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[quote=Anonymous][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 just don’t believe she’s a “change” candidate. Nobody who’s been planning for a lifetime to be a professional politician, and who is the pre-selected candidate of the ruling party, which has presided over and REINFORCED all the inequity for the last two decades, is going to be a “change” candidate. The party is as much to blame as any individual, probably more, as they talk out of one side of their mouth and then select candidates who enact policies that further divides and segregation and inequity, all to protect their wealthy donors.

Frankly, I am not sure we need that kind of “change” candidate. Kreiger is about the same, wanting “change” that merely has a veneer of equity.

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I actually think Sandy would push the most change. She's a career teacher, not a politician, so I don't think she presents as well in debates as some of the other candidates. But do you want a smooth talker or someone who understands the system on the School Board? I had a chance to talk to Sandy in a smaller group setting and she was so authentic. She could have sailed into retirement, but instead she's running for School Board to fix the systemic problems that she wasn't able to fix as a teacher. She also knows where the bodies are buried in APS, which I think will be a helpful perspective to have on the School Board when the new superintendent comes on board. Her experience with APS at the high school level will also be extremely valuable in the immediate term as the new high school seats at WL and the Career Center come on-line. If you have kids in upper elementary and middle school, those decisions are going to shape the high school experience for your kids.

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I like her personally, but she's a rubber stamp for the admins. Even the teachers do not trust her to stand up for them. [/quote]

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