Anonymous wrote:The 3 people who know the middle schools and high school best, their Principals, strenuously objected to the removal of the SROs from the schools. That tells me that they find value in the presence of the SROs in their buildings and that we need the SROs in the schools. It takes a tremendous amount of hubris by the City Council to think that they know better than the Principals. My worry is that on some awful day the children are going to be the ones who pay the price for it.

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I have a list of those that supported the removal of SROs. I'll publish that everywhere and anywhere the day a shooting happens here. The parents of the dead will blame your for thier loss, make no mistake.

The 3 people who know the middle schools and high school best, their Principals, strenuously objected to the removal of the SROs from the schools. That tells me that they find value in the presence of the SROs in their buildings and that we need the SROs in the schools. It takes a tremendous amount of hubris by the City Council to think that they know better than the Principals. My worry is that on some awful day the children are going to be the ones who pay the price for it.

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Anonymous wrote:Imagine being a vocal proponent of removing SROs the day a school shooting finally finds its way into Alexandria. It's just a matter of time, afterall

Know that we will all blame you for the kid's deaths if you supported removing the police.

And your blame will be misplaced because ACPS has its own security department who should have procedures in place to address who can and cannot enter the building. If those procedures are good enough for the elementary schools, they should be good enough for the middle and high schools.

Unarmed. I suppose they will stop a shooter's bullets by yelling?

So in your view the elementary schools are unsafe at this point without SROs?

Imgine making such a callous statemnet to a Sandy Hook parent.

This isn’t just a straw man- it’s the whole scarecrow!

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Anonymous wrote:Imagine being a vocal proponent of removing SROs the day a school shooting finally finds its way into Alexandria. It's just a matter of time, afterall

Know that we will all blame you for the kid's deaths if you supported removing the police.

And your blame will be misplaced because ACPS has its own security department who should have procedures in place to address who can and cannot enter the building. If those procedures are good enough for the elementary schools, they should be good enough for the middle and high schools.

Unarmed. I suppose they will stop a shooter's bullets by yelling?

So in your view the elementary schools are unsafe at this point without SROs?

Imgine making such a callous statemnet to a Sandy Hook parent.

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Anonymous wrote:Imagine being a vocal proponent of removing SROs the day a school shooting finally finds its way into Alexandria. It's just a matter of time, afterall

Know that we will all blame you for the kid's deaths if you supported removing the police.

And your blame will be misplaced because ACPS has its own security department who should have procedures in place to address who can and cannot enter the building. If those procedures are good enough for the elementary schools, they should be good enough for the middle and high schools.

Unarmed. I suppose they will stop a shooter's bullets by yelling?

So in your view the elementary schools are unsafe at this point without SROs?

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Anonymous wrote:Imagine being a vocal proponent of removing SROs the day a school shooting finally finds its way into Alexandria. It's just a matter of time, afterall

Know that we will all blame you for the kid's deaths if you supported removing the police.

And your blame will be misplaced because ACPS has its own security department who should have procedures in place to address who can and cannot enter the building. If those procedures are good enough for the elementary schools, they should be good enough for the middle and high schools.

Unarmed. I suppose they will stop a shooter's bullets by yelling?

Anonymous wrote:Imagine being a vocal proponent of removing SROs the day a school shooting finally finds its way into Alexandria. It's just a matter of time, afterall

Know that we will all blame you for the kid's deaths if you supported removing the police.

And your blame will be misplaced because ACPS has its own security department who should have procedures in place to address who can and cannot enter the building. If those procedures are good enough for the elementary schools, they should be good enough for the middle and high schools.

Imagine being a vocal proponent of removing SROs the day a school shooting finally finds its way into Alexandria. It's just a matter of time, afterall

Know that we will all blame you for the kid's deaths if you supported removing the police.

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LOL.

I do not understand why that’s funny. Some support the removal of SROs and some don’t.

Anonymous wrote:What about Kelly Booz? I'm leaning towards Ashley Baird and Bridget Westfall in B but need a third. I am not voting for PreeAnne Johnson. I haven't heard that Tammy Ignacio is running. I'm between Booz and Ignacio.

Why do you need a third? And the election isn't for five months.

Booz is a former SB member. Every current and former school board member for the last 30 years should be held accountable for the situation and conditions of the schools. She's an ACPS establishment type who loves tweeting at Randi Weingarten from AFT Union (her boss).

Bottom line is if you think ACPS needs to change...Booz is not the candidate for you. If you think this past year was great and everything that was going on before March 2020 was also great...she is the candidate for you.

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LOL.

What about Kelly Booz? I'm leaning towards Ashley Baird and Bridget Westfall in B but need a third. I am not voting for PreeAnne Johnson. I haven't heard that Tammy Ignacio is running. I'm between Booz and Ignacio.

Anonymous wrote:Willie Bailey is a good dude. Alexandria would be lucky to have him.

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Please, please, please be careful in what you think police do, and that only bad people interact with police.

Anonymous wrote:I like Bridget Westfall—she has kids in ACPS and enthusiastically wants to reopen the schools. She’s worked to keep positive on teachers through her donations.

You want a do-nothing candidate with no opinions go vote for the establishment incumbents. The ACPS school board got nothing done and relinquished all authority to the school. I’ll take a decisive person to move this district along. You may not agree with her 100% of the time but it’s a big improvement over doing nothing.

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