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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I cannot imagine being [b]so wedded to a local political party that I wouldn’t at least wait to see what a candidate endorsed by a particular party had to say [/b]before deciding whether to support them. And, while I often vote for candidates endorsed by Democrats, the single biggest problem with the current School Board is the lack of different perspectives when you have a board that functions mostly as an echo chamber because they are all from the same party. Sure, they squabble with each other occasionally, but it’s all over small stuff, not the larger policy issues they ought to be considering.[/quote]

You'd be surprised.

When I was an Election Worker, we had a woman who walked in and received her ticket to vote from the entry desk.  After she had been logged in, she realized she had failed to pick up the Democrat sample ballot.  She had picked up the GOP one by mistake.  She wanted to go out and get the Dem sample before she voted.  She was told that she could not do that--she was already logged in.  (Pretty stupid woman--didn't realize she could just vote "opposite" of the GOP ballot, I guess.)  So, what did she do?  She went through a trash can to find one.  She was successful.

The problem is that the ones that run are to the far right or the far left.  [b]However, this current batch is almost off the charts left.[/b]  Without Schultz, there is no push back at all--except a little from McLaughlin.  I don't agree with her on everything, but we definitely need more of her.  I had high hopes for Pekarsky, but she has definitely consumed the KoolAid.  And, her assistant is an activist.
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True - they are almost all off the charts LEFT.

They blew it.  Throughout the pandemic, they blew it.

They could have focused on Covid.  Did they?? Nope.

They prioritized renaming schools - at a cost of $500,000  to $1 Million - PER SCHOOL.  Then they came begging with a bond referendum? SERIOUSLY??

Instead of focusing on our kids during Covid, the board bent over for the teachers’ union, and kept our kids out of school, even after 90% of the teachers were vaccinated.  The current board blew it.

They focused on toilet policies.  They focused on keeping parents OUT of meetings when they were challenged.

They focused on a school which is 80% minority, and ranked number 2 in the country: TJ - insisting it must be changed, because - in their view - the wrong minority was attending.

Then, their party boss - the former head of the NATIONAL DNC, insulted every parent in Virginia by saying what he really thinks; what apparently all democrats think, without apology:

[b]“I don’t think parents should be telling schools what to teach.”  - Terry McAuliffe.[/b]

This is just the tip of their radical agenda. They did all this and more.

This Board must go, and never be elected again.

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He is 100% correct. Schools cannot have different lesson plans for every kid in a class just because you don't like this or that. And it seems you don't like a lot. You do need some anger management, btw.

If "radical" (is that what GQP tells you to call it?) means inclusion and letting parents decide what their kids can read, I'm all for it. I'm NOT all for other parents dictating my choices - aren't you the "but MY rights" party???

And the fact is, plenty of parents were accepting of how the SB handled COVID. It wasn't perfect but they did the best they thought they were doing. It's fine if you didn't. But you don't speak for everyone.

Lastly, some of us can walk and chew gum at the same time. Multi-tasking is a thing. That's why they could do those other things. You may not like all of them. I may not like all of them. But, they were perfectly within their right to work on other issues in addition to COVID issues. Maybe you also need an executive functioning coach to work on your multi-tasking so you can see how it works???[/quote]

Not the poster to whom you're responding, but the idea that this school board knows how to multi-task is absurd on its face.  The fact that they let a change to TJ admissions become their top priority for months during the pandemic in 2020 illustrated just how out of touch they are with what actually matters to the vast majority of parents and students.  [/quote]

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