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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So who are people voting for if they are against One Fairfax's social/racial equity policy? Serious question. Which candidates have come out strongly against.[/quote]

You know the answer.  Every one of the Republican-endorsed candidates (Palathingal, Buford, DeStefano, Karloutsos, Tompkins, Bayer, Pafford, Mosley, Ramirez Drain, Schultz, Wilson) has come out against "equity."  The very idea threatens them to the core.

The Democrats support One Fairfax, but don't agree that it means what the Republicans claim.  The independent candidate in Dranesville (Mobasheri) also appears to support it, if means promoting equal opportunities for students, rather than guaranteeing equal outcomes. [/quote]

I would love to know why the Dem majority board (which has been so for some years) needed a policy to tell them to treat students fairly.   Many assume Repubs default is caring only for rich whites and that Dems treat all ethnicities races genders sexualities ability levels with equal intensity of care and consideration.

Why have they not been fair in the past?[/quote]

It’s analogous to a committee of a corporate board that has a charter.  The committee legally might not need a written charter to perform certain functions, but having one memorializes their responsibilities.

The Board has fallen short in the past because they are elected officials who often aspire to higher office and allow decisions on things like boundaries to be shaped by the loudest, wealthiest parents.  Both the Democratic and Republican members have fallen short at times of what basic fairness might require. The Democrats at least want to do better, while the Republicans insist there is no problem and argue that discussing equity is a waste of time. [/quote]

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