APS Kindergarten Info Night - Recording??

[Anonymous]

So they scheduelded it for 6:30 PM, but it was just a pre-recorded video? Did I miss something? Why did they have a posted time if it was just a canned presentation?

Am I being too cynical, and reading too much into this, or is APS trying to tell me something (ie be happy with your free childcare and you better like it, but your kid is not our priority).

From Duran's statement:

Two priorities for new year:

1) Equity for all students to positive affect educational outcomes
2) Engage with all families, to ensure families are engaged

Social-Emotional support and resources, so all students learn in a safe, healthy, supportive environment.

Between this presentation, hiring Duran (a former equity officer from FCPS), it feels like APS is focused solely on equity issues, and I worry my easy going, ready to learn kid will be left to her own devices while teacher and admin focuses on raising the SOL scores, feeding kids, and taking my kids academic outcome for granted.

I have an older kid in 4th grade, and his reading has always seemed behind to me, but teachers say he is fine and he just floats along, quite bored.

Also, GUESS which two elemetary schools are the only ones with PhD Principals... Dr Princpals may not be an indicator of quality, but it feels like an indicator of something.

[Anonymous]

If it wasn't prerecording and they had technical issues, would you have posted here to complain? I'm guessing yes.

There was never going to be a Q&A with 1000+ people attending. It's a webinar.

So yes, I think you are reading more into it.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous
Also, GUESS which two elemetary schools are the only ones with PhD Principals... Dr Princpals may not be an indicator of quality, but it feels like an indicator of something.



What TWO school are you talking about?

I see that the Nottingham, Oakridge, Carlin Springs, Claremont and Discovery's Principals all have a PhD.

I think it's an indicator that teachers and Principals are life long learners.

[Anonymous]

Why are you attending K info night if you have a 4th grader?? A Virtual one at that.

Did you forget what happens in K? Just to get something to complain about?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why are you attending K info night if you have a 4th grader?? A Virtual one at that.

Did you forget what happens in K? Just to get something to complain about?

It’s been 5 years and a pandemic, and we started K at a different city.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:[quote=Anonymous
Also, GUESS which two elemetary schools are the only ones with PhD Principals... Dr Princpals may not be an indicator of quality, but it feels like an indicator of something.

What TWO school are you talking about?

I see that the Nottingham, Oakridge, Carlin Springs, Claremont and Discovery's Principals all have a PhD.

I think it's an indicator that teachers and Principals are life long learners.

Both Principal and VP at Nottingham and Discovery

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So they scheduelded it for 6:30 PM, but it was just a pre-recorded video? Did I miss something? Why did they have a posted time if it was just a canned presentation?

Am I being too cynical, and reading too much into this, or is APS trying to tell me something (ie be happy with your free childcare and you better like it, but your kid is not our priority).

From Duran's statement:

Two priorities for new year:

1) Equity for all students to positive affect educational outcomes
2) Engage with all families, to ensure families are engaged

Social-Emotional support and resources, so all students learn in a safe, healthy, supportive environment.

Between this presentation, hiring Duran (a former equity officer from FCPS), it feels like APS is focused solely on equity issues, and I worry my easy going, ready to learn kid will be left to her own devices while teacher and admin focuses on raising the SOL scores, feeding kids, and taking my kids academic outcome for granted.

I have an older kid in 4th grade, and his reading has always seemed behind to me, but teachers say he is fine and he just floats along, quite bored.

Also, GUESS which two elemetary schools are the only ones with PhD Principals... Dr Princpals may not be an indicator of quality, but it feels like an indicator of something.

You are way too cynical. If it was live, it would have been exactly the same. It was an information session not a Q and A. Having a focus on equity in a county like Arlington doesn't mean your kid will be ignored so the teacher can feed poor kids- that's absurd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:[quote=Anonymous
Also, GUESS which two elemetary schools are the only ones with PhD Principals... Dr Princpals may not be an indicator of quality, but it feels like an indicator of something.

What TWO school are you talking about?

I see that the Nottingham, Oakridge, Carlin Springs, Claremont and Discovery's Principals all have a PhD.

I think it's an indicator that teachers and Principals are life long learners.

OMG this town! Clearly the most talented principal, ATS, must be lacking because she doesn’t have a doctorate!

[Anonymous]

This is hilarious! We are now deciding which school to attend based on the principal's PhD status?!?

Hope you don't like in the W-L zone. Not sure if Mr. Hall has his masters! But Wakefield, Yorktown & HB principals all have their PhD. Better list that house for sale.

[Anonymous]

APS is a sinking ship. There are some affordable (but religious) privates. Start looking into them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is hilarious! We are now deciding which school to attend based on the principal's PhD status?!?

Hope you don't like in the W-L zone. Not sure if Mr. Hall has his masters! But Wakefield, Yorktown & HB principals all have their PhD. Better list that house for sale.

It just struck me as odd that those two particular schools both had highly credentialed principals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So they scheduelded it for 6:30 PM, but it was just a pre-recorded video? Did I miss something? Why did they have a posted time if it was just a canned presentation?

Am I being too cynical, and reading too much into this, or is APS trying to tell me something (ie be happy with your free childcare and you better like it, but your kid is not our priority).

From Duran's statement:

Two priorities for new year:

1) Equity for all students to positive affect educational outcomes
2) Engage with all families, to ensure families are engaged

Social-Emotional support and resources, so all students learn in a safe, healthy, supportive environment.

Between this presentation, hiring Duran (a former equity officer from FCPS), it feels like APS is focused solely on equity issues, and I worry my easy going, ready to learn kid will be left to her own devices while teacher and admin focuses on raising the SOL scores, feeding kids, and taking my kids academic outcome for granted.

I have an older kid in 4th grade, and his reading has always seemed behind to me, but teachers say he is fine and he just floats along, quite bored.

Also, GUESS which two elemetary schools are the only ones with PhD Principals... Dr Princpals may not be an indicator of quality, but it feels like an indicator of something.

You are way too cynical. If it was live, it would have been exactly the same. It was an information session not a Q and A. Having a focus on equity in a county like Arlington doesn't mean your kid will be ignored so the teacher can feed poor kids- that's absurd.

Yes, I am cynical. The pandemic burned us but even before that we felt like our kid was "fine" but a little behind. Like unable to read a book on their own, terrible spelling, seems bored at school. Reading is better now, but we hired a weekly tutor to work with her and though she is better, I feel like she is not where should be for a "good" school system. They still read books in class outloud rather than having assigned independent reading at home, and I remember reading a ton of books at this age?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So they scheduelded it for 6:30 PM, but it was just a pre-recorded video? Did I miss something? Why did they have a posted time if it was just a canned presentation?

Am I being too cynical, and reading too much into this, or is APS trying to tell me something (ie be happy with your free childcare and you better like it, but your kid is not our priority).

From Duran's statement:

Two priorities for new year:

1) Equity for all students to positive affect educational outcomes
2) Engage with all families, to ensure families are engaged

Social-Emotional support and resources, so all students learn in a safe, healthy, supportive environment.

Between this presentation, hiring Duran (a former equity officer from FCPS), it feels like APS is focused solely on equity issues, and I worry my easy going, ready to learn kid will be left to her own devices while teacher and admin focuses on raising the SOL scores, feeding kids, and taking my kids academic outcome for granted.

I have an older kid in 4th grade, and his reading has always seemed behind to me, but teachers say he is fine and he just floats along, quite bored.

Also, GUESS which two elemetary schools are the only ones with PhD Principals... Dr Princpals may not be an indicator of quality, but it feels like an indicator of something.

You are way too cynical. If it was live, it would have been exactly the same. It was an information session not a Q and A. Having a focus on equity in a county like Arlington doesn't mean your kid will be ignored so the teacher can feed poor kids- that's absurd.

Yes, I am cynical. The pandemic burned us but even before that we felt like our kid was "fine" but a little behind. Like unable to read a book on their own, terrible spelling, seems bored at school. Reading is better now, but we hired a weekly tutor to work with her and though she is better, I feel like she is not where should be for a "good" school system. They still read books in class outloud rather than having assigned independent reading at home, and I remember reading a ton of books at this age?

Not everyone has supports at home to ensure kids are doing their homework or reading assignments. It would mean some kids complete the work while others don't by no fault of their own. Therefore, get rid of the homework and independent reading. #APSEquity

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So they scheduelded it for 6:30 PM, but it was just a pre-recorded video? Did I miss something? Why did they have a posted time if it was just a canned presentation?

Am I being too cynical, and reading too much into this, or is APS trying to tell me something (ie be happy with your free childcare and you better like it, but your kid is not our priority).

From Duran's statement:

Two priorities for new year:

1) Equity for all students to positive affect educational outcomes
2) Engage with all families, to ensure families are engaged

Social-Emotional support and resources, so all students learn in a safe, healthy, supportive environment.

Between this presentation, hiring Duran (a former equity officer from FCPS), it feels like APS is focused solely on equity issues, and I worry my easy going, ready to learn kid will be left to her own devices while teacher and admin focuses on raising the SOL scores, feeding kids, and taking my kids academic outcome for granted.

I have an older kid in 4th grade, and his reading has always seemed behind to me, but teachers say he is fine and he just floats along, quite bored.

Also, GUESS which two elemetary schools are the only ones with PhD Principals... Dr Princpals may not be an indicator of quality, but it feels like an indicator of something.

You are way too cynical. If it was live, it would have been exactly the same. It was an information session not a Q and A. Having a focus on equity in a county like Arlington doesn't mean your kid will be ignored so the teacher can feed poor kids- that's absurd.

Yes, I am cynical. The pandemic burned us but even before that we felt like our kid was "fine" but a little behind. Like unable to read a book on their own, terrible spelling, seems bored at school. Reading is better now, but we hired a weekly tutor to work with her and though she is better, I feel like she is not where should be for a "good" school system. They still read books in class outloud rather than having assigned independent reading at home, and I remember reading a ton of books at this age?

Not everyone has supports at home to ensure kids are doing their homework or reading assignments. It would mean some kids complete the work while others don't by no fault of their own. Therefore, get rid of the homework and independent reading. #APSEquity

Is that why there isn't any homework anymore?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So they scheduelded it for 6:30 PM, but it was just a pre-recorded video? Did I miss something? Why did they have a posted time if it was just a canned presentation?

Am I being too cynical, and reading too much into this, or is APS trying to tell me something (ie be happy with your free childcare and you better like it, but your kid is not our priority).

From Duran's statement:

Two priorities for new year:

1) Equity for all students to positive affect educational outcomes
2) Engage with all families, to ensure families are engaged

Social-Emotional support and resources, so all students learn in a safe, healthy, supportive environment.

Between this presentation, hiring Duran (a former equity officer from FCPS), it feels like APS is focused solely on equity issues, and I worry my easy going, ready to learn kid will be left to her own devices while teacher and admin focuses on raising the SOL scores, feeding kids, and taking my kids academic outcome for granted.

I have an older kid in 4th grade, and his reading has always seemed behind to me, but teachers say he is fine and he just floats along, quite bored.

Also, GUESS which two elemetary schools are the only ones with PhD Principals... Dr Princpals may not be an indicator of quality, but it feels like an indicator of something.

You are way too cynical. If it was live, it would have been exactly the same. It was an information session not a Q and A. Having a focus on equity in a county like Arlington doesn't mean your kid will be ignored so the teacher can feed poor kids- that's absurd.

Yes, I am cynical. The pandemic burned us but even before that we felt like our kid was "fine" but a little behind. Like unable to read a book on their own, terrible spelling, seems bored at school. Reading is better now, but we hired a weekly tutor to work with her and though she is better, I feel like she is not where should be for a "good" school system. They still read books in class outloud rather than having assigned independent reading at home, and I remember reading a ton of books at this age?

Not everyone has supports at home to ensure kids are doing their homework or reading assignments. It would mean some kids complete the work while others don't by no fault of their own. Therefore, get rid of the homework and independent reading. #APSEquity

Yeah, I heard colleges are getting rid of homework too, because lots of kids have work-study jobs and have less time to do it.