Powerful Letter to the Arlington County School Board about Diversity

[Anonymous]

On-line learning is not the answer.

The curriculum purchased to teach the truly accelerated their Alg 2 in middle school was crappy and served those kids poorly.

The on-line language classes are sufficient, but ask the kids who don't take another year how it went, and I can tell you that it only works with either a seriously motivated child or serious parental skills and involvement.

I haven't seen examples in my son's education of on-line ed going well. So, I don't care if it can be done because it clearly can't be done by this bunch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: So, I don't care if it can be done because it clearly can't be done by this bunch.

I think that's a function of online learning generally. It's not that APS is doing a bad job with it; it's that most people learn better in a classroom with actual people in the room, including a live instructor.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: So, I don't care if it can be done because it clearly can't be done by this bunch.

I think that's a function of online learning generally. It's not that APS is doing a bad job with it; it's that most people learn better in a classroom with actual people in the room, including a live instructor.

Yeah that makes it worse.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: So, I don't care if it can be done because it clearly can't be done by this bunch.

I think that's a function of online learning generally. It's not that APS is doing a bad job with it; it's that most people learn better in a classroom with actual people in the room, including a live instructor.

Yeah that makes it worse.

You can't make APS administration hear anything it doesn't want to hear.

[Anonymous]

here's a perfect example of our County Board's priorities:
https://www.arlnow.com/2016/12/15/county-board-approves-1-million-public-art-installation-in-rosslyn/#disqus_thread

[Anonymous]

The Post has picked it up. I hope this is the beginning of a real conversation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Post has picked it up. I hope this is the beginning of a real conversation.

By the time the Post picks it up, it's usually near the end of the conversation.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The Post has picked it up. I hope this is the beginning of a real conversation.

By the time the Post picks it up, it's usually near the end of the conversation.

Superintendent PATRICK Murphy and School board chair NANCY Van Doren would like this conversation to end. They can't juggle this and over capacity

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The Post has picked it up. I hope this is the beginning of a real conversation.

By the time the Post picks it up, it's usually near the end of the conversation.

Superintendent PATRICK Murphy and School board chair NANCY Van Doren would like this conversation to end. They can't juggle this and over capacity

If there are two people whose wishes in no way coincide with my own, it's those two.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone shed any light on Kanninen's behavior during this process? Why was she so intent on creating a new option? What were her complaints about the original 3, and how did the new option 4 address those complaints? This was the one SB meeting I missed.

I posted about it in a prior thread.http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/quote/0/9901885.page I can't stand that woman!!

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Anonymous wrote:Matthew was on the news this afternoon!
Great job.
If you haven't taken the time to sign the petition, please do so. We've got some great momentum going.
Let's keep it up!

Or, if you object to diversity, do come to meetings and say that publicly.

False dichotomy. You are not against diversity if you don't want to lose the right to send your kids to neighborhood schools or see them bused to another part of the county when they should be able to attend a school closer to home.

Sorry. We are a tiny county. You didn't get a school promised to you when you signed the deed to your house. The only thing that should be happening is equal quality and opportunities for all APS students.
They need to draw lines vertically. It's the only way to get a mix.

Does anyone know what type of choice school it is supposed to be? This is such a freaking nightmare.

They can do that once they build a high school that's actually in the eastern part of the county. Until then, put a lid on it.

They aren't going to build another high school.

Correct. They are adding 1300 seats at the Ed Center. It will be a choice program. SB Members are already telling folks this in closed door meetings. There will be no 4th comprehensive HS.

[Anonymous]

It's stunning that they were blind sided by this. How did they not know this is an issue?

If they were truly surprised, we need to take some responsibility for this mess. They clearly haven't been hearing this from citizens.

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Anonymous wrote:Matthew was on the news this afternoon!
Great job.
If you haven't taken the time to sign the petition, please do so. We've got some great momentum going.
Let's keep it up!

Or, if you object to diversity, do come to meetings and say that publicly.

False dichotomy. You are not against diversity if you don't want to lose the right to send your kids to neighborhood schools or see them bused to another part of the county when they should be able to attend a school closer to home.

Sorry. We are a tiny county. You didn't get a school promised to you when you signed the deed to your house. The only thing that should be happening is equal quality and opportunities for all APS students.
They need to draw lines vertically. It's the only way to get a mix.

Does anyone know what type of choice school it is supposed to be? This is such a freaking nightmare.

They can do that once they build a high school that's actually in the eastern part of the county. Until then, put a lid on it.

They aren't going to build another high school.

Correct. They are adding 1300 seats at the Ed Center. It will be a choice program. SB Members are already telling folks this in closed door meetings. There will be no 4th comprehensive HS.

What does that even mean? What program would make kids want to go there as opposed to a normal high school? Would the students be considered W-L students for purposes of sports and activities, or part of their base schools like HB?

[Anonymous]

^^^ I assumed they meant a program that would send kids back to the base school for extra curricular activities. Base schools will have 3000 kids competing for after school stuff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^^ I assumed they meant a program that would send kids back to the base school for extra curricular activities. Base schools will have 3000 kids competing for after school stuff.

Sounds less than optimal.