Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m in Cohen’s district, and our schools only had maybe 1/3 of students want to return

So maybe overall, it was more like half? Her district isn’t just Burke/West Springfield

Yes, there were 2 or 3 schools that had low numbers wanting to return.

By the vast majority of her schools overwhelmingly chose in person.

Her district had the largest numbers of schools wanting in person. Her job is to represent the majority of her constituents, and she failed at that.

If what you’re saying is true, that she failed to do her job and represent the will of her constituents, it’s rather perplexing that after all these months you still haven’t been able to come up with the 4000 constituent signatures necessary for a recall.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our public schools just endured a pandemic.

Given the drastic effect on our children’s education, this school board ought to have been laser-focused on making the best academic choices in a tough situation.

But instead of focusing on academics, these 3 members used up the Board’s time (and made their priority):

- re-naming schools and dismantling TJ’s admissions policy.

TJ’s current student body is 80% minority / people of color. Admission is based purely on academics and it is color-blind.

These 3 board members have a problem with that.

They also defended ignoring the pandemic and prioritizing “renaming” by making the ridiculous allegation:

- BIPOC students are prevented from learning because they don’t feel safe at a school with the wrong (in their view) name.

Let’s not forget there is a tangible cost too: renaming just one school can cost up to $500,000 (half a million dollars) of taxpayer money.

These Board members do not have your children’s best interest or education in mind. All 3 must be recalled before they do even more damage.

TJ’s previous admissions policy may have been color blind, but it favored the economically-advantaged. Those who could afford tutors to prep for TJ got in. FWIW, there are similar schools across the country that favor a model more like the current model whose aim is to offer advanced education across a broader population and they are as successful as TJ. It can work.

Anonymous wrote:I don't live in the FCPS district, but want to wish all of you luck with this. I'm so glad that people are finally starting to hold these dictatorial, incompetent school board members accountable for the lives that they damage.

Anonymous wrote:Our public schools just endured a pandemic.

Given the drastic effect on our children’s education, this school board ought to have been laser-focused on making the best academic choices in a tough situation.

But instead of focusing on academics, these 3 members used up the Board’s time (and made their priority):

- re-naming schools and dismantling TJ’s admissions policy.

TJ’s current student body is 80% minority / people of color. Admission is based purely on academics and it is color-blind.

These 3 board members have a problem with that.

They also defended ignoring the pandemic and prioritizing “renaming” by making the ridiculous allegation:

- BIPOC students are prevented from learning because they don’t feel safe at a school with the wrong (in their view) name.

Let’s not forget there is a tangible cost too: renaming just one school can cost up to $500,000 (half a million dollars) of taxpayer money.

These Board members do not have your children’s best interest or education in mind. All 3 must be recalled before they do even more damage.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m in Cohen’s district, and our schools only had maybe 1/3 of students want to return

So maybe overall, it was more like half? Her district isn’t just Burke/West Springfield

Yes, there were 2 or 3 schools that had low numbers wanting to return.

By the vast majority of her schools overwhelmingly chose in person.

Her district had the largest numbers of schools wanting in person. Her job is to represent the majority of her constituents, and she failed at that.

Anonymous wrote:Pleanty of Dranesville locations to sign the Tholen/Omeish recall petitions this week:

McLean Shopping Center (near Santini's) - 6/21 (11-3)

Great Falls Village (Walker Road) 6/23 (11-3)

Chesterbrook Safeway 6/23 (3-5)

McLean Shopping Center (near Santini's) - 6/23 (5-6:30)

Herndon Farmer's Market - 6/24 (9:30 - noon)

Great Falls Village (Walker Road) 6/26 (10-2)

Please refrain from attacks on AO's views on global politics on this thread (start a different thread on the Politics forum if you must). That only gets entire threads on a schools forum deleted.

Will update with signing events for Cohen later but focus is on Dranesville right now as getting very close to enough signatures to trigger Tholen recall.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m in Cohen’s district, and our schools only had maybe 1/3 of students want to return

So maybe overall, it was more like half? Her district isn’t just Burke/West Springfield

Yes, there were 2 or 3 schools that had low numbers wanting to return.

By the vast majority of her schools overwhelmingly chose in person.

Her district had the largest numbers of schools wanting in person. Her job is to represent the majority of her constituents, and she failed at that.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pat Hynes was worse than these three and I don’t recall any effort to remove her.

Disagree - Hynes said some crazy things, but schools in her district (Hunter Mill) actually got treated very well during her tenure.

Maybe the schools, but not the students and the families of the students who attended them. She did absolutely nothing.

Anonymous wrote:I’m in Cohen’s district, and our schools only had maybe 1/3 of students want to return

So maybe overall, it was more like half? Her district isn’t just Burke/West Springfield