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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So many right wing loonies on the FCPS and AAP boards right now. Back to school and election silly season has them acting out again and  threatening vouchers and private school. Whatever. Complain away. Yell into the void. FCPS is a public school with over 160,000 kids. Reid isn't going to be able consult every individual parent on every decision she bas to make. That's impossible. Her job is to make the best decisions she can to advance education and opportunities for the most students. If you don't like the way she is doing her job that she was hired to do, then put your application in. Go for it! See how you deal with having to make these decisions and having lunatic parents yelling in your face, calling you names, threatening your life, and generally muddying every conversation. [/quote]

Two things:

1) When you dismiss legitimate complaints about FCPS as “MAGA” or “right wing”, you go a long way toward hollowing out the Democratic Party. It’s akin to making an argument that you don’t want me in your coalition. That might not impact whether a Democrat gets elected in deep blue Fairfax, but are you sure you want to turn away people from the Democratic Party? Is that going to get Dems back into power? I’m incredibly frustrated with what’s going on at the national level. I’m also mad as hell at what this school board is doing. The school board is doing one hell of a job recruiting me for the Republican Party.

2) can you point me to the posting for the superintendent job? Otherwise, your point about people being able to apply for it just comes off as unserious.[/quote]

No one is dismissing your complaints.  I have been arguing with you here and I AGREE with your COMPLAINTS.  We are disagreeing with your idea that vouchers will help solve the issues you are raising. The idea that blowing up the system to get what you want is harmful to me and my kids.  It isn’t going to touch the schoool board.

In simple language:
We agree with your complaints.

We disagree that your solution will help.[/quote]

Other than accusing your opponents of being MAGA, what’s [b]your[/b] solution? [/quote]

In any post I have put up, I have very carefully said that you aren’t MAGA. Your solution however uses a similar thought process.

Early Release: Look if my kid came home saying they had been on a lap top for 3 hours, I would contact the school. I would request that my child read a book and be allowed outside during that block so they switch groups.  I would look for camps like code ninja or martial arts programs that pick up from school for those days. I would also escalate as necessary. Principal, executive principal, etc if that continued. Keep in mind if your kid is in elementary, that may be the last thing they did or the most salient in their minds.

Redistricting:  Personally, I’m biding my time until the next maps come out.  Then it is full frontal assault.  Keep pinging them on WHY they want this.  Join the facebook group fairfacts. Email your area BRAC members, school board.  Keep the pressure on.  Talk about how beleaguered we are as a county and how they can’t possibly have accurate enrollment information with the unemployment and deportments. Pressure has worked to have them lessen the scope and allow grandfathering.  Keep it up.

Alienating parents:  I think not have homework is a huge issue because we as parents don’t know what our kids are doing and what they need help with.  Make it mandatory. Sure some will hate this, but weekly homework issued on Monday and due on Friday keeps parents informed. It would go a long way to establish connection between home and school.

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