+1,000. End this thread already! |
You want to save money -- follow the money. What do all these chiefs do? The Superintendent's job maybe? They all have assistant superintendents and executive directors under them. It's crazy! |
I want Youngkin and the County Board to properly fund our schools. It's ridiculous that we're forced to make *cuts* with rising COL and enrollment #s.
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The schools have plenty of funding - they just waste a lot of $$ on stupid stuff. |
They clearly don’t have plenty of funding. COLs are riding. Enrollment is increasing. Look at class size. We need more teachers and to pay them better. That isn’t happening by taking away vacation days from a handful of staff. You’re arguing over peanuts when we need significantly more money to improve our schools. You get what you pay for. Rs want to destroy our public schools so it’s clear why they want to defund APS. |
All of Arlington's neighbors are giving much better raises than APS. The problem is APS. |
All of Arlington’s neighboring counties aren’t beholden to a very strict revenue sharing agreement that ArlCO has with APS. It’s also hard to compare counties when Fairfax and Loudoun are so huge and Alexandria City has so much need. |
You don't think the budget is important?! |
And all the administrative support staff! |
Not in the way DCUM is engaging with it. End. The. Thread. |
That doesn’t make sense. You could triple the spending on SPED and it would make hardly any difference in outcomes. Many of these kids unfortunately are not capable of achieving more and spending more money on them will not change outcomes. |
Despite a substantial budget, APS has prioritized hiring administrators at high costs while neglecting critical investments in teachers, aides, and support staff who work directly with our children. APS needs to reevaluate its priorities and focus on providing necessary support to those on the ground, making a positive difference in our students' lives. The practice of moving problematic administrators from one school to another without consequences must end. We have seen administrators take advantage of our county's resources until better offers come along, undermining the stability and progress of our schools.
A call for transparency in resource allocation and a renewed focus on investing in the people who work directly with our children. Our community deserves administrators who are committed for the long haul, not just until a better opportunity arises. Our children and community deserve better. Build a school system that prioritizes the needs of our students and values the contributions of all its employees. |
can you say something real in there? you sound like a candidate saying nothing at all. |
Should they look for administrative efficiencies? Yes. Should they prioritize teaching staff? Yes. Are they still significantly underfunded? Yes. Arguing over vacation days or a few potentially surplus administrators isn’t getting us where we need to be to appropriately fund teaching staff (increase numbers & pay). It’s distraction from the actual issue. |
Exactly. |