Friday, October 7, 2011
Five of the seven at large school board candidates answered questions at Hollin Meadows
Change, community input and fiscal transparency were common themes of all five of the at large school board candidates speaking atHollin Meadows Science and Match Focus School. The differences came in the specifics. Voters will choose three at large school board members on Election Day, Nov. 8, from the seven names on the ballot. The participants at Hollin Meadows were: Sheree Brown-Kaplan Lin-Dai Kendall Lolita Mancheno-Smoak Ryan McElveen Ted Velkoff At large candidates Ilryong Moon and Steve Stuban were not present. The following are excerpts from the Q&A, with points made by the five participating at large candidates. The first question dealt with the process of choosing a new superintendent for Fairfax County …
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Discipline reform has become a key issue in this school board race. See how the candidates stack up.
Ten candidates are vying for an at-large seat on the Fairfax County School Board. Patch has asked each of them a series of questions on discipline policy reform - a topic fast becoming a key issue in this crowded race. 1. Do you think the recent reforms passed by the school board changing the discipline policy were appropriate? The June 9 discipline policy reforms were both much needed and long overdue. They improve the Hearing Office’s accountability to families and to the public, and they improve the flexibility of school personnel in handling the infractions of individual students at the local school level. 2. How would you have voted on this issue? I am in favor of all of the reforms enacted on June 9 and would have voted for them…
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Incumbent Moon receives lone majority endorsement; committee votes to set aside bylaws to award remaining two
After two rounds of ballot voting and several special motions, Fairfax County Democratic Committee members endorsed Ilryong Moon, Charisse Espy Glassman and Ted Velkoff as their candidates in November’s Fairfax County School Board elections, at a Tuesday meeting that became heated when the group voted to depart from its endorsement laws and award two endorsements without a majority. “I think we chose three great candidates,” said Marc Greidinger, a Braddock District Board of Supervisors candidate and FCDC member. “What I tried to do in each vote was choose different people with different strengths. And with these three candidates, I think we’ve accomplished that. It was a messy way to do it, but we did it.” The committee endorses three at-…
Sheree Brown-Kaplan
11:20 am on Monday, October 10, 2011
I misspoke on my response to the TJ question. The correct information is that about 50 kids per class drop out of TJ -- approximately 10%. That's too high. We need to do a better job of preparing kids not just to enter TJ but also to succeed there. Sheree Brown-Kaplan Candidate, School Board At-Large more ›