I offer an outsider's fresh perspective to bring common sense & sanity back to Fairfax County Public Schools.
-Paul Bartkowski
I am honored to be endorsed by CAPA-NoVA
Why I'm Running
My story
- I'm a concerned parent of three students in the Fairfax County Public School boundary running for School Board. I decided to run out of a sense of duty to reverse the unfortunate, and often disturbing, course dictated by the current Board.
- I'm a local lawyer and I saw first-hand the Board’s willingness to prioritize ideology over student well-being, parents’ rights, and the law, when I represented three plaintiffs pro bono in an effort to force the Board to stop the illegal continuation of its mask mandate last year.
- My campaign is not supported by any national interest group, such as teacher’s unions; rather, I'm running to represent the original interest groups when it comes to schools – students, parents, and taxpayers!
Improve Education and Curriculum
- The Board's misplaced priorities have led to dramatic increases in spending and decrease in student achievement.
- For instance from 2018 to 2022 the average Fairfax County Public Schools SAT score dropped 27 points.
- These alarming trends must be reversed.
- I will put student learning and quality curriculum at the appropriate place on the Board's list of priorities - first!
- I will also focus on solving the overcrowding problems in schools without placing burdens on students and families; the two groups who suffer consequences from overcrowding despite having no hand in causing the problem.
Stop the Ideological Madness
- Prioritize academic excellence over ideology.
- Unfortunately for the children who attend Fairfax County Public Schools and the taxpayers that fund them, the Board is dominated by ideologically driven activists, who prioritize a warped view of "progress" instead of academic achievement.
- The Board's ideologically driven agenda has resulted in (1) racial discrimination in the name of diversity at the revered Thomas Jefferson High School; (2) efforts to eliminate classes designed to challenge and nurture our most gifted students in the name of equity; and (3) a disturbing effort to introduce age-inappropriate sexual concepts and ideas to our youngest students.
Respect Parents' Fundamental Rights
- Parents know and want what is best for their children, and must be informed and involved in decisions relating to their child's education.
- As a concerned parent, I will work to ensure that parents' rights, which are recognized as fundamental under Virginia law, are respected once again.
Dranesville will have an open seat on the School Board.
Your support and contributions will enable us to spread our message to more Dranesville residents and increase our chances of winning that open seat on November 7, 2023.
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6803 Whittier Ave., #200A
McLean, VA 22101
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