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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Results from last night have confirmed what I have suspected... when it comes to ACPS, DCUM is an echo chamber of a small minority of really loud complainers that doesn't reflect what overall attitude/ perception is of the schools, school leadership.
All incumbents got back in. The newcomers that got in include former staff, former school board, former city council. Even  Baird--who has made some critical comments--acknowledged the value of continuity in keeping the Superintendent. 
Meanwhile, all of the folks who ran on outrage lost.[/quote]

I have two responses to this:

(1) As a general matter, Alexandria voters get the school system they vote for.  ACPS has had problems for years but the voters either don’t know about the failed leadership or do not care and return the same type of leaders.

(2) To me, there were no real surprises except that Shea Westfall did not do better.  I think it was clear Boyle, Ash, and Roberts were fringe candidates and that their opposition to ACPS leadership really did not go to the real issues with the system.  District A’s results were exactly as one would respect (I have no idea why people vote for Greene but it was clear she had a ton of support).  District B was where there were real questions.  I am surprised that it looks like Shea Westfall was treated by voters as an outrage candidate.  While she was a leader of Open ACPS, I thought her message going forward was similar to Baird for example.  In the end on B, only one of the true ACPS insiders won which I think is a positive.
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(1) This. I wonder if those who vote in the terrible candidates don't actually have some sort of stake in the race?
(2) I don't know anyone who supported Greene, and I'm a parent in District A. Driving around, I saw her signs with the "educator/teacher endorsed" stickers. Who the heck endorsed her?[/quote]

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