and collaboration were offered. They force themselves into the room, but marginalize themselves because if one does not agree with every premise, they are dismissed. And I was a dues paying member of the NAACP for many years, so my goals were not disimilar to theirs. [/quote]

I'm just saying, it sounds like you had your mind set on certain end results or positions too. So that goes both ways.[/quote]

+1000.  She definitely has a strong bias towards appointing Reid and declaring "mission accomplished."

And I get how Reid might seem qualified, depending on what boxes you think you need to check.  I happen to think she'd be a disaster because she's clearly heavily invested in "equity" and "anti-racist" initiatives that rely heavily on babble and reject the idea of academic merit, and has no experience with a large school system that has the day-to-day operating challenges that FCPS faces (and Brabrand mostly ignored for the last five years).

If she were to step aside, and FCPS were to go back to the drawing board, that would be far preferable to hiring someone who's not right for the job simply because they have a timeline. 
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+1.   
If Michelle Reid becomes the new FCPS Superintendent, to stop the current school board atrocities and to bring some needed balance, Governor Youngqin ought to help us the same way he is with LCPS. We can’t afford another year of the same!

https://wjla.com/news/crisis-in-the-classroom/glenn-youngkin-amends-bill-puts-loudoun-county-school-board-members-ballot-november[/quote]

It's a hell of a precedent he set. I wonder what republicans will think with a democratic governor uses it against republican elected officials down the road. [/quote]

+1   You have no understanding of what kind of pushback there would be to this sort of authoritarian "help" here.  We are a democracy.[/quote]

In a democracy, women have the right to feel safe and to be protected. Furthermore, when a crime against them was committed, for justice to prevail.

Governor Youngqin’s action was based on the mishandling of sexual assaults against students (girls) at school grounds and the cover up that followed by the LCPS School Board and Superintendent.  
Women advocates, parents, school staff, students, and other members of the community who stand in support of female students’ safety at schools - regardless of what their political affiliation is - do support this measure. This is a safety and security issue, not a partisan one; and to label it as such, one must either not be a parent themselves, or if they are, their political stance overrides their parental obligation to protect their children. [/quote]

Wrong.  They are processes for addressing these issues and he did not follow them.  Due process you know... Try again to get your agenda going.[/quote]

Rest assured that due process is on the works. Meanwhile, he is giving parents the chance to select a new school board since the current one will be too busy involved in criminal litigation -  if it isn’t already.

And, no political agenda here, except to advocate for women’s rights (young girls in this case) to safety and equality under the law.  
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I want a new election for Governor.[/quote]

Feel free to lobby for a new bill on how often the Gov is elected.[/quote]

No, Youngkin just decided to move up the election date on a bill that contained nothing about that.  [/quote]

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