Re: Message for all School Board candidates...
Date: October 03, 2015 11:23PM
BrianSchoeneman Wrote:
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> Did you watch? Wrote:
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> > BrianSchoeneman Wrote:
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> > > Given all the issues FCPS is faced with, this
> > is
> > > the one that gets you to work tireless for
> > their
> > > defeat? Really?
> >
> > Did you watch the SB meeting the night they
> voted?
> > While it may have been necessary to pass the
> > resolution/whatever they called it, it was not
> > necessary to do it in the way they did. They
> > acted like everyone who opposed it was a bigot.
>
> > Schultz just asked for them to wait until they
> had
> > a policy in place--but no, they had to pass it
> > right away.
> >
> > There were no answers as to how it would be
> > implemented, how it would affect the students,
> or
> > how much it would cost.
> >
> > They acted like the parents who opposed it were
> > bigots or dumb. That is not the way to treat
> the
> > taxpayers.
>
> First, the issue didn't need to be introduced in
> the first place. This was a decision that should
> have been handled by each principle as necessary,
> because not every school has a transgendered
> student who needs an accommodation. As for the
> non-discrimination policy, unless there's evidence
> that there has actually been discrimination, the
> issue could have been dealt with after all the
> impacts were examined, like the bathroom issue.
> The Board wanted this to be a zoo, and they got
> what they wanted.
>
> The way we handled it was ridiculous and played
> directly into the Democrats plans. We never get
> those kinds of crowds for any kind of issue that
> impacts every student, like the budget or
> discipline issues. We get it for transgendered
> bathrooms? Really? I even got a robo-call on this
> issue that was not local - that's how people were
> treating this. It was nuts.
>
> That's my biggest issue, and it is reflected in
> OP's comment. Class size, discipline, the Board's
> unwillingness to stand up to the administration
> and cut the budget, the Board's unwillingesss to
> stop the administration from blatant politicking
> during Back to School nights - none of those
> things could ever draw a crowd like this issue
> did. Why?
>
> We all know why.
>
> Just once I'd like to see my party get riled up
> over things that matter to more than a handful of
> people.
You are missing it Brian. I don’t know how, but you’re missing it. Rather than assume the public’s response is misplaced, try considering how you aren’t getting it.