APS Teachers In School for only one week of prep

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Anonymous wrote:And the reality is- SOL scores probably will drop. Who cares? If you’ve survived this without losing someone you love, feel grateful. The kids will be ok.

No, not all of them will. Failing grades among high schoolers are a huge risk factor for dropping out. With a bunch of kids feeling increasingly disengaged with school and facing the possibility of having to repeat classes in order to graduate, we will see an increased drop-out rate coming out of this.

Those kids don’t matter because most of them are poor and non-white.

Well yes, they certainly are not at the front of the white north’s mind.

[Anonymous]

Go read who is tweeting at SB members, here in APS and in FCPS and all local systems about the schools being closed being akin to Jim Crow. Look at their bio and Google their employment history. Then come back and tell me that they are actually concerned with poor and ELL students. It won’t be hard to list exactly what legislation they lobbied for that was directly opposed to helping those same students and their families.

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Anonymous wrote:Go read who is tweeting at SB members, here in APS and in FCPS and all local systems about the schools being closed being akin to Jim Crow. Look at their bio and Google their employment history. Then come back and tell me that they are actually concerned with poor and ELL students. It won’t be hard to list exactly what legislation they lobbied for that was directly opposed to helping those same students and their families.

No one is talking about taking away the virtual option from those who need it. We just want hybrid to also be an option for those who need it. There are ED, ELL and SpEd students who elected hybrid because that’s what their parents feel their children need. Why are you disregarding them?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Go read who is tweeting at SB members, here in APS and in FCPS and all local systems about the schools being closed being akin to Jim Crow. Look at their bio and Google their employment history. Then come back and tell me that they are actually concerned with poor and ELL students. It won’t be hard to list exactly what legislation they lobbied for that was directly opposed to helping those same students and their families.

That’s true.

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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.

Hi APE. Nice try.

I was in the staff meeting. You were not.

So then which schools had two or more cases at the same time?

They would not tell us that in the meeting. I have heard things though.

We’ve all “heard things.” If they were credible, you would share them. Instead you insinuate because you know there’s no accountability here.

You people are too funny. If I had posted more, you'd accuse of rumor mongering or some such thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Go read who is tweeting at SB members, here in APS and in FCPS and all local systems about the schools being closed being akin to Jim Crow. Look at their bio and Google their employment history. Then come back and tell me that they are actually concerned with poor and ELL students. It won’t be hard to list exactly what legislation they lobbied for that was directly opposed to helping those same students and their families.

!!!!!!

My head is exploding.

I guess I need to check out Twitter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Go read who is tweeting at SB members, here in APS and in FCPS and all local systems about the schools being closed being akin to Jim Crow. Look at their bio and Google their employment history. Then come back and tell me that they are actually concerned with poor and ELL students. It won’t be hard to list exactly what legislation they lobbied for that was directly opposed to helping those same students and their families.

Searching Twitter for posts directed at APS referencing Jim Crow turned up nothing.

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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 a 0.8% infection across a large population that aren’t even in the same physical location simply isn’t news right now. It’s completely expected.

This. This right here. This is either APS or APE chiming in. APS said this in the staff meeting and the APE crowd said it on AEM.

They are trying to make the case rate look lower by using all 7000 APS staff as the denominator. But that's not honest. Most of the staff are working virtually. Only 237 are back in person. If you instead use the 237 as the denominator, you get a 24% case rate. Quite different.

Of course, we don't actually know how many of those 55 cases were from the in person staff because APS will not say. But because virtual staff are not required to report cases to APS, I would have to think that the vast majority are from in person.

24% is based on what you know to be a false denominator, so it’s meaningless. This is just propaganda for people who don’t want schools to reopen.

Actually I would like schools to open but I'm not crazy like you or the rest of APE.

I would like to know what the actual case numbers are. I have zero patience with APS hiding cases or APE pretending they don't exist.

I'd rather know what we're dealing with.

Anyone else worried that the APE'ers will be the ones who don't report cases or shame other families into not reporting once schools open?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Go read who is tweeting at SB members, here in APS and in FCPS and all local systems about the schools being closed being akin to Jim Crow. Look at their bio and Google their employment history. Then come back and tell me that they are actually concerned with poor and ELL students. It won’t be hard to list exactly what legislation they lobbied for that was directly opposed to helping those same students and their families.

No one is talking about taking away the virtual option from those who need it. We just want hybrid to also be an option for those who need it. There are ED, ELL and SpEd students who elected hybrid because that’s what their parents feel their children need. Why are you disregarding them?

hahahahahah. APE pretends to care about the disadvantaged. We know who you are APE. hahahahahah.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m an APS teacher with kids in APS at all levels. I will get my first shot tomorrow and second shot mid February. 2 weeks after that I will have full effects. I would like to see APS commit to getting everyone vaccinated (they are not even close, 2000/7000 this weekend will have shot 1). I would be ready to go back March 1 but I don’t know if enough staff will be ready at that point vaccine wise. They really need to get more vaccine out so we can go back. Additionally for student safety I would like more mitigation i the buildings primarily with ventilation and outdoor lunches. I haven’t eaten in a restaurant since early March and I will not start now since it’s been identified as a high-risk activity. If APS can improve mitigation and finish vaccinating staff, let’s go!

I don’t feel these requests are too much to ask for safe working conditions. I also think the more affluent parents demanding in-person with the equity argument are really full of crap. The most needy students at my school are the ones who more frequently selected virtual. They will struggle more in the new 3-5 concurrent model.

This is very reasonable. I would support this. Outdoor lunch, ventilation and vaccines.

Thank you for voicing the real deal with the most needy students. The rich APE parents are full of crap.

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Anonymous wrote:Go read who is tweeting at SB members, here in APS and in FCPS and all local systems about the schools being closed being akin to Jim Crow. Look at their bio and Google their employment history. Then come back and tell me that they are actually concerned with poor and ELL students. It won’t be hard to list exactly what legislation they lobbied for that was directly opposed to helping those same students and their families.

No one is talking about taking away the virtual option from those who need it. We just want hybrid to also be an option for those who need it. There are ED, ELL and SpEd students who elected hybrid because that’s what their parents feel their children need. Why are you disregarding them?

hahahahahah. APE pretends to care about the disadvantaged. We know who you are APE. hahahahahah.

The last resort of someone who cannot defend their position on the merits.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Go read who is tweeting at SB members, here in APS and in FCPS and all local systems about the schools being closed being akin to Jim Crow. Look at their bio and Google their employment history. Then come back and tell me that they are actually concerned with poor and ELL students. It won’t be hard to list exactly what legislation they lobbied for that was directly opposed to helping those same students and their families.

Searching Twitter for posts directed at APS referencing Jim Crow turned up nothing.

Look at the newest female SB member’s feed and a tweet about segregation.

I actually support reopening once teachers are vaccinated. I just want everyone to be clear about where and why all this vitriol is being stirred up.

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Anonymous wrote:Go read who is tweeting at SB members, here in APS and in FCPS and all local systems about the schools being closed being akin to Jim Crow. Look at their bio and Google their employment history. Then come back and tell me that they are actually concerned with poor and ELL students. It won’t be hard to list exactly what legislation they lobbied for that was directly opposed to helping those same students and their families.

Searching Twitter for posts directed at APS referencing Jim Crow turned up nothing.

Look at the newest female SB member’s feed and a tweet about segregation.

I actually support reopening once teachers are vaccinated. I just want everyone to be clear about where and why all this vitriol is being stirred up.

Not seeing what you’re talking about. Tweets are public, you can share it here.

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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 a 0.8% infection across a large population that aren’t even in the same physical location simply isn’t news right now. It’s completely expected.

This. This right here. This is either APS or APE chiming in. APS said this in the staff meeting and the APE crowd said it on AEM.

They are trying to make the case rate look lower by using all 7000 APS staff as the denominator. But that's not honest. Most of the staff are working virtually. Only 237 are back in person. If you instead use the 237 as the denominator, you get a 24% case rate. Quite different.

Of course, we don't actually know how many of those 55 cases were from the in person staff because APS will not say. But because virtual staff are not required to report cases to APS, I would have to think that the vast majority are from in person.

Virtual staff requesting CARES leave due to COVID would report.

+1. One of my kids’ teachers is currently on sick leave because she has covid. She admitted to the parents in her email detailing the sub plan that she caught it visiting a family member over the holidays.

I think our kid has the same teacher If not, it's the same scenario.

This is exactly why so many parents are incredibly disappointed with APS teachers that do not want to return to the classroom. There are more safety measures in school than visiting family. Was this teacher wearing a mask/face shield when visiting family? Probably not. Was she staying 6 feet apart from everyone? Did they eat lunch/dinner with their family?? It seems OK to risk visiting family with no safety measures, but returning to class with masks and face shields, and half the amount of students present, is considered super high risk somehow. This is so hypocritical and NOT OK.

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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 a 0.8% infection across a large population that aren’t even in the same physical location simply isn’t news right now. It’s completely expected.

This. This right here. This is either APS or APE chiming in. APS said this in the staff meeting and the APE crowd said it on AEM.

They are trying to make the case rate look lower by using all 7000 APS staff as the denominator. But that's not honest. Most of the staff are working virtually. Only 237 are back in person. If you instead use the 237 as the denominator, you get a 24% case rate. Quite different.

Of course, we don't actually know how many of those 55 cases were from the in person staff because APS will not say. But because virtual staff are not required to report cases to APS, I would have to think that the vast majority are from in person.

Virtual staff requesting CARES leave due to COVID would report.

+1. One of my kids’ teachers is currently on sick leave because she has covid. She admitted to the parents in her email detailing the sub plan that she caught it visiting a family member over the holidays.

I think our kid has the same teacher If not, it's the same scenario.

This is exactly why so many parents are incredibly disappointed with APS teachers that do not want to return to the classroom. There are more safety measures in school than visiting family. Was this teacher wearing a mask/face shield when visiting family? Probably not. Was she staying 6 feet apart from everyone? Did they eat lunch/dinner with their family?? It seems OK to risk visiting family with no safety measures, but returning to class with masks and face shields, and half the amount of students present, is considered super high risk somehow. This is so hypocritical and NOT OK.

Nope. Your argument boils down to: Because some teachers sometimes engage in risky behavior in their private life, all teachers should be required to subject themselves to these risk at their place of employment everyday for 6 hours at a time, including maskless lunchtime. Just take a deep breath and wait til all teachers are vaccinated. Then you can send your kid in for their maskless indoor lunches without endangering teachers.