{"id":2471812,"date":"2025-08-07T08:10:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T12:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fairfax-superintendent-wants-security-to-protect-her-from-criticism\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T08:14:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T12:14:20","slug":"fairfax-superintendent-wants-security-to-protect-her-from-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fairfax-superintendent-wants-security-to-protect-her-from-criticism\/","title":{"rendered":"Fairfax Superintendent Wants Security To Protect Her From Criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffairfax-superintendent-wants-security-to-protect-her-from-criticism%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2471812&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article critiques the American public school system, using Fairfax county Public Schools (FCPS) and its superintendent, Dr. Michelle Reid, as a case study. It argues that August, when children return to school, is a tough time due to high costs for families and teachers and poor school management. reid is criticized for receiving an excessive salary and perks, including seeking taxpayer-funded security, while the district faces declining academic performance partly due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nationwide-school-closures-continue-to-impact-kids\/\" title=\"Nationwide ... Closures Continue To Impact Kids\">pandemic learning loss<\/a> and a surge of migrant students. The article accuses Reid and the educational establishment of prioritizing leftist ideology and administrative bloat over effective education.<\/p>\n<p>it also highlights controversies under Reid&#8217;s leadership,including withholding National Merit recognitions from Asian American students and failing to comply with Title IX protections. Despite scandals, Reid has promoted problematic administrators rather than addressing the issues. The article condemns the national Education Association (NEA) for focusing on political activism and equity over student needs.<\/p>\n<p>On a positive note, the essay observes growing parent-led resistance to the current system, citing widespread support for school choice and a meaningful rise in homeschooling, even among some progressive communities. The author calls for continued parental vigilance and local action to reclaim control over education, praising efforts like former President Trump&#8217;s executive order to reduce federal oversight of schools. Ultimately, the article views school choice as the key to ending what it describes as the educational establishment&#8217;s entrenched and corrupt dominance.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>T.S. Eliot claimed that &ldquo;April is the cruelest month,&rdquo; but in this homeschooling dad&rsquo;s opinion, that dubious honor belongs to August. In one of the great ironies of modern American life, we choose to send our kids back to school amid the dog days of summer, a sweltering time that would be better spent at the community pool.<\/p>\n<p>Back-to-school time is also an expensive proposition. The National Retail Federation claims that between new clothes and shoes, school supplies, and electronics, the average family will <a href=\"https:\/\/nrf.com\/research-insights\/holiday-data-and-trends\/back-to-school\/back-class-data-center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fork out<\/a> over $850 this year to outfit their K-12 children. Teachers have it even worse; according to Adopt-A-Classroom, the average teacher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adoptaclassroom.org\/2025\/06\/09\/2025-teacher-survey-spending-stats-classroom-needs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">spent<\/a> almost $900 out of his own pocket to buy classroom supplies in the 2024-2025 school year.<\/p>\n<p>But there&rsquo;s at least one group that won&rsquo;t need to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >make hard financial decisions<\/a> this month: high-level educational bureaucrats. Take <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/queen-reid-embattled-virginia-schools-boss-demands-personal-bodyguard-top-lavish-salary-perks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr. Michelle Reid<\/a>, the superintendent of Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS). Not only does her new contract give her a salary higher than that of the president of the United States, but she also gets a car allowance and is currently seeking a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/voters-decided-democrats-are-the-biggest-threat-to-democracy\/\" title=\"Voters Decided Democrats Are The Biggest Threat To Democracy\">taxpayer-funded &#038;ldquo<\/a>;executive protection agent&rdquo; to shield her from the peasants she supposedly serves. &ldquo;Queen Reid&rdquo; embodies the entitled mindset of an educational establishment that refuses to learn from its mistakes.<\/p>\n<h2>It&rsquo;s Good to Be the Queen<\/h2>\n<p>Recruited from the suburbs of Seattle in the summer of 2022, Reid now runs government schools for one of the wealthiest counties in the entire country. According to the Census Bureau, the average <a href=\"https:\/\/data.census.gov\/all?q=per+capita+income+for+fairfax+county,+va\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">per capita income<\/a> of Fairfax County, Virginia, is close to $70,000 per year, almost $25,000 higher than <a href=\"https:\/\/data.census.gov\/all?q=per+capita+income+for+united+states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the national average<\/a>. As a result of this prosperity, FCPS has very deep pockets; its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxessellfaster.com\/blog\/fairfax-countys-2025-budget-breakdown-who-gets-a-raise-what-gets-cut-and-how-it-affects-your-childs-school\/#:~:text=How%2520much%2520is%2520the%2520Fairfax,employees%2520receive%2520a%25205%2525%2520raise.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2025 budget<\/a> is nearly $4 billion due in large part to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairfaxtimes.com\/articles\/enormous-rise-in-county-school-costs-drives-recent-unnecessary-tax-hike\/article_5d54d787-931a-4515-a676-33f3e692ec3f.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tax increases<\/a> meant to address the district&rsquo;s massive administrative bloat.<\/p>\n<p>Are Fairfax County families receiving good value for their money, though? While FCPS does consistently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcps.edu\/news\/fairfax-county-students-continue-outperform-sat-state-and-global-averages\">outperform<\/a> the national average, there is data indicating that its performance on state standards is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/community-family\/3161601\/fairfax-county-public-schools-provably-declining-more-money-isnt-helping\/#:~:text=A%2520look%2520at%2520Fairfax%2520County's%2520students'%2520failure,Virginia's%2520Standards%2520of%2520Learning%2520test%2520suggests%2520not.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slipping<\/a> as a result of pandemic learning loss and an <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/23\/mass-immigration-is-destroying-this-top-public-school-district\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">enormous influx<\/a> of migrant students (Fairfax County <a href=\"https:\/\/fairfaxgop.org\/its-official-fairfax-is-a-sanctuary-county\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declared<\/a> itself a &ldquo;sanctuary county&rdquo; in 2018).<\/p>\n<p>Reid&rsquo;s tenure as superintendent, however, has been more notable for her adherence to leftist dogma than for effectively addressing these core concerns. In 2023, she presided over a scandal regarding several schools&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairfaxtimes.com\/articles\/area-principals-admit-to-withholding-national-merit-awards-from-students\/article_2e5ed028-8f01-11ed-997c-37c69ccfb584.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">failure<\/a> to notify parents regarding their children&rsquo;s status as recipients of commendations from the National Merit Scholarship program. Since many of these families were Asian American, these &ldquo;errors&rdquo; were linked to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.educatefairfax.org\/team\/michelle-reid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;equity mindset&rdquo;<\/a> celebrated in Reid&rsquo;s bio on the Educate Fairfax website. More recently, a Department of Education investigation found FCPS and four other Northern Virginia school districts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/about\/news\/press-release\/us-department-of-education-finds-five-northern-virginia-school-districts-violation-of-title-ix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">guilty<\/a> of failing to comply with the Title IX protections for female athletes.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, the principal of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Ann Bonitatibus, announced she was resigning after a number of scandals and after she tanked the school&rsquo;s ranking as the top high school in the country. But instead of sending Bonitatibus packing, Reid <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/13\/how-one-leftist-superintendent-destroyed-americas-formerly-no-1-high-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">promoted<\/a> her to district headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps issues like these are why Reid is calling for an armed bodyguard while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nea.org\/nea-today\/all-news-articles\/school-hardening-not-making-students-safer-say-experts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">refusing<\/a> to harden vulnerable schools. After all, it&rsquo;s not like she can ask that the Trump DOJ to designate her critics as <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/press-releases\/full-nsba-letter-to-biden-administration-and-department-of-justice-memo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;domestic terrorists.&rdquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>A Corrupt Kingdom<\/h2>\n<p>It would be comforting to see Reid as an outlier, but her approach is standard operating procedure for the educational establishment. Concerned citizens need only look at the National Educational Association (NEA) to understand this.<\/p>\n<p>At its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nea.org\/professional-excellence\/conferences-events\/annual-meeting-and-representative-assembly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Annual Meeting and Representative Assembly<\/a> last month in Portland, Oregon, the nation&rsquo;s largest teachers&rsquo; union &ldquo;[honored] nine leaders in advancing equity, justice, and education.&rdquo; The listed order of these principles reveals the true priorities of this crooked organization.<\/p>\n<p>Speakers featured at the meeting included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nea.org\/nea-today\/all-news-articles\/renowned-voucher-opponent-receives-friend-education-award-nea-representative-assembly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Josh Cowen<\/a>, a vocal critic of school voucher programs that allow parents to rescue their children from the clutches of the establishment, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nea.org\/nea-today\/all-news-articles\/nea-2025-esp-year-political-activism-union-activism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Andy Markus<\/a>, a school custodian turned union shill who claimed that teachers and support staff &ldquo;[had] to be political.&rdquo; The low point of the meeting came from the NEA&rsquo;s 2025 Teacher of the Year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nea.org\/nea-today\/all-news-articles\/we-know-whats-stake-2025-teacher-year-nea-representative-assembly-address\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ashlie Crosson<\/a>, who arrogantly stated, &ldquo;We recite, we repeat, we embody the undeniable truth: What&rsquo;s good for educators is what&rsquo;s good for students.&rdquo; What a marvelous summary of the dictatorial impulses of her professional masters!<\/p>\n<h2>A Parents&rsquo; Revolution<\/h2>\n<p>Luckily for American society, more parents are rejecting the tyranny of Michelle Reid and her cronies. <a href=\"https:\/\/investineducation.org\/poll-americans-strongly-support-school-choice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Public support<\/a> for school choice initiatives (including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.localmemphis.com\/article\/news\/education\/vouchers-concern-memphis-shelby-county-schools\/522-e3b7d580-95b8-408c-a8c0-1c15671c1ac3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vouchers<\/a> so reviled by Cowen) remains very high across party lines. In particular, parents have embraced homeschooling options in recent years; the percentage of homeschooled students has nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mastermindbehavior.com\/post\/homeschooling-statistics-3147c#:~:text=What%2520are%2520the%2520current%2520homeschooling,from%2520just%25201.7%2525%2520in%25201999.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">doubled<\/a> since 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Even progressives have <a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/black-led-progressive-homeschool-networks-rise-amid-book-bans-attacks-on-dei\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">climbed<\/a> on the homeschooling bandwagon. Fueled by legacy media-endorsed lies about the elimination of DEI programs and &ldquo;book bans,&rdquo; a greater number of left-leaning parents (especially in black communities) are homeschooling their children, taking full advantage of the groundwork done by more conservative parents over the last few decades. Those conservative parents should not expect a thank-you note for their heroic efforts, but this trend shows that the educational revolution truly benefits everyone.<\/p>\n<p>As American children enter another school year, parents must keep vigilant regarding their kids&rsquo; welfare in the classroom. For too long, educrats have paid themselves more and more out of taxpayer coffers while providing less and less in the way of effective education for the young minds in their charge. <\/p>\n<p>President Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/about\/news\/press-release\/statement-president-trumps-executive-order-return-power-over-education-states-and-local-communities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">effort<\/a> to turn off the spigot of federal funds by shutting down the Department of Education is an excellent move, but real change can only happen at the local level when parents and community members tell petty tyrants like &ldquo;Queen Reid&rdquo; that enough is enough. School choice is the guillotine that will finally end the educrats&rsquo; regime, no matter how many palace guards they hire to defend them.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Robert Busek is a Catholic homeschooling father of six who has taught history and Western Civilization in both traditional and online classrooms for over twenty years. His essays have also been published in The American Conservative and The American Spectator. The views he expresses here are his own.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August, not April, is the cruelest month for schooling<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":793,"featured_media":2471813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screen-Shot-2025-08-06-at-2.56.50-PM.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7375,15223,4140,3646,52418],"class_list":["post-2471812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-criticism","tag-fairfax","tag-protection","tag-security","tag-superintendent-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screen-Shot-2025-08-06-at-2.56.50-PM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2471812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/793"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2471812"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2471812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2471816,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2471812\/revisions\/2471816"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2471813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2471812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2471812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2471812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}