APS Teachers In School for only one week of prep

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Anonymous wrote:Pardon me but why did you put medical steering committee in quotes.

You just made my day!

Ha! I actually loved that post. I found it entertaining. The APE crowd got pretty touchy when someone had the gall to ask who was on their medical steering committee.

I had not paid attention to that but now I do find it really odd that this group formed a medical steering committee. Who ARE these people and how much time do they have on their hands... first all those signs and now this?

APE is batsh@t crazy!

That’s mean. I take it back. A lot of people are under a lot of stress and they are making decisions and or comments without really using their brain or their heart.

I have the same problem. I know some in my neighborhood. One is fairly nice, but definitely doesn’t think CoVID is a thing. One wants her kids to be able to socialize at school, because she’s so nuts, no one will set up play dates with them. I don’t know if she is aware of that- that she is the problem. One family is pretty nice... I can’t figure out why they got in bed with these people. I mean, that’s the thing- maybe they want schools open, and put that sign up, but...some of these people ARE nuts. They’ve convinced themselves this is the right thing. They BASH teachers. Also... all of them have means, but talk extensively about the needs of low-income families. If you cared about that kid before, how come you never, ever invited them to a birthday party?

If you tell your kid from day one that virtual school is the worst thing that ever happened to them, and they won’t learn anything.... you have created your own self-fulfilling prophecy. That’s the case with one of them- she’s had her kids involved in all of this shit since this summer. No wonder they’re depressed, hate their teachers, etc.

I’m sorry, but it’s true. And yeah- I am sorry. They are just kids, and I know these people love them very much. They do, but it’s all really messed up, and some of them don’t see it.

it's been a messed up year for a lot of folks in what was already a messed up county. But there is no end in sight and people only have so much patience.

I disagree- I see an end to this thing.

Do you? I hope so. How? Vaccine?

Yes. APE?

huh?

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Anonymous wrote:Pardon me but why did you put medical steering committee in quotes.

You just made my day!

Ha! I actually loved that post. I found it entertaining. The APE crowd got pretty touchy when someone had the gall to ask who was on their medical steering committee.

I had not paid attention to that but now I do find it really odd that this group formed a medical steering committee. Who ARE these people and how much time do they have on their hands... first all those signs and now this?

APE is batsh@t crazy!

That’s mean. I take it back. A lot of people are under a lot of stress and they are making decisions and or comments without really using their brain or their heart.

I have the same problem. I know some in my neighborhood. One is fairly nice, but definitely doesn’t think CoVID is a thing. One wants her kids to be able to socialize at school, because she’s so nuts, no one will set up play dates with them. I don’t know if she is aware of that- that she is the problem. One family is pretty nice... I can’t figure out why they got in bed with these people. I mean, that’s the thing- maybe they want schools open, and put that sign up, but...some of these people ARE nuts. They’ve convinced themselves this is the right thing. They BASH teachers. Also... all of them have means, but talk extensively about the needs of low-income families. If you cared about that kid before, how come you never, ever invited them to a birthday party?

If you tell your kid from day one that virtual school is the worst thing that ever happened to them, and they won’t learn anything.... you have created your own self-fulfilling prophecy. That’s the case with one of them- she’s had her kids involved in all of this shit since this summer. No wonder they’re depressed, hate their teachers, etc.

I’m sorry, but it’s true. And yeah- I am sorry. They are just kids, and I know these people love them very much. They do, but it’s all really messed up, and some of them don’t see it.

it's been a messed up year for a lot of folks in what was already a messed up county. But there is no end in sight and people only have so much patience.

I disagree- I see an end to this thing.

Me too - and if APS is having a hard time getting teachers back in the classroom, I'm willing to bet there are teachers in other parts of the country that earn much less that would be willing to relocate and take their spot for the major pay increase. We need to start thinking about alternative ways to make this happen, but I do think there is an end in sight, one way or the other.

I also want to add that you get what you pay for. This school system attracts the best and the brightest, because of its salary and benefits. We have excellent teachers, be we compensate them fairly. There is no teacher in this country that is overpaid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Pardon me but why did you put medical steering committee in quotes.

You just made my day!

Ha! I actually loved that post. I found it entertaining. The APE crowd got pretty touchy when someone had the gall to ask who was on their medical steering committee.

I had not paid attention to that but now I do find it really odd that this group formed a medical steering committee. Who ARE these people and how much time do they have on their hands... first all those signs and now this?

APE is batsh@t crazy!

That’s mean. I take it back. A lot of people are under a lot of stress and they are making decisions and or comments without really using their brain or their heart.

Agreed. I don't think schools should open right now but I really do feel for the children of these APE crazies. They make their kids go to rallies and hold signs OPPOSING their own teachers.

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Anonymous wrote:Pardon me but why did you put medical steering committee in quotes.

You just made my day!

Ha! I actually loved that post. I found it entertaining. The APE crowd got pretty touchy when someone had the gall to ask who was on their medical steering committee.

I had not paid attention to that but now I do find it really odd that this group formed a medical steering committee. Who ARE these people and how much time do they have on their hands... first all those signs and now this?

APE is batsh@t crazy!

That’s mean. I take it back. A lot of people are under a lot of stress and they are making decisions and or comments without really using their brain or their heart.

I have the same problem. I know some in my neighborhood. One is fairly nice, but definitely doesn’t think CoVID is a thing. One wants her kids to be able to socialize at school, because she’s so nuts, no one will set up play dates with them. I don’t know if she is aware of that- that she is the problem. One family is pretty nice... I can’t figure out why they got in bed with these people. I mean, that’s the thing- maybe they want schools open, and put that sign up, but...some of these people ARE nuts. They’ve convinced themselves this is the right thing. They BASH teachers. Also... all of them have means, but talk extensively about the needs of low-income families. If you cared about that kid before, how come you never, ever invited them to a birthday party?

If you tell your kid from day one that virtual school is the worst thing that ever happened to them, and they won’t learn anything.... you have created your own self-fulfilling prophecy. That’s the case with one of them- she’s had her kids involved in all of this shit since this summer. No wonder they’re depressed, hate their teachers, etc.

I’m sorry, but it’s true. And yeah- I am sorry. They are just kids, and I know these people love them very much. They do, but it’s all really messed up, and some of them don’t see it.

it's been a messed up year for a lot of folks in what was already a messed up county. But there is no end in sight and people only have so much patience.

I disagree- I see an end to this thing.

Me too - and if APS is having a hard time getting teachers back in the classroom, I'm willing to bet there are teachers in other parts of the country that earn much less that would be willing to relocate and take their spot for the major pay increase. We need to start thinking about alternative ways to make this happen, but I do think there is an end in sight, one way or the other.

I also want to add that you get what you pay for. This school system attracts the best and the brightest, because of its salary and benefits. We have excellent teachers, be we compensate them fairly. There is no teacher in this country that is overpaid.

Yeah I see the APE'ers are back.

This is such a common APE argument. They want APS teachers to quit and they think APS will just magically find super qualified experienced teachers who want to start mid year during a pandemic and all will be well. Delusional.

[Anonymous]

SOLs should be great this year,

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pardon me but why did you put medical steering committee in quotes.

You just made my day!

Ha! I actually loved that post. I found it entertaining. The APE crowd got pretty touchy when someone had the gall to ask who was on their medical steering committee.

I had not paid attention to that but now I do find it really odd that this group formed a medical steering committee. Who ARE these people and how much time do they have on their hands... first all those signs and now this?

APE is batsh@t crazy!

That’s mean. I take it back. A lot of people are under a lot of stress and they are making decisions and or comments without really using their brain or their heart.

I have the same problem. I know some in my neighborhood. One is fairly nice, but definitely doesn’t think CoVID is a thing. One wants her kids to be able to socialize at school, because she’s so nuts, no one will set up play dates with them. I don’t know if she is aware of that- that she is the problem. One family is pretty nice... I can’t figure out why they got in bed with these people. I mean, that’s the thing- maybe they want schools open, and put that sign up, but...some of these people ARE nuts. They’ve convinced themselves this is the right thing. They BASH teachers. Also... all of them have means, but talk extensively about the needs of low-income families. If you cared about that kid before, how come you never, ever invited them to a birthday party?

If you tell your kid from day one that virtual school is the worst thing that ever happened to them, and they won’t learn anything.... you have created your own self-fulfilling prophecy. That’s the case with one of them- she’s had her kids involved in all of this shit since this summer. No wonder they’re depressed, hate their teachers, etc.

I’m sorry, but it’s true. And yeah- I am sorry. They are just kids, and I know these people love them very much. They do, but it’s all really messed up, and some of them don’t see it.

it's been a messed up year for a lot of folks in what was already a messed up county. But there is no end in sight and people only have so much patience.

I disagree- I see an end to this thing.

Me too - and if APS is having a hard time getting teachers back in the classroom, I'm willing to bet there are teachers in other parts of the country that earn much less that would be willing to relocate and take their spot for the major pay increase. We need to start thinking about alternative ways to make this happen, but I do think there is an end in sight, one way or the other.

I also want to add that you get what you pay for. This school system attracts the best and the brightest, because of its salary and benefits. We have excellent teachers, be we compensate them fairly. There is no teacher in this country that is overpaid.

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Anonymous wrote:SOLs should be great this year,

This year's SOL scores are going to be largely ignored due to the circumstances. Teachers are screwed next year, though, when they'll count again and teachers will have to deal with all of this year's learning loss in addition to teaching next year's curriculum to get students prepared for SOLs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pardon me but why did you put medical steering committee in quotes.

You just made my day!

Ha! I actually loved that post. I found it entertaining. The APE crowd got pretty touchy when someone had the gall to ask who was on their medical steering committee.

I had not paid attention to that but now I do find it really odd that this group formed a medical steering committee. Who ARE these people and how much time do they have on their hands... first all those signs and now this?

APE is batsh@t crazy!

That’s mean. I take it back. A lot of people are under a lot of stress and they are making decisions and or comments without really using their brain or their heart.

I have the same problem. I know some in my neighborhood. One is fairly nice, but definitely doesn’t think CoVID is a thing. One wants her kids to be able to socialize at school, because she’s so nuts, no one will set up play dates with them. I don’t know if she is aware of that- that she is the problem. One family is pretty nice... I can’t figure out why they got in bed with these people. I mean, that’s the thing- maybe they want schools open, and put that sign up, but...some of these people ARE nuts. They’ve convinced themselves this is the right thing. They BASH teachers. Also... all of them have means, but talk extensively about the needs of low-income families. If you cared about that kid before, how come you never, ever invited them to a birthday party?

If you tell your kid from day one that virtual school is the worst thing that ever happened to them, and they won’t learn anything.... you have created your own self-fulfilling prophecy. That’s the case with one of them- she’s had her kids involved in all of this shit since this summer. No wonder they’re depressed, hate their teachers, etc.

I’m sorry, but it’s true. And yeah- I am sorry. They are just kids, and I know these people love them very much. They do, but it’s all really messed up, and some of them don’t see it.

it's been a messed up year for a lot of folks in what was already a messed up county. But there is no end in sight and people only have so much patience.

I disagree- I see an end to this thing.

Me too - and if APS is having a hard time getting teachers back in the classroom, I'm willing to bet there are teachers in other parts of the country that earn much less that would be willing to relocate and take their spot for the major pay increase. We need to start thinking about alternative ways to make this happen, but I do think there is an end in sight, one way or the other.

I also want to add that you get what you pay for. This school system attracts the best and the brightest, because of its salary and benefits. We have excellent teachers, be we compensate them fairly. There is no teacher in this country that is overpaid.

Yeah I see the APE'ers are back.

This is such a common APE argument. They want APS teachers to quit and they think APS will just magically find super qualified experienced teachers who want to start mid year during a pandemic and all will be well. Delusional.

Other districts throughout the country are having similar issues. That’s on top of a teacher shortage in many areas.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What is the deal with the anonymous tweet about 25% of these phase one teachers/staff contracting Covid? Are there any legs around that?

No, there isn't. If it were anywhere close to true, APS would be required to report it and it would turn up in the Covid outbreak dashboard for Arlington (there have been zero in K-12 schools in Arlington County for the entire pandemic). You only need two confirmed cases in a facility to have it be listed as an outbreak.

Also worth noting that the tweet appears to have been deleted.

If you look on the latest on AEM, an APS staff person who works with the superintendent posted that they did indeed announce 55 have been infected, however that includes staff not working in person in schools. The major issue is that there’s been no transparency on this unlike other local counties.

Yeah and why did this have to leak through staff and then AEM before he admitted that? Come on APS. Other schools are disclosing Covid cases. Be better.

We were given that number at a staff town hall and I believe they said they will be releasing more information moving forward.

[Anonymous]

The teachers aren’t keeping school buildings closed, trust me.

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Anonymous wrote:Pardon me but why did you put medical steering committee in quotes.

You just made my day!

Ha! I actually loved that post. I found it entertaining. The APE crowd got pretty touchy when someone had the gall to ask who was on their medical steering committee.

I had not paid attention to that but now I do find it really odd that this group formed a medical steering committee. Who ARE these people and how much time do they have on their hands... first all those signs and now this?

APE is batsh@t crazy!

That’s mean. I take it back. A lot of people are under a lot of stress and they are making decisions and or comments without really using their brain or their heart.

I have the same problem. I know some in my neighborhood. One is fairly nice, but definitely doesn’t think CoVID is a thing. One wants her kids to be able to socialize at school, because she’s so nuts, no one will set up play dates with them. I don’t know if she is aware of that- that she is the problem. One family is pretty nice... I can’t figure out why they got in bed with these people. I mean, that’s the thing- maybe they want schools open, and put that sign up, but...some of these people ARE nuts. They’ve convinced themselves this is the right thing. They BASH teachers. Also... all of them have means, but talk extensively about the needs of low-income families. If you cared about that kid before, how come you never, ever invited them to a birthday party?

If you tell your kid from day one that virtual school is the worst thing that ever happened to them, and they won’t learn anything.... you have created your own self-fulfilling prophecy. That’s the case with one of them- she’s had her kids involved in all of this shit since this summer. No wonder they’re depressed, hate their teachers, etc.

I’m sorry, but it’s true. And yeah- I am sorry. They are just kids, and I know these people love them very much. They do, but it’s all really messed up, and some of them don’t see it.

it's been a messed up year for a lot of folks in what was already a messed up county. But there is no end in sight and people only have so much patience.

I disagree- I see an end to this thing.

Me too - and if APS is having a hard time getting teachers back in the classroom, I'm willing to bet there are teachers in other parts of the country that earn much less that would be willing to relocate and take their spot for the major pay increase. We need to start thinking about alternative ways to make this happen, but I do think there is an end in sight, one way or the other.

I also want to add that you get what you pay for. This school system attracts the best and the brightest, because of its salary and benefits. We have excellent teachers, be we compensate them fairly. There is no teacher in this country that is overpaid.

Hahahahah. You’re new to APS aren’t you? Best and brightest??? I beg to differ.

We switched 2 kids to private. Best and brightest are NOT in APS

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:SOLs should be great this year,

This year's SOL scores are going to be largely ignored due to the circumstances. Teachers are screwed next year, though, when they'll count again and teachers will have to deal with all of this year's learning loss in addition to teaching next year's curriculum to get students prepared for SOLs.

Plus so many of the more affluent families, who have a disproportionate share of the high-performers on SOLs, are leaving for private, and many won't come back next year. So the drop-off in average SOL performance is going to be even worse. If you compare the monthly enrollment numbers for September and December, the higher-performing schools are seeing much larger decreases in enrollment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:SOLs should be great this year,

This year's SOL scores are going to be largely ignored due to the circumstances. Teachers are screwed next year, though, when they'll count again and teachers will have to deal with all of this year's learning loss in addition to teaching next year's curriculum to get students prepared for SOLs.

Plus, the learning loss from March 2020 through June 2020. But I doubt in person will happen until Jan. 2022.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:SOLs should be great this year,

This year's SOL scores are going to be largely ignored due to the circumstances. Teachers are screwed next year, though, when they'll count again and teachers will have to deal with all of this year's learning loss in addition to teaching next year's curriculum to get students prepared for SOLs.

Plus so many of the more affluent families, who have a disproportionate share of the high-performers on SOLs, are leaving for private, and many won't come back next year. So the drop-off in average SOL performance is going to be even worse. If you compare the monthly enrollment numbers for September and December, the higher-performing schools are seeing much larger decreases in enrollment.

I’m not worried about it. The big picture here is bigger than SOLs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What is the deal with the anonymous tweet about 25% of these phase one teachers/staff contracting Covid? Are there any legs around that?

No, there isn't. If it were anywhere close to true, APS would be required to report it and it would turn up in the Covid outbreak dashboard for Arlington (there have been zero in K-12 schools in Arlington County for the entire pandemic). You only need two confirmed cases in a facility to have it be listed as an outbreak.

Also worth noting that the tweet appears to have been deleted.

If you look on the latest on AEM, an APS staff person who works with the superintendent posted that they did indeed announce 55 have been infected, however that includes staff not working in person in schools. The major issue is that there’s been no transparency on this unlike other local counties.

Yeah and why did this have to leak through staff and then AEM before he admitted that? Come on APS. Other schools are disclosing Covid cases. Be better.

Because APS knows it will just create more reason to kick the can further and further and further.. unlike folks in other counties that are being more realistic..