Anonymous
Post 01/11/2026 14:27     Subject: Braddock School board member
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Boo I really wanted Balbuena to win.

Haven't some people already announced for school board? At least one I thought I saw.


Same. I’m disappointed.


Along with Karl Frisch, Rachna was the prime architect of the misguided Policy 8130 revisions that have resulted in such a debacle of a boundary review.

But she's a Democrat, so she's now been rewarded with a seat on the BOS.

Honestly, no one should bother complaining about anything the School Board does, because there is never any accountability. It's like Trump saying he could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot someone and still get elected.


+1
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2026 13:37     Subject: Braddock School board member
Anonymous wrote:If I know one thing, the DCUM Consensus Pick for pretty much any seat will get trounced.


There was no DCUM consensus pick for Rachna’s seat.

He did win handily. That’s a shame, not so much for Braddock (which doesn’t have any major issues) as for others. Another clone of Sandy Anderson or Karl Frisch is the last thing we need.
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2026 13:03     Subject: Braddock School board member
If I know one thing, the DCUM Consensus Pick for pretty much any seat will get trounced.
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2026 12:32     Subject: Re:Braddock School board member
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I looked at the results. How did FCDNC. Control the online voting?


We had to register on a google form and be “verified.” Once that happened, you got a link to vote online. I am sad that Dannan won. We don’t need more yogurt, we need common sense on the school board. I wish someone sane would run for the Rs, but they are always openfcps types.


If the OpenFCPS types had had more influence FCPS’s enrollment would be higher today. A lot of people pulled their kids out of FCPS never to return.

Tom Dannan will fit right in with Sandy Anderson, Karl Frisch, and Kyle McDaniel.


If Open FCPS had any appeal at all to the voters they would win elections. But fairfax voters don’t want moms for liberty lite nonsense, so they’re relegated to a sad Twitter account.
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2026 12:17     Subject: Braddock School board member
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why are you saying that? Didn’t half of the democratic school board endorse Dannen?


6 endorsed Dannen. 5 endorsed his opponent. All are Democrats.

It’s unusual to have that type of division among the Democrats on the School Board.

Some of those who supported Krezel are very active Democrats. They tended to be older, smarter, or more moderate.

His win now results in a 7-5 split in the School Board, where those more likely to question Michelle Reid or Sandy Anderson will be marginalized and sidelined. It will accelerate the decline of FCPS.


I know all that. I’m asking why PP said it was a win for establishment Democrats when both were Democrats with endorsements.


Not all Dems are establishment.

Dems who actually run the show endorsed Dannen.

Established Dems are well orgnized. Thus blowout.
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2026 09:24     Subject: Re:Braddock School board member
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I looked at the results. How did FCDNC. Control the online voting?


We had to register on a google form and be “verified.” Once that happened, you got a link to vote online. I am sad that Dannan won. We don’t need more yogurt, we need common sense on the school board. I wish someone sane would run for the Rs, but they are always openfcps types.


If the OpenFCPS types had had more influence FCPS’s enrollment would be higher today. A lot of people pulled their kids out of FCPS never to return.

Tom Dannan will fit right in with Sandy Anderson, Karl Frisch, and Kyle McDaniel.