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My late father-in-law was an officer for the South Vietnamese military. He trained with American soldiers and fought alongside them. He met my mother-in-law as he was standing guard at a refugee camp she moved into. She had watched her home burn to the ground.
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As the war ended, my FIL was given a choice, leave his home country, or stay and be “re-educated.” In case it’s not clear, “re-educated,” as he explained it, was to be sent into the jungle until your death.
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He, his wife, and their two young children -my husband and his sister- left everything and came to live in a refugee camp in the US before moving to Virginia. I remember well a story my FIL told me shortly before he passed away:
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Dear Virtual Friends, This is a special message for you. I want you to know how very important you are. Somebody once told me you are superheroes, and they’re right! You are! Superheroes have special powers, and so do you.
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Do you know you are the very first in the whole entire world to ever learn the way you’re learning?? And because you’re staying virtual, you get to keep blazing the trail of how to get smarter even without the school building! Know who else does that? Spider-Man!
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Spider-Man still goes to school, except for when he can’t because he’s saving the world. Just like you, he has to figure out how to get smarter without being in a school building. And just like you, he’s doing it!
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Conversation between @FairfaxNAACP, @FCPSSupt, & FCPS Leadership Team was essential this evening. It was a brave convo. We must have brave convos to move forward. And moving our children forward is what we’re here for. #RaiseEveryVoice #Connected #OneSchool #OneCommunity #OneGoal
Some take-aways to remain vigilant- ensure ALL Cardinals FEEL welcome, seen, honored, and supported; encourage open communication (including brave conversations); continue to seek out and find students in need during this ongoing crisis
Hold onto them, ALL the children, hold them tight to the CPES ship amidst this never-ending storm we’re navigating. We will. Our staff is ready. Our pyramid is ready. We are in this #together.
CPES families, thank you so very much for checking out our parent coffee yesterday, and for sharing your questions! So far, we’ve collected about 70 questions in one day, and they have been invaluable in letting us know what information is most important to gather first. 1/
With the number of questions submitted, there’s no way we could have gotten to all of them during our one-hour coffee, so we’re glad you were kind enough to record them! They are excellent, and we are currently researching to get you answers asap. 2/
New questions and thoughts can still be submitted here: forms.gle/ibH5HiiFZhjHLx…, we will keep watching for them. In the meantime, thank you for letting us know what is important to YOU. We are in this together, and will get through as #OneCommunity #Connected /3
Dear Friends, As I watch tonight’s School Board meeting still in progress, a few thoughts come to mind: we are #OneSchool always, whether we are on-campus or virtual on Sept 8th, we are #Connected 1/
This fall is not a matter of school being “open” or “closed,” no matter how this meeting ends, schools *open* in the fall, and we can’t wait! 2/
As soon as we receive final direction from @FCPSSupt, we are ready to hit the ground running and get concrete plans in place that we will share with you asap 3/
