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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So do they now have enough signatures to at least trigger the recall process for Tholen? She is just as bad as Frisch. [/quote]

I’ll see your Frisch and raise you a Meren. 💤 [/quote]

I would sign for Maren JUST BECAUSE she did not want kids in school all last year, BUT hired a private tutor and had a "pod" for her own child. (FCPS virtual learning was good enough for YOUR kids, but not HERS). She also swore school wasn't safe for kids but then let her own kid play travel soccer. OK for me, but not for thee![/quote]

I don’t care about any of that.  Most families we know in the area had pods and most were a disaster. I don’t know how hers went. They were not a manic replacement for being in school.   I didn’t want my kids in person for the majority of the year and they played soccer. Soccer is outside. School was inside. I’m not sure why so many people are upset over the pod. I didn’t hear anything positive about any pod.  They were paid babysitters. Actual teachers refused to take any of these jobs. [/quote]

The point is she was totally on Board with keeping schools closed because school wasn’t safe. But what FCPS was offering everyone wasn’t good enough for her kids! They needed a private teacher.
And if she genuinely believes school was unsafe, she should have been doing her part to lower community transmission and get schools open, which would preclude traveling around for kids soccer. [/quote]

[b]A lot of normal, non hysterical people[/b] don’t see anything wrong with that. It’s been proven over and over that outdoor activities are safe. Even sports. A person tutoring in a pod is not a private teacher. I didn’t hire one but my kids had private sports lessons and were in team sports since spring 2020.  They started as soon as we found options. I believed it wasn’t safe to open schools until they did. I’m not sure why so many of you can see the difference in risk in being with the same small group inside or an outdoor large group vs. an indoor classroom of 10+ with public bathrooms. You hurt your own cause when you keep attacking her for only this reason.   And I didn’t even originally vote for her. [/quote]

I am a normal, non-hysterical person and yes I do indeed judge her for that *because she was a school board member*. Her job is to keep schools open so kids can learn. She was a huge part of the problem, didn't advocate for FCPS kids, and THEN, what FCPS offered everybody wasn't good enough for her little Larla--so she hired a private teacher. No PE? No worries, she can afford travel soccer! If she was just my neighbor, meh. It's because she was on the school board and kept schools closed AND THEN DID THOSE THINGS. [/quote]

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