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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not PP but having different opinions doesn’t mean someone is out of touch, it means they do not agree with you.  I’m not happy with the SB either but I think right wingers completely astroturfed social media-including this forum-and convinced parents Democrats alone are responsible for the fall of education.  Ignoring the changing demographics that contribute to local systems being overwhelmed. Ignoring that Republican led states often completely undermine public education and do not have good outcomes.  Ignoring that CRT is not a thing.  And that outsiders were brought in to stir crap up.  That charter schools and vouchers have failed miserably in most cases bc they are not held to any standards.  
You can call me names, be patronizing, etc, I still do not agree with you PPs.  And yes, I am paying attention.  I will vote for SB who are focused on academics in 2023. But this? Sticking it to the Dems when there is so much more at stake? Nah. [/quote]

Democrats alone run the fcps school board, the lcps school board, the aps school board, the fcc school board, the arps school hoard and the Virginia Departmemt of Ed and have for many years.

So yes, without exception, the democratic party owns all of the school issues in northern Virginia.[/quote]

And none of that changed by electing Youngkin.

Congrats on accomplishing nothing. 
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Virginia Department of Ed will change almost immediately after his inauguration.

He is going to be firing the current appointees and replacing them with professionals who value education,  rigor and excellence over indoctrination, low standards and racism.

Just think, once Youngkin gets his policies in place, our teachers can return to using their planning days on things like literacy and math skills, instead of spending all their training hours on Ibrahim X and white privilege. [/quote]

I really hope so.  I’m worried it will be all about charter schools and cutting spending.[/quote]

About a decade ago there was a liberal social studies teacher who wanted to start a charter school in the Justice HS/Falls Church HS area because he felt a segment of the at-risk students at those schools weren't being well-served.  He had lined up a bunch of private businesses prepared to assist with funding.  The biggest opposition was from Falls Church HS parents worried a charter school might delay FCPS's funding of the renovation of Falls Church, or end up attracting some of the higher-performing kids away from FCHS.

The FCPS School Board, controlled then as now by Democrats, was not receptive to the idea.  So either state law in Virginia would have to change, so that the power to approve charter schools rested with the VDOE rather than local school boards, or there would need School Board members in Fairfax less hostile to charter schools.  [/quote]

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