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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem isn't that she is a teacher or with the union.  It's that she ran what is supposed to be a county-wide advocacy organization, and during her tenure completely ignored up-county and every W school that she loathes.

Many of you claim Stephen Austin only cares about his neighborhood, Lynne Harris has already proven she will do the same.

Had she done a better job listening to all, Austin probably wouldn't have felt the need to enter the race.  And no, I am not voting for either of them.[/quote]

Why should she or anyone else on the Board focus on the W schools?  These schools and the students who attend them are doing just fine and will continue to do so.

The county should focus its policy and funding decisions on expressly favoring schools with poorer students.  That’s the only way to even begin to tackle the systematic racism that has caused the current segregation of have and have nots.[/quote]

No one said "focus" on W schools.  But they cannot be ignored forever.  So much time and money spent on other schools, and no one begrudges one penny of that,  but you cannot ignore the challenges at the Ws forever.  [/quote]

If you feel ignored in your W school, feel free to move to a school elsewhere in the county.  When those schools perform half as well as W schools, then we can talk about them getting attention from the BOE.  Until then, it would be perfectly appropriate for them to be ignored, although I’m not sure that is an accurate description of what is occurring - unfortunately.[/quote]

Let's see.. the choices are:
1. Move to another part of the county
or

2. Vote for someone who won't forget about the W schools.

I'll go with #2 please. [/quote]

You are free to vote in your self-interest and your vote is really about protecting your existing privileges.  Fortunately, there seem to be enough people in the county who recognize that the Ws don’t need the county’s help and that resources can be better used elsewhere.  Hopefully the votes of the masses will be enough to elect people who care about a progressive future for the county. [/quote]

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