I hope this new school board holds Sherman accountable.

Kapsis is going to be fantastic! Lucky to have her fighting for our kids.

With Pat Hennig on the School board she will hold everyone accountable including
Sherman. She will fight for the kids and she will fight to make sure everything done in Alexandria Schools and on the Board is legally approved by the State. Accountability is Number one in her book.

We're still stuck with Marc Williams but he will be overruled now. I'm very happy with the rest of the results for school board. It's the beginning of the end for Morty.

The citizens of Alex. have sent a very clear message to the Superintendent. Things will not remain status quo. Hopefully he hears them or else leaves. I prefer he leaves. Best of luck to the new school board. Spend the money on the kids and teachers, not the Superintendent and his cronies.

The citizens of Alex. have sent a clear message to the Superintendent. Business will not continue as usual. I hope he hears the message or decides to leave. I would prefer he left. Best of luck to the new School Boards. Spend the money on the kids and teachers, not the Superintendent and his cronies.

I have a lot of confidence in the new school board. It includes a range of views, ideas and experience. It has a strong commitment to increase student achievement. And it has a strong focus on outreach to parents and families in the city (critical for student achievement). I also think this is a group that will be thoughtful in their way forward. We have a lot of efforts underway in our schools right now. Many of them are worthwhile with good evidence behind them. But implementing them well, and with family support, is going to take work. I am hopeful we will have a school board that will make sure that happens. We need to give things a chance to be implemented and teachers a chance to do their jobs. More new programs or course reversals won't serve the kids well. We need an urgent, focused stability that works to make improvements but avoids throwing out things that are starting to work or disrupting things so much that we start all over again from zero.

So sad that District B voters did not have the backbone to oust the arrogant prig Marc Williams. Anyone that would publicly give Mr. Sherman an "A" for his leadership is truly delusional. Mr. Williams is so out of touch with the heart of the schools which is the teachers and their relationship with the students that it is almost breathtaking. He is never in the schools in his district to touch base or see what is really going on (which he should be on at least a monthly basis). He ignores the facts in front of him and rubber-stamps whatever this Superintendent wants, under the guise of "he is doing what we asked him to do" instead of stopping and saying but is this the right thing for the students and citizens of Alexandria? Let's hope that the new members of the board will more than temper his voice and get this school district back on track with a more positive, less arrogant approach for the sake of Alexandria citizens, students and teachers.

Clint, I don't think it was lack of backbone by voters in B. I think a lot of people just didn't pay attention to the school board race and didn't know the candidates. Several voters told me they skipped voting for school board altogether. I was handing out lit for Kelly Carmichael Booz yesterday and I managed to get a good number of voters, but Marc had people at the polls as well. He is popular with many families in the George Mason precinct and did well at MacArthur too, among others. We'll target him next time and get the word out for other candidates. At least now Marc is completely outnumbered on the school board. I think he expects to be made chair based on his tenure. Let's hope that doesn't happen.

The School Board elect are from three districts. Each district represents a number of different schools. At the beginning of the new term each board member should go to all of the schools within their distrcit, introduce themselve to the teachers, and provide all of the teachers with a simple survey. Two questions. What is working well within ACPS? What is not working well within ACPS? Allow the teachers to submit their answers anonymously at the end of the meet and greet session. Board members should then read, compile, and share the results from their district schools with the entire Board at one of the first Board meetings. If there are common praises, build on those. If there are common concerns, address them. The teachers who work with our children over 190 days a year, often 8 or more hours a day, sometimes on weekends and over the summer, would offer the best insight and feedback about the state of affairs of our school district.

I'm sad that MIke Brookbank didn't get elected. But thank goodness we have six new members on the School Board. What needs NOT to happen now is for the new board to come under Sherman's "spell". I'm a newly retired teacher who has subbed a few times this past month. The teachers are having to do even more redundant, ridiculous, unnecessary tasks. I know of one teacher who stayed at school until 10:30 on a Friday night trying to complete a very difficult task that had to be done but probably was unneeded. My former colleagues have told me that they are spending hours (more than the usual hours they spend on schoolwork) on this stuff after they get home. I have heard several master teachers say they want out. This is after working 20 years in a profession they have loved. Morale among teachers is at an all-time low. They just want to teach the children. But when one has to spend all of one's time doing needless chores, and completing other useless items, they can't. Sherman and his cronies are driving people out. Edmund, I really appreciate what you said about asking TEACHERS to come forth . Since Sherman has been here, however, the teachers have been afraid to do this, because our superintendent seems to be vindictive. During the past four years, I haven't spoken to one teacher or parent who is favor of Sherman. Hopefully, this board will send him on his way. He has wrecked this system. PS: Go to the Tenafly and Cherry Hill sites to see what their opinions are.

I had random strangers for Tenafly and Cherry Hill emailing me when I sued Sherman. Their comments were eye opening. Sherman has a quite a history of alienating communities and granting conracts to his friends. He did it in Connecticut and New York too.