There was a LONG line to the single entrance at our ES BTSN. I dutifully joined the line, and was infuriated to realize once I was near the entrance that the line (and delay to enter the school) was caused by the political parties handing out their flyers. The people around me in line were also annoyed; we were all late for the classroom presentations despite having arrived in time. It was pretty obnoxious of both parties. And it's obnoxious that they are handing out flyers that go immediately into the recycling bin...so wasteful!

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Anonymous wrote:I thought it was really strange that the Democratic party was there handing out fliers at BTS night. I didn’t see any Republicans or independents. Are these always handing out political propaganda at school events?

I refuse to take any fliers from any political party. This year was de D, last year the R were at the ES. It’s inappropriate.

I mean it’s inappropriate to hand political propaganda at school events.

no it isn’t. Both are community responsibilities. It is something that has been done since I was in school in the dark ages of the 1970’s. Local community events are places where people who want to represent their constituents can actually meet their constituents.

Anonymous wrote:I thought it was really strange that the Democratic party was there handing out fliers at BTS night. I didn’t see any Republicans or independents. Are these always handing out political propaganda at school events?

we have had both parties at our BTS nights for decades.

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Anonymous wrote:Both parties do this.

And it's legal, and no one is going to force anyone to take a flyer. Just like on election days, if you don't want to engage, please keep walking. No one will tackle you.

It's not the school board elections that really bring them (both parties) there, folks. It's the bigger picture--the upcoming VA elections, to elect all 11 of our Representatives to Congress. These days, whichever way you vote, it's a pretty important election, so getting the word out is important. And again, legal to do at BTSNs.

Who exactly made this legal?

FCPS regulations (actually Reg quoted in an earlier post) which, in turn, have to be in line with Virginia Code of Law. Outside groups are allowed to share fliers at Back to School Night events. Can they stand there at arrival on a regular school day or on the morning of a graduation ceremony or on school property while people are coming for a basketball game? No. But once a year, they can come to a Back to School Night.

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Anonymous wrote:Both parties do this.

And it's legal, and no one is going to force anyone to take a flyer. Just like on election days, if you don't want to engage, please keep walking. No one will tackle you.

It's not the school board elections that really bring them (both parties) there, folks. It's the bigger picture--the upcoming VA elections, to elect all 11 of our Representatives to Congress. These days, whichever way you vote, it's a pretty important election, so getting the word out is important. And again, legal to do at BTSNs.

Who exactly made this legal?

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Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the info! I had never seen it previously and definitely found it odd that they were throwing pamphlets in my face as I walked in. I’ve only been to a few BTSN.

And ours was in person!

I was expecting a paper that said where the kids classrooms were and was surprised to find it was a brochure on how much the Democratic party supports teachers and school funding.

The current 12-0 Democratic School Board pays next to no attention to enrollment trends or sound facilities planning. They’re a bunch of useless political hacks already aiming for other offices (like Karl Frisch) and need to be voted out next year.

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Both parties do this; sometimes it is individual officeholders handing out flyers about themselves.
I saw Democratic Party had a staging area inside the voting precinct which was a high school.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh, it was the Republicans at our BTSN last week.

I laughed in a guy's face when I saw his flier.

Classy. But expected from a dem. ☺️

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Anonymous wrote:I thought it was really strange that the Democratic party was there handing out fliers at BTS night. I didn’t see any Republicans or independents. Are these always handing out political propaganda at school events?

I refuse to take any fliers from any political party. This year was de D, last year the R were at the ES. It’s inappropriate.

I mean it’s inappropriate to hand political propaganda at school events.

Anonymous wrote:I thought it was really strange that the Democratic party was there handing out fliers at BTS night. I didn’t see any Republicans or independents. Are these always handing out political propaganda at school events?

I refuse to take any fliers from any political party. This year was de D, last year the R were at the ES. It’s inappropriate.

We cast our vote in the schools, doesn’t seem that much of a jump to get political flyers at BTSN. Both parties were handing out flyers at ours, Dems were better organized.

Anonymous wrote:Both parties do this.

And it's legal, and no one is going to force anyone to take a flyer. Just like on election days, if you don't want to engage, please keep walking. No one will tackle you.

It's not the school board elections that really bring them (both parties) there, folks. It's the bigger picture--the upcoming VA elections, to elect all 11 of our Representatives to Congress. These days, whichever way you vote, it's a pretty important election, so getting the word out is important. And again, legal to do at BTSNs.

Yes, both parties do this. Our school still does BTSN on zoom so I forgot about this until this post. They used to hand out flyers that looked like calendars and say "Do you want a school calendar?" Then when you take it and turn it over, it is a political ad on the other side.

One time I pretended to talk on my cell phone walking into the school just to avoid them. These political parties are always very aggressive and disappointing they are allowed at BTSN.

Both parties do this.

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Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the info! I had never seen it previously and definitely found it odd that they were throwing pamphlets in my face as I walked in. I’ve only been to a few BTSN.

And ours was in person!

I was expecting a paper that said where the kids classrooms were and was surprised to find it was a brochure on how much the Democratic party supports teachers and school funding.

The current 12-0 Democratic School Board pays next to no attention to enrollment trends or sound facilities planning. They’re a bunch of useless political hacks already aiming for other offices (like Karl Frisch) and need to be voted out next year.

The local GOP committee didn't even call for them to step away from the campaign: https://wjla.com/news/local/stephanie-lundquist-arora-candidate-running-republican-gop-fairfax-county-school-board-race-drops-out-laughing-autistic-student-meeting-singing-national-anthem-controversy-7news-reporting-nick-minock-harry-jackson-youngkin-glenn-fcps