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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find it very surprising that so many people in Arlington still stand behind our long return to in-person learning for almost all kids 5 days a week, when the data are so overwhelming that this was a bad call -- even if it was a well-intentioned bad call.[/quote]

No one is debating the return to classroom timing, except you.

We are discussing SB candidates and what they bring to the table. Unfortunately, we have no good options this year so it’s a tough conversation. [/quote]

That's not true. Many people here think APS was right to not have kids back for any amount of time until all teachers had been vaccinated (and even then it was not full time). Someone in this thread called that reasonable. In hindsight, it was a horrible decision that did a huge amount of damage. It's relevant, because what Miranda was advocating for then has, in fact, been now demonstrated to have been the correct action.  But the main thing people seem to hold against her is that she held that (now shown to be correct, very unpopular at time) opinion. And, since then, one of the primary things she is focused on is trying to help students recover from that bad decision. So it's all very relevant.

Arlington still has not, and I think, sadly, will not, admit that we erred very badly here.[/quote]

Arlington made reasonable choices, similar to what many other school districts made. We aren't debating that right now though, no matter how many times you want to bring it up. We are discussing the school board candidates.

We aren't discussing Turner's [i]opinions[/i], we are discussing her [i]actions and approach[/i]. She was comfortable with her people bullying others and she was comfortable not listening to various stakeholders. Those are disqualifying behaviors for me. 
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Her choosing to attempt to lead a group of people advocating for the same goals does not mean she was comfortable with the obnoxious behavior of some of the group's members. Unless you were part of the group and interacted with her and them together directly, you don't have a clue what she did or didn't do behind the scenes or know for fact that she "was comfortable" with their behaviors. 
I really don't understand your point about not listening to various stakeholders. She was part of a group advocating for a certain position. Why would she listen to other stakeholders who were free to do (and did) their own advocating for their own positions?[/quote]

She was comfortable enough to continue working with those people in APE for years. And then on her first campaign. And now her second.

If you’re trying to have a rational community discussion that requires working with various stakeholders. It’s ineffective - and damaging - to try to scream over everyone else. Perhaps if her group tried to engage others instead of bullying them we could have had an actual conversation. 
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This might be my favorite post of the entire thread. The advise to "engage others" is coming from the poster who responds to every single post with a comment about MT's "bullying" antics. You literally attack anyone who offers a different opinion.

In all seriousness, you are not capable of a conversation. Your posts are obsessive and not advancing any dialogue. [/quote]

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