As a parent who had kids at GM before and during the shutdown, it's amazing to me that these GM parents would complain about those issues.
Because GM didn't have any homework, no tests or quizzes were ever sent home, had high teacher turnover, refused to communicate with parents (the former principal Mr. O was totally confused as to why parents wanted/needed communication. Current principal had the same attitude when we were there), math and reading proficiency was dismal, there was no grading scale. So interesting and that they had all these complaints about private but not while they were at GM & that aren't putting the kids back in ACPS either. I just did the math, about 75% of the kids on our street left GM/ACPS for private. You were smart to never put your kids there. |
It’s even more damning when you consider the amount of time, attention, and performance by everyone on renaming the high school compared to, you know, actually reopening it. |
Alexandria City government cares far more about virtue signaling than about actually making things better. |
And same with the citizens who elect them. |
I voted against all these people. Unfortunately most city residents will just vote for anyone who has a D next to their name, even if their policies are driving the city into the ground. |
This x 1 million. |
It’s so unipolar the primaries in supposedly non partisan offices are the election. Or they don’t bother to hold an election because no one else is running. Or like for mayor that wasn’t really a an election. (D)emocracy. |
I recently met a grandmother. All of her kids are in their late-twenties/early thirties. All three of them went through ACPS schools and she said two of them did well in spite of the schools according to their mom - one is a lawyer and another one is a nurse. But the child who has autism and ADHD really struggled in middle and high school despite significant advocacy on the part of his parents. This one data point is quite disheartening but I'm not sure if anything will ever change. There may be too much bureaucratic inertia. We can't move so we're just going to supplement as much as we can. |
I love Alexandria. I decided to live in DC, east of the park, to avoid the Alexandria schools. |
Lol, then take your whiny GOP butt and run for office! Since Alexandria is obviously a secret right-wing city being held hostage by Dems, you should EASILY win every election you enter! Anyway, cry harder. |
No, not like that. Just more complaining and more of the same. |
All are welcome here! ![]() ![]() ![]() |
An odd choice, indeed. |
Don't forget "Kindness Builds Community"! ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Nah, the facist-adjacent GOP is absolutely not welcome. If we ever have you a different impression, then I do apologize. |