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IMO they shot themselves in the foot by closing school. What an impact they made on so many people day in and day out for a year. I certainly hope it is a case study for the future. [/quote]

They made informed, reasonable decisions based on the info we had and resources available. You think we have staffing issues now? Imagine if you forced teachers in last fall before the vaccine and as numbers were skyrocketing.

Our schools (local, not state) didn’t just say F it and send kids back in.

Sorry that pisses you off so much that you had to vote for a Trump Republican. 
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I voted D like I always do but your attitude is exactly why the Rs won and I’ve been saying that. 
I also remember that Northam allowed schools to open hybrid in August 2020 and Fairfax had some of the best corona numbers in the state - not the worst - such that we should have considered being more conservative than he allowed with school reopening. And I also didn’t forget that the Dept of Health approved of the hybrid plan as well. [/quote]

So you’re pissed at FCPS?

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I am just telling you where the people are so the Ds don’t miss the mark next time. [/quote]

Most of the parents don't remember the nuance of what the governor approved vs. what happened. All they saw is that public schools weren't open for most of 2020-2021, while private schools did open full time. [/quote]

I agree. [/quote]

Agree too (Dem voter). This wasn’t the only issue, but one of the big ones. I fear my party is getting a set of alternative facts (like all the PPs set on arguing that Nova schools were opening just as early as the rest of the country??) Voting Youngkin may have been a stupid way to “punish” school boards, but it still was a strong motivation IMHO.[/quote]

+1 the “CRT” stuff wasn’t important to NoVa voters (it was just a bone for the R base in the rest of the state), but [b]the closures and the perception that the curriculum was being “dumbed down” by the Democrats [/b]in the state DoE WAS important here.[b] All it takes is a few percentage points[/b] of people who usually vote D switching to the other side.

And no, NoVa schools didn’t open at the same time as other schools. Anyone with functioning eyes and access to social media could have seen that. The closures killed Democrats and people took out their frustrations on the first election they could. [/quote]

Yes, to this. I think it was much more bread-n-butter educational issues that motivated (or [i]didn't [/i]motivate) NoVa voters.  And Terry had to win big there.  And now Democrats are going to respond to those concerns by calling everyone uneducated Karens, which wrong or right, is going to further drive the suburbs away. Ugh.[/quote]
This. I know it’s next day bitterness, but the response that the swing voters who voted Youngkin are uneducated Karens is a terrible look. You will need these swing voters to come back to the Dems in 2022 and 2024, so what is insulting them accomplishing? [/quote]

So the key to winning elections is to coddle voters and just tell them what they want to hear?

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Are you kidding??  [i]Yes[/i].  I see we have a very succinct illustration of why Democrats always shoot themselves in the foot.[/quote]
They just don’t get it. It’s not coddling to refrain from labeling every person who agrees with some Republican ideas as a racist or uneducated.[/quote]

Disagreeing doesn't mean you're uneducated, no.  However, when given specific, cited examples of how your disagreeing idea is untrue and still believing it anyway... well, that's being uneducated in my book. [/quote]
Because only Democratic policies and ideas are “true”? Come on. The voters that flipped this election to Youngkin are not the 1/6 deniers, it was generally suburban moderates who do not like how far left the Democratic Party has moved.[/quote]

“I don’t think parents should be telling the schools what they should teach.”

- Terry McAuliffe 2021.

I learned in school that the US has a government for, of, and by the people.

Terry, maybe you need to find a foreign country with a type of government more in line with your views. [/quote]

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