Anonymous
10/18/2025 15:43
Subject: Brabrand vs Reid
Anonymous wrote:Brabrand got fed up with the School Board and vice versa. He came in saying "the main thing is the main thing" and he meant academics. And then all the School Board wanted to do was focus on equity and anti-racism stuff and he pivoted to "equity is at the center of all we do" to try and keep his job, but it wasn't enough.
Reid traffics in even more meaningless slogans like "imagine the possibilities" but she's better at taking whatever they throw at her without betraying her impatience. It doesn't mean she's doing a better job, just that if they ever were to fire her it would be clearer they were admitting to their own faults as well.
*yawn*
Anonymous
10/18/2025 15:39
Subject: Brabrand vs Reid
Brabrand got fed up with the School Board and vice versa. He came in saying "the main thing is the main thing" and he meant academics. And then all the School Board wanted to do was focus on equity and anti-racism stuff and he pivoted to "equity is at the center of all we do" to try and keep his job, but it wasn't enough.
Reid traffics in even more meaningless slogans like "imagine the possibilities" but she's better at taking whatever they throw at her without betraying her impatience. It doesn't mean she's doing a better job, just that if they ever were to fire her it would be clearer they were admitting to their own faults as well.
Reid traffics in even more meaningless slogans like "imagine the possibilities" but she's better at taking whatever they throw at her without betraying her impatience. It doesn't mean she's doing a better job, just that if they ever were to fire her it would be clearer they were admitting to their own faults as well.
Anonymous
10/18/2025 15:15
Subject: Brabrand vs Reid
Maybe y'all shouldn't have had Brabrand fired. Wouldn't it be nice to have someone who stays more than a handful of years?
Anonymous
10/18/2025 14:27
Subject: Re:Brabrand vs Reid
From where? The last three searches yielded very few contenders.Anonymous wrote:How about we raise our expectations and get a superintendent who focuses on education?
Anonymous
10/18/2025 13:44
Subject: Brabrand vs Reid
Anonymous wrote:Better question: Why can't the School Board find a competent superintendent? It's been one dud after another lately.
Because the school board is incompetent and so picks superintendents that fit their mold.
Anonymous
10/18/2025 12:01
Subject: Brabrand vs Reid
Anonymous wrote:Better question: Why can't the School Board find a competent superintendent? It's been one dud after another lately.
There are very few superintendents that would want the job.
Anonymous
10/18/2025 11:12
Subject: Brabrand vs Reid
Better question: Why can't the School Board find a competent superintendent? It's been one dud after another lately.
Anonymous
10/18/2025 10:46
Subject: Re:Brabrand vs Reid
Teacher here. Reid is way worse. She has no idea what is actually going on in schools. Braband at least knew the system. Reid cannot answer basic questions about the division she leads.
Anonymous
10/18/2025 10:45
Subject: Re:Brabrand vs Reid
Anonymous wrote:How about we raise our expectations and get a superintendent who focuses on education?
The superintendent acts at the direction of the school board.
Brabrand upended TJ admissions because the board prioritized One Fairfax. Reid has to muddle through this county-wide boundary review because the board voted for it.
You want to attack individual superintendents but the issue is you keep electing all-Democrat school boards.
Anonymous
10/18/2025 10:44
Subject: Brabrand vs Reid
Anonymous wrote:Brabrand was dealt a much tougher hand of cards than Reid. There’s no reason to think she’d have handled Covid differently here judging by what she did in Washington State.
I think she would have bedn worse than Braeband if she had been our covid superintendent.
Anonymous
10/18/2025 10:35
Subject: Re:Brabrand vs Reid
How about we raise our expectations and get a superintendent who focuses on education?
Anonymous
10/18/2025 10:31
Subject: Brabrand vs Reid
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Brabrand was dealt a much tougher hand of cards than Reid. There’s no reason to think she’d have handled Covid differently here judging by what she did in Washington State.
Cool whataboutism
The whole thread is whataboutism, in case you missed it.
Anonymous
10/18/2025 10:20
Subject: Brabrand vs Reid
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It was a close decision before Reid spent over 400k of taxpayer dollars to hire 4 full time bodyguards.
Except this didn’t happen.
Yes it did happen. But she was so much more to make her worse before the security team.
Nah.
Anonymous
10/18/2025 10:20
Subject: Brabrand vs Reid
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It was a close decision before Reid spent over 400k of taxpayer dollars to hire 4 full time bodyguards.
Except this didn’t happen.
Yes it did happen. But she was so much more to make her worse before the security team.
Anonymous
10/18/2025 10:16
Subject: Brabrand vs Reid
Anonymous wrote:Brabrand was a nightmare - so many elementary school principals that should have been fired were retained for FAR too long under him. I'm looking at you, Scott Bloom.
Do you have reason to think that Reid is doing better? Just look at the Hayfield mess. Look at the top heavy staff at Gatehouse.