Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ack. i voted for her.
Had no idea who any of the school board candidates were so I picked at random.
Voting fail.

Makes sense. She has a totally awesome name. With a name like that she's got to be either an experienced and capable public servant or a soft porn star.

Soft core pornography????

We were just laughing about her name. She is a twit. I cannot believe people voted for her.

Anonymous wrote:You mean this Ashley Carter??


That's who a majority of you voted for???

Holy crap, is that for real?!?!?!?! THIS is who people chose? You should all be so, so, so ashamed of yourselves.

Anonymous wrote:Another undignified, name-calling, Trump supporter wins. God help us all.

This is exactly what I came to post. I cannot believe how horrible she was to Mary Lord on here. Shocked people voted for her...oh wait they elected Trump!

Jesus christ. I did my research before I voted and there was literally no content on her website other than pictures of a white lady and vapid content. I don't believe she won. What a load of shit.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is nothing wrong with her being a Republican but it's more about her dishonesty in owning her beliefs. Lying and pandering to the crowd to win school board (which luckily has no influence in DC) is unfortunate and demeaning. Considering the toxic, crooked political landscape of DC we need leaders who actually honor their role as public servants. Ashley clearly has no familiarity about education especially DC education. Her platform clearly identifies her lack of knowledge on education policy. It is clear she ran for herself and to use the position as a stepping stone.

Ashley claims she is not a Trump supporter but I believe it's because she views him as being too progressive (she definitely isn't a HRC supporter). She works for the Independent Women Forum (http://www.iwf.org/about) which is ultra conservative and anti- woman (read between the lines on their site) who Trump's campaign manager Kellyanne Conway sits on the board of. Ashley claims she spoke at both the Democratic and Republican conventions which is not true as well. We have enough liars who exploit children of color and poor children in DC. It's on us to stay informed, vote with knowledge, and take action to hold public leaders accountable.

Election Results (http://wtop.com/dc/2016/11/dc-2016-general-election-results/)
New school board members: Ashley Carter (at-large), Markus Batchelor (Ward 8), Lanette Woodruff (Ward 4)

Markus Batchelor - Age 23, graduated from Thurgood Marshall Charter School, DC native, lives, eats, breathes political life since high school, dropped out of American University to pursue DC politics, strongly supported by new Ward 8 council member Trayon White and friends, very active campaign

Lanette Woodruff (uncontested) - part of green team, Democrats for Education Reform candidate, husband is Darren Woodruff who's on the DC Public Charter School Board, has children that attended DCPS and charter schools, Howard alum, made no effort on campaign besides one party thrown by brandon todd

Overall, school board no longer has any power or influence and Bowser does whatever she wants. It's PART-TIME with a stipend. People typically use the role as a stepping stone to council member or for experience to run out of state when they leave.

Bolded used to be true when the BOE had real power. Not true anymore- I can't remember any of the recent councilmembers who have been on the BOE beforehand.

Whoops! Corrected- Trayon White was on the BOE. Apparently it is still somewhat a stepping stone to the Council, but I think less so than in the past when it was like the farm team.

Anonymous wrote:There is nothing wrong with her being a Republican but it's more about her dishonesty in owning her beliefs. Lying and pandering to the crowd to win school board (which luckily has no influence in DC) is unfortunate and demeaning. Considering the toxic, crooked political landscape of DC we need leaders who actually honor their role as public servants. Ashley clearly has no familiarity about education especially DC education. Her platform clearly identifies her lack of knowledge on education policy. It is clear she ran for herself and to use the position as a stepping stone.

Ashley claims she is not a Trump supporter but I believe it's because she views him as being too progressive (she definitely isn't a HRC supporter). She works for the Independent Women Forum (http://www.iwf.org/about) which is ultra conservative and anti- woman (read between the lines on their site) who Trump's campaign manager Kellyanne Conway sits on the board of. Ashley claims she spoke at both the Democratic and Republican conventions which is not true as well. We have enough liars who exploit children of color and poor children in DC. It's on us to stay informed, vote with knowledge, and take action to hold public leaders accountable.

Election Results (http://wtop.com/dc/2016/11/dc-2016-general-election-results/)
New school board members: Ashley Carter (at-large), Markus Batchelor (Ward 8), Lanette Woodruff (Ward 4)

Markus Batchelor - Age 23, graduated from Thurgood Marshall Charter School, DC native, lives, eats, breathes political life since high school, dropped out of American University to pursue DC politics, strongly supported by new Ward 8 council member Trayon White and friends, very active campaign

Lanette Woodruff (uncontested) - part of green team, Democrats for Education Reform candidate, husband is Darren Woodruff who's on the DC Public Charter School Board, has children that attended DCPS and charter schools, Howard alum, made no effort on campaign besides one party thrown by brandon todd

Overall, school board no longer has any power or influence and Bowser does whatever she wants. It's PART-TIME with a stipend. People typically use the role as a stepping stone to council member or for experience to run out of state when they leave.

Bolded used to be true when the BOE had real power. Not true anymore- I can't remember any of the recent councilmembers who have been on the BOE beforehand.

Thanks to DCUM I did not vote for her. Thanks to reading the campaign literature of the male candidate (name escapes me), I did not vote for him. Voted for Mary Lord on pretty thin research and I am disgusted that I was one of the better informed voters in DC. WE GET THE DC GOVERNMENT WE DESERVE, folks.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gah, I voted for her, because I thought the outrage over her using photos of her visit to a classroom at my children's school was ridiculous. I didn't get what was so wrong with that. I did not know, however, that she works for an ultra conservative and anti- woman group. OMFG, I am the problem. As if today wasn't miserable enough.

Er, what do you think all those legalese photo release forms you sign are about?! Whether you care or not, it is not ok to distribute photos of people who not out in public without their permission.

Esp not for political or commercial purposes.

Anonymous wrote:Gah, I voted for her, because I thought the outrage over her using photos of her visit to a classroom at my children's school was ridiculous. I didn't get what was so wrong with that. I did not know, however, that she works for an ultra conservative and anti- woman group. OMFG, I am the problem. As if today wasn't miserable enough.

Now that you know this do you not also agree that using misleading photos of herself with kids without consent prominently in all her campaign materials was a terrible move? How would you feel if it was your kid? Especially if your kid was a minority?

Anonymous wrote:Gah, I voted for her, because I thought the outrage over her using photos of her visit to a classroom at my children's school was ridiculous. I didn't get what was so wrong with that. I did not know, however, that she works for an ultra conservative and anti- woman group. OMFG, I am the problem. As if today wasn't miserable enough.

Er, what do you think all those legalese photo release forms you sign are about?! Whether you care or not, it is not ok to distribute photos of people who not out in public without their permission.

Anonymous wrote:Gah, I voted for her, because I thought the outrage over her using photos of her visit to a classroom at my children's school was ridiculous. I didn't get what was so wrong with that. I did not know, however, that she works for an ultra conservative and anti- woman group. OMFG, I am the problem. As if today wasn't miserable enough.

Fire yourself.

Gah, I voted for her, because I thought the outrage over her using photos of her visit to a classroom at my children's school was ridiculous. I didn't get what was so wrong with that. I did not know, however, that she works for an ultra conservative and anti- woman group. OMFG, I am the problem. As if today wasn't miserable enough.

Anonymous wrote:Ack. i voted for her.
Had no idea who any of the school board candidates were so I picked at random.
Voting fail.

Makes sense. She has a totally awesome name. With a name like that she's got to be either an experienced and capable public servant or a soft porn star.

There is nothing wrong with her being a Republican but it's more about her dishonesty in owning her beliefs. Lying and pandering to the crowd to win school board (which luckily has no influence in DC) is unfortunate and demeaning. Considering the toxic, crooked political landscape of DC we need leaders who actually honor their role as public servants. Ashley clearly has no familiarity about education especially DC education. Her platform clearly identifies her lack of knowledge on education policy. It is clear she ran for herself and to use the position as a stepping stone.

Ashley claims she is not a Trump supporter but I believe it's because she views him as being too progressive (she definitely isn't a HRC supporter). She works for the Independent Women Forum (http://www.iwf.org/about) which is ultra conservative and anti- woman (read between the lines on their site) who Trump's campaign manager Kellyanne Conway sits on the board of. Ashley claims she spoke at both the Democratic and Republican conventions which is not true as well. We have enough liars who exploit children of color and poor children in DC. It's on us to stay informed, vote with knowledge, and take action to hold public leaders accountable.

Election Results (http://wtop.com/dc/2016/11/dc-2016-general-election-results/)
New school board members: Ashley Carter (at-large), Markus Batchelor (Ward 8), Lanette Woodruff (Ward 4)

Markus Batchelor - Age 23, graduated from Thurgood Marshall Charter School, DC native, lives, eats, breathes political life since high school, dropped out of American University to pursue DC politics, strongly supported by new Ward 8 council member Trayon White and friends, very active campaign

Lanette Woodruff (uncontested) - part of green team, Democrats for Education Reform candidate, husband is Darren Woodruff who's on the DC Public Charter School Board, has children that attended DCPS and charter schools, Howard alum, made no effort on campaign besides one party thrown by brandon todd

Overall, school board no longer has any power or influence and Bowser does whatever she wants. It's PART-TIME with a stipend. People typically use the role as a stepping stone to council member or for experience to run out of state when they leave.

Anonymous wrote:You're joking, right? Big money interests already run our education system. Charters are not the problem

Well, shit, since this board is anonymous, can anyone weigh in on whether her policies will help the children of rich gentrifiers? I bought an expensive house in SE and the schools suck.