APS & streaming CCPTA meetings?
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Anonymous
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What is the CCPTA doing to help with Equity in APS? The grant program and training is just "Rearranging the deck chairs on a sinking ship".
The CCPTA should take a leadership role in making our schools and student body more equitable instead of just hiding behind the same old 'walkability' argument. Even the 2021 proposed 'determining factors' of Transportation Efficiency, Utilization, Stability and Diversity/Equity places EQUITY last on the list. I hate to tell you but driving EQUITY in APS needs to make some well to do families families uncomfortable. https://ccpta.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2021/03/CCPTA-Boundary-Change-and-School-Move-Recommendations.pdf The CCPTA needs to take a leadership role to drive EQUITY and not just high five each other for redistributing a few thousand bucks, doing some training and recommending policies that will just perpetuate the current inequities across APS. |
Anonymous
Were you around when South Fairlington thought they might get bused to Drew? They were already on a bus to a severely overcrowded Abingdon. All of these processes are inherently designed to be inequitable. This is the Arlington Way. |
Anonymous
I agree with you that CCPTA should and can be the leading advocate on equity and related issues. But CCPTA made boundary policy change recommendations 2 or 3 years ago that specifically addressed the socioeconomic diversity issue. It did not put equity "last" but actually raised its importance by making it an equal part of the "formula." I think it streamlined the current 6 boundary principles into 4 because things like "proximity" and "stability" overlap and included other specific recommendations to highlight the demographics in the various boundary scenario proposals, etc. Beyond advocacy, what do you think CCPTA can actually do to affect equity? What policies is CCPTA pushing that perpetuates the status quo? The grant and partnership programs are at least something they can actually implement; and running those programs at least starts to increase awareness, brings some people from different schools together, and proffers some assistance for poorer schools until the County and APS finally decide to enact other changes. It isn't a complete and instantaneous solution. But it's better than nothing and more than has been done in the past. I do wish they would focus on more things beyond the basics of providing food and clothes. But the pandemic made those needs even more urgent and it was really the only way for PTAs to help each other since nothing was going on in the actual school buildings. CCPTA's profile and stature has increased in the past few years. I think Maura McMahon did a good job in making CCPTA more of an active player and raising its visibility, getting SB and APS leadership to take more notice. I think she also re-started having County Board members attend meetings. CCPTA never really tried to be an influential policy changer before and it takes time for a group to develop and gain real influence. So, if you think you know what CCPTA should be doing, please share. |
Anonymous
Individuals don't join CCPTA. PTAs join CCPTA. It's the County Council OF PTAs! There's no reason for them to publicize how to join. It functions through PTA representatives. They don't need to make it easier for more families to attend or more accessible to more families. PTAs are the ones who should be encouraging people to join their group and encourage them to voice their concerns, issues, opinions through them to CCPTA. You may know what they're doing; but you don't seem to know how they're intended to operate. |
Anonymous
DP - you're kidding, right? You think PP has a chip on THEIR shoulder? You're the one who sounds bitter and resentful. The fact you don't see that and took a very polite and respectful and reasonable comment as reflective of a "chip" just provides evidence of your own insanity. You don't seem to get it: CCPTA is not like a regular PTA whose membership is made-up of individuals. CCPTA's membership is made-up of PTAs. It's the responsibility of each PTA to send a representative and to provide the requested feedback. Guess what! THEY DON"T BOTHER. They might send a rep; but they rarely give any time to their rep in their own meetings and even if they do, they rarely actually discuss any of the issues the rep is bringing back from CCPTA. That's not CCPTAs fault and it's not their responsibility to disseminate information and links to every APS parent. |
Anonymous
Anyone can attend a PTA or CCPTA meeting. Only dues-paying members (for CCPTA, representatives) can vote. Are you trying to *dissuade* individuals from joining CCPTA meetings? Why is that? |
Anonymous
Huh? The PP started off by name calling and making countless false assumptions. That wasn’t polite or respectful at all. CCPTA should absolutely publicize meeting info to the community. |
Anonymous
Clearly you need professional help for a paranoia disorder. Attend the meetings if you want. Nobody - including CCPTA - is stopping you. In fact, nobody is even trying to stop you. Just don't get PO'd when you're not given time to speak or to comment or ask a question or vote. Send your comments and questions and positions on issues to your PTA's CCPTA representative. |
Anonymous
Their meeting schedule is on their website. If someone wants to know when they are, they can find them. |
Anonymous
Agenda? Zoom link? |
Anonymous
F off, troll. |
Anonymous
Or we could all finally agree that neighborhoods aren’t equitable, yet people want to go to their neighborhood school. So we can shut up about “equity” between SES status of schools! It will never change. It is a waste of breath. Let’s move on to literacy, mental health, math tracking and other things that may change in the next generation. |
Anonymous
Did the CCPTA really spend 2k on a Zoom Account? How is that even possible? That must be a group account every PTA in APS can use for that kind of $$$$. Diversity and Inclusion Training - why not open it to all PTA members? What the CCPTA should be doing is taking a leadership role in making APS more equitable. It seems like the opposite is happening. The reality is that poverty is being concentrated and the schools are getting less diverse. Every boundary change seems to be going in the WRONG DIRECTION. But hey - maybe that is the role of the CCPTA just smile and keep celebrating the wins that are taking APS in the wrong direction. Equity is the LAST consideration in the CCPTA Recommendations Regarding Boundary Change and Option School Move Policies and Processes March 2021 https://ccpta.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2021/03/CCPTA-Boundary-Change-and-School-Move-Recommendations.pdf Four Determining Factors : 1. Transportation Efficiency 2. Utilization 3. Stability 4. Diversity and Equity Change is hard and should make people feel uncomfortable. That is what real leadership does. Equity as the last part of the last factor is giving up. |
Anonymous
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OMG equity and diversity are listed as #4, but these are “equally weighted factors.” So it could have been listed as #1 and it was supposed to be as important as the other factors.
Clearly CCPTA needs to promote reading comprehension instead. Find another source of rage. |
Anonymous
It is. They have been letting the PTA use the Zoom link for their meetings. Ours does. Really, you are embarrassing yourself. |