So over APS

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Anonymous wrote:So over APE. I wonder how long they will perpetuate this. They did amazing work to try to get the schools open. But it’s kinda weird now. Irrelevant. Like we never hear from SR anymore. I’m tired of it all. We all just need to move on.

Yes

The schools will be open five days a week next school year. There's nothing more for either group to say.

Thank God.

delta variant.

Yes - The delta variant is why I will be voting R for governor (rest of ticket will be D). We need to make sure there is someone in power that will order schools to return 5 days a week. SB 1303 is good but there is too much leeway for the governor to continue the state of emergency and thus allow waiver for in-person education. My crazy neighbor is already talking about how elementary should really be hybrid until all kids are vaccinated (because what more is just a few months to make sure it's REALLY safe?!).

Republican leaders recklessly botched the entire response to the pandemic. The spread of the virus could have been mitigated and we could have prevented thousands and thousands of deaths. Why would you trust them? They don't care about education, science, health or safety.

Explain to me how kids in Texas and Florida are worse off because of republican governors?

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They had almost an entire school year in person. As did the kids in North Dakota where my brother taught HS in person 5 days a week except for maybe 4 weeks since March 2020.

[Anonymous]

Why are we using Texas and Florida as examples? Connecticut, Delaware and New Jersey all did better than Virginia. Let's choose better foils.

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Anonymous wrote:So over APE. I wonder how long they will perpetuate this. They did amazing work to try to get the schools open. But it’s kinda weird now. Irrelevant. Like we never hear from SR anymore. I’m tired of it all. We all just need to move on.

Yes

The schools will be open five days a week next school year. There's nothing more for either group to say.

Thank God.

delta variant.

Yes - The delta variant is why I will be voting R for governor (rest of ticket will be D). We need to make sure there is someone in power that will order schools to return 5 days a week. SB 1303 is good but there is too much leeway for the governor to continue the state of emergency and thus allow waiver for in-person education. My crazy neighbor is already talking about how elementary should really be hybrid until all kids are vaccinated (because what more is just a few months to make sure it's REALLY safe?!).

Republican leaders recklessly botched the entire response to the pandemic. The spread of the virus could have been mitigated and we could have prevented thousands and thousands of deaths. Why would you trust them? They don't care about education, science, health or safety.

Explain to me how kids in Texas and Florida are worse off because of republican governors?

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They had almost an entire school year in person. As did the kids in North Dakota where my brother taught HS in person 5 days a week except for maybe 4 weeks since March 2020.

Move your family to North Dakota, please.

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Explain to me how kids in Texas and Florida are worse off because of republican governors?

Laws banning talking about race honestly, laws that allow discrimination against LGBTQI+ kids, ERCOT killing people (only applies to Texas, but still), fantastically shitty public schools

How many kids died from unreliable power grid?

Don't know. How many lost a family member or suffered other impacts?
Death isn't the only measure of poor leadership.

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Arlington: land of 50,000 plans, master of none.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why are we using Texas and Florida as examples? Connecticut, Delaware and New Jersey all did better than Virginia. Let's choose better foils.

There were school systems in CT that went back *after* APS.

APS had a reasonable approach to handle this unprecedented emergency. Get over it.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are we using Texas and Florida as examples? Connecticut, Delaware and New Jersey all did better than Virginia. Let's choose better foils.

There were school systems in CT that went back *after* APS.

APS had a reasonable approach to handle this unprecedented emergency. Get over it.

Agree to disagree here... those that didn't want to return had an option, everyone else did not and was stuck w/2 days when it should have been 4/5.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why are we using Texas and Florida as examples? Connecticut, Delaware and New Jersey all did better than Virginia. Let's choose better foils.

There were school systems in CT that went back *after* APS.

APS had a reasonable approach to handle this unprecedented emergency. Get over it.

Agree to disagree here... those that didn't want to return had an option, everyone else did not and was stuck w/2 days when it should have been 4/5.

And this, children, is what we call opportunity hoarding. It’s a token of white privilege and says more about the people demanding more more more than the system that tried to give a decent amount to as many students as possible.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are we using Texas and Florida as examples? Connecticut, Delaware and New Jersey all did better than Virginia. Let's choose better foils.

There were school systems in CT that went back *after* APS.

APS had a reasonable approach to handle this unprecedented emergency. Get over it.

Agree to disagree here... those that didn't want to return had an option, everyone else did not and was stuck w/2 days when it should have been 4/5.

And this, children, is what we call opportunity hoarding. It’s a token of white privilege and says more about the people demanding more more more than the system that tried to give a decent amount to as many students as possible.

Please... this is such an awful, discriminating post against people who want whats best for their kids. Hello?? You do realize all of the surrounding counties and states made more effort and prioritized getting the kids back in class as much as possible right? so everyone who wanted their kids in school more are obviously white-privilege?? Get a clue.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are we using Texas and Florida as examples? Connecticut, Delaware and New Jersey all did better than Virginia. Let's choose better foils.

There were school systems in CT that went back *after* APS.

APS had a reasonable approach to handle this unprecedented emergency. Get over it.

Agree to disagree here... those that didn't want to return had an option, everyone else did not and was stuck w/2 days when it should have been 4/5.

And this, children, is what we call opportunity hoarding. It’s a token of white privilege and says more about the people demanding more more more than the system that tried to give a decent amount to as many students as possible.

I'm not sure how it would be opportunity hoarding if every student in APS had the opportunity to return for a greater number of in-person. Where privilege in Arlington kicks in is with wealthy people having greater opportunities than less privileged people have--tutors, private sports coaches, DL pods in huge houses with ample space,complete with simulated classrooms, on-site 'working' from home parents, etc.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why are we using Texas and Florida as examples? Connecticut, Delaware and New Jersey all did better than Virginia. Let's choose better foils.

There were school systems in CT that went back *after* APS.

APS had a reasonable approach to handle this unprecedented emergency. Get over it.

Agree to disagree here... those that didn't want to return had an option, everyone else did not and was stuck w/2 days when it should have been 4/5.

And this, children, is what we call opportunity hoarding. It’s a token of white privilege and says more about the people demanding more more more than the system that tried to give a decent amount to as many students as possible.

I'm not sure how it would be opportunity hoarding if every student in APS had the opportunity to return for a greater number of in-person. Where privilege in Arlington kicks in is with wealthy people having greater opportunities than less privileged people have--tutors, private sports coaches, DL pods in huge houses with ample space,complete with simulated classrooms, on-site 'working' from home parents, etc.

Oh come on, 50% of FRL elementary students initially came back in hybrid, as opposed to 60% of all elementary students. It wasn't all or nothing. And APS could have done more outreach to communities who weren't coming back at the same rate, as was done by FCPS, and should have made sure needy students were able to return by providing them with busing and before/after care.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are we using Texas and Florida as examples? Connecticut, Delaware and New Jersey all did better than Virginia. Let's choose better foils.

There were school systems in CT that went back *after* APS.

APS had a reasonable approach to handle this unprecedented emergency. Get over it.

Agree to disagree here... those that didn't want to return had an option, everyone else did not and was stuck w/2 days when it should have been 4/5.

And this, children, is what we call opportunity hoarding. It’s a token of white privilege and says more about the people demanding more more more than the system that tried to give a decent amount to as many students as possible.

I'm not sure how it would be opportunity hoarding if every student in APS had the opportunity to return for a greater number of in-person. Where privilege in Arlington kicks in is with wealthy people having greater opportunities than less privileged people have--tutors, private sports coaches, DL pods in huge houses with ample space,complete with simulated classrooms, on-site 'working' from home parents, etc.

Oh come on, 50% of FRL elementary students initially came back in hybrid, as opposed to 60% of all elementary students. It wasn't all or nothing. And APS could have done more outreach to communities who weren't coming back at the same rate, as was done by FCPS, and should have made sure needy students were able to return by providing them with busing and before/after care.

The prior post was meant to be directed to the poster who made the ridiculous claim of opportunity hoarding. Denying access for students to receive a free education makes it worse, not better.

[Anonymous]

Only someone who has not experienced another school system could say that APS is great.

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Anonymous wrote:Only someone who has not experienced another school system could say that APS is great.

Sooo thankful I pulled my kids from APS..

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Anonymous wrote:Only someone who has not experienced another school system could say that APS is great.

Sooo thankful I pulled my kids from APS..

To go where?