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When it comes to the boundary issue...
Vote Andi Bayer for Providence
Voices of Fairfax undertook an endorsement process because community members repeatedly asked who, based upon our research, would best represent their concerns.  This has been a time-consuming process, full of intense and respectful debate with input from residents throughout Fairfax County.  We appreciate the time candidates provided in responding to our questionnaire, meeting with us, participating in debates, and making themselves available at community events.  We encourage you to exercise your VOICE at the ballot box, and we look forward to working with the new School Board.
Andi is a former preschool teacher, GRACE Arts teacher, active community member leading PTAs and school programs, and has been on top of the FCSB and boundary issue for years.
andrea4schoolboard.com
✓   Against proposed boundary policy 8130.8
The proposed policy 8130.8 was almost voted in by the current school board without input from the community, and would have given the board power to move more children without public engagement and rezone students based on their socio-economic and/or racial characteristics.

In our questionnaire Andi wrote, “Race should never be used to influence or establish boundaries. I would support accommodating socioeconomics as a factor, but only if practical and it did not require manipulating/busing children to out of area schools or tear apart communities.”
​✓   Supports keeping families in their neighborhood school of choice
The current school board majority is interested in potentially rezoning your neighborhood out of your school of choice, ignoring the impact on your community and property values, in order to distribute the demographics across the county. The current board wanted to remove from the considerations for a boundary change the impact on neighborhoods and overall impact on families and students among other concerning changes.

Andi states in her questionnaire that "The proposed changes are absurd at best. Specifically, 8130.8 removes significant criteria from consideration of boundary changes including: impacts on students and families, operating costs, busing costs, matching school resources to student needs, operating efficiency, impacts on neighborhoods and traffic, busing costs, consideration of school feeder alignments, long-term costs, and instructional effectiveness."  
✓   Advocates for active, ongoing community input​
Andi states on her website, “I will endeavor to ensure that all communications with parents by the School Board and school system personnel be respectful and collaborative."