APS Closing Nottingham

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Anonymous wrote:Are trailers even safe in this day and age? I don’t think APS is any more vulnerable to school shootings than any other UMC school district, but the kids seem kind of like sitting ducks out there. I don’t know how you “harden” a bunch of trailers.

We're in Virginia. We face threats of gun violence because of the state legislature, not because of trailers

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Anonymous wrote:Are trailers even safe in this day and age? I don’t think APS is any more vulnerable to school shootings than any other UMC school district, but the kids seem kind of like sitting ducks out there. I don’t know how you “harden” a bunch of trailers.

We're in Virginia. We face threats of gun violence because of the state legislature, not because of trailers

Exactly.

(and trailers do have solid security, just not the double-door system which some schools still lack)

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Anonymous wrote:My kids have been at N Arlington schools (elementary and middle) at peak overcrowding. Trailers for sure. But none of the other things you mention were an issue. Anyway, if it gets that bad they can put Nottingham back in action as a neighbor hood school.

You are wrong about this. Kids have to eat lunch at like ten now at our North Arlington elementary (and middle) schools. Cafeteria cannot accommodate.
And school is not overcrowded because everyone pulled their kid for private.

I don’t hate that trailers although I think it’s hilarious that we have kids in overcrowded schools and trailers rather efficiently use under-enrolled actual school buildings.

And the fact that trailers are a long term solution in Arlington. Our school has had them for probably more than 20 years; definitely more than a decade. That cracks me up as well. Idiots at APS. Cannot plan.

Because we have limited land and budget.

I have an idea: how about APS send its budge on a brand new ES in North Arlington? The reason we have this “budget” consideration in a wealthy county that spends more per student than basically anywhere else is…poor planning by APS. It’s why we have trailers for a decade and spend our time fighting about closing an ES when everyone knows we need seats. Incompetent.

“More” relative to the poorly-funded districts in VA. Compared to other high COL areas with great schools…not so much.

People and land cost money. That’s something that the cheap a$$ voters don’t understand.

I am all for spending money on schools. I have voted in favor of all school spending. But your statement seems off base. We spend about $1k more per pupil at APS than Alexandria, and $3k more per pupil than Fairfax. DCPS spends more, but they also have a lot more Title I students.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids have been at N Arlington schools (elementary and middle) at peak overcrowding. Trailers for sure. But none of the other things you mention were an issue. Anyway, if it gets that bad they can put Nottingham back in action as a neighbor hood school.

You are wrong about this. Kids have to eat lunch at like ten now at our North Arlington elementary (and middle) schools. Cafeteria cannot accommodate.
And school is not overcrowded because everyone pulled their kid for private.

I don’t hate that trailers although I think it’s hilarious that we have kids in overcrowded schools and trailers rather efficiently use under-enrolled actual school buildings.

And the fact that trailers are a long term solution in Arlington. Our school has had them for probably more than 20 years; definitely more than a decade. That cracks me up as well. Idiots at APS. Cannot plan.

Because we have limited land and budget.

No actually, right now the issue is that we have a dumb plan to close a school and put kids in trailers at other schools.

For all of you who think trailers are just fine, good luck.

You say this as though trailers are a new practice and none of us have experience with them.

I do. They were in fact fine. My kids say they were fine. Calm down.

Look at all these pro APS groupies who are perfectly fine with trailers. Did APS staff find this thread?

I thought trailers were horrible…until my kids actually had classes in them. They truly are not bad at all. My kids (and their teachers) liked it because they had some independence.

Do the people complaining about trailers actually have kids in APS?

Funniest thing I realized recently on AEM. One of the biggest APE loudmouths’ kids just started in APS in the last year or so. So much of that screaming was *before* she even had kids in APS. Some people just enjoy complaining.

Yes a lot of the APEs have very young kids or kids not even in APS. A lot moved to private. They are just really loud but they don't have much actual experience with APS or public schools.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids have been at N Arlington schools (elementary and middle) at peak overcrowding. Trailers for sure. But none of the other things you mention were an issue. Anyway, if it gets that bad they can put Nottingham back in action as a neighbor hood school.

You are wrong about this. Kids have to eat lunch at like ten now at our North Arlington elementary (and middle) schools. Cafeteria cannot accommodate.
And school is not overcrowded because everyone pulled their kid for private.

I don’t hate that trailers although I think it’s hilarious that we have kids in overcrowded schools and trailers rather efficiently use under-enrolled actual school buildings.

And the fact that trailers are a long term solution in Arlington. Our school has had them for probably more than 20 years; definitely more than a decade. That cracks me up as well. Idiots at APS. Cannot plan.

Because we have limited land and budget.

I have an idea: how about APS send its budge on a brand new ES in North Arlington? The reason we have this “budget” consideration in a wealthy county that spends more per student than basically anywhere else is…poor planning by APS. It’s why we have trailers for a decade and spend our time fighting about closing an ES when everyone knows we need seats. Incompetent.

“More” relative to the poorly-funded districts in VA. Compared to other high COL areas with great schools…not so much.

People and land cost money. That’s something that the cheap a$$ voters don’t understand.

I am all for spending money on schools. I have voted in favor of all school spending. But your statement seems off base. We spend about $1k more per pupil at APS than Alexandria, and $3k more per pupil than Fairfax. DCPS spends more, but they also have a lot more Title I students.

Probably on par with $/sq ft differences.

And I said high-COL places with great schools which is not the DC area.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids have been at N Arlington schools (elementary and middle) at peak overcrowding. Trailers for sure. But none of the other things you mention were an issue. Anyway, if it gets that bad they can put Nottingham back in action as a neighbor hood school.

You are wrong about this. Kids have to eat lunch at like ten now at our North Arlington elementary (and middle) schools. Cafeteria cannot accommodate.
And school is not overcrowded because everyone pulled their kid for private.

I don’t hate that trailers although I think it’s hilarious that we have kids in overcrowded schools and trailers rather efficiently use under-enrolled actual school buildings.

And the fact that trailers are a long term solution in Arlington. Our school has had them for probably more than 20 years; definitely more than a decade. That cracks me up as well. Idiots at APS. Cannot plan.

Because we have limited land and budget.

No actually, right now the issue is that we have a dumb plan to close a school and put kids in trailers at other schools.

For all of you who think trailers are just fine, good luck.

You say this as though trailers are a new practice and none of us have experience with them.

I do. They were in fact fine. My kids say they were fine. Calm down.

Look at all these pro APS groupies who are perfectly fine with trailers. Did APS staff find this thread?

I thought trailers were horrible…until my kids actually had classes in them. They truly are not bad at all. My kids (and their teachers) liked it because they had some independence.

Do the people complaining about trailers actually have kids in APS?

Funniest thing I realized recently on AEM. One of the biggest APE loudmouths’ kids just started in APS in the last year or so. So much of that screaming was *before* she even had kids in APS. Some people just enjoy complaining.

Yes a lot of the APEs have very young kids or kids not even in APS. A lot moved to private. They are just really loud but they don't have much actual experience with APS or public schools.

That why their “newsletter” is so funny. They pretend to be experts about APS/education but they are clueless and don’t understand context. I can’t believe anyone actually reads them.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids have been at N Arlington schools (elementary and middle) at peak overcrowding. Trailers for sure. But none of the other things you mention were an issue. Anyway, if it gets that bad they can put Nottingham back in action as a neighbor hood school.

You are wrong about this. Kids have to eat lunch at like ten now at our North Arlington elementary (and middle) schools. Cafeteria cannot accommodate.
And school is not overcrowded because everyone pulled their kid for private.

I don’t hate that trailers although I think it’s hilarious that we have kids in overcrowded schools and trailers rather efficiently use under-enrolled actual school buildings.

And the fact that trailers are a long term solution in Arlington. Our school has had them for probably more than 20 years; definitely more than a decade. That cracks me up as well. Idiots at APS. Cannot plan.

Because we have limited land and budget.

No actually, right now the issue is that we have a dumb plan to close a school and put kids in trailers at other schools.

For all of you who think trailers are just fine, good luck.

You say this as though trailers are a new practice and none of us have experience with them.

I do. They were in fact fine. My kids say they were fine. Calm down.

Look at all these pro APS groupies who are perfectly fine with trailers. Did APS staff find this thread?

I thought trailers were horrible…until my kids actually had classes in them. They truly are not bad at all. My kids (and their teachers) liked it because they had some independence.

Do the people complaining about trailers actually have kids in APS?

Funniest thing I realized recently on AEM. One of the biggest APE loudmouths’ kids just started in APS in the last year or so. So much of that screaming was *before* she even had kids in APS. Some people just enjoy complaining.

You mean the one who ranted about how she wasn't allowed to speak because she showed up late to a board meeting and missed the sign up? That was a personal favorite. They would be good for entertainment if they weren't doing so much damage to our school system.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids have been at N Arlington schools (elementary and middle) at peak overcrowding. Trailers for sure. But none of the other things you mention were an issue. Anyway, if it gets that bad they can put Nottingham back in action as a neighbor hood school.

You are wrong about this. Kids have to eat lunch at like ten now at our North Arlington elementary (and middle) schools. Cafeteria cannot accommodate.
And school is not overcrowded because everyone pulled their kid for private.

I don’t hate that trailers although I think it’s hilarious that we have kids in overcrowded schools and trailers rather efficiently use under-enrolled actual school buildings.

And the fact that trailers are a long term solution in Arlington. Our school has had them for probably more than 20 years; definitely more than a decade. That cracks me up as well. Idiots at APS. Cannot plan.

Because we have limited land and budget.

No actually, right now the issue is that we have a dumb plan to close a school and put kids in trailers at other schools.

For all of you who think trailers are just fine, good luck.

You say this as though trailers are a new practice and none of us have experience with them.

I do. They were in fact fine. My kids say they were fine. Calm down.

Look at all these pro APS groupies who are perfectly fine with trailers. Did APS staff find this thread?

I thought trailers were horrible…until my kids actually had classes in them. They truly are not bad at all. My kids (and their teachers) liked it because they had some independence.

Do the people complaining about trailers actually have kids in APS?

Funniest thing I realized recently on AEM. One of the biggest APE loudmouths’ kids just started in APS in the last year or so. So much of that screaming was *before* she even had kids in APS. Some people just enjoy complaining.

Yes a lot of the APEs have very young kids or kids not even in APS. A lot moved to private. They are just really loud but they don't have much actual experience with APS or public schools.

That why their “newsletter” is so funny. They pretend to be experts about APS/education but they are clueless and don’t understand context. I can’t believe anyone actually reads them.

They did the same thing during the pandemic, purported to be some sort of medical experts on Covid by trotting out chiropractors and the like. I am just embarrassed for them.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids have been at N Arlington schools (elementary and middle) at peak overcrowding. Trailers for sure. But none of the other things you mention were an issue. Anyway, if it gets that bad they can put Nottingham back in action as a neighbor hood school.

You are wrong about this. Kids have to eat lunch at like ten now at our North Arlington elementary (and middle) schools. Cafeteria cannot accommodate.
And school is not overcrowded because everyone pulled their kid for private.

I don’t hate that trailers although I think it’s hilarious that we have kids in overcrowded schools and trailers rather efficiently use under-enrolled actual school buildings.

And the fact that trailers are a long term solution in Arlington. Our school has had them for probably more than 20 years; definitely more than a decade. That cracks me up as well. Idiots at APS. Cannot plan.

Because we have limited land and budget.

No actually, right now the issue is that we have a dumb plan to close a school and put kids in trailers at other schools.

For all of you who think trailers are just fine, good luck.

You say this as though trailers are a new practice and none of us have experience with them.

I do. They were in fact fine. My kids say they were fine. Calm down.

Look at all these pro APS groupies who are perfectly fine with trailers. Did APS staff find this thread?

I thought trailers were horrible…until my kids actually had classes in them. They truly are not bad at all. My kids (and their teachers) liked it because they had some independence.

Do the people complaining about trailers actually have kids in APS?

Funniest thing I realized recently on AEM. One of the biggest APE loudmouths’ kids just started in APS in the last year or so. So much of that screaming was *before* she even had kids in APS. Some people just enjoy complaining.

Yes a lot of the APEs have very young kids or kids not even in APS. A lot moved to private. They are just really loud but they don't have much actual experience with APS or public schools.

That why their “newsletter” is so funny. They pretend to be experts about APS/education but they are clueless and don’t understand context. I can’t believe anyone actually reads them.

They did the same thing during the pandemic, purported to be some sort of medical experts on Covid by trotting out chiropractors and the like. I am just embarrassed for them.

They have no sense of self awareness and are so tone deaf on how ridiculously entitled they sound. But that's what makes them so amusing.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids have been at N Arlington schools (elementary and middle) at peak overcrowding. Trailers for sure. But none of the other things you mention were an issue. Anyway, if it gets that bad they can put Nottingham back in action as a neighbor hood school.

You are wrong about this. Kids have to eat lunch at like ten now at our North Arlington elementary (and middle) schools. Cafeteria cannot accommodate.
And school is not overcrowded because everyone pulled their kid for private.

I don’t hate that trailers although I think it’s hilarious that we have kids in overcrowded schools and trailers rather efficiently use under-enrolled actual school buildings.

And the fact that trailers are a long term solution in Arlington. Our school has had them for probably more than 20 years; definitely more than a decade. That cracks me up as well. Idiots at APS. Cannot plan.

Because we have limited land and budget.

No actually, right now the issue is that we have a dumb plan to close a school and put kids in trailers at other schools.

For all of you who think trailers are just fine, good luck.

You say this as though trailers are a new practice and none of us have experience with them.

I do. They were in fact fine. My kids say they were fine. Calm down.

Look at all these pro APS groupies who are perfectly fine with trailers. Did APS staff find this thread?

I thought trailers were horrible…until my kids actually had classes in them. They truly are not bad at all. My kids (and their teachers) liked it because they had some independence.

Do the people complaining about trailers actually have kids in APS?

Funniest thing I realized recently on AEM. One of the biggest APE loudmouths’ kids just started in APS in the last year or so. So much of that screaming was *before* she even had kids in APS. Some people just enjoy complaining.

Yes a lot of the APEs have very young kids or kids not even in APS. A lot moved to private. They are just really loud but they don't have much actual experience with APS or public schools.

That why their “newsletter” is so funny. They pretend to be experts about APS/education but they are clueless and don’t understand context. I can’t believe anyone actually reads them.

They did the same thing during the pandemic, purported to be some sort of medical experts on Covid by trotting out chiropractors and the like. I am just embarrassed for them.

They have no sense of self awareness and are so tone deaf on how ridiculously entitled they sound. But that's what makes them so amusing.

Exactly.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids have been at N Arlington schools (elementary and middle) at peak overcrowding. Trailers for sure. But none of the other things you mention were an issue. Anyway, if it gets that bad they can put Nottingham back in action as a neighbor hood school.

You are wrong about this. Kids have to eat lunch at like ten now at our North Arlington elementary (and middle) schools. Cafeteria cannot accommodate.
And school is not overcrowded because everyone pulled their kid for private.

I don’t hate that trailers although I think it’s hilarious that we have kids in overcrowded schools and trailers rather efficiently use under-enrolled actual school buildings.

And the fact that trailers are a long term solution in Arlington. Our school has had them for probably more than 20 years; definitely more than a decade. That cracks me up as well. Idiots at APS. Cannot plan.

Because we have limited land and budget.

No actually, right now the issue is that we have a dumb plan to close a school and put kids in trailers at other schools.

For all of you who think trailers are just fine, good luck.

You say this as though trailers are a new practice and none of us have experience with them.

I do. They were in fact fine. My kids say they were fine. Calm down.

Look at all these pro APS groupies who are perfectly fine with trailers. Did APS staff find this thread?

I thought trailers were horrible…until my kids actually had classes in them. They truly are not bad at all. My kids (and their teachers) liked it because they had some independence.

Do the people complaining about trailers actually have kids in APS?

Funniest thing I realized recently on AEM. One of the biggest APE loudmouths’ kids just started in APS in the last year or so. So much of that screaming was *before* she even had kids in APS. Some people just enjoy complaining.

Yes a lot of the APEs have very young kids or kids not even in APS. A lot moved to private. They are just really loud but they don't have much actual experience with APS or public schools.

That why their “newsletter” is so funny. They pretend to be experts about APS/education but they are clueless and don’t understand context. I can’t believe anyone actually reads them.

They did the same thing during the pandemic, purported to be some sort of medical experts on Covid by trotting out chiropractors and the like. I am just embarrassed for them.

You are so bitter that they were right: schools should have opened. APS did immeasurable damage to children by closing schools for two years. It was incredibly harmful and the wrong call. Duran should apologize for this to the thousands of children and families.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids have been at N Arlington schools (elementary and middle) at peak overcrowding. Trailers for sure. But none of the other things you mention were an issue. Anyway, if it gets that bad they can put Nottingham back in action as a neighbor hood school.

You are wrong about this. Kids have to eat lunch at like ten now at our North Arlington elementary (and middle) schools. Cafeteria cannot accommodate.
And school is not overcrowded because everyone pulled their kid for private.

I don’t hate that trailers although I think it’s hilarious that we have kids in overcrowded schools and trailers rather efficiently use under-enrolled actual school buildings.

And the fact that trailers are a long term solution in Arlington. Our school has had them for probably more than 20 years; definitely more than a decade. That cracks me up as well. Idiots at APS. Cannot plan.

Because we have limited land and budget.

No actually, right now the issue is that we have a dumb plan to close a school and put kids in trailers at other schools.

For all of you who think trailers are just fine, good luck.

You say this as though trailers are a new practice and none of us have experience with them.

I do. They were in fact fine. My kids say they were fine. Calm down.

Look at all these pro APS groupies who are perfectly fine with trailers. Did APS staff find this thread?

I thought trailers were horrible…until my kids actually had classes in them. They truly are not bad at all. My kids (and their teachers) liked it because they had some independence.

Do the people complaining about trailers actually have kids in APS?

Funniest thing I realized recently on AEM. One of the biggest APE loudmouths’ kids just started in APS in the last year or so. So much of that screaming was *before* she even had kids in APS. Some people just enjoy complaining.

Yes a lot of the APEs have very young kids or kids not even in APS. A lot moved to private. They are just really loud but they don't have much actual experience with APS or public schools.

That why their “newsletter” is so funny. They pretend to be experts about APS/education but they are clueless and don’t understand context. I can’t believe anyone actually reads them.

They did the same thing during the pandemic, purported to be some sort of medical experts on Covid by trotting out chiropractors and the like. I am just embarrassed for them.

You are so bitter that they were right: schools should have opened. APS did immeasurable damage to children by closing schools for two years. It was incredibly harmful and the wrong call. Duran should apologize for this to the thousands of children and families.

Here you go again, you never disappoint! Keep insisting on getting your apology, APE's! In fact, PLEASE go and make a public comment to the school board insisting you deserve this. Please.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids have been at N Arlington schools (elementary and middle) at peak overcrowding. Trailers for sure. But none of the other things you mention were an issue. Anyway, if it gets that bad they can put Nottingham back in action as a neighbor hood school.

You are wrong about this. Kids have to eat lunch at like ten now at our North Arlington elementary (and middle) schools. Cafeteria cannot accommodate.
And school is not overcrowded because everyone pulled their kid for private.

I don’t hate that trailers although I think it’s hilarious that we have kids in overcrowded schools and trailers rather efficiently use under-enrolled actual school buildings.

And the fact that trailers are a long term solution in Arlington. Our school has had them for probably more than 20 years; definitely more than a decade. That cracks me up as well. Idiots at APS. Cannot plan.

Because we have limited land and budget.

No actually, right now the issue is that we have a dumb plan to close a school and put kids in trailers at other schools.

For all of you who think trailers are just fine, good luck.

You say this as though trailers are a new practice and none of us have experience with them.

I do. They were in fact fine. My kids say they were fine. Calm down.

Look at all these pro APS groupies who are perfectly fine with trailers. Did APS staff find this thread?

I thought trailers were horrible…until my kids actually had classes in them. They truly are not bad at all. My kids (and their teachers) liked it because they had some independence.

Do the people complaining about trailers actually have kids in APS?

Funniest thing I realized recently on AEM. One of the biggest APE loudmouths’ kids just started in APS in the last year or so. So much of that screaming was *before* she even had kids in APS. Some people just enjoy complaining.

Yes a lot of the APEs have very young kids or kids not even in APS. A lot moved to private. They are just really loud but they don't have much actual experience with APS or public schools.

That why their “newsletter” is so funny. They pretend to be experts about APS/education but they are clueless and don’t understand context. I can’t believe anyone actually reads them.

They did the same thing during the pandemic, purported to be some sort of medical experts on Covid by trotting out chiropractors and the like. I am just embarrassed for them.

You are so bitter that they were right: schools should have opened. APS did immeasurable damage to children by closing schools for two years. It was incredibly harmful and the wrong call. Duran should apologize for this to the thousands of children and families.

Here you go again, you never disappoint! Keep insisting on getting your apology, APE's! In fact, PLEASE go and make a public comment to the school board insisting you deserve this. Please.

Just stop. Not the APE poster.

What we did during COVID was the wrong call - one that became very clear in hindsight. I’m not going to demand an apology for what seemed like a prudent and cautious decision to many in what were incredibly uncertain and scary times, when emotions were running sky high. But it was absolutely the wrong call - if not for 2019- 2020 necessarily, then absolutely for 2020-2021 when it became apparent this thing was beyond containing.

If we’d like to protect ourselves from making similarly harmful wrong calls in the future, we need to take a hard look at the assumptions and decision making practices that got us there. Governing by gut and hysterics is a bad way to run a system.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids have been at N Arlington schools (elementary and middle) at peak overcrowding. Trailers for sure. But none of the other things you mention were an issue. Anyway, if it gets that bad they can put Nottingham back in action as a neighbor hood school.

You are wrong about this. Kids have to eat lunch at like ten now at our North Arlington elementary (and middle) schools. Cafeteria cannot accommodate.
And school is not overcrowded because everyone pulled their kid for private.

I don’t hate that trailers although I think it’s hilarious that we have kids in overcrowded schools and trailers rather efficiently use under-enrolled actual school buildings.

And the fact that trailers are a long term solution in Arlington. Our school has had them for probably more than 20 years; definitely more than a decade. That cracks me up as well. Idiots at APS. Cannot plan.

Because we have limited land and budget.

No actually, right now the issue is that we have a dumb plan to close a school and put kids in trailers at other schools.

For all of you who think trailers are just fine, good luck.

You say this as though trailers are a new practice and none of us have experience with them.

I do. They were in fact fine. My kids say they were fine. Calm down.

Look at all these pro APS groupies who are perfectly fine with trailers. Did APS staff find this thread?

I thought trailers were horrible…until my kids actually had classes in them. They truly are not bad at all. My kids (and their teachers) liked it because they had some independence.

Do the people complaining about trailers actually have kids in APS?

Funniest thing I realized recently on AEM. One of the biggest APE loudmouths’ kids just started in APS in the last year or so. So much of that screaming was *before* she even had kids in APS. Some people just enjoy complaining.

You mean the one who ranted about how she wasn't allowed to speak because she showed up late to a board meeting and missed the sign up? That was a personal favorite. They would be good for entertainment if they weren't doing so much damage to our school system.

That was hilarious. Maybe show up on time? No self awareness.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids have been at N Arlington schools (elementary and middle) at peak overcrowding. Trailers for sure. But none of the other things you mention were an issue. Anyway, if it gets that bad they can put Nottingham back in action as a neighbor hood school.

You are wrong about this. Kids have to eat lunch at like ten now at our North Arlington elementary (and middle) schools. Cafeteria cannot accommodate.
And school is not overcrowded because everyone pulled their kid for private.

I don’t hate that trailers although I think it’s hilarious that we have kids in overcrowded schools and trailers rather efficiently use under-enrolled actual school buildings.

And the fact that trailers are a long term solution in Arlington. Our school has had them for probably more than 20 years; definitely more than a decade. That cracks me up as well. Idiots at APS. Cannot plan.

Because we have limited land and budget.

No actually, right now the issue is that we have a dumb plan to close a school and put kids in trailers at other schools.

For all of you who think trailers are just fine, good luck.

You say this as though trailers are a new practice and none of us have experience with them.

I do. They were in fact fine. My kids say they were fine. Calm down.

Look at all these pro APS groupies who are perfectly fine with trailers. Did APS staff find this thread?

I thought trailers were horrible…until my kids actually had classes in them. They truly are not bad at all. My kids (and their teachers) liked it because they had some independence.

Do the people complaining about trailers actually have kids in APS?

Funniest thing I realized recently on AEM. One of the biggest APE loudmouths’ kids just started in APS in the last year or so. So much of that screaming was *before* she even had kids in APS. Some people just enjoy complaining.

Yes a lot of the APEs have very young kids or kids not even in APS. A lot moved to private. They are just really loud but they don't have much actual experience with APS or public schools.

That why their “newsletter” is so funny. They pretend to be experts about APS/education but they are clueless and don’t understand context. I can’t believe anyone actually reads them.

They did the same thing during the pandemic, purported to be some sort of medical experts on Covid by trotting out chiropractors and the like. I am just embarrassed for them.

You are so bitter that they were right: schools should have opened. APS did immeasurable damage to children by closing schools for two years. It was incredibly harmful and the wrong call. Duran should apologize for this to the thousands of children and families.

Here you go again, you never disappoint! Keep insisting on getting your apology, APE's! In fact, PLEASE go and make a public comment to the school board insisting you deserve this. Please.

I don’t “deserve” anything. What are you talking about?

APS supporters/staff posting on here failing to recognize what the rest of the sane world has — closing schools was wrong — sound like the crazy people. We should question their judgment. Not just because they are government employees who are paid with our tax dollars but BECAUSE THEY ARE WRONG A LOT.

I know you don’t believe me but I know nothing about APE, other than they were right about openings schools and APS was wrong.