I am writing to ask you to reject the proposed Statewide Comprehensive Support Plan. This plan threatens the integrity of our excellent public education system and undermines local authority.

Virginia's public schools are among the best in the nation, yet this plan seems designed to artificially lower school ratings and justify an unprecedented state takeover.

In my opinion, this plan appears to advance a political agenda favoring school privatization, all the while bypassing the legislature and ignoring the real needs of our students and educators. Our schools are not perfect, but they need support, not state control.

Leave schools under local control and reject efforts toward privatization.