APS - is Duran discriminating?

[Anonymous]

So the pandemic is improving in your zip code, OP? I’m in 22207 and it’s worse than before over here. Or did you and your family pay someone off for the vaccine? Just curious.

[Anonymous]

I am simply disgusted by what this pandemic has brought out among Arlington’s most privileged. My neighbors and my kids’ friends parents. I knew these folks weren’t, as a group, concerned about much other than their own success. I knew they liked to talk liberal Democrat but ultimately look out for number one. But this has really shown me how little many people care about what they say or who they hurt. And how unable they are to weather any adversity they can’t but their way of. Truly disgusted by this post and everyone supporting it.

[Anonymous]

That’s “adversity they can’t buy their way out of”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am simply disgusted by what this pandemic has brought out among Arlington’s most privileged. My neighbors and my kids’ friends parents. I knew these folks weren’t, as a group, concerned about much other than their own success. I knew they liked to talk liberal Democrat but ultimately look out for number one. But this has really shown me how little many people care about what they say or who they hurt. And how unable they are to weather any adversity they can’t but their way of. Truly disgusted by this post and everyone supporting it.

What exactly are you complaining about? That people want their kids to get a good education, because they moved to Arlington rather than PG county or DC likely for that exact reason.

We do need to hold APS to account, because their approach has squandered significant time and resources, and if the schools start suffering worse outcomes, property values will decline and then all students of all stripes will need to work with less.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am simply disgusted by what this pandemic has brought out among Arlington’s most privileged. My neighbors and my kids’ friends parents. I knew these folks weren’t, as a group, concerned about much other than their own success. I knew they liked to talk liberal Democrat but ultimately look out for number one. But this has really shown me how little many people care about what they say or who they hurt. And how unable they are to weather any adversity they can’t but their way of. Truly disgusted by this post and everyone supporting it.

What exactly are you complaining about? That people want their kids to get a good education, because they moved to Arlington rather than PG county or DC likely for that exact reason.

We do need to hold APS to account, because their approach has squandered significant time and resources, and if the schools start suffering worse outcomes, property values will decline and then all students of all stripes will need to work with less.

The problem is this has gone on far too long, with little to no improvement on a specific plan with dates for kids to return to the classroom for families that have made that choice. Dr. Duran is not making a plan in the best interest of all families in Arlington. He is taking sides with the communities choosing remote, which could be underlying discrimination for those that chose hybrid.

[Anonymous]

Ya’ll are nuts. First you try tried to bootstrap arguments about poor and disadvantaged communities to get schools Open Now. When that didn’t work fast enough for you, now YOU’RE the ones discriminated against. I hope it’s just one person behind these posts but I fear it’s the lot of you. There’s a raging pandemic, remember!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am simply disgusted by what this pandemic has brought out among Arlington’s most privileged. My neighbors and my kids’ friends parents. I knew these folks weren’t, as a group, concerned about much other than their own success. I knew they liked to talk liberal Democrat but ultimately look out for number one. But this has really shown me how little many people care about what they say or who they hurt. And how unable they are to weather any adversity they can’t but their way of. Truly disgusted by this post and everyone supporting it.

What exactly are you complaining about? That people want their kids to get a good education, because they moved to Arlington rather than PG county or DC likely for that exact reason.

We do need to hold APS to account, because their approach has squandered significant time and resources, and if the schools start suffering worse outcomes, property values will decline and then all students of all stripes will need to work with less.

The problem is this has gone on far too long, with little to no improvement on a specific plan with dates for kids to return to the classroom for families that have made that choice. Dr. Duran is not making a plan in the best interest of all families in Arlington. He is taking sides with the communities choosing remote, which could be underlying discrimination for those that chose hybrid.

Duran is not taking sides. He is trying to balance competing needs between health, staffing, and resources.

To be completely honest, the polls for families choosing hybrid or DL weren't to assess parental sentiment for opening or closing, it simply to identify which resources would be needed where at that point that they can open safely.

I suspect Duran, rightly so, is not making opening schools a popularity contest for parents sitting at home doing Q-anon style "research" of school opening risk and safety to make their recommendations. He simply wanted to get input to plan for resourcing and staffing, and all of you suddenly felt so important that you were "voting" for hybrid, its kinda hilarious.

[Anonymous]

Arlington just can't figure it out. Sad,

[Anonymous]

Duran is using health metrics put out by the Virginia Department of Health, with guidance from the CDC, to determine reopening. I am sure he would love nothing more than to be able to reopen, and not have to listen to this kind of bullshit. Some people will stop and nothing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Duran is using health metrics put out by the Virginia Department of Health, with guidance from the CDC, to determine reopening. I am sure he would love nothing more than to be able to reopen, and not have to listen to this kind of bullshit. Some people will stop and nothing.[/quot

AT nothing. Really disgusting.

[Anonymous]

It amazes me how parents complain about overcrowding, but want these same overcrowded schools to open. Where do they think the kids are going to space out? Do you think the 600+ student body elementary schools, or any middle and HS have the space to spread out?

Where are you going to get the buses from? In the summer they showed how there weren't enough buses and hours to get the kids to school, even with hybrid. And, while many said their kids would walk or they’d do drop off, bussing is required. It’s part of the whole free and accessible concept.

Finally, perhaps many of the ‘stay online’ parents have found a resource that allows their kids to attend school and they can go to work- be it a pod where families take turns hosting, or a child care facility that offers DL time. To move to a hybrid would likely create challenges to many families if there isn’t after care, or buses aren’t available to take to programs.

This whole school year sucks. It sucks for everyone. Every kid is getting less than they would in a classroom. Every parent is becoming burnt out by the stress and demand of home, work, and school. But let’s makes this about the unfair burden the poor folk of Arlington are putting on everyone because of ‘equity’.

[Anonymous]

Everybody went to school, so they all think they know everything about how they should be run.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It amazes me how parents complain about overcrowding, but want these same overcrowded schools to open. Where do they think the kids are going to space out? Do you think the 600+ student body elementary schools, or any middle and HS have the space to spread out?

Where are you going to get the buses from? In the summer they showed how there weren't enough buses and hours to get the kids to school, even with hybrid. And, while many said their kids would walk or they’d do drop off, bussing is required. It’s part of the whole free and accessible concept.

Finally, perhaps many of the ‘stay online’ parents have found a resource that allows their kids to attend school and they can go to work- be it a pod where families take turns hosting, or a child care facility that offers DL time. To move to a hybrid would likely create challenges to many families if there isn’t after care, or buses aren’t available to take to programs.

This whole school year sucks. It sucks for everyone. Every kid is getting less than they would in a classroom. Every parent is becoming burnt out by the stress and demand of home, work, and school. But let’s makes this about the unfair burden the poor folk of Arlington are putting on everyone because of ‘equity’.

I sure hope you are not a teacher. The attack on parents that simply care about their kids' mental health and education is pathetic. My family moved to Arlington specifically because of the "top notch" public school system. APS is showing it's true colors and is anything but that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It amazes me how parents complain about overcrowding, but want these same overcrowded schools to open. Where do they think the kids are going to space out? Do you think the 600+ student body elementary schools, or any middle and HS have the space to spread out?

Where are you going to get the buses from? In the summer they showed how there weren't enough buses and hours to get the kids to school, even with hybrid. And, while many said their kids would walk or they’d do drop off, bussing is required. It’s part of the whole free and accessible concept.

Finally, perhaps many of the ‘stay online’ parents have found a resource that allows their kids to attend school and they can go to work- be it a pod where families take turns hosting, or a child care facility that offers DL time. To move to a hybrid would likely create challenges to many families if there isn’t after care, or buses aren’t available to take to programs.

This whole school year sucks. It sucks for everyone. Every kid is getting less than they would in a classroom. Every parent is becoming burnt out by the stress and demand of home, work, and school. But let’s makes this about the unfair burden the poor folk of Arlington are putting on everyone because of ‘equity’.

I sure hope you are not a teacher. The attack on parents that simply care about their kids' mental health and education is pathetic. My family moved to Arlington specifically because of the "top notch" public school system. APS is showing it's true colors and is anything but that.

Is everyone you don’t agree with a teacher? Maybe they’re all discriminating, too. You can care about your kids well-being without this other stuff. I really believe APS is doing a good job. I watch the school board meetings. I see the data Duran is using to determine reopening, and it seems very reasonable to me. I’m impressed with the teachers, I think they’re all amazing. I agree with PP- it’s a pandemic, it sucks. People need to relax. Vaccines are coming. -and help is on the way. No, the superintendent is not prejudiced against wealthy white people that picked hybrid. This whole thing is dumb.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ya’ll are nuts. First you try tried to bootstrap arguments about poor and disadvantaged communities to get schools Open Now. When that didn’t work fast enough for you, now YOU’RE the ones discriminated against. I hope it’s just one person behind these posts but I fear it’s the lot of you. There’s a raging pandemic, remember!

I really hate these FEW loud mouth a$$holes. They make the rest of us look bad and they are privileged idiots. What I also hate about APS is they listen to the loudmouthaholeswhoareprivlegedidiots when the majority thinks another way.

APE can say all it wants but many parents who picked hybrid would not send their kids back now, or in Feb b/c the rates are too high in ARL right now FFS>

Idiots.