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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My take-away from recent posts is that Tholen has plenty of supporters of her own, Karloutsos’s supporters would prefer Tholen to Mobasheri, and Mobasheri would prefer Tholen to Karloutsos.

The acknowledgment that Tholen is campaigning hard and will do a good job, if elected, belies the suggestion that Tholen doesn’t want the position. If she didn’t want the job, she could withdraw, avoid campaigning, or sabotage her own prospects at one of the many candidate forums she has attended. None of that has happened.

I think she will continue to recognize that some of her constituents, especially in the Langley areas, are skeptical towards, and dislike, the most aggressive possible interpretation of the One Fairfax policy.  Many current [b]School Board members have already gotten that message[/b].[/quote]

They certainly weren't expecting parents to catch on to what they were doing.

If those pushing the re-sort by race are re-elected, then that is the public giving them permission to continue as planned.

I'm sure at least some people agree with them.
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The Dranesville incumbent is not running for re-election and neither she nor any current candidate for Dranesville is pushing “re-sort by race.”

It’s sad that the case for electing the candidates endorsed by the local Republicans is based on stoking fears as to the future plans of the School Board based on gross mischaracterizations of past discussions.  And it’s even sadder to know that much of this misinformation is coming from the most privileged residents of the county, in the Langley HS district, who are apparently so fearful of their children’s ability to succeed that they would peddle this stuff.  It is very similar to the Felicity Huffman/Lori Loughlin mindset.

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A resort by race and class.

Omeish has been polite enough to say so in the Reston Impact interview, and in her kickoff speech said she will stand by her view on boundary issues even if it costs her the race. I respect that.

Kaufax said in January that fcps is segregated and nuking the boundaries and bussing kids would fix it.

I gotta go work out now but I am happy to provide the links later.

They said it

You just don't like it.

The policy staff drafted based on their comments  to only says it, but includes the provision of changing boundaries every 3 years. Gotta make sure you can keep the preferred demographics as families move in and out of, and within the county.

If the board was so convinced they were justified they would not have stopped working on policy just because it got a little hot before an election. [/quote]

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