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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]Echoing some PPs, I am open to voting for any candidate, no matter the party endorsement.

Issue that I care the most about: the quality of academics at FCPS. (Doing something about the lack of quality.)

Caveats: 
*I do not care about punishing people who closed the schools during the pandemic. Move on. 
*I will NOT vote for someone who makes a priority of creating a hostile environment for LGBTQ kids. 
(And for those who make assumptions about me based on this statement: I have ordered the two books mentioned and will read them with an open mind. But even if I find them wholly inappropriate, I cannot imagine making two books in high school library shelves into a catalyst issue. I haven't read every post but, from what I have, this thread has covered: a couple controversial books, a proposed but not implemented plan to refer to kids by their "gender assigned at birth," and the notion that referring to gay people at all might be considered in elementary school as reference to sex and therefore inappropriate. I am by no means a political activist nor a nutty liberal, but any candidate who underlines these three points as their big identifying issues has lost me.)

Please tell me which candidates are genuinely invested in working to raise academic standards without emphasizing those particular gender/sexuality points.[/quote]

I also want an return to an emphasis on academics over solely focusing on gender issues.[/quote]

Agree.[/quote]

I also agree, but I would restate it as wanting a return to an emphasis on academics with NO focus on gender issues, whatsoever.  
DP[/quote]

Must be nice to move through the world without having to deal with discrimination or have a kid who worries about getting bullied because they’re gay or trans. You’re awesome. [/quote]

Oh, here we go. Does the narcissism ever stop?  [/quote]

Please stop using words you don’t know the meaning of. It’s not a good look.

Also, it’s not a zero-sum game. You can work on academics  AND ensure that kids are not mistreated because they’re queer or trans.  This may be difficult for some here to understand, but work in both areas can happen at the same time. [/quote]

Of course it’s a zero-sum game when people only have limited bandwidth and their personal agendas.

How many times over the past four years did SB meetings drone on well after 10 or 11 PM because members were pushing their silly “equity resolutions” or projects, only for academic matters to either get ignored completely or dealt with in a hasty manner as it got close to midnight? [/quote]

Please give examples of these academic matters that were ignored completely at these meetings. Just because you assert this has happened doesn’t mean it actually happened. [/quote]

Declining SAT scores - never addressed.

The pros and cons of AAP centers vs. LLIV - never addressed.

The suitability of IB for schools with large concentrations of ESOL/FARMS kids - never addressed.

Severe overcrowding at schools like Chantilly - very rarely addressed. [/quote]

So these items were on the agenda and the board didn’t get to them because too much time was spend on transgender issues? Because that’s what you’ve asserted above. Or are you now moving the goal posts? [/quote]

It’s just as offensive that some of these items never make it to an agenda as the fact that, when they do, they end up getting discussed in a perfunctory manner in the wee hours.

If you want to accuse me of “moving the goal posts,” I’d suggest that, when you find yourself digging yourself into a hole, the best thing to do is stop digging. [/quote]

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