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Loudoun PAC announces endorsements for School Board elections
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Loudoun County Politics
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Date: September 16, 2011 06:52AM
Loudoun PAC announces endorsements for School Board elections
Thursday, Sep. 15 by Andrew Sharbel
http://www.loudountimes.com/index.php/news/article/loudoun_pac_announces_endorsements_for_school_board_elections123/
Loudoun County’s new Political Action Committee Educate Loudoun announced their choices for Loudoun County’s School Board Sept. 13.
School Board Chairman John Stevens (Potomac) was the only current sitting board member to be endorsed by the PAC.
Before he announced his candidacy, Stevens was a founding member of the PAC, so the endorsement doesn’t come as a surprise. Stevens left the committee just before he formally announced his intentions for re-election in the newly formed Algonkian District.
Other candidates chosen for an endorsement included Chris Souther in the Ashburn District, Kevin Kuesters in the Broad Run District, Jeff Morse in the Dulles District and Bill Fox in the Leesburg District.
According to the announcement, the candidates were chosen for mirroring the goals of the PAC.
Those goals include “supporting making strategic management reforms, developing a long range plan to meet enrollment needs, providing more education choices and increasing transparency in the policy process.”
“After serious consideration, Educate Loudoun’s founding members believe that these candidates most closely align with our goals and interests,” said founding member Kirsten Langhorne. “I look forward to working with and supporting these candidates throughout the campaign season. We wish them the best of luck.
“We plan on helping their campaigns through our team promotions, with volunteers and with money where necessary,” Langhorne said. “We also hope to support their developing working relationships, so they can hit the road running in January.”
The PAC also announced that more endorsements could be announced in the near future.
Thursday, Sep. 15 by Andrew Sharbel
http://www.loudountimes.com/index.php/news/article/loudoun_pac_announces_endorsements_for_school_board_elections123/
Loudoun County’s new Political Action Committee Educate Loudoun announced their choices for Loudoun County’s School Board Sept. 13.
School Board Chairman John Stevens (Potomac) was the only current sitting board member to be endorsed by the PAC.
Before he announced his candidacy, Stevens was a founding member of the PAC, so the endorsement doesn’t come as a surprise. Stevens left the committee just before he formally announced his intentions for re-election in the newly formed Algonkian District.
Other candidates chosen for an endorsement included Chris Souther in the Ashburn District, Kevin Kuesters in the Broad Run District, Jeff Morse in the Dulles District and Bill Fox in the Leesburg District.
According to the announcement, the candidates were chosen for mirroring the goals of the PAC.
Those goals include “supporting making strategic management reforms, developing a long range plan to meet enrollment needs, providing more education choices and increasing transparency in the policy process.”
“After serious consideration, Educate Loudoun’s founding members believe that these candidates most closely align with our goals and interests,” said founding member Kirsten Langhorne. “I look forward to working with and supporting these candidates throughout the campaign season. We wish them the best of luck.
“We plan on helping their campaigns through our team promotions, with volunteers and with money where necessary,” Langhorne said. “We also hope to support their developing working relationships, so they can hit the road running in January.”
The PAC also announced that more endorsements could be announced in the near future.
Re: Loudoun PAC announces endorsements for School Board elections
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Strident
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Date: September 17, 2011 05:25PM
TRANSPARENCY???!!! THAT IS SUCH A JOKE!!!
Educate Loudoun can’t possibly be for more transparency if they are endorsing John Stevens. This is the guy that tried to block Bob Ohneiser from asking a clarifying question to the spokesperson for group of 20 citizens who came to the School Board’s Nov 9 meeting formally requesting an audit of LCPS Planning Department’s documented irregularities http://www.scribd.com/doc/47847146/Request-for-Audit-of-LCPS-Planning-Dept. John Stevens wasted 5 MINUTES of the entire Board, staff and attendees as he fumbled for a policy on his laptop. Check it out on the webcast from time 20:20-25:20. When Bob Ohneiser responded to Stevens’ clear ploy to sweep the citizens audit request as far under the rug as possible, Bob responded, “The avoidance of confusion is always on the agenda.” Steven’s response was “No it is not. I have the agenda right here and it is not.”
What WAS transparent was Steven unabashed effort to protect Hatrick’s staff, which in this particular instance made him look like a complete and utter fool to everyone witnessing the painful episode.
So if you are talking about more transparency, John Stevens is not your guy and his endorsement adds to the reasons Educate Loudoun’s intentions remain severely under the crosshairs of many watchful citizens.
Educate Loudoun can’t possibly be for more transparency if they are endorsing John Stevens. This is the guy that tried to block Bob Ohneiser from asking a clarifying question to the spokesperson for group of 20 citizens who came to the School Board’s Nov 9 meeting formally requesting an audit of LCPS Planning Department’s documented irregularities http://www.scribd.com/doc/47847146/Request-for-Audit-of-LCPS-Planning-Dept. John Stevens wasted 5 MINUTES of the entire Board, staff and attendees as he fumbled for a policy on his laptop. Check it out on the webcast from time 20:20-25:20. When Bob Ohneiser responded to Stevens’ clear ploy to sweep the citizens audit request as far under the rug as possible, Bob responded, “The avoidance of confusion is always on the agenda.” Steven’s response was “No it is not. I have the agenda right here and it is not.”
What WAS transparent was Steven unabashed effort to protect Hatrick’s staff, which in this particular instance made him look like a complete and utter fool to everyone witnessing the painful episode.
So if you are talking about more transparency, John Stevens is not your guy and his endorsement adds to the reasons Educate Loudoun’s intentions remain severely under the crosshairs of many watchful citizens.
Re: Loudoun PAC announces endorsements for School Board elections
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Need Change
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Date: October 06, 2011 05:34PM
I hope that some of the SB members that are being endorsed actually care about the schools and especially care about the teachers. Ive had many discussions with teachers, and heard nothing but complaints about how last-minute or other changes take place, giving an additional burden on top of what our fine teachers already have to deal with.
The latest is this mess with the new grading policies in the elementary schools. I heard that this was a sudden change brought up when teachers first went back to start the new school year. They are highly upset about it, and the parents that Ive talked to are just as upset, too. Seems everything is based around the new report card system (forget what it is called), and it is nothing but a nightmare! I dont have the insight, but if someone could share what this is all about, that would be beneficial.
It is a shame that parents and teachers simply stand by and put up with half of the things that go on. Remember, YOU have the power to make a change, so go out, vote, and get rid of the incompetents that are ruining a good school systemthis election is a great place to start!
The latest is this mess with the new grading policies in the elementary schools. I heard that this was a sudden change brought up when teachers first went back to start the new school year. They are highly upset about it, and the parents that Ive talked to are just as upset, too. Seems everything is based around the new report card system (forget what it is called), and it is nothing but a nightmare! I dont have the insight, but if someone could share what this is all about, that would be beneficial.
It is a shame that parents and teachers simply stand by and put up with half of the things that go on. Remember, YOU have the power to make a change, so go out, vote, and get rid of the incompetents that are ruining a good school systemthis election is a great place to start!