Anonymous wrote:I think everyone should listen to the Southlake Podcast to see who these types of efforts are part of a national, political strategy.

Also, see https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/01/masks-schools-koch-money/ that talks about a nationwide right-wing group funded by Koch distributing a form letter that people can use to write to school boards.

and there was an op-ed in the Times today that described the history of parents getting insanely angry at school boards over the years when there were cultural shifts in the country. For some reason, I cannot find the link right now.

Defund the police was part of a national poltical strategy.

Poltical parties have national strategies.

It's up to the other party to not muck up society by doing things that promote crime, keep children out of schools and attempt to label parents as domestic terrorists for exercising their rights to protest and bring their grievances to elected officials. It's harder for your political opponents to exploit your screw ups when you don't screw up so flippin' much.

Anonymous wrote:There has to be a basis. Not just someone being angry because they didn’t get their way.

You certainly know how to stay on message. Too bad that message is “all politicians lie, so whatever.”

There has to be a basis. Not just someone being angry because they didn’t get their way.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When you pledge to do certain things when you’re a candidate, and then don’t follow through (but instead only do what benefits your own neighborhood), you deserve to be called out for the rest of your term. Doesn’t matter whether the NSBA demonizes the parents who try and hold school board members accountable.

Be called out? Sure! Recalled? Dude you have just described 90% of politicians!

Well honestly maybe they should all go through a recall process. People are angry and fed up, and the recall process is the legal process to remove an elected office holder from their office.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When you pledge to do certain things when you’re a candidate, and then don’t follow through (but instead only do what benefits your own neighborhood), you deserve to be called out for the rest of your term. Doesn’t matter whether the NSBA demonizes the parents who try and hold school board members accountable.

Be called out? Sure! Recalled? Dude you have just described 90% of politicians!

No need to call me “Dude,” and no need to tolerate liars.

Haha. Wow, you really told them off.

I think everyone should listen to the Southlake Podcast to see who these types of efforts are part of a national, political strategy.

Also, see https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/01/masks-schools-koch-money/ that talks about a nationwide right-wing group funded by Koch distributing a form letter that people can use to write to school boards.

and there was an op-ed in the Times today that described the history of parents getting insanely angry at school boards over the years when there were cultural shifts in the country. For some reason, I cannot find the link right now.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When you pledge to do certain things when you’re a candidate, and then don’t follow through (but instead only do what benefits your own neighborhood), you deserve to be called out for the rest of your term. Doesn’t matter whether the NSBA demonizes the parents who try and hold school board members accountable.

Be called out? Sure! Recalled? Dude you have just described 90% of politicians!

No need to call me “Dude,” and no need to tolerate liars.

Anonymous wrote:When you pledge to do certain things when you’re a candidate, and then don’t follow through (but instead only do what benefits your own neighborhood), you deserve to be called out for the rest of your term. Doesn’t matter whether the NSBA demonizes the parents who try and hold school board members accountable.

Be called out? Sure! Recalled? Dude you have just described 90% of politicians!

When you pledge to do certain things when you’re a candidate, and then don’t follow through (but instead only do what benefits your own neighborhood), you deserve to be called out for the rest of your term. Doesn’t matter whether the NSBA demonizes the parents who try and hold school board members accountable.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It does affect me, actually. I just understand that I can’t always get what I want.

How does it affect you? Did you child get rezoned to a different school?

I see PP's hasn't responded to your question.

Anonymous wrote:It does affect me, actually. I just understand that I can’t always get what I want.

How does it affect you? Did you child get rezoned to a different school?

It does affect me, actually. I just understand that I can’t always get what I want.

Anonymous wrote:The bloodlust of this subset of Dranesville folks who didn’t get their way is scary. I think she’s doing a fine job during really bad times. Not just the pandemic but the radicalization of some in the community.

She seems kind and like she totally does the work. I disagreed with her TJ vote and I think more should have been done to help the McLean overcrowding but I don’t always get what I want. And I watched how some in the McLean community came after her about the boundary and it was scary.

So easy for you to say, since it sounds like it did not negatively impact your child. If everyone in Dranesville watched her lying, flip-flopping, double talk, and manipulation on the boundary, she would get zero votes in 2023.

What's worse, MHS is at 100% capacity with the new, temporary building, so it did not need a boundary change. AND the boundary change only moves about 140 kids/year over three years. According to FCPS numbers, this does NOT change MHS capacity at all - ZERO change. So the boundary change did nothing to address capacity at MHS AND she did not get MHS a bond on the most recent CIP, so no reno coming. Failure after failure after failure. And this is only on one issue.

The current leadership of FCPS (Gatehouse/SB) acts like parents are just foot soldiers under their command to be punished and scorned whenever they speak out.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The bloodlust of this subset of Dranesville folks who didn’t get their way is scary...

You are correct. They claim to be "Nonpartisan group representing thousands of Fairfax County parents prioritizing children over politics in public education".

In reality though, they are a group of Anti-Vax, Anti-Mask, Anti-Science, conspiracy theorists peddling pseudo science and outright false information.

Other than getting enough signatures for Tholen, they have failed at every meaningful step in their recall effort.

Oh, and I fully expect someone to respond that this was all part of their ingenious plan all along...

That’s quite the partisan spin. Such a shame you can’t court-martial everyone who has the temerity to disagree with Tholen or any other School Board member.

court-martial?

Isn't that a recourse when someone--who agreed to give up a measure of their civilian rights to be under your almost complete command--gets uppity and disagrees, and then tries to do something about it?