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[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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You took one page from the district's overall site and have decided that because they mention equity, there are no academics and that she has no experience because North Shore is smaller?
Okay--there is another way to look at it. Virginia and Washington state are on par for student's academic achievements and educational rankings (10 and 11). Her district is top 5% in her state, #13 overall of 300+and Fairfax is #6 of 200+. So very close..

Her school district is an amalgamation of two counties, so she knows how to deal with varying needs and differences of a widespread, if not super populous, district.
She was also national superintendent of the year.
All you have presented in your argument so far is "equity babble."[/quote]

You sound like a headhunter who won't get paid unless one of your candidates gets the job.

And obviously the number of schools and students matters more when it comes to the demands of the job than whether she's currently in a district that covers a widespread geographical area with only a small fraction of the students.  [/quote]

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