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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gina Baum and I differ politically, but I admire her ability to get her feet wet and do the work. She is not afraid to challenge the status quo or speak up. She can also work with people who have different opinions, ideas, beliefs than her. Here  is why I'm voting for Gina over Tim Beaty: Gina might differ from me, but she understands how city council and the city works. She knows how ACPS works. She might need to learn about the school board but she's politically savvy.

Gina Baum has been at the school board meetings advocating for teachers. Asking to fill staff vacancies for core classes. Asking to compensate teachers and restore steps. Asking for services for students with disabilities. Suggesting we use rec spaces during the pandemic to space our students and accommodate more students and use outdoor rec and Cory spaces for outdoor learning and outdoor lunch to mitigate COVID, which the former superintendent wouldn't even entertain.

Her son attends ACHS. She's an ACPS parent.

Tim Beaty seems like a nice guy. But he is a professional union organizer who is retired with very lose ties to Alexandria. He tutors at and is a sub. For what, to be the handpicked choice of Alexandria Dems? This is a nonpartisan race!

Before, the School Board was trying to get two former SB members to run. Neither did. So Alexandria Dems formally organized to get signatures for at their meeting on December. They didn't provide Ms. Baum the same and he easily collected signatures to get on the ballot. Mind you, this is a nonpartisan election.

Never have I heard from this guy at any school board meeting or in any parent group. [b]I never saw him involved in any PTA or PTAC or grassroots groups.[/b] I don't know him from volunteering in the community and I'm involved in a lot of volunteer work that seems like I'd know him.

It does not appear he knows much about our public schools. He has all the right taking points. But he's focused solely on one issue, collective bargaining in a right to work state. ACPS could restore steps for the teachers if they cut their budget elsewhere or asked the city for money. With Jackson and Gaskins both running for mayor, who is going to say "no" to supporting teachers? [/quote]

Please stop giving me reasons to vote for this guy. If he's never been involved with the do-nothing PTAs and ACPS loving PTAC (who stay silent unless it's to praise ACPS) then all the better![/quote]

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