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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s fine for people to move here and become involved, but she’s lived here 3 years....literally less than our kindergarteners. She should take the next 5-10 to get involved in the community and actually plant some roots before jumping into an important local office. [/quote]

Without becoming emotional about it. Someone like Sandy was in APS forever while lots of students, mostly students of color and english language learners, fell behind year after year. I want someone like Cristina who wants to help those kids now instead of in 5 or 10 years. This isn't to beat up on Sandy. She's my number 2. It's just for some of us, we want change now. [/quote]

I hear you but I don’t think Cristina knows how to do it. She doesn’t have any management or advisory experience. She may talk a good game about what “she wants” but she has no idea how to implement it or how our system works to know where to make effective changes. [/quote]

I think people who have personally experienced inequity are better prepared to address it than people who just talk about it while running for school board. Even here, her experience is being undermined in a way I relate to. I know that she's on the budget advisory council and something for the county, and she is an education advisor. But Steven is ready because he is a lawyer? Or David because he is on the PTA and used to be a businessman? Who is Sandy to tell me about inequity when she has been apart of it for 20 years? [/quote]

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