Anonymous wrote:So back to Maggie Slye, what happened to her campaign? I though she was running?

How is she different from the others? My biggest concern is teacher retention.

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Anonymous wrote:Which candidate is pro-ventilation? That's all I need to know.

Unfortunately, none. One is potentially anti-ventilation, according to this thread.

Maybe the fitness guy will be better on health stuff in schools

He sits on SHAB according to his website. Maybe he is the ventilation guy?

He joined SHAB the same week he decided to run.

There is no ventilation guy (or gal), lol. And the 22 yr old has no connections to Arlington and doesn't give a shit about APS. He's one hop, skip and jump away from moving on to other pastures.

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Anonymous wrote:Who is addressing the massive drug and substance abuse going on right now INSIDE the schools and during the school day?

https://www.arlnow.com/2023/03/01/just-in-police-on-scene-of-near-fatal-teen-overdose-in-ballston/

Miranda's relentless learning loss platform seems pretty out of touch when kids are DYING.

From her announcement email the first issue listed: Our Mental Health Crisis

Three weeks ago, issues of mental health and substance use in APS were brought into sharp relief. Parents and community activists had been sounding the alarm, but it took a tragic loss and other traumatic events to bring full community focus and the necessary urgency to these concerns.

So what have I been doing?

On the Friday Wakefield closed, I joined in a march of love and support organized by ASHPA leaders.

The following Monday, I and the rest of Green Valley Civic Association executive leadership heard from ACPD and began discussing ideas to support Green Valley students and residents, a discussion that continues.

At the recent Arlington Dems Second Saturday breakfast, I sponsored the event and coordinated a moderated discussion on mental health in our schools, featuring a county board member and an Arlington Schools Hispanic Parents Association (ASHPA) leader.

There is much more to do. Our upcoming budget cycle must prioritize mental health and APS needs county support. APS must have a concrete plan for in-school safety and communication with parents. I will be following these issues closely.

so she marched and discussed and will follow the issue. meh, get back to me when there is real action and commitment.

That’s a pretty good start for someone who’s not even in elected office yet. Organized a forum, listened to other voices in the community. We need the county and APS to work together more on these issues. Impressed she’s talking about it.

eh, it's a way to look like she is doing something without really doing anything. we dont need lip service. i looked at her website on this and its just word salad.

How’s it less than other forums that were organized? She had a leader from Ashpa and a county board member there. I’ll give her credit for that.

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Anonymous wrote:Which candidate is pro-ventilation? That's all I need to know.

Unfortunately, none. One is potentially anti-ventilation, according to this thread.

Maybe the fitness guy will be better on health stuff in schools

He sits on SHAB according to his website. Maybe he is the ventilation guy?

He joined SHAB the same week he decided to run.

Oh good lord. So, let's review, we have

- the leader of a divisive lobbying group in Arlington who has no other relevant leadership experience
- a PTA president who a lot of people didn't seem to like
- a young upstart with political ambitions and no real ties to APS

LOL. This isn't bad. The first 2 have insights relevant to how APS runs, and they can see deficiencies from the parent perspective. We had some terrible SB members before current and most recent versions of the COVID and post-COVID SB. Whatever faults the recent/current SB members have, it's a major improvement over where things were 5+ years ago. Based on what I've seen, the first 2 candidates continue that trend.

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Anonymous wrote:DP. Erin's and Miranda's platform are so far off from each other. Whether you like them or not, APE's going to win.

APE-light is right.

I meant that Erin's and Miranda's platforms are NOT so far off from each other. Are we sure they are not the same person?

I was going to say the same thing. I don't see huge differences, and interestingly, both are white women strongly emphasizing their history and engagement with the black community.

Don't get me wrong, I think both women sound good on paper overall, and I haven't met either of them.

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Anonymous wrote:Who is addressing the massive drug and substance abuse going on right now INSIDE the schools and during the school day?

https://www.arlnow.com/2023/03/01/just-in-police-on-scene-of-near-fatal-teen-overdose-in-ballston/

Miranda's relentless learning loss platform seems pretty out of touch when kids are DYING.

From her announcement email the first issue listed: Our Mental Health Crisis

Three weeks ago, issues of mental health and substance use in APS were brought into sharp relief. Parents and community activists had been sounding the alarm, but it took a tragic loss and other traumatic events to bring full community focus and the necessary urgency to these concerns.

So what have I been doing?

On the Friday Wakefield closed, I joined in a march of love and support organized by ASHPA leaders.

The following Monday, I and the rest of Green Valley Civic Association executive leadership heard from ACPD and began discussing ideas to support Green Valley students and residents, a discussion that continues.

At the recent Arlington Dems Second Saturday breakfast, I sponsored the event and coordinated a moderated discussion on mental health in our schools, featuring a county board member and an Arlington Schools Hispanic Parents Association (ASHPA) leader.

There is much more to do. Our upcoming budget cycle must prioritize mental health and APS needs county support. APS must have a concrete plan for in-school safety and communication with parents. I will be following these issues closely.

so she marched and discussed and will follow the issue. meh, get back to me when there is real action and commitment.

That’s a pretty good start for someone who’s not even in elected office yet. Organized a forum, listened to other voices in the community. We need the county and APS to work together more on these issues. Impressed she’s talking about it.

eh, it's a way to look like she is doing something without really doing anything. we dont need lip service. i looked at her website on this and its just word salad.

So back to Maggie Slye, what happened to her campaign? I though she was running?

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Anonymous wrote:Who is addressing the massive drug and substance abuse going on right now INSIDE the schools and during the school day?

https://www.arlnow.com/2023/03/01/just-in-police-on-scene-of-near-fatal-teen-overdose-in-ballston/

Miranda's relentless learning loss platform seems pretty out of touch when kids are DYING.

From her announcement email the first issue listed: Our Mental Health Crisis

Three weeks ago, issues of mental health and substance use in APS were brought into sharp relief. Parents and community activists had been sounding the alarm, but it took a tragic loss and other traumatic events to bring full community focus and the necessary urgency to these concerns.

So what have I been doing?

On the Friday Wakefield closed, I joined in a march of love and support organized by ASHPA leaders.

The following Monday, I and the rest of Green Valley Civic Association executive leadership heard from ACPD and began discussing ideas to support Green Valley students and residents, a discussion that continues.

At the recent Arlington Dems Second Saturday breakfast, I sponsored the event and coordinated a moderated discussion on mental health in our schools, featuring a county board member and an Arlington Schools Hispanic Parents Association (ASHPA) leader.

There is much more to do. Our upcoming budget cycle must prioritize mental health and APS needs county support. APS must have a concrete plan for in-school safety and communication with parents. I will be following these issues closely.

so she marched and discussed and will follow the issue. meh, get back to me when there is real action and commitment.

That’s a pretty good start for someone who’s not even in elected office yet. Organized a forum, listened to other voices in the community. We need the county and APS to work together more on these issues. Impressed she’s talking about it.

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Anonymous wrote:Which candidate is pro-ventilation? That's all I need to know.

Unfortunately, none. One is potentially anti-ventilation, according to this thread.

Maybe the fitness guy will be better on health stuff in schools

He sits on SHAB according to his website. Maybe he is the ventilation guy?

He joined SHAB the same week he decided to run.

Oh good lord. So, let's review, we have

- the leader of a divisive lobbying group in Arlington who has no other relevant leadership experience
- a PTA president who a lot of people didn't seem to like
- a young upstart with political ambitions and no real ties to APS

I'm learning towards the PTA president. At least she ran something relevant. Not everyone liked her but that's what happens when you put yourself out there. There are some crazy parents and you can't please everyone. Plus I wonder if the people badmouthing her now are from another campaign who see her as a threat.

A young person is really interesting and I will consider him but he'd be more appealing if he had better ties to Arlington and APS. I could really get behind a former 22 year old APS student with insight into the schools and the students' needs. Not sure about this guy. Do like his campaign's focus on students though.

And then we get to Miranda. I talked with her several times last go round and decided not to vote for her. She was too set and rigid on one viewpoint and couldn't see others perspective, or bring groups together. I truly think APE set back the cause of opening schools because they couldn't or didn't want to try to understand or work with others with different perspectives and needs - teachers who were fearful of going back into germy schools, Hispanic communities who were impacted by the pandemic in different ways than they were and wanted/needed to stay virtual, or people who just wanted some better safety measures in schools. That's not a road to good governance.

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Anonymous wrote:Which candidate is pro-ventilation? That's all I need to know.

Unfortunately, none. One is potentially anti-ventilation, according to this thread.

Maybe the fitness guy will be better on health stuff in schools

He sits on SHAB according to his website. Maybe he is the ventilation guy?

He joined SHAB the same week he decided to run.

Oh good lord. So, let's review, we have

- the leader of a divisive lobbying group in Arlington who has no other relevant leadership experience
- a PTA president who a lot of people didn't seem to like
- a young upstart with political ambitions and no real ties to APS

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Anonymous wrote:Who is addressing the massive drug and substance abuse going on right now INSIDE the schools and during the school day?

https://www.arlnow.com/2023/03/01/just-in-police-on-scene-of-near-fatal-teen-overdose-in-ballston/

Miranda's relentless learning loss platform seems pretty out of touch when kids are DYING.

From her announcement email the first issue listed: Our Mental Health Crisis

Three weeks ago, issues of mental health and substance use in APS were brought into sharp relief. Parents and community activists had been sounding the alarm, but it took a tragic loss and other traumatic events to bring full community focus and the necessary urgency to these concerns.

So what have I been doing?

On the Friday Wakefield closed, I joined in a march of love and support organized by ASHPA leaders.

The following Monday, I and the rest of Green Valley Civic Association executive leadership heard from ACPD and began discussing ideas to support Green Valley students and residents, a discussion that continues.

At the recent Arlington Dems Second Saturday breakfast, I sponsored the event and coordinated a moderated discussion on mental health in our schools, featuring a county board member and an Arlington Schools Hispanic Parents Association (ASHPA) leader.

There is much more to do. Our upcoming budget cycle must prioritize mental health and APS needs county support. APS must have a concrete plan for in-school safety and communication with parents. I will be following these issues closely.

so she marched and discussed and will follow the issue. meh, get back to me when there is real action and commitment.

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Anonymous wrote:Who is addressing the massive drug and substance abuse going on right now INSIDE the schools and during the school day?

https://www.arlnow.com/2023/03/01/just-in-police-on-scene-of-near-fatal-teen-overdose-in-ballston/

Miranda's relentless learning loss platform seems pretty out of touch when kids are DYING.

From her announcement email the first issue listed: Our Mental Health Crisis

Three weeks ago, issues of mental health and substance use in APS were brought into sharp relief. Parents and community activists had been sounding the alarm, but it took a tragic loss and other traumatic events to bring full community focus and the necessary urgency to these concerns.

So what have I been doing?

On the Friday Wakefield closed, I joined in a march of love and support organized by ASHPA leaders.

The following Monday, I and the rest of Green Valley Civic Association executive leadership heard from ACPD and began discussing ideas to support Green Valley students and residents, a discussion that continues.

At the recent Arlington Dems Second Saturday breakfast, I sponsored the event and coordinated a moderated discussion on mental health in our schools, featuring a county board member and an Arlington Schools Hispanic Parents Association (ASHPA) leader.

There is much more to do. Our upcoming budget cycle must prioritize mental health and APS needs county support. APS must have a concrete plan for in-school safety and communication with parents. I will be following these issues closely.

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Anonymous wrote:Which candidate is pro-ventilation? That's all I need to know.

Unfortunately, none. One is potentially anti-ventilation, according to this thread.

Maybe the fitness guy will be better on health stuff in schools

He sits on SHAB according to his website. Maybe he is the ventilation guy?

He joined SHAB the same week he decided to run.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which candidate is pro-ventilation? That's all I need to know.

Unfortunately, none. One is potentially anti-ventilation, according to this thread.

Maybe the fitness guy will be better on health stuff in schools

He sits on SHAB according to his website. Maybe he is the ventilation guy?

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Anonymous wrote:Are there only three candidates?

Miranda and Erin are interchangeable. I don't like either of them at first glance. More of the same.

The child looks better and better. I don't care if he's not an APS parent. I care if he understands the system.

hahaha, love that you call him a child in one sentence and then imply that he understands "the system."

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it wasn't my post but i think my children understand the system better than many adults

and would be better school board members too!

Get a grip.

Well someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed!

Some school systems have a student rep on the board. APS doesn't. I think APS could use that perspective. Kids know a lot and have great opinions.

Do you understand the difference between an student rep and an actual board member? I'm not sure you do. I do believe that your kids understand the system better than you.

Since APS doesn't have a student member, maybe the 22 year old is the next best thing.

If he had gone through the APS school system himself, had siblings still in the system, was local, or had a preschooler ready to start here, any ties at all… then maybe. Since he’s an outsider intending to use this position for his own short term gain, with absolutely no stakes here, the answer is a resounding NO.

normally i would agree with you, but we have such bad choices this race. is there anyone else running?

Maybe Symone will run as an independent?