Anonymous wrote:You dont think new schools would come up with a $20k price tag to fill in the place in the market between $0 and $50k for Potomac? Of course they would especially if they new every parent had a $20k spending power.

LOL. $20k?

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Anonymous wrote:What’s her qualifications?

She has never been an educator and has no degrees in education. She is a consultant who makes money off of schools. She wants more testing because she’s all about “data.” She lives in Minnesota. She is a charter school advocate.

Arid Qarni was horrible! But Youngkin made a really badly pick.

She has degrees in public policy and government, and has worked in the education field for decades, but I guess you can pretend she’d be far more qualified to lead a state-wide department if she had a degree in elementary education from Longwood. And she sent her own kids to FCPS before moving to Minnesota.

You people are so partisan and afraid that anyone will ever challenge people to do things differently or better. The fact that you’re attacking her so viciously before she even takes office is precisely why others welcome her appointment.

+1. And it’s a public policy management position not a teaching position

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She's beyond qualified for this position and I wish her well.

+100. There's so many idiots on this thread who have no idea what they are talking about. It's all liberal screed with no basic understanding of facts. Most here don't even know the difference between vouchers and charter schools. They just spew hate from the left. Maybe time to leave DCUM

Most on the right assume that vouchers offer school choice without realizing that they cover a fraction of the tuition at any existing school.

On the contrary - it's people on the left who keep insisting vouchers will go to paying private school tuitions. Such BS. The *only* voucher proposed by Youngkin is a $500/student Covid-learning loss voucher. That's it. The fear-mongering by the left is off-the-charts. Youngkin has proposed CHARTER SCHOOLS, which will be lottery-based. These are not vouchers. Learn the difference.

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Anonymous wrote:What’s her qualifications?

She has never been an educator and has no degrees in education. She is a consultant who makes money off of schools. She wants more testing because she’s all about “data.” She lives in Minnesota. She is a charter school advocate.

Arid Qarni was horrible! But Youngkin made a really badly pick.

She has degrees in public policy and government, and has worked in the education field for decades, but I guess you can pretend she’d be far more qualified to lead a state-wide department if she had a degree in elementary education from Longwood. And she sent her own kids to FCPS before moving to Minnesota.

You people are so partisan and afraid that anyone will ever challenge people to do things differently or better. The fact that you’re attacking her so viciously before she even takes office is precisely why others welcome her appointment.

+1. And it’s a public policy management position not a teaching position

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She's beyond qualified for this position and I wish her well.

+100. There's so many idiots on this thread who have no idea what they are talking about. It's all liberal screed with no basic understanding of facts. Most here don't even know the difference between vouchers and charter schools. They just spew hate from the left. Maybe time to leave DCUM

Completely agree. I wonder if it's just one left-wing jerk, constantly posting their doomsday proclamations over and over, or if there are actually multiple posters who are incredibly arrogant and uninformed - not to mention hateful.

Anonymous wrote:You dont think new schools would come up with a $20k price tag to fill in the place in the market between $0 and $50k for Potomac? Of course they would especially if they new every parent had a $20k spending power.

Sure, but the vouchers would not be for $20k and the schools would still not accept kids needing special support, leaving the high cost students in FCPS with fewer resources and still draining resources. I suppose it might cause parents with those kids to then move to MD, which would be a benefit for my taxes? Pretty shitty what you are proposing. I’m not a liberal, but I’ve watched enough documentaries/read enough about charters to know that I dont want them in Fairfax. I also know that when you put someone in power who thinks data is the solution, you go further down the NCLB testing rabbit hole, which is the opposite of what I want for my kids and for myself (as a teacher). Everyone on here complains about the lack of grammar and writing instruction. These things are no longer taught because they are not heavily tested on the SOL (even less now that the writing sol is a local performance assessment). Pre-NCLB, they were taught. We need a DOE that focuses on retaining high quality teachers through compensation and developing a curriculum that is rigorous (with support for teachers to teach the curriculum). None of that will happen with someone who just wants more data (the burden of collection falls on teachers and takes away from instruction).

GMU costs less than FCPS.

You dont think new schools would come up with a $20k price tag to fill in the place in the market between $0 and $50k for Potomac? Of course they would especially if they new every parent had a $20k spending power.

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Anonymous wrote:Very thankful for Youngkin and this slate of professionals. Finally, it appears education in VA will be taken seriously.

You support dropping teacher certifications?

I support a less cumbersome way for subject-matter experts who want to teach to become teachers. *Especially* now that we have a dearth of teachers.

I takes a semester to become a teacher through the VA career switcher program. It’s not cumbersome.

And SMEs are not necessarily good teachers. Pedagogy is important.

I wounded if Youngkin would send his kids to schools that accept vouchers. If they are good enough to do revise the choice he ran on, surely they’re good enough for his kids

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Most on the right assume that vouchers offer school choice without realizing that they cover a fraction of the tuition at any existing school.

FCPS 2021 budget: $3.4 billion
FCPS 2021 enrollment: 178,595 (and dropping)
FCPS 2021 cost per student: $19,037 (and rising)

Average private school cost in Fairfax County: $18,000 per year

What non-religious private schools average 18k per year that are K-6? Most are closer to 30k.

Not to mention, that $19k is not the average student. That is factoring in the way more expensive special education students that the vast majority of private schools will not admit.

Don’t forget ESOL, I’m sure the Potomac school would love to welcome them and their 10k vouchers

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Anonymous wrote:What’s her qualifications?

She has never been an educator and has no degrees in education. She is a consultant who makes money off of schools. She wants more testing because she’s all about “data.” She lives in Minnesota. She is a charter school advocate.

Arid Qarni was horrible! But Youngkin made a really badly pick.

She has degrees in public policy and government, and has worked in the education field for decades, but I guess you can pretend she’d be far more qualified to lead a state-wide department if she had a degree in elementary education from Longwood. And she sent her own kids to FCPS before moving to Minnesota.

You people are so partisan and afraid that anyone will ever challenge people to do things differently or better. The fact that you’re attacking her so viciously before she even takes office is precisely why others welcome her appointment.

+1. And it’s a public policy management position not a teaching position

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She's beyond qualified for this position and I wish her well.

+100. There's so many idiots on this thread who have no idea what they are talking about. It's all liberal screed with no basic understanding of facts. Most here don't even know the difference between vouchers and charter schools. They just spew hate from the left. Maybe time to leave DCUM

Most on the right assume that vouchers offer school choice without realizing that they cover a fraction of the tuition at any existing school.

And most assume it’s easy to snag (and keep) spots in private schools.

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Most on the right assume that vouchers offer school choice without realizing that they cover a fraction of the tuition at any existing school.

FCPS 2021 budget: $3.4 billion
FCPS 2021 enrollment: 178,595 (and dropping)
FCPS 2021 cost per student: $19,037 (and rising)

Average private school cost in Fairfax County: $18,000 per year

What non-religious private schools average 18k per year that are K-6? Most are closer to 30k.

Not to mention, that $19k is not the average student. That is factoring in the way more expensive special education students that the vast majority of private schools will not admit.

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Most on the right assume that vouchers offer school choice without realizing that they cover a fraction of the tuition at any existing school.

FCPS 2021 budget: $3.4 billion
FCPS 2021 enrollment: 178,595 (and dropping)
FCPS 2021 cost per student: $19,037 (and rising)

Average private school cost in Fairfax County: $18,000 per year

Yes, but the cost for a regular, general ed student is more like 5k. Some other students are incredibly expensive to educate which inflates the "cost per student".

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Most on the right assume that vouchers offer school choice without realizing that they cover a fraction of the tuition at any existing school.

FCPS 2021 budget: $3.4 billion
FCPS 2021 enrollment: 178,595 (and dropping)
FCPS 2021 cost per student: $19,037 (and rising)

Average private school cost in Fairfax County: $18,000 per year

What non-religious private schools average 18k per year that are K-6? Most are closer to 30k.

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Most on the right assume that vouchers offer school choice without realizing that they cover a fraction of the tuition at any existing school.

FCPS 2021 budget: $3.4 billion
FCPS 2021 enrollment: 178,595 (and dropping)
FCPS 2021 cost per student: $19,037 (and rising)

Average private school cost in Fairfax County: $18,000 per year

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Anonymous wrote:Very thankful for Youngkin and this slate of professionals. Finally, it appears education in VA will be taken seriously.

You support dropping teacher certifications?

I support a less cumbersome way for subject-matter experts who want to teach to become teachers. *Especially* now that we have a dearth of teachers.

I takes a semester to become a teacher through the VA career switcher program. It’s not cumbersome.

Yes, it’s not cumbersome. Why are the Rs pushing to lower standards for teachers?

Because politicians will never raise teacher pay because their comfortable exploiting a predominantly female field so making it easier will allow less qualified people to do the job for the same low pay.