Anonymous wrote:Actually---a number of these issues have been present in DC---also currently controlled by the progressive extremists:

For one thing, they overshot their budget by $100M. (Duke Ellington renovation)

This isn’t about masks.

1. They eliminated neighborhood schools so that any kid could basically get assigned to any school, anywhere in the city at random. (DCPS tried a version of this approach in last boundary adjustment---only vocal and continuous community outrage defeated it)

2. They changed names of schools for bizarre reasons, making the city a national joke. (This is on-going. Some justified, some just performative---since DCPS CLEARLY has bigger problems to focus on)

3. They changed entry for the vaunted Lincoln HS from merit-based to lottery. (Recent changes to admissions requirements for magnet School Without Walls)

And there’s more. Just totally out of touch and incompetent.

Also they removed one of the now-recalled commissioners as VP of the board for her racist tweets (Trayon "Jews Control the Weather" White?), then she turned around and sued the school district for $87M. And another of the now-recalled commissioners stood by her.

These are not issues which you can extrapolate all over the country, people.

So you may not can extrapolate all over the country, but these types of policies ARE being pursued nationally by cities where the progressive left is in control. And people do not like it. I wish DC could get rid of its entire Clown Council, but the fact that city governance is controlled via the democratic primary means that the lunatic fringe---just like the right wing nut jobs in red states---can get far more control than they deserve.

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Anonymous wrote:You all have no idea what the actual issues in SF were. I knew this site was going to be full of terrible takes on this today.

What’s your take?

For one thing, they overshot their budget by $100M.

This isn’t about masks.

1. They eliminated neighborhood schools so that any kid could basically get assigned to any school, anywhere in the city at random.

2. They changed names of schools for bizarre reasons, making the city a national joke.

3. They changed entry for the vaunted Lincoln HS from merit-based to lottery.

And there’s more. Just totally out of touch and incompetent.

Also they removed one of the now-recalled commissioners as VP of the board for her racist tweets, then she turned around and sued the school district for $87M. And another of the now-recalled commissioners stood by her.

These are not issues which you can extrapolate all over the country, people.

School boundaries and lotteries for enrichment programs are very much a salient issue in Montgomery County.

There is an enormous difference between boundary reviews (which are never popular) and just eliminating boundaries

And what if changing “gifted” programs from merit based to lottery based?

Changing magnet/gifted from merit based to lottery was of the main issues. It was mostly targeting Asian Americans and therefore almost 95% of the population in the affected counties supported the recall. Data is easily available.

Please don't victimize the Asian American community. At some point, they are forced to fight back for their children's sake.

In San Francisco the recall had broad multi-racial support. It was not just a case of the Asian community being the only supporters. I do think that the anti Asian racism on display catalyzed the Asian community, but in the end the recall was very broadly supported.

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Anonymous wrote:^^^ PP here. That isn’t an exclusive list of my issues with the Democrats either. I’m just saying the Democrats have lost me. I can’t vote for insurrection supporting traitors either, though.

I am a Democrat who is not happy with my local school board either but I cannot in any way support the other side-book bans, pro-voucher/charters at the expense of public education, intense fear mongering. The constant posting by right wing folks on these forums has made it so I would definitely never support them. I am hoping that Democrats get a freaking clue and actually put out sensible/pro academics candidates going forward. And that people with common sense run for local School Boards. School board candidates should be non-partisan and not endorsed by any political party. It's crazy that it isn't the case.

Anonymous wrote:^^^ PP here. That isn’t an exclusive list of my issues with the Democrats either. I’m just saying the Democrats have lost me. I can’t vote for insurrection supporting traitors either, though.

Anonymous wrote:^^^ PP here. That isn’t an exclusive list of my issues with the Democrats either. I’m just saying the Democrats have lost me. I can’t vote for insurrection supporting traitors either, though.

Anonymous wrote:Actually---a number of these issues have been present in DC---also currently controlled by the progressive extremists:

For one thing, they overshot their budget by $100M. (Duke Ellington renovation)

This isn’t about masks.

1. They eliminated neighborhood schools so that any kid could basically get assigned to any school, anywhere in the city at random. (DCPS tried a version of this approach in last boundary adjustment---only vocal and continuous community outrage defeated it)

2. They changed names of schools for bizarre reasons, making the city a national joke. (This is on-going. Some justified, some just performative---since DCPS CLEARLY has bigger problems to focus on)

3. They changed entry for the vaunted Lincoln HS from merit-based to lottery. (Recent changes to admissions requirements for magnet School Without Walls)

And there’s more. Just totally out of touch and incompetent.

Also they removed one of the now-recalled commissioners as VP of the board for her racist tweets (Trayon "Jews Control the Weather" White?), then she turned around and sued the school district for $87M. And another of the now-recalled commissioners stood by her.

These are not issues which you can extrapolate all over the country, people.

So you may not can extrapolate all over the country, but these types of policies ARE being pursued nationally by cities where the progressive left is in control. And people do not like it. I wish DC could get rid of its entire Clown Council, but the fact that city governance is controlled via the democratic primary means that the lunatic fringe---just like the right wing nut jobs in red states---can get far more control than they deserve.

For one thing, they overshot their budget by $100M. (Duke Ellington renovation)

This isn’t about masks.

1. They eliminated neighborhood schools so that any kid could basically get assigned to any school, anywhere in the city at random. (DCPS tried a version of this approach in last boundary adjustment---only vocal and continuous community outrage defeated it)

2. They changed names of schools for bizarre reasons, making the city a national joke. (This is on-going. Some justified, some just performative---since DCPS CLEARLY has bigger problems to focus on)

3. They changed entry for the vaunted Lincoln HS from merit-based to lottery. (Recent changes to admissions requirements for magnet School Without Walls)

And there’s more. Just totally out of touch and incompetent.

Also they removed one of the now-recalled commissioners as VP of the board for her racist tweets (Trayon "Jews Control the Weather" White?), then she turned around and sued the school district for $87M. And another of the now-recalled commissioners stood by her.

These are not issues which you can extrapolate all over the country, people.

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Anonymous wrote:You all have no idea what the actual issues in SF were. I knew this site was going to be full of terrible takes on this today.

What’s your take?

For one thing, they overshot their budget by $100M.

This isn’t about masks.

1. They eliminated neighborhood schools so that any kid could basically get assigned to any school, anywhere in the city at random.

2. They changed names of schools for bizarre reasons, making the city a national joke.

3. They changed entry for the vaunted Lincoln HS from merit-based to lottery.

And there’s more. Just totally out of touch and incompetent.

Also they removed one of the now-recalled commissioners as VP of the board for her racist tweets, then she turned around and sued the school district for $87M. And another of the now-recalled commissioners stood by her.

These are not issues which you can extrapolate all over the country, people.

School boundaries and lotteries for enrichment programs are very much a salient issue in Montgomery County.

There is an enormous difference between boundary reviews (which are never popular) and just eliminating boundaries

And what if changing “gifted” programs from merit based to lottery based?

Changing magnet/gifted from merit based to lottery was of the main issues. It was mostly targeting Asian Americans and therefore almost 95% of the population in the affected counties supported the recall. Data is easily available.

Please don't victimize the Asian American community. At some point, they are forced to fight back for their children's sake.

In San Francisco the recall had broad multi-racial support. It was not just a case of the Asian community being the only supporters. I do think that the anti Asian racism on display catalyzed the Asian community, but in the end the recall was very broadly supported.

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Anonymous wrote:You all have no idea what the actual issues in SF were. I knew this site was going to be full of terrible takes on this today.

What’s your take?

For one thing, they overshot their budget by $100M.

This isn’t about masks.

1. They eliminated neighborhood schools so that any kid could basically get assigned to any school, anywhere in the city at random.

2. They changed names of schools for bizarre reasons, making the city a national joke.

3. They changed entry for the vaunted Lincoln HS from merit-based to lottery.

And there’s more. Just totally out of touch and incompetent.

Also they removed one of the now-recalled commissioners as VP of the board for her racist tweets, then she turned around and sued the school district for $87M. And another of the now-recalled commissioners stood by her.

These are not issues which you can extrapolate all over the country, people.

School boundaries and lotteries for enrichment programs are very much a salient issue in Montgomery County.

There is an enormous difference between boundary reviews (which are never popular) and just eliminating boundaries

And what if changing “gifted” programs from merit based to lottery based?

Changing magnet/gifted from merit based to lottery was of the main issues. It was mostly targeting Asian Americans and therefore almost 95% of the population in the affected counties supported the recall. Data is easily available.

Please don't victimize the Asian American community. At some point, they are forced to fight back for their children's sake.

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Anonymous wrote:You all have no idea what the actual issues in SF were. I knew this site was going to be full of terrible takes on this today.

What’s your take?

For one thing, they overshot their budget by $100M.

This isn’t about masks.

1. They eliminated neighborhood schools so that any kid could basically get assigned to any school, anywhere in the city at random.

2. They changed names of schools for bizarre reasons, making the city a national joke.

3. They changed entry for the vaunted Lincoln HS from merit-based to lottery.

And there’s more. Just totally out of touch and incompetent.

Also they removed one of the now-recalled commissioners as VP of the board for her racist tweets, then she turned around and sued the school district for $87M. And another of the now-recalled commissioners stood by her.

These are not issues which you can extrapolate all over the country, people.

School boundaries and lotteries for enrichment programs are very much a salient issue in Montgomery County.

There is an enormous difference between boundary reviews (which are never popular) and just eliminating boundaries

And what if changing “gifted” programs from merit based to lottery based?

Anonymous wrote:This is also an acknowledgement of the Anti-Asian racism that has come to dominate progressive Democrat politics. One of those ousted, Alison Collins called merit-based admissions racist (https://www.newsweek.com/school-called-racist-san-francisco-1566895). This is exactly what is being played out in the DMV area at the behest of the progressives and to the detriment of Asian-Americans.

The days of the Democrats taking Asian votes for granted are over.

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Anonymous wrote:This is also an acknowledgement of the Anti-Asian racism that has come to dominate progressive Democrat politics. One of those ousted, Alison Collins called merit-based admissions racist (https://www.newsweek.com/school-called-racist-san-francisco-1566895). This is exactly what is being played out in the DMV area at the behest of the progressives and to the detriment of Asian-Americans.

The days of the Democrats taking Asian votes for granted are over.

I agree - but Asians are going to need to start speaking out about this. Not to mention, voting for Republicans.

This Asian woman right here will NEVER vote for another Democrat. I’m done. Used to be a regular Democrat voter, but it is clear that they no longer want my vote. Will find other options.

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Anonymous wrote:This is also an acknowledgement of the Anti-Asian racism that has come to dominate progressive Democrat politics. One of those ousted, Alison Collins called merit-based admissions racist (https://www.newsweek.com/school-called-racist-san-francisco-1566895). This is exactly what is being played out in the DMV area at the behest of the progressives and to the detriment of Asian-Americans.

The days of the Democrats taking Asian votes for granted are over.

I agree - but Asians are going to need to start speaking out about this. Not to mention, voting for Republicans.

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Anonymous wrote:This is also an acknowledgement of the Anti-Asian racism that has come to dominate progressive Democrat politics. One of those ousted, Alison Collins called merit-based admissions racist (https://www.newsweek.com/school-called-racist-san-francisco-1566895). This is exactly what is being played out in the DMV area at the behest of the progressives and to the detriment of Asian-Americans.

The days of the Democrats taking Asian votes for granted are over.

I agree - but Asians are going to need to start speaking out about this. Not to mention, voting for Republicans.