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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mary actually has a clue for how to plan for Covid and post Covid. And she cares about all kids.

Miranda only cares about those who have been screaming for full time in person. That's it. That was made very clear by her campaign manager TT on AEM who was incredibly hostile to anyone who said that doesn't work for my family. The APS world is much wider than APE. Miranda, if elected, will advocate for those in APE and that's it. That is scary to me. [/quote]

You are way off base. TT is not her campaign manager, he isn’t even affiliated with anyone in her campaign, he just posts about her all the time on AEM and I bet she wishes he wouldn’t! I could never ever vote for Mary after what she pulled as McKinley PTA President. When her kids school was put up as an option site, she put forth tons of maps screwing over every other school so her precious kids wouldn’t get bussed elsewhere. You think she gives a rats ass about anyone else??  Miranda moved into the Drew neighborhood and plans to send her kids to school there, even though she could afford to live elsewhere or send them to private school. She supports equity, and raises for teachers, and wants ALL kids to have the chance to go back to school. Mary just repeats the same talking points from every other school board member ever, and doesn’t seem to care at all about getting kids back in the classroom. [/quote]

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I'm not an enthusiastic supporter of either candidate.

I don't think Mary was self-interested for her own kids period amen.  However, she did buy into the "alternative data" some of the McKinley community members created and ran with it. On the positive side, Mary fiercely advocated for her community's interests - as she was supposed to do as PTA president - and she did reach out to other schools to solicit broader community support for the McKinley data and proposal. So, if she fights as strongly for the interests of the people she is elected to represent (ALL students!), that would be a desirable board member.

On the negative side, Mary was deluded by that data and steadfastly fought for an alternative boundary scenario that screwed a bunch of other communities. She seemed oblivious to the lack of logic in the proposal she was pushing and oblivious(?) or indifferent(?) to the bizarre boundary that proposal created and impacts on other communities and students.  So, if she picks and chooses policies or communities or groups to represent and steadfastly fights on their behalf, that is not what I want in a board member.  We've already have 5 of those on the board every year forever.

From everything I've read and heard from Mary so far, she will contribute absolutely NOTHING NEW to the way APS is led or goes about its business.

I don't know enough about Miranda's true positions or level of knowledge on issues beyond RTS.  Nevertheless, it seems to me that she is at least more likely to be more assertive in pushing APS into making plans and decisions more expediently and boldly.  The pace of APS planning, decision-making, and leadership is painfully slow and is made worse only by the fact that once something is finally decided or just about to be decided, they throw another monkey into the barrel and the whole process is prolonged further.  (and they wonder why community engagement is so short-lived or why people don't engage?  It's excruciatingly tiresome and mainly an endurance test!)  I'd be thrilled to have someone stoke the bear, wake it up, and help it learn to act more swiftly as situations demand.[/quote]

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