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Carlineo for School Board, P. O. Box 127, Edinburg, VA (2026)

03/04/2026

NORTHERN VIRGINIA DAILY - COMMENTARY

Does Shenandoah County need a new elementary school?
By Gloria Carlineo, Esq.

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It’s a question our school board has been considering for the last 1 1/2 years. In a county restricted by limited resources, it’s a difficult position to be in considering the decaying conditions of all our buildings, including our highly regarded Triplett Tech.

Yet, of all the challenges we face, few are as urgent as the state of our elementary schools, all built in 1971. Throughout the last few years, we have heard plenty about mold issues and the health issues it causes, water and ceiling leaks, original carpeting dating back to 1971, extreme temperature fluctuations, and even sewage back-up at student bathrooms. The recently replaced roof at WWR was so deteriorated that we were told it would not withstand another winter load. As a school district, we try to address these urgent issues as we are made aware of them but the age of the buildings don’t help.

It isn’t just the harmful physical issues; our schools are also confronting overcrowding which almost surely will get worse with all the new communities being built in the north-central parts of Shenco. We’ve heard the distress from teachers/staff about having to share rooms while teaching or forced into hallways. Students are having lunches at 10 AM and programs such as music and art, only twice a month for lack of space. At Sandy Hook, teachers don’t even have a lounge.

The traffic situation is a real nightmare and a potentially dangerous issue. The reality is that the location of these elementary schools make expansion either an impossibility or would simply not solve many of these problems.

After discussing every option imaginable ad-nauseam, many of us agree that a new school on property owned by the county between the northern and central campuses, where the need is highest, is the best solution. This would alleviate the capacity issue at these schools, while potentially helping the southern campus if redistricting students back to the central campus was needed.

This doesn’t mean that we’ll ignore the pressing issues that our schools are currently facing. We are committed to addressing these immediately as we have been trying to do all along.

For years, other school boards ignored these serious issues at our schools. Some prioritized changing names while others simply looked the other way and did nothing. Now, we must face the music and act before things get worse. The problem is not going away and the costs will not go down. It’s time that we, as a community, prioritize the well-being and education of our students and staff. The ball will soon be on the Board of Supervisors’ court to act- it will be up to them.

As for Triplett, all of us on the board understand the need to act, particularly in view of a very generous donation that has been offered by an anonymous donor. Unfortunately, due to the word limit for this article, I will need to address that next time.

https://www.nvdaily.com/nvdaily/commentary-does-shenandoah-county-need-a-new-elementary-school/article_2702865d-bbc4-5e2a-b142-07096cdf789d.html

01/13/2026

Happy 250th Anniversary to the United States of America!

As the resolution our school board just passed unanimously states, we want to encourage all our teachers and staff to promote our country’s history and celebrate its achievements by incorporating events and materials throughout this important year.

Also, as those of you who have been following our school board proceedings for a while know, I have been very concerned about how the increased use of technology has hampered educational learning and adversely affected our children’s mental health, while also potentially exposing our children and our children’s data to bad actors. There are many books that detail and document this issue that I encourage our community members to read, including: “The Anxious Generation” by Dr. Jonathan Haidt, “Digital Cocaine” by Brad Huddleston, and “The Digital Delusion” by Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath, just to name a few.

See the article about both resolutions in the Northern Virginia Daily.

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School Board Moves Toward Reduced Computer Use In Classrooms
By Laura Ruby
The Northern Virginia Daily

WOODSTOCK — Following discussion last month, the Shenandoah County School board on Thursday approved a pair of resolutions — one to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary and another that looks at the future use of technology in schools.

School board member Gloria Carlineo presented both resolutions.

Citing concerns about digital exposure and overuse of screens on students’ physical and mental health, as well as academics, Carlineo's resolution calls for “balanced instruction through reduced screen use.”

Passed by the board on Thursday, it emphasizes “pen-and-paper and teacher-led” instruction as the primary methods of learning in Shenandoah County Public Schools (SCPS), referencing research “highlighting the cognitive and mental health benefits of traditional instructional practices.”

Carlineo also repeated concerns she raised last month about privacy.

The resolution supports the “purposeful use of digital devices only when they offer clear instructional advantages.”

Carlineo said she would like to see the school division “completely avoid” the use of computers among elementary school students.

“I think we should probably avoid it mostly during middle school,” she continued. “At the high school level, maybe we can start, you know, talking about introducing some aspects of it just so the kids will be ready. But I want to make sure that our kids have the right foundation before they use a computer.”

Acknowledging that “we live in a society that is very reliant on technology,” Carlineo said that she feels introducing technology in the classroom later would not be an issue as many children seem to pick it up so quickly from a young age.

Citing concerns about concentration linked to digital instruction, she said, “Instead of just relying on computers and relying on Chromebooks, we want to see more teachers actually leading the teaching. We want to see the kids actually being active participants in the reading, in the writing, not just reading from a Chromebook or relying on AI.”

Carlineo said she’d like to see a focus on note-taking, handwriting, including cursive writing, reading, and more direct interaction between students and teachers.

Noting that the resolution “doesn’t really have a whole lot of teeth right now,” Carlineo framed it as a way to start conversations and a plan to move toward more conventional schooling.

Board member Whitney Pence lauded Carlineo for bringing forth the idea, noting that as a parent she sees “the value in pencil to paper and having a physical book in their hands. Those practices support focus, comprehension, long-term retention in ways that a screen simply just cannot do.”

She added that other school divisions are also wrestling with the issue.

The board also passed Carlineo’s resolution to commemorate America’s Semiquincentennial, encouraging teachers to focus on the milestone of the 250th anniversary of the nation's founding throughout the school year with a week of celebration set aside in May.

She said she brought forth the resolution “because I would like to encourage our teachers and our staff to actually promote this semiquincentennial and maybe provide more activities to teach our kids about our country, about our history.”

Passed with minor changes to its language, the resolution designates the week of May 18 for Shenandoah County Public Schools to commemorate 250 years of American history and achievements.

https://www.nvdaily.com/nvdaily/school-board-moves-toward-reduced-computer-use-in-classrooms/article_2b9a98ba-df8a-5349-8f22-0bb5ae3df24a.html

01/09/2026

2500+ views for my Kabuki Theater post! Over 90% positive reactions and only two negatives (from the usual quitters and losers). Looking forward to keeping my constituents up-to-date on Facebook in 2026!

PSA - If you get easily offended by Facebook posts or are averse to transparency and accountability, just unfollow and go back to your echo chamber.

01/03/2026

Last night, I had the dubious distinction of attending the premiere of the 2026 Shenandoah County School Board Kabuki Theater, performing “Backscratchers in Backrooms” and featuring the two new members to the ensemble.

It was quite the spectacle and certainly amusing, although the stiffness of the performances and the non-existent dialogue did leave much to be desired. However, for those who did have at least one line, those were adequately delivered to achieve its purpose in conveying a very strong message: actual hard-work and demonstrated commitment to the division (teachers and students, as well as taxpayers), transparency, exemplary leadership, integrity, or even the desire to work collaboratively are not factors that this school board particularly cares about.

Indeed, when the fact that the now-chair has failed to comply with a state statutory requirement that school board members complete yearly professional development, something every other member has done, was raised, he arrogantly declared the point irrelevant, a declaration that was met with absolute silence by the rest of the board. That silence spoke volumes. Now, a member who most people forget is even on the board due to his complete lack of involvement (except to be the former chair’s rubberstamp) and who just a few weeks ago contended that he was too busy to do the work the rest of us put on this board, suddenly has the time commitment to be chair. Funny how a title suddenly creates time!

I want to assure everyone that neither Mr. Rickard nor I were aware of the scheduled performance that was so meticulously planned by everyone sitting on that dais. We were simply the bystanders caught up in the surprise of a boring flash performance. The fact is that even after speaking about the future of the school board with the newest members just 72 hours prior to this meeting in a fruitless attempt at collaboration, we were kept in the dark. Instead, both members feigned complete ignorance of the situation, even though the scheme involved one of them not only nominating the now-chair but actually becoming the vice-chair herself, at her very first school board meeting, no less. The lack of integrity and courage to speak the truth is very telling, though not entirely surprising.

Sadly, those in the community who have warned us about these shenanigans in Shenandoah County for years, would not be surprised to learn about what happened last night. And while I regret the fact that the same culture of ineptness, corruption, and poor leadership that characterized the previous school board is clearly going to continue, I can assure our constituents that we will continue to fight it or at least expose it, as we have up to now. Nothing has changed.

12/25/2025

On this sacred Christmas Eve, we await with joyful hearts the celebration of the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. May the hope and wonder of this holy night fill your home with His grace and love. Merry Christmas!

12/13/2025

Congratulations to Strasburg Football! State Champs! Great week for Strasburg High School (see last post).

12/12/2025

I am incredibly proud to announce that Shenandoah County's Strasburg High School received the TOP spot among all the high schools in Region 4 (2 spots ahead of the nationally aclaimed Thomas Jefferson High for Science and Technology!), according to the Virginia Department of Education, with Stonewall Jackson High School close behind in 5th place. The "School Performance and Support Framework" considers actual data points, including SOL scores, absenteeism, mastery in reading, math, and science, graduation rates, overall readiness, as well as college enrollment, employment, and military enlistment to make these determinations.

This is a fantastic achievement, more so when you consider that Shenandoah County is in the hugely competitive region that encompasses all of Northern Virginia (including Fairfax, Loudoun, and Arlington). However, this is also an amazing achievement when one considers that, for years, our school system under previous administrations suffered an academic performance decline that placed us at the bottom of the barrel statewide.

Huge congratulations go to our amazing students, teachers, and staff for their admirable efforts, as well as to the leadership offered by our principals and the captain of this ship, Superintendent Melody Sheppard, whose vision and commitment to excellence are truly infectious. We may not be a financially wealthy district, but the effort and dedication that you all give to our school system is something that money could never buy. Thank you!

For my part, I will continue to work tiredlessly to make sure that ALL of our schools continue to improve and ensure that all our students excel and are prepared for the rest of their lives.

11/11/2025

To all who served, THANK YOU for your sacrifice and service to our great Nation. Happy Veterans Day!

11/07/2025

Too many people don't realize just how detrimental Chromebooks and tablets have been to the education of our children. The reality is that the push for Chromebooks in classrooms was nothing more than a huge data-harvesting scheme from Big Tech.

Now, in addition to the reading crisis in our nation, we are soon to face the challenges that AI is guaranteed to pose. Let's consider getting rid of Chromebooks, at least in elementary and middle school grades!

10/28/2025

Check out my latest Commentary in support of the Sears-Reid-Miyares ticket in the Tuesday edition of the Northern Virginia Daily!

Make sure you and all your conservative family members and neighbors get out to vote!

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NORTHERN VIRGINIA DAILY
October 28, 2025

COMMENTARY: FOUR MORE YEARS
By Gloria Carlineo, Esq.

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Next week, Virginians will elect a new governor. It seems like just yesterday we were casting our votes, praying that the McAuliffe-Northam nightmare would finally end. Those were years of chaos, divisiveness, disregard for parental rights, children being sexually assaulted in schools, economic decline, and our once proud commonwealth becoming the laughingstock of the nation as Northam wouldn’t admit whether he was the man with the blackface or the one with the K*K hood.

Most of us celebrated when, against all odds, Glenn Youngkin won. Yet, what happened next exceeded even the best of our expectations as Youngkin wasn’t just a good governor: he became a GREAT governor. Aside from his charisma and being a leader who makes everyone around him feel welcome and listened to, Youngkin lifted Virginia from the bottom of the barrel in economic development to the very top nationally, with several large corporations now investing billions of dollars in Virginia. He restored law and order. He decidedly protected our young girls from the scourge of transgenderism. As for education reform, he has been truly a giant, investing in our schools with the largest education budget in Virginia’s history, reforming education requirements to increase true academic performance, not just raise artificial scores that mask our students’ profound deficiencies. Importantly, he also vetoed dozens of Democrat gun control measures, policies that you can bet will be reintroduced and passed should the Democrats regain full control of Virginia.

But next week, this could all reverse back to the dismal conditions Virginia suffered under Democrat rule. We have the choice of electing Lt. Gov. Sears, John Reid and re-electing Attorney General Jason Miyares who will continue the rightful progress that Virginia has enjoyed. After all, both Ms. Sears, a former Marine and current Lieutenant Governor, and AG Miyares have served alongside Governor Youngkin and will continue his successful administration.

Or we could elect Abigail Spanberger, someone with no executive experience and questionable leadership and morals who refuses to hold accountable the Democrat candidate for Attorney General, Jay Jones. If you remember, Mr. Jones is seeking the top law enforcement position in the commonwealth, even though he advocated for the violent death of our very own former-delegate Todd Gilbert and his babies, as well as wishing that more police officers die. This is unconscionable! Yet, Mr. Jones, who is also under criminal investigation for fraudulently completing community service benefitted his own PAC, is still running for the position in charge of enforcing our laws and keeping us safe. Meanwhile, Spanberger is too weak to demand that he quit. And their Lieutenant Governor candidate? Does anyone know who that woman, who refused to participate in any debates against John Reid, even is? Clearly, she is hiding for a reason, knowing that the Democrat base won’t care about how awful she truly is.

This is a pivotal time in Virginia and I urge all to come out and vote to continue what the Youngkin-Sears-Miyares administration has achieved.

https://www.nvdaily.com/nvdaily/commentary-four-more-years/article_5d94b5f3-11aa-5634-8756-9208d3ba71d1.html

10/25/2025

I had a fantastic time today at CPAC Latino, along with dozens of Latino leaders from the DC area, listening to and showing our support for Lt. Governor Winsome Sears, John Reid, Attorney General Jason Miyares, and Governor Glenn Youngkin.

I am so very proud to have such fantastic candidates for our Commonwealth! Governor Youngkin has been, without a doubt, one of the best governors in my lifetime, someone who has brought real economic growth to the Commonwealth, law and order (along with AG Miyares), and who has done more for education than just about any other governor in the entire nation.

A vote for Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears and the rest of the ticket is a vote to continue his legacy of real (not "woke") progress and advancement in our Commonwealth; a vote for Spanberger and her slate of degenerate, violent, and intolerant candidates WILL undoubtedly push us back to the years when Virginia was the laughingstock of the nation.

We simply cannot afford for the Democrats to take over our entire state again! They are already trying to gerrymander the Commonwealth (against the Constitutional amendment passed by Virginians) so that Democrats would control the congressional districts 9-2. And, mark my words, if Democrats win, not only will we see transgender mandates coming back and abortion becoming a constitutional right, but it is very likely that our 2nd Amendment rights WILL be infringed and greatly curtailed.

Aside from the political, I was very happy to see some old friends, some of whom I had not seen in a very long time, such as Merci Schlapp (who organized the event), Genaro Pedroarias, Manny Rosales, and my old college friend, Patty Lee.

Please, don't forget to vote!

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