Yesterday, I was sworn in for my term on the Fairfax County School Board. I took my oath of office on Homegoing, a novel about slavery, which is a frequent target of book bans across the country. We owe it to our students to teach accurate, complete, and contextual history.
Yesterday the voters spoke and handed your Democratic School Board team an overwhelming victory, and a mandate to govern. I’m looking forward to taking office in January and working with my colleagues to protect public education, support our teachers, and partner with families.
I am honored to receive the 2023
@MomsDemand
Action Gun Sense Candidate Distinction. We can, and must, do more to protect the public from gun violence, especially our kids in schools.
Hey
@DavisforEducat3
, I noticed a BIG typo on your campaign material. I'm gonna send you something to fix it.
In all seriousness, deceiving voters, & hiding from being a Republican, is wrong.
Be proud of your political party, or maybe stop and ask yourself why you're not.
If you want to know what a Republican dominated School Board will unleash, take a look an hour down I-95 in Spotsylvania County.
This is what the
@FairfaxGOP
will impose if we don’t vote: culture wars, shuttered libraries, and open hostility.
No thanks.
My opponent finally dropped the “independent” charade & came out as a pro-Youngkin Republican. That means she’s okay with:
>teacher snitch lines
>rolling back lgbtq+ protections
>florida-style book bans
>whitewashing history curriculum
These aren’t our Fairfax Values: SO VOTE
Secret recording of Republican candidate in crucial suburban Richmond House district: “And personally, I am pro-life, and we need to start saving some of the unborn children.”
The
@FairfaxGOP
continues to peddle pseudo conspiracy theories, while their school board candidates are silent on solutions.
Here’s the reality: Fairfax schools are top in the nation because of steady Democratic leadership.
No amount of planted opinion pieces change that.
Today I spoke with a self-described conservative voter in West Springfield. He shared concerns about history taught in schools.
My response “We need fair, accurate, contextual, and wholistic history. No white-washing. This isn’t Florida.”
His response? “You’ve got my vote.”
Our schools are places where excellence and equity are embraced. Where parents are as involved as they want. And where guns are banned.
All these things are opposed by the
@FairfaxGOP
and their School Board candidate slate, but won’t say that out loud.
EDUCATE, DON'T INDOCTRINATE: "Our schools should not be used for political indoctrination," says
@VanMeterForVA
. "Our schools should be the places where our students are learning the foundations that will make them competitive in a global marketplace."
Last night I joined my At Large colleagues at
@Moon4Schools
volunteer appreciation dinner. I’m looking forward to working with these two gentlemen over the next 4 years to tackle our challenges, and celebrate our successes.
@RyanLMcElveen
That boom was fighter jets being scrambled to intercept a NORDO aircraft. It went down a few mins ago outside Staunton, VA. Blue skies and tailwinds to all those onboard.
My Grandaddy once told me "When they tell you who they are, just listen."
I am a proud Democrat and I will protect our Fairfax values on the School Board.
My opponents? Well, they're telling you, just listen ⬇️
In other words: before you vote, maybe ask your kids’ teachers for their opinion.
I’m proud to be endorsed by
@FEA_Fairfax
and
@FCFTcares
, and I look forward to supporting, protecting, and collaborating with our teachers as a School Board member.
So proud of
@Springfield_Dem
School Board candidate Sandy Anderson who has a 2.5:1 cash advantage AND had over 330 LOCAL donors to her opponent’s 66.
This is how we win swing districts. Now step up, volunteer, vote, and let’s wrap this up!
@FairfaxDems
🏛️Richmond
🚤 Lake Anna
🏖️ Virginia Beach
One of my fun projects on the School Board will be to help expand Aviation STEM course offerings.
It’s never been a better time to get into aviation, whether for fun or as a career.
Truly the best job in the world!
You’ve heard of the A Team? Meet the 3-M Team! Me,
@RyanLMcElveen
and
@Moon4Schools
.
4x4 signs are in and looking for good spots to go up. Let us know and we will install.
We will protect public education, and help every kid reach their full potential.
I’m proud to support Abigail to be our next Governor. She cares about all Virginians, and will work tirelessly for our public schools. I’m looking forward to working with her on behalf of Fairfax County families.
Today, I'm proud to earn the endorsement of Fairfax County School Board Member At-Large Kyle McDaniel!
@KyleMcDaniel89
knows that the success of our schools determines the success of our Commonwealth.
Thank you for your dedication to Virginia's students, parents, and teachers!
Put me on the School Board and I’ll roll up my sleeves to make this happen.
Day 1: FCPS lunch debt gets eliminated.
Day 2: work with legislators to eliminate fees.
This isn’t rocket science, it’s the right thing to do for our families.
Virginia could do this if it really wanted to. Instead, VA republicans think feeding kids with no strings attached "spoils" them. No child should ever be hungry in the richest country on earth. We could feed every kid with just the amount of food waste we produce every year
The
@FairfaxGOP
School Board slate is telling voters “we’re just moderates with different opinions”.
Storming the Capitol building isn’t a moderate different opinion.
I will do everything I can to protect our schools, and continue exposing the truth.
Fairfax County School Board (At-Large) Dem Nominee
@KyleMcDaniel89
: “my [GOP] opponent…was teargassed by the Capitol Police while trying to storm the building”; She also "recruits volunteers for white supremacist groups"
BREAKING!
@VictoryFund
announced it is endorsing my race for Fairfax County School Board At-Large! It is
supporting my candidacy because they know I will be a strong voice for equality when elected
and that with your support, I'm on-track to win.
#ElectLGBTQ
@FCPSPride
FCPS SOL Pass vs State Pass rates:
Eng: 78% (+5)
Math: 75% (+6)
Sci: 72% (+5)
Writ: 57% (-8)
Hist: 62% (-3)
We’ve got work to do in hist & writ such as:
✅ teaching accurate & complete history
✅ addressing absenteeism
✅ recruiting & retaining rock star teachers
Learning our history — in its totality— is how we prepare generations of students who will grow up to make our world better. That requires leaders who will not whitewash that history.
"I won't stand for it. Fairfax County voters won't stand for it. Our kids aren't pawns to be used for Presidential politics. The Governor should go back to the drawing board, and find a new appointee." - Fairfax School Board candidate
@KyleMcDaniel89
Just one of the many disturbing details that are emerging about the
@FairfaxGOP
School Board slate.
These are the people that Republicans want to govern our schools.
Not. A. Chance.
Remember, folks, there are only 3
@FairfaxDems
running for School Board At-Large: me,
@RyanLMcElveen
, and
@Moon4Schools
. See below!
Early voting starts Friday!
Also...buy tickets to my seafood boil:
As my grandaddy said, pointing out problems without proposing solutions is called whining.
So,
@HarryJ4Justice
, here’s
@fcpsnews
budget docs:
Go ahead and release your detailed list of items to cut. I’ll wait.
This is what is happening with our school budget. Our school board just voted themselves a 50% pay raise for spending less than 8hrs even discussing academics during their tenure and our school teachers get pay raises that can’t keep pace with inflation or the rising costs of
I concur with
@KarlFrisch
. This Governor set out on day 1 to target trans kids and the LGBTQIA+ community. In Fairfax County, our school board put protections in place and I will support those as a board member as much as possible.
Two weeks after removing a webpage with suicide prevention resources for LGBTQIA+ youth, the Youngkin administration announced today it is pressing forward with its attempt to gut protections for trans students and their families. Unconscionable.
More grandstanding and trashing public education.
From article: “The data was from before Thomas Jefferson High School implemented changes to how it admitted students into the highly selective school.”
TJ is still:
#1
Magnet School in USA
#1
in VA
#1
in DC region
If you’re voting in
#Virginia
this year, this is a must-read
Pay attention to who your candidates are courting, who donated to them, and who they are donating to
Virginia School Board Races Are Filled With Extreme Candidates –
@RollingStone
Sandy Anderson for Springfield School Board and I just finished knocking a large packet and look forward to knocking on more doors this weekend! Join us tomorrow or Sunday and help us engage with Springfield District voters:
Great time tonight talking w/parents at Floris ES.
A mom asked if I support arming teachers.
My response: “I’m a pilot, you think I want passengers on my airplane with guns?”
She smiled, laughed, and thanked me.
I’ll do everything I can to protect kids form gun violence.
We didn’t have these, we had dot matrix lists at my schools. What I do remember is kids being shamed and racking up lunch debt because their parents were struggling. That’s wrong.
My day 1 promise is a budget item eliminating all lunch debt in FCPS, and phasing out lunch fees.
A GOP-dominated county school board has rejected the deeply flawed model policies handed down by Youngkin.
Another piece of evidence indicating that these model policies are sloppy, and legally shaky.
Don’t believe the GOP spin, believe the facts…then vote accordingly.
“Amherst County Superintendent Dr. William Wells said Thursday that the board should follow the advice of its legal counsel and keep its own policy intact.”
I'm seeking the Democratic endorsement for At-Large Fairfax County School Board. I'm a girl dad, small business owner, and proud Democrat.
Right-wing forces are attacking our teachers and schools. Join me and let's defend our Fairfax values!
Folks, to be clear,
@WinsomeSears
and
@JasonMiyaresVA
are locked in a desperate race to be the
@VA_GOP
nominee for Governor in 2025. This shooting is just their latest fodder.
We deserve better. Virginia deserves better. Our kids deserve better.
Days after 19 children & 2 adults were killed in Uvalde, Sears went to TX to defend the NRA. Now just mere minutes after a mass shooting in our city, she is on tv to inflict more trauma. "The people I [with emphasis] represent are not safe," she says. She's ready to defend guns.
We have to do more to protect our kids, to keep guns out of our schools. We owe it to them.
Watch my new ad about why I’m running for Virginia State Senate⬇️
This month, we celebrate and recognize the many
#LGBTQ
individuals who paved the way for our community to simply exist. We also reaffirm our commitment to equality and acceptance.
Happy
#PrideMonth
!
@FCPSPride
🚨NEW ENDORSEMENT🚨
In the final 25 days of this race we are building serious momentum. Proud to be endorsed by the
#1
progressive blog in Virginia.
Time to finish strong and move on the Fall campaign!
I am proud to be endorsed by
@VoteChoice
and to stand with women in their fight for reproductive freedom. Now more than ever we must proactively protect women's access to healthcare and bodily autonomy.
#VoteProChoice
BREAKING: Proud to announce that the
@FEA_Fairfax
has endorsed me for School Board At Large! I’m proud to stand with our teachers and staff to lead FCPS into a brighter future!
I just issued an AG Opinion that confirms the
@GovernorVA
’s model policy complies with federal law, and school boards should adopt them.
Children belong to parents, not government, and the law supports this.
#ParentsMatter
I am disturbed that the Fairfax GOP has decided to overwhelmingly endorse Harry. I think his record speaks for itself. It's a pattern of behavior whether it's being a bully online or being a bully in person. I'm running to protect our schools from bullies-this is personal to me.
New: Some Fairfax County parents are urging Gov. Glenn Youngkin to not support Harry Jackson for school board, and they’re demanding the Fairfax GOP to revoke their endorsement of Jackson.
Democrats want to support teachers, work w/the community, help parents, and see every child reach their full potential.
Republicans want to outsource education to a corporate board room.
@stella_pekarsky
is spot on.
Reminder: The "taxpayer" is YOU!
Stella is telling you that she doesn't want you to be in charge of how YOUR money is spent on the education of YOUR children.
She thinks the government knows better than parents.
First the
@FairfaxGOP
nominates a domestic abuser, now the
@goparlington
tosses around racist dogwhistles. The GOP is completely unfit to be anywhere near elected office.
Great turnout yesterday in Reston
@HuntermillDems
! Fairfax County is standing up to defend democracy. Early voting starts Friday. DM me to join us in Springfield today!
#VoteBlue
#FalconforFairfax
Come out and join us this Saturday, August 12th, at 10am to knock doors in McLean. Help me get out the vote for this November’s critical state and local election. I’ll be canvassing with
@JenniferBoysko
,
@Moon4Schools
and
@JimmyBiermanVA
. Find the link below to register:
My first act on the School Board will be the creation of a task force, comprised of our best and brightest minds to develop real, practical recommendations to protect our kids, teachers, parents, and community from school shootings.
NEW: A Florida man was arrested for trespassing at a McLean, Virginia, preschool. Officers seized two firearms from his car, including an AK-47. The 32-year-old man asked to use the bathroom inside Dolley Madison Preschool, but was not allowed in.
#valeg
Thank you to Blue Virginia for endorsing my campaign! Let’s work together to provide a high quality education in a safe and welcoming environment for every child.
This op-ed summarizes every Republican running for School Board in Fairfax County: complaining with no solutions. My Grandaddy would call that whining.
My opponents have zero ideas, zero solutions, & zero vision. Just a lot of complaining.
Don’t believe me? Read it yourself.
"Students' learning—math, science, reading, and history—is more important than facilitating the latest progressive fad," writes
@MikeGinsberg6
. "Fairfax voters should vote for a School Board that works the school system's problems, not manufactures them."
🚨 NEW ENDORSEMENT
Thank you
@DonBeyerVA
for your support and endorsement!
Early voting starts TODAY! Visit for all your early voting info and DEMOCRATIC sample ballot!
He’s running on cutting our schools budget, but can’t provide a list of cuts, and instead hides behind bureaucratic red tape processes.
If you’re going to pop off about cutting budgets, be able to provide a cut list.
The voters deserve to see what you think should be cut.
@KyleMcDaniel89
Do you what they spending, and on what? You are defending an OAG, you know, the person responsible for audits, who was thanked by our school board, for making themselves look good.
It’s not the job of an auditor to make them look good. If we are to be serious, then we should
First he “loses” $200m+ in education funding, then he scrubs suicide prevention resources for teenagers, and now he defunds teacher licensing grants. 2025 can’t come fast enough.
The VDOE under the Youngkin administration halted the dissemination of grants intended to help provisionally licensed teachers of color obtain their full teaching license, despite funding from the state legislature.
@RTDNEWS
In Williamsburg attending the 2023
@VASchoolBoards
convention. Looking forward to meeting other school board members from across the Commonwealth, and discussing ways to tackle ongoing challenges in public education.
I grew up in the deep south. Small towns are being torn apart by gun violence, and the gun fetish perpetuated by
@Jason_Aldean
creates more victims.
No one is seizing your grandpa’s hand-me-down peashooter, but we do expect commonsense background checks and licensing.
Jason Aldean just released an absolutely epic music video for the song "Try That In a Small Town" that rips into the left-wing riots, soft on crime governance in cities, gun control, and other leftist degradation.
Heart wrenching. Parents across the country live in fear of a shooter coming to their kids’ school.
We have to take gun violence seriously, and put forward real policy solutions. Thoughts and prayers don’t cut it.
This is back to school in America.
Run, hide, fight.
Jump out of windows.
Barricade behind doors in classrooms, dorms and bathrooms.
Duck and cover.
Hide under desks.
Text your parents goodbye.
Congrats to Elaine Tholen (Dranesville) and
@KarlFrisch
(Providence) on their election tonight as Chair and Vice Chair, respectively, of the
@fcpsnews
School Board.
It’s fall. The leaves are turning. Football is on. Our cars are full of sweaters. And seafood boil is on the menu!
Join me and many special guests Sept 30 at my seafood boil fundraiser.
I did a dry run today. It was delicious!
RSVP:
It's time to finally eliminate lunch debt, and make sure kids don't have to learn on an empty stomach. Take a look at my latest video, and let's work together to make lunch debt a thing of the past.
Learning about human suffering is inherently uncomfortable to anyone with a conscious. Stamping out lessons on our racial history, because of discomfort, is not the solution. The solution is to meet it head on, learn, grow, and come together.
Guns: I’ve called for a task force of experts to address this. I support nonintrusive security measures (ie cameras w/tech), physical security to limit shooter movement in bldgs, red flag laws, and more mental health services.
Proud to be
@MomsDemand
gun sense candidate.
Don't let the 2024 🤡 debate tonight distract you from the elections *this year* in Virginia that will directly decide the future of abortion, LGBTQ+ rights, voting rights, and public education in the commonwealth.
Me and the rest of your Democratic School Board team will firmly stand against these Florida-style book bans from creeping into Fairfax County.
Click here for your Democratic sample ballot and for more information about voting: .
Today's headline in the Free Lance-Star: the Spotsy school board banned 23 more books, many about slavery. Book bans are wrong & anti-American.
@TaraDurantVA
, why did you vote for a bill making it easier to ban books? We won’t stand idly by as your allies threaten to burn books.
"Kyle, why are you talking about LGBTQ+ issues, it's just identity politics?"
Me: Because of stuff like this.
When right wingers say "don't shove it in our face", what they really mean is "don't exist".
If I can protect just 1 LGBTQ+ kid from this bullying, it's worth it.
🚨A HAPPY FRIDAY ENDORSEMENT ALERT🚨
Thrilled to announce endorsements from State
@SenDaveMarsden
, and former Chairman of the Fairfax County Democratic Committee,
@Dan_Lagana
. The campaign is almost over, with voting starting on May 13th!
These charges are unprecedented and it’s a sad day for our country, especially in light of what clearly appears to be a two-tiered justice system where some are selectively prosecuted, and others are not. Parents in Virginia know firsthand what it’s like to be targeted by
@KyleMcDaniel89
@fcpsnews
Clearly, you don’t anything about government acquisition. The first thing we need is do an actual audit of the FCPS budget and do a review of acquisition best practices.
Not knowing about procurement project management further highlights your lack of qualification (including