APS cancels Summer school for many previously qualified students due to lack of staffing

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Anonymous wrote:Let's all remember when Loft said that concurrent was not developmentally appropriate for middle schoolers. That was before she expanded it to elementary!!!

That was only because she also dialed back her initial plan to assign virtual kids & hybrid kids separately at the beginning of the year.... "We'll figure it out later," she said.

Concurrent has actually worked really well for my 6th grader. I can see it working pretty well for upper classes in elementary as well. I remember when this switchover happened and at least for middle schoolers, I really thought it made sense, rather than reassign teachers and classes. A lot of students wanted to stay with the teachers they had been assigned to, and didn't want to change teachers so that their classes could be split up into all virtual vs. in person. I thought that was going to be a nightmare, personally.

+1

No matter what Bridget Loft did this year, there would have always been haters. I like her.

She has been horrible in her jobs way before Covid. This year has just shown a huge spotlight on it. But for some reason she is the golden child of APS that they will never get rid of. Maybe since this year EVERYONE sees how how bad she is maybe it will change. I’m not holding my breath

-some one who had to deal with her unfortunate “leadership” at Swanson

I’ve worked for her, and I think she’s great. Unfortunately, that sometimes means making sound decisions that are unpopular, and during this pandemic, the superintendent of teaching and learning is damned no matter what they do. I think she’s done fairly well with hand she’s been dealt.

Also- she shouldn’t have had to apologize about the email. All she said is, they can’t staff summer school. So what? I’m a teacher. Not offended.

I think she read DCUM and saw how parents blamed teachers rather than a) asking why the district didn’t secure staffing before offering summer school and b) considering that many teachers are burn out and others need more remunerative summer work (largely unavailable last summer).

There was a coordinated letter writing campaign from the same teachers that have been the loudest about everything all year. I think that’s why she sent to apology. I think she’s made some missteps this year but has done ok overall. There are some people actively looking to take offense at everything she does. People were mad she puts memes in her weekly memos, talk about nitpicky.

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Anonymous wrote:Physician here. An essential worker is an essential! If you want to be in job that isn’t important , requires dedication and sacrifice and very necessary, then don’t be a teacher. I never once complained that my employer asked me go to VHC to take care of Covid patients. I never questioned anyones intentions. I took the proper precautions , followed CDD guidelines and did my job. I am still alive and kicking. There was no need for closing schools and hiding. Everyone who was essential needed to rise up, wear PPE, gloves and work. We are supposed to be in a different class all together and it’s sad teachers didn’t understand that but every other essential worker did. Sorry to break it to you...masks actually work and that was all that was really needed. That is the truth the private schools teachers and the rest of the public schools systems knew already.

Perhaps APS should pay them physician’s wages then.

Perhaps teachers’ degrees should be harder to obtain. As it stands, it’s one of the easiest degrees to get.

PP is a physician, but I am a nurse that also had to go in. Hospital custodians, and hell, even Costco workers, went to work without complaint. The entire time.
Without sufficient PPE. Was it stressful? Absolutely! But we are essential workers, just as teachers are.

So cut the crap about having “the worst year ever”. It’s a bit tone deaf when WE ALL HAVE HAD THE FIRST YEAR EVER.

Or fine, take the summer break, and then don’t ever complain about your low salaries ever again.

They didn’t go in without complaint. Be clear. You’re literally here complaining that you, a nurse, had to handle a health crisis. Teachers did not ever sign up to teach in summer and don’t get paid to. It’s not the same.

I went to work without complaint. My complaints are with others that are too lazy to do their jobs.

Who didn’t do their job? I just got home from school. I’ve been working since August when we returned. Your argument is invalid. Teachers worked the whole year.

Bahahahahahaha

Oh, you're a child. Got it.

Oh, you’re lazy and mistakenly think you’re able to do your job well from home. Got it.

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I feel for the people who have very young children and are having a very hard time this year. I think that these difficult times can be hard on everyone's mental health and that you're like the frog in a pot -- you don't even know you're boiling because the water has been getting hotter little by little. I recognize the struggle!

But at the same time there is such huge disrespect from some of these same people to teachers that I just can't. Get yourself together people. You profess to be so worried about your kids but your attitudes are the absolute worst. I'm sure your terrible outlook is infecting your kids just as much if not more than the school troubles are. I wish these folks would hold it together. Children will listen.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel for the people who have very young children and are having a very hard time this year. I think that these difficult times can be hard on everyone's mental health and that you're like the frog in a pot -- you don't even know you're boiling because the water has been getting hotter little by little. I recognize the struggle!

But at the same time there is such huge disrespect from some of these same people to teachers that I just can't. Get yourself together people. You profess to be so worried about your kids but your attitudes are the absolute worst. I'm sure your terrible outlook is infecting your kids just as much if not more than the school troubles are. I wish these folks would hold it together. Children will listen.

There's also been a complete lack of responsibility from parents. Parental apathy has been at an all time high.

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Anonymous wrote:Let's all remember when Loft said that concurrent was not developmentally appropriate for middle schoolers. That was before she expanded it to elementary!!!

That was only because she also dialed back her initial plan to assign virtual kids & hybrid kids separately at the beginning of the year.... "We'll figure it out later," she said.

Concurrent has actually worked really well for my 6th grader. I can see it working pretty well for upper classes in elementary as well. I remember when this switchover happened and at least for middle schoolers, I really thought it made sense, rather than reassign teachers and classes. A lot of students wanted to stay with the teachers they had been assigned to, and didn't want to change teachers so that their classes could be split up into all virtual vs. in person. I thought that was going to be a nightmare, personally.

+1

No matter what Bridget Loft did this year, there would have always been haters. I like her.

She has been horrible in her jobs way before Covid. This year has just shown a huge spotlight on it. But for some reason she is the golden child of APS that they will never get rid of. Maybe since this year EVERYONE sees how how bad she is maybe it will change. I’m not holding my breath

-some one who had to deal with her unfortunate “leadership” at Swanson

I’ve worked for her, and I think she’s great. Unfortunately, that sometimes means making sound decisions that are unpopular, and during this pandemic, the superintendent of teaching and learning is damned no matter what they do. I think she’s done fairly well with hand she’s been dealt.

Also- she shouldn’t have had to apologize about the email. All she said is, they can’t staff summer school. So what? I’m a teacher. Not offended.

I think she read DCUM and saw how parents blamed teachers rather than a) asking why the district didn’t secure staffing before offering summer school and b) considering that many teachers are burn out and others need more remunerative summer work (largely unavailable last summer).

There was a coordinated letter writing campaign from the same teachers that have been the loudest about everything all year. I think that’s why she sent to apology. I think she’s made some missteps this year but has done ok overall. There are some people actively looking to take offense at everything she does. People were mad she puts memes in her weekly memos, talk about nitpicky.

No people actually posted it on Twitter. Parents in APS. It got attention.

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Anonymous wrote:Let's all remember when Loft said that concurrent was not developmentally appropriate for middle schoolers. That was before she expanded it to elementary!!!

That was only because she also dialed back her initial plan to assign virtual kids & hybrid kids separately at the beginning of the year.... "We'll figure it out later," she said.

Concurrent has actually worked really well for my 6th grader. I can see it working pretty well for upper classes in elementary as well. I remember when this switchover happened and at least for middle schoolers, I really thought it made sense, rather than reassign teachers and classes. A lot of students wanted to stay with the teachers they had been assigned to, and didn't want to change teachers so that their classes could be split up into all virtual vs. in person. I thought that was going to be a nightmare, personally.

+1

No matter what Bridget Loft did this year, there would have always been haters. I like her.

She has been horrible in her jobs way before Covid. This year has just shown a huge spotlight on it. But for some reason she is the golden child of APS that they will never get rid of. Maybe since this year EVERYONE sees how how bad she is maybe it will change. I’m not holding my breath

-some one who had to deal with her unfortunate “leadership” at Swanson

I’ve worked for her, and I think she’s great. Unfortunately, that sometimes means making sound decisions that are unpopular, and during this pandemic, the superintendent of teaching and learning is damned no matter what they do. I think she’s done fairly well with hand she’s been dealt.

Also- she shouldn’t have had to apologize about the email. All she said is, they can’t staff summer school. So what? I’m a teacher. Not offended.

I think she read DCUM and saw how parents blamed teachers rather than a) asking why the district didn’t secure staffing before offering summer school and b) considering that many teachers are burn out and others need more remunerative summer work (largely unavailable last summer).

There was a coordinated letter writing campaign from the same teachers that have been the loudest about everything all year. I think that’s why she sent to apology. I think she’s made some missteps this year but has done ok overall. There are some people actively looking to take offense at everything she does. People were mad she puts memes in her weekly memos, talk about nitpicky.

No people actually posted it on Twitter. Parents in APS. It got attention.

There definitely was a movement from staff to complain about the email by writing admin/syphax. I saw it in the teacher’s group.

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Anonymous wrote:Let's all remember when Loft said that concurrent was not developmentally appropriate for middle schoolers. That was before she expanded it to elementary!!!

That was only because she also dialed back her initial plan to assign virtual kids & hybrid kids separately at the beginning of the year.... "We'll figure it out later," she said.

Concurrent has actually worked really well for my 6th grader. I can see it working pretty well for upper classes in elementary as well. I remember when this switchover happened and at least for middle schoolers, I really thought it made sense, rather than reassign teachers and classes. A lot of students wanted to stay with the teachers they had been assigned to, and didn't want to change teachers so that their classes could be split up into all virtual vs. in person. I thought that was going to be a nightmare, personally.

+1

No matter what Bridget Loft did this year, there would have always been haters. I like her.

She has been horrible in her jobs way before Covid. This year has just shown a huge spotlight on it. But for some reason she is the golden child of APS that they will never get rid of. Maybe since this year EVERYONE sees how how bad she is maybe it will change. I’m not holding my breath

-some one who had to deal with her unfortunate “leadership” at Swanson

I’ve worked for her, and I think she’s great. Unfortunately, that sometimes means making sound decisions that are unpopular, and during this pandemic, the superintendent of teaching and learning is damned no matter what they do. I think she’s done fairly well with hand she’s been dealt.

Also- she shouldn’t have had to apologize about the email. All she said is, they can’t staff summer school. So what? I’m a teacher. Not offended.

I think she read DCUM and saw how parents blamed teachers rather than a) asking why the district didn’t secure staffing before offering summer school and b) considering that many teachers are burn out and others need more remunerative summer work (largely unavailable last summer).

There was a coordinated letter writing campaign from the same teachers that have been the loudest about everything all year. I think that’s why she sent to apology. I think she’s made some missteps this year but has done ok overall. There are some people actively looking to take offense at everything she does. People were mad she puts memes in her weekly memos, talk about nitpicky.

No people actually posted it on Twitter. Parents in APS. It got attention.

Which is ridiculous.

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Anonymous wrote:Let's all remember when Loft said that concurrent was not developmentally appropriate for middle schoolers. That was before she expanded it to elementary!!!

That was only because she also dialed back her initial plan to assign virtual kids & hybrid kids separately at the beginning of the year.... "We'll figure it out later," she said.

Concurrent has actually worked really well for my 6th grader. I can see it working pretty well for upper classes in elementary as well. I remember when this switchover happened and at least for middle schoolers, I really thought it made sense, rather than reassign teachers and classes. A lot of students wanted to stay with the teachers they had been assigned to, and didn't want to change teachers so that their classes could be split up into all virtual vs. in person. I thought that was going to be a nightmare, personally.

+1

No matter what Bridget Loft did this year, there would have always been haters. I like her.

She has been horrible in her jobs way before Covid. This year has just shown a huge spotlight on it. But for some reason she is the golden child of APS that they will never get rid of. Maybe since this year EVERYONE sees how how bad she is maybe it will change. I’m not holding my breath

-some one who had to deal with her unfortunate “leadership” at Swanson

I’ve worked for her, and I think she’s great. Unfortunately, that sometimes means making sound decisions that are unpopular, and during this pandemic, the superintendent of teaching and learning is damned no matter what they do. I think she’s done fairly well with hand she’s been dealt.

Also- she shouldn’t have had to apologize about the email. All she said is, they can’t staff summer school. So what? I’m a teacher. Not offended.

I think she read DCUM and saw how parents blamed teachers rather than a) asking why the district didn’t secure staffing before offering summer school and b) considering that many teachers are burn out and others need more remunerative summer work (largely unavailable last summer).

There was a coordinated letter writing campaign from the same teachers that have been the loudest about everything all year. I think that’s why she sent to apology. I think she’s made some missteps this year but has done ok overall. There are some people actively looking to take offense at everything she does. People were mad she puts memes in her weekly memos, talk about nitpicky.

No people actually posted it on Twitter. Parents in APS. It got attention.

There definitely was a movement from staff to complain about the email by writing admin/syphax. I saw it in the teacher’s group.

I feel like Bridget has been very fair and protective to the teachers. It’s a shame that some of them would do that to her. I am in that group, too. I wanted to speak up, but I don’t know that I feel comfortable.

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Anonymous wrote:Let's all remember when Loft said that concurrent was not developmentally appropriate for middle schoolers. That was before she expanded it to elementary!!!

That was only because she also dialed back her initial plan to assign virtual kids & hybrid kids separately at the beginning of the year.... "We'll figure it out later," she said.

Concurrent has actually worked really well for my 6th grader. I can see it working pretty well for upper classes in elementary as well. I remember when this switchover happened and at least for middle schoolers, I really thought it made sense, rather than reassign teachers and classes. A lot of students wanted to stay with the teachers they had been assigned to, and didn't want to change teachers so that their classes could be split up into all virtual vs. in person. I thought that was going to be a nightmare, personally.

+1

No matter what Bridget Loft did this year, there would have always been haters. I like her.

She has been horrible in her jobs way before Covid. This year has just shown a huge spotlight on it. But for some reason she is the golden child of APS that they will never get rid of. Maybe since this year EVERYONE sees how how bad she is maybe it will change. I’m not holding my breath

-some one who had to deal with her unfortunate “leadership” at Swanson

I’ve worked for her, and I think she’s great. Unfortunately, that sometimes means making sound decisions that are unpopular, and during this pandemic, the superintendent of teaching and learning is damned no matter what they do. I think she’s done fairly well with hand she’s been dealt.

Also- she shouldn’t have had to apologize about the email. All she said is, they can’t staff summer school. So what? I’m a teacher. Not offended.

I think she read DCUM and saw how parents blamed teachers rather than a) asking why the district didn’t secure staffing before offering summer school and b) considering that many teachers are burn out and others need more remunerative summer work (largely unavailable last summer).

There was a coordinated letter writing campaign from the same teachers that have been the loudest about everything all year. I think that’s why she sent to apology. I think she’s made some missteps this year but has done ok overall. There are some people actively looking to take offense at everything she does. People were mad she puts memes in her weekly memos, talk about nitpicky.

No people actually posted it on Twitter. Parents in APS. It got attention.

There definitely was a movement from staff to complain about the email by writing admin/syphax. I saw it in the teacher’s group.

I feel like Bridget has been very fair and protective to the teachers. It’s a shame that some of them would do that to her. I am in that group, too. I wanted to speak up, but I don’t know that I feel comfortable.

She’s a scapegoat for sure. I know exactly what you mean about that group. At this point I stay in for the occasional nugget of information and to know who to avoid.

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Anonymous wrote:Let's all remember when Loft said that concurrent was not developmentally appropriate for middle schoolers. That was before she expanded it to elementary!!!

That was only because she also dialed back her initial plan to assign virtual kids & hybrid kids separately at the beginning of the year.... "We'll figure it out later," she said.

Concurrent has actually worked really well for my 6th grader. I can see it working pretty well for upper classes in elementary as well. I remember when this switchover happened and at least for middle schoolers, I really thought it made sense, rather than reassign teachers and classes. A lot of students wanted to stay with the teachers they had been assigned to, and didn't want to change teachers so that their classes could be split up into all virtual vs. in person. I thought that was going to be a nightmare, personally.

+1

No matter what Bridget Loft did this year, there would have always been haters. I like her.

She has been horrible in her jobs way before Covid. This year has just shown a huge spotlight on it. But for some reason she is the golden child of APS that they will never get rid of. Maybe since this year EVERYONE sees how how bad she is maybe it will change. I’m not holding my breath

-some one who had to deal with her unfortunate “leadership” at Swanson

I’ve worked for her, and I think she’s great. Unfortunately, that sometimes means making sound decisions that are unpopular, and during this pandemic, the superintendent of teaching and learning is damned no matter what they do. I think she’s done fairly well with hand she’s been dealt.

Also- she shouldn’t have had to apologize about the email. All she said is, they can’t staff summer school. So what? I’m a teacher. Not offended.

I think she read DCUM and saw how parents blamed teachers rather than a) asking why the district didn’t secure staffing before offering summer school and b) considering that many teachers are burn out and others need more remunerative summer work (largely unavailable last summer).

There was a coordinated letter writing campaign from the same teachers that have been the loudest about everything all year. I think that’s why she sent to apology. I think she’s made some missteps this year but has done ok overall. There are some people actively looking to take offense at everything she does. People were mad she puts memes in her weekly memos, talk about nitpicky.

No people actually posted it on Twitter. Parents in APS. It got attention.

Which is ridiculous.

A parent felt it was in poor taste. It was. Bridget admitted it. No worse than anything else that gets posted to Twitter. It was a public message!

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Anonymous wrote:Let's all remember when Loft said that concurrent was not developmentally appropriate for middle schoolers. That was before she expanded it to elementary!!!

That was only because she also dialed back her initial plan to assign virtual kids & hybrid kids separately at the beginning of the year.... "We'll figure it out later," she said.

Concurrent has actually worked really well for my 6th grader. I can see it working pretty well for upper classes in elementary as well. I remember when this switchover happened and at least for middle schoolers, I really thought it made sense, rather than reassign teachers and classes. A lot of students wanted to stay with the teachers they had been assigned to, and didn't want to change teachers so that their classes could be split up into all virtual vs. in person. I thought that was going to be a nightmare, personally.

+1

No matter what Bridget Loft did this year, there would have always been haters. I like her.

It wasn’t! She was saying look, we offered an incentive (it wasn’t enough, but I guess it was the best they could do), we tried- we just can’t staff it. So what?!


She has been horrible in her jobs way before Covid. This year has just shown a huge spotlight on it. But for some reason she is the golden child of APS that they will never get rid of. Maybe since this year EVERYONE sees how how bad she is maybe it will change. I’m not holding my breath

-some one who had to deal with her unfortunate “leadership” at Swanson

I’ve worked for her, and I think she’s great. Unfortunately, that sometimes means making sound decisions that are unpopular, and during this pandemic, the superintendent of teaching and learning is damned no matter what they do. I think she’s done fairly well with hand she’s been dealt.

Also- she shouldn’t have had to apologize about the email. All she said is, they can’t staff summer school. So what? I’m a teacher. Not offended.

I think she read DCUM and saw how parents blamed teachers rather than a) asking why the district didn’t secure staffing before offering summer school and b) considering that many teachers are burn out and others need more remunerative summer work (largely unavailable last summer).

There was a coordinated letter writing campaign from the same teachers that have been the loudest about everything all year. I think that’s why she sent to apology. I think she’s made some missteps this year but has done ok overall. There are some people actively looking to take offense at everything she does. People were mad she puts memes in her weekly memos, talk about nitpicky.

No people actually posted it on Twitter. Parents in APS. It got attention.

Which is ridiculous.

A parent felt it was in poor taste. It was. Bridget admitted it. No worse than anything else that gets posted to Twitter. It was a public message!

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Anonymous wrote:Physician here. An essential worker is an essential! If you want to be in job that isn’t important , requires dedication and sacrifice and very necessary, then don’t be a teacher. I never once complained that my employer asked me go to VHC to take care of Covid patients. I never questioned anyones intentions. I took the proper precautions , followed CDD guidelines and did my job. I am still alive and kicking. There was no need for closing schools and hiding. Everyone who was essential needed to rise up, wear PPE, gloves and work. We are supposed to be in a different class all together and it’s sad teachers didn’t understand that but every other essential worker did. Sorry to break it to you...masks actually work and that was all that was really needed. That is the truth the private schools teachers and the rest of the public schools systems knew already.

Perhaps APS should pay them physician’s wages then.

Perhaps teachers’ degrees should be harder to obtain. As it stands, it’s one of the easiest degrees to get.

PP is a physician, but I am a nurse that also had to go in. Hospital custodians, and hell, even Costco workers, went to work without complaint. The entire time.
Without sufficient PPE. Was it stressful? Absolutely! But we are essential workers, just as teachers are.

So cut the crap about having “the worst year ever”. It’s a bit tone deaf when WE ALL HAVE HAD THE FIRST YEAR EVER.

Or fine, take the summer break, and then don’t ever complain about your low salaries ever again.

They didn’t go in without complaint. Be clear. You’re literally here complaining that you, a nurse, had to handle a health crisis. Teachers did not ever sign up to teach in summer and don’t get paid to. It’s not the same.

I went to work without complaint. My complaints are with others that are too lazy to do their jobs.

Who didn’t do their job? I just got home from school. I’ve been working since August when we returned. Your argument is invalid. Teachers worked the whole year.

Bahahahahahaha

Oh, you're a child. Got it.

Oh, you’re lazy and mistakenly think you’re able to do your job well from home. Got it.

Aww, you're precious. I'm a parent, not a teacher. But keep tantruming. It's so adorable.

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Anonymous wrote:Let's all remember when Loft said that concurrent was not developmentally appropriate for middle schoolers. That was before she expanded it to elementary!!!

That was only because she also dialed back her initial plan to assign virtual kids & hybrid kids separately at the beginning of the year.... "We'll figure it out later," she said.

Concurrent has actually worked really well for my 6th grader. I can see it working pretty well for upper classes in elementary as well. I remember when this switchover happened and at least for middle schoolers, I really thought it made sense, rather than reassign teachers and classes. A lot of students wanted to stay with the teachers they had been assigned to, and didn't want to change teachers so that their classes could be split up into all virtual vs. in person. I thought that was going to be a nightmare, personally.

+1

No matter what Bridget Loft did this year, there would have always been haters. I like her.

She has been horrible in her jobs way before Covid. This year has just shown a huge spotlight on it. But for some reason she is the golden child of APS that they will never get rid of. Maybe since this year EVERYONE sees how how bad she is maybe it will change. I’m not holding my breath

-some one who had to deal with her unfortunate “leadership” at Swanson

I’ve worked for her, and I think she’s great. Unfortunately, that sometimes means making sound decisions that are unpopular, and during this pandemic, the superintendent of teaching and learning is damned no matter what they do. I think she’s done fairly well with hand she’s been dealt.

Also- she shouldn’t have had to apologize about the email. All she said is, they can’t staff summer school. So what? I’m a teacher. Not offended.

I think she read DCUM and saw how parents blamed teachers rather than a) asking why the district didn’t secure staffing before offering summer school and b) considering that many teachers are burn out and others need more remunerative summer work (largely unavailable last summer).

There was a coordinated letter writing campaign from the same teachers that have been the loudest about everything all year. I think that’s why she sent to apology. I think she’s made some missteps this year but has done ok overall. There are some people actively looking to take offense at everything she does. People were mad she puts memes in her weekly memos, talk about nitpicky.

No people actually posted it on Twitter. Parents in APS. It got attention.

Which is ridiculous.

A parent felt it was in poor taste. It was. Bridget admitted it. No worse than anything else that gets posted to Twitter. It was a public message!

I don't get what the big deal is. What do people expect APS to say? They didn't have nearly enough teachers apply. That's a fact. They are unable to accommodate all the students they had hoped to. That's a fact. Their original communication re summer school clearly stated it wasn't guaranteed and depended upon staffing. If they hadn't cited the teacher shortage as a reason for scaling back, parents still would have griped. If teachers were offended by the wording of that announcement, then their sensitivity is on the higher end of the scale. If they feel underappreciated and abused from this past year, then increased sensitivity is understandable. If it's parents complaining, well, Arlington parents look for something in every little thing to complain about and lambast APS admin for. Back seat coaching is easy - maybe they should try running a diverse public school district in a County of over-educated entitled wealthy ultra-liberal woke parents.

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Anonymous wrote:Physician here. An essential worker is an essential! If you want to be in job that isn’t important , requires dedication and sacrifice and very necessary, then don’t be a teacher. I never once complained that my employer asked me go to VHC to take care of Covid patients. I never questioned anyones intentions. I took the proper precautions , followed CDD guidelines and did my job. I am still alive and kicking. There was no need for closing schools and hiding. Everyone who was essential needed to rise up, wear PPE, gloves and work. We are supposed to be in a different class all together and it’s sad teachers didn’t understand that but every other essential worker did. Sorry to break it to you...masks actually work and that was all that was really needed. That is the truth the private schools teachers and the rest of the public schools systems knew already.

Perhaps APS should pay them physician’s wages then.

Perhaps teachers’ degrees should be harder to obtain. As it stands, it’s one of the easiest degrees to get.

PP is a physician, but I am a nurse that also had to go in. Hospital custodians, and hell, even Costco workers, went to work without complaint. The entire time.
Without sufficient PPE. Was it stressful? Absolutely! But we are essential workers, just as teachers are.

So cut the crap about having “the worst year ever”. It’s a bit tone deaf when WE ALL HAVE HAD THE FIRST YEAR EVER.

Or fine, take the summer break, and then don’t ever complain about your low salaries ever again.

They didn’t go in without complaint. Be clear. You’re literally here complaining that you, a nurse, had to handle a health crisis. Teachers did not ever sign up to teach in summer and don’t get paid to. It’s not the same.

I went to work without complaint. My complaints are with others that are too lazy to do their jobs.

Who didn’t do their job? I just got home from school. I’ve been working since August when we returned. Your argument is invalid. Teachers worked the whole year.

Bahahahahahaha

Oh, you're a child. Got it.

Oh, you’re lazy and mistakenly think you’re able to do your job well from home. Got it.

Aww, you're precious. I'm a parent, not a teacher. But keep tantruming. It's so adorable.

It's not adorable at all. It's ridiculous. Loser parents should stop bullying teachers and STFU.

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Anonymous wrote:Let's all remember when Loft said that concurrent was not developmentally appropriate for middle schoolers. That was before she expanded it to elementary!!!

That was only because she also dialed back her initial plan to assign virtual kids & hybrid kids separately at the beginning of the year.... "We'll figure it out later," she said.

Concurrent has actually worked really well for my 6th grader. I can see it working pretty well for upper classes in elementary as well. I remember when this switchover happened and at least for middle schoolers, I really thought it made sense, rather than reassign teachers and classes. A lot of students wanted to stay with the teachers they had been assigned to, and didn't want to change teachers so that their classes could be split up into all virtual vs. in person. I thought that was going to be a nightmare, personally.

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No matter what Bridget Loft did this year, there would have always been haters. I like her.

She has been horrible in her jobs way before Covid. This year has just shown a huge spotlight on it. But for some reason she is the golden child of APS that they will never get rid of. Maybe since this year EVERYONE sees how how bad she is maybe it will change. I’m not holding my breath

-some one who had to deal with her unfortunate “leadership” at Swanson

I’ve worked for her, and I think she’s great. Unfortunately, that sometimes means making sound decisions that are unpopular, and during this pandemic, the superintendent of teaching and learning is damned no matter what they do. I think she’s done fairly well with hand she’s been dealt.

Also- she shouldn’t have had to apologize about the email. All she said is, they can’t staff summer school. So what? I’m a teacher. Not offended.

I think she read DCUM and saw how parents blamed teachers rather than a) asking why the district didn’t secure staffing before offering summer school and b) considering that many teachers are burn out and others need more remunerative summer work (largely unavailable last summer).

There was a coordinated letter writing campaign from the same teachers that have been the loudest about everything all year. I think that’s why she sent to apology. I think she’s made some missteps this year but has done ok overall. There are some people actively looking to take offense at everything she does. People were mad she puts memes in her weekly memos, talk about nitpicky.

No people actually posted it on Twitter. Parents in APS. It got attention.

Which is ridiculous.

A parent felt it was in poor taste. It was. Bridget admitted it. No worse than anything else that gets posted to Twitter. It was a public message!

I don't get what the big deal is. What do people expect APS to say? They didn't have nearly enough teachers apply. That's a fact. They are unable to accommodate all the students they had hoped to. That's a fact. Their original communication re summer school clearly stated it wasn't guaranteed and depended upon staffing. If they hadn't cited the teacher shortage as a reason for scaling back, parents still would have griped. If teachers were offended by the wording of that announcement, then their sensitivity is on the higher end of the scale. If they feel underappreciated and abused from this past year, then increased sensitivity is understandable. If it's parents complaining, well, Arlington parents look for something in every little thing to complain about and lambast APS admin for. Back seat coaching is easy - maybe they should try running a diverse public school district in a County of over-educated entitled wealthy ultra-liberal woke parents.

Definition of despite (Entry 2 of 3)

1: the feeling or attitude of despising someone or something : CONTEMPT
2: MALICE, SPITE
3a: an act showing contempt or defiance