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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hello Everyone:

I would be happy to discuss my platform with you at your convenience over the coming weeks and months. Please reach out to be at ardavan@ardavan2019.com and I would be happy to schedule a meet & greet shortly.

I am running an independent campaign that will not be beholden to any party and ideologies. I did not seek nor would I have accepted the endorsements of any party, nor am I accepting funding from any of them

I am not doing the bidding for any town and am not prioritizing any town over the other. My platform seeks to resolve:

1) The overcrowding in McLean by finding a long term solution to what will be causing the overcrowding to get worse in the coming decades which is the expansion in Tysons. Do I know that there are others who will not necessarily agree with me on the board? Of course, I do. But that is not a reason not to fight for it.

2) Provide the necessary resources to allow Herndon HS to improve its statewide ratings and standing by trying to level the playing field for its many lower-income students.

3) Keeping all of Great Falls as one town, one community, and one school pyramid.

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Western Great Falls belongs at Herndon. While I realize that you politically can't support that, it is the truth. Probably can't be done now because of the crowding at Herndon, but it should eventually come to pass. Unless of course the School Board purposely never builds the western high school. Where do you stand on the western high school?

Do you support expanding West Potomac while there is plenty of room next door at Mt. Vernon?

If the School Board performs its job as a county wide body and does what is right, selfish individual Board members will not get their way.[/quote]

Representative republics are just that. [/quote]

But is it working? If it was working properly, the rest of the School Board would have told Karen Corbett-Sanders to pound sand when it came to expanding West Potomac while Mt. Vernon has available space.

My guess is that many backdoor deals are being made to avoid changing boundaries.[/quote]

In a representative republic, it is the job of the elected official to represent the people in his/her district. [/quote]

Yes, but it is up to the other Board members to stand up to the selfish interest. The School Board is spending taxpayer dollars from all over Fairfax to expand West Potomac when there are hundreds of seats available next door at Mt. Vernon. This is why I think there are backdoor deals being made all over. You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours. The truth is that the elected School Board has failed us over the last 15-20 years and let the situation get out of hand. Now they can't fix it.

I agree that McLean students should be moved to Langley - this will make use of the space available at Langley. In the future, if the western high school is built, then Great Falls should be moved to Herndon as there will be a need for cascading boundary changes.[/quote]

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