Anonymous
Post 04/30/2021 11:44     Subject: Re:Arlington Dems School Board Debate - go!

We don’t need Miranda or Mary. We need a 2 party system in Arlington with checks and balances. Where is the republican candidate? It’s in the Democratic platform to keep schools closed and focus away from achievement in our schools in the name of equity. This is the sole reason we have no accountability in with APS and the school board.
Anonymous
Post 04/30/2021 11:43     Subject: Re:Arlington Dems School Board Debate - go!

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly someone who picks TT to speak for her is not someone I ever want on the School Board representing kids.



At first I thought you meant Tania T.

But, yes, having an aggressive dad bro continue to spam everyone isn't a thoughtful choice.

I did too! Who is TT?


Angry dad who aggressively posts about RTS and MT. Also, MT's campaign manager.



Can someone explain to me why it's ok to use people's initials and people know who is being referenced, but we can't just use their names on this forum? Is there really a difference?


Initials won’t pop up in a google search of the person’s name.
Anonymous
Post 04/30/2021 11:39     Subject: Re:Arlington Dems School Board Debate - go!

You'd have to ask the Admin of this Board but initials seem to be ok.

But yes I would think a School Board campaign manager who posts publicly on behalf of the campaign is a public figure. So the TT that people are talking about here = Todd Truitt, campaign manager for Miranda Turner.



Anonymous
Post 04/30/2021 10:37     Subject: Re:Arlington Dems School Board Debate - go!

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Honestly someone who picks TT to speak for her is not someone I ever want on the School Board representing kids.



At first I thought you meant Tania T.

But, yes, having an aggressive dad bro continue to spam everyone isn't a thoughtful choice.

I did too! Who is TT?


Angry dad who aggressively posts about RTS and MT. Also, MT's campaign manager.



Can someone explain to me why it's ok to use people's initials and people know who is being referenced, but we can't just use their names on this forum? Is there really a difference?


Yes, initials are not identifying to anyone reading it. I actually think it's be OK to share the names of both TTs since they are "public". TT1 was on the board and TT2 is a self-proclaimed campaign manager.

Anonymous
Post 04/30/2021 10:21     Subject: Re:Arlington Dems School Board Debate - go!

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Honestly someone who picks TT to speak for her is not someone I ever want on the School Board representing kids.



At first I thought you meant Tania T.

But, yes, having an aggressive dad bro continue to spam everyone isn't a thoughtful choice.

I did too! Who is TT?


Angry dad who aggressively posts about RTS and MT. Also, MT's campaign manager.



Can someone explain to me why it's ok to use people's initials and people know who is being referenced, but we can't just use their names on this forum? Is there really a difference?
Anonymous
Post 04/30/2021 10:18     Subject: Arlington Dems School Board Debate - go!

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Anonymous wrote:Miranda turned everything back to Return To School because unless you've been living under a rock it IS. THE. ISSUE. this year. Whether you like it or not, EVERYTHING is related to RTS -- budget, equity, quality. The only way to stop a flood is to stop the source of the problem. Miranda realizes this. Mary, not so much.


1. Wrong
2. It is a non issue for whomever takes office in January. It may feel like THE issue this month, but I’m interested in not just the next six weeks but the next six years.


Haven’t watched the debate but am now intrigued and will catch the recording whenever it comes out. I agree with a post on another thread that this election is absolutely a referendum on the current SB and APS performance during RTS. Elementary kids will not be vaccinated for some time. We will be dealing with COVID issues for years. Also I think your views on RTS during this past year show your judgement and values. Mary doesn’t even support mores days now for kids. She is perfectly fine with us being dead last in region to return kids to school. Also she talks in buzz words so I don’t feel like I really know what she means on anything.


Viewing it as a referendum on the current SB and APS performance is just...dumb. Sorry, but the one person we are electing is not going to change what they've done or not done or really have them quaking in their boots.

I think it's bizarre that she keeps bringing everything back to this one issue. All I can suspect is she doesn't have a whole lot of knowledge on anything else.


Or she’s trying to appeal to the irrational folks who can only think of RTS and nothing else - even when RTS isn’t relevant anymore.



I think anyone who doesn't think we will be dealing with COVID next year is out of their mind or incredibly naieve. There will need to be policies on masking, quarantines, sports, lunch, etc. These will very much be issues next year, even in January. People tried to avoid RTS last year too because obviously it wouldnt be an issue for this school year. That lack of forsight is how we ended up with no new instruction last spring. Why should we waste resources on planning DL when we will be able to make it all up this school year - look how that turned out! Also, APS has a very warped view of what equity means. I like Miranda's answers about equity. Mary sounds like she was on board with APS decisions for no new instruction last year and weak answers on math changes being proposed. I worry that members of the school board will be afraid to denounce bad policy if the proponents attach the word equity to it.


But if the SB doesn't take any votes on any of these issues, it really doesn't matter what the candidate or ultimate elected think.
Anonymous
Post 04/30/2021 10:17     Subject: Arlington Dems School Board Debate - go!

^ posts on AEM
Anonymous
Post 04/30/2021 10:16     Subject: Re:Arlington Dems School Board Debate - go!

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Honestly someone who picks TT to speak for her is not someone I ever want on the School Board representing kids.



At first I thought you meant Tania T.

But, yes, having an aggressive dad bro continue to spam everyone isn't a thoughtful choice.

I did too! Who is TT?


Angry dad who aggressively posts about RTS and MT. Also, MT's campaign manager.

Anonymous
Post 04/30/2021 10:05     Subject: Re:Arlington Dems School Board Debate - go!

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Honestly someone who picks TT to speak for her is not someone I ever want on the School Board representing kids.



At first I thought you meant Tania T.

But, yes, having an aggressive dad bro continue to spam everyone isn't a thoughtful choice.

I did too! Who is TT?
Anonymous
Post 04/30/2021 10:04     Subject: Re:Arlington Dems School Board Debate - go!

Anonymous wrote:Honestly someone who picks TT to speak for her is not someone I ever want on the School Board representing kids.



At first I thought you meant Tania T.

But, yes, having an aggressive dad bro continue to spam everyone isn't a thoughtful choice.

Anonymous
Post 04/30/2021 10:02     Subject: Re:Arlington Dems School Board Debate - go!

Anonymous wrote:I’m confused with how MT will be able to be seen as a referendum candidate when she’s running for endorsement from the Dems and will forever more be beholden to them. She’ll have to endorse their future candidates, fund raise for them, and all. There can’t be a “change” candidate unless they run and win as an Independent. It’s literally impossible. Other “outsider” Dems have run and even won before, and have all been subsumed by the machine. Or they get primaried.


Her one and only issue will be long over by November. So she's not even a change candidate. She's a nothing burger.
Anonymous
Post 04/30/2021 10:01     Subject: Re:Arlington Dems School Board Debate - go!

Anonymous wrote:Seriously! Am I going to show up for office hours someday and have Miranda yell at me for being "A STAY CLOSED MARY VOTER"? All because I have my kid/family in a routine now and I don't want my kid's world rocked yet again for the last few weeks of school?



haha!

I guess Miranda would be fine with kids changing teachers yet again?

I'm not.
Anonymous
Post 04/30/2021 09:58     Subject: Re:Arlington Dems School Board Debate - go!

I’m confused with how MT will be able to be seen as a referendum candidate when she’s running for endorsement from the Dems and will forever more be beholden to them. She’ll have to endorse their future candidates, fund raise for them, and all. There can’t be a “change” candidate unless they run and win as an Independent. It’s literally impossible. Other “outsider” Dems have run and even won before, and have all been subsumed by the machine. Or they get primaried.
Anonymous
Post 04/30/2021 09:56     Subject: Re:Arlington Dems School Board Debate - go!

Seriously! Am I going to show up for office hours someday and have Miranda yell at me for being "A STAY CLOSED MARY VOTER"? All because I have my kid/family in a routine now and I don't want my kid's world rocked yet again for the last few weeks of school?

Anonymous
Post 04/30/2021 09:54     Subject: Re:Arlington Dems School Board Debate - go!

Honestly someone who picks TT to speak for her is not someone I ever want on the School Board representing kids.