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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fairfacts Matters has posted a great recap of the meeting.[/quote]

Reading the summary of that debacle, I come away thinking Thru's contract should be terminated, Reid should be fired, and Frisch should be recalled.  These people are all so ridiculously bad at their jobs.  At what point does the Board of Supervisors step in?   [/quote]

While there have been poor School Board members for years, this one takes the cake.  At least we had some with the voice of reason in the past.  And, say what you will, at least we heard an opposing view from Schultz.  We desperately need an opposing view now.  When have we had that?

Who would think that two men who take their oath on stacks of "banned books" like Gender Queer would be elected to the School Board. When banned books are a religion, there is a problem.

What we need is a strong media presence that reports on this School Board.  We need common sense members that care about the education of our students--not political agendas.[/quote]

The swearing-in on stacks of "banned books" is a symptom of the problem, but not the problem.  It's a symptom of the fact that the current School Board is heavy on performative acts, and utterly negligent when it comes to the oversight of FCPS operations.  They've set in motion a county-wide boundary study that is being executed about as poorly as one can imagine, but when questioned they typically profess ignorance of the details.

If they got sworn in with their hand on Gender Queer, but then actually focused on their responsibilities they'd still get crap from MAGA types, but most of us wouldn't care.  It's the fact that they expect to be applauded because of their stances that have nothing to do with education, while neglecting their basic oversight role, that is so infuriating.

This boundary review was always fraught with peril because nothing similar had been done for decades, and FCPS is a very different school system than it was in the mid-1980s.  But it was conducted thougtfully and overseen carefully, it had a chance.  Instead, we have outside consultants who are simpletons, a superintendent who is utterly clueless, and a School Board that can't be bothered to figure out why this is so off track and stepping in to either salvage it or scrap it.  They all deserve nothing but utter scorn.  [/quote]

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