🔥 BREAKING. @AbrarOmeish will not move to delay vote for unpopular @Northshore_Supt Michelle Reid as next @fcpsnews supt. Vote will be 9-3 for Reid with @Keys_Gamarra @Karen4Schools @Ricardy4Mason voting no because Reid is white. This is #woke #failfax
The vote 9-3 yes for @Northshore_Supt is going to come from @KarlFrischFCPS @ElaineTholen @Megan4Schools @LJ4fcps @RachnaHeizer @stella_pekarsky @Kaufax4Schools @MelanieForEdu
The genuflection begins. #failfax #unFairfax
I told the board tonight that the 3 no votes would be because @Northshore_Supt is white. @Keys_Gamarra denies it. She says she doesn’t want a “rushed vote” so they can hear people with concerns. What did she do with @coalitionforTJ Asian minority immigrant families? Ignored us.
The new @fcpsnews: “I sit here as a white woman…,” says @ElaineTholen. I love how @fairfaxnaacp @SujathaHampton @TJAlumniAG @Keys_Gamarra complain how “rushed” things are + and how “hurt” they are. They were ok though about ignoring @coalitionforTJ immigrants of color.
Board member @AbrarOmeish says yes she planned to delay the vote but changed her mind. She is the same board member who said changes to TJ admissions were “anti asian…lol.” Never apologized. @fcpsnews is in the Supreme Court because of your racism, Abrar. #StopAsianHate
From an @fcpsnews parent watching tonight’s dumpster fire 🔥
How it’s going, 2022: @Ricardy4Mason @Keys_Gamarra feel “hurt” their protests about the supt were not recognized enough.
How it started, 2020: they stood in front of TJ with @TJAlumniAG and mocked our @coalitionforTJ parents who are immigrants, Asians and people of color.
👀 I tell every parent to be a Nancy Drew in the school district. We got Nancy Drews 🕵🏻♀️ in @fcpsnews. The @Northshore_Supt is sitting at Luther Jackson with her acceptance speech. “Thank you for the opportunity….” She hasn’t given her speech yet…
The @Northshore_Supt has now written notes to placate the naysayers. Something about empathy and trust?
We’re all @stella_pekarsky. @AbrarOmeish says: “This is not going to be short…”
Pekarsky: sigh… “Oh boy”
These are the two who had a good laugh about TJ admissions being “anti asian…lol”
It’s 9-3 for this new woke supt. Voting no: @Ricardy4Mason @Keys_Gamarra @Karen4Schools. @SujathaHampton tweets out “shame” on the school board. You are the 4 who marginalized Asian immigrants of color in 2020 to ram TJ admissions changes. White liberals ignored you next. 🎯 ⭕️
The acceptance speech. “I do bring an equity lens to all aspects of teaching and learning.” Says @Northshore_Supt. She says if you see racism, you have to say something. Uh, the @fcpsnews school board is racist and anti-Asian. What are you going to do about it, Supt. Reid?
The moment when new superintendent meets the person really in charge of the @fcpsnews: @KimberlyAdams, the @FEA_Fairfax @NEAToday representative. Taxpayers pay for Adams to be the union official, per @lukerosiak great reporting. She kept schools closed. They’ll get along great.
The changing of the guard. @FCPSSupt gives his phone number to @Northshore_Supt. Buckle up. Michelle Reid is woke on steroids.
Past 10 pm, @fcpsnews @stella_pekarsky and the school board finally get to “community participation.” My cat Ninja is even tucked in bed. They go on and on and care nothing about “community participation” as a last priority.
Preach, @d_tisler! She is on fire 🔥 She calls out the ridiculous school board for spending millions on lawyers. They’re so corrupt.
First they sued this special-ed mom. Then they silenced her. Make a video of your entire statement and post it!
Preach, Suparna Dutta! The school board members were just hypocrites tonight. They marginalized Asian immigrants in 2020 and continue to fight us. We should call them the “FCPS gang,” as Suparna did. “Vote the radicals out!”
And we call it a night with the gavel close to midnight. It’s weary, friends. Who signed up to battle politicians? None of us. But we signed up to leave this world a better place for our kids. So don’t lose faith. Persevere! #courageisahabit!
While I had you covered from my hometown of Morgantown, WV, superstar @HarryJ4Justice was in the trenches at the @fcpsnews board meeting with this report: “What we saw tonight was a travesty.” @Northshore_Supt got her job thru liberal “white privilege,” he says. #failfax irony.
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