APS black student singled out to play cotton picking game

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And part of the complaint is how he’s been treated after the fact — forced to learn French independently in the library.

I’m sure that’s not APS’ first choice of solution, but since they can’t find teachers or subs…

(The instructor “at fault” was a long-term sub to begin with. It’s not like they have a handful of extras to use in circumstances like this.)

But what are all the other kids in that French class doing if they can't find a teacher?

I think we’re all kidding ourselves if we think APS is delivering a solid education to our kids at this point.

My point is, his parents are complaining about the aftermath of complaining — now their son doesn’t have a teacher. But this isn’t because APS is refusing to provide one. They just don’t have anyone.

(And who can blame people for not wanting to volunteer? Especially with this nonsense.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And part of the complaint is how he’s been treated after the fact — forced to learn French independently in the library.

I’m sure that’s not APS’ first choice of solution, but since they can’t find teachers or subs…

(The instructor “at fault” was a long-term sub to begin with. It’s not like they have a handful of extras to use in circumstances like this.)

But what are all the other kids in that French class doing if they can't find a teacher?

I think we’re all kidding ourselves if we think APS is delivering a solid education to our kids at this point.

My point is, his parents are complaining about the aftermath of complaining — now their son doesn’t have a teacher. But this isn’t because APS is refusing to provide one. They just don’t have anyone.

(And who can blame people for not wanting to volunteer? Especially with this nonsense.)

This is just ridiculous and sad on so many levels.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And part of the complaint is how he’s been treated after the fact — forced to learn French independently in the library.

I’m sure that’s not APS’ first choice of solution, but since they can’t find teachers or subs…

(The instructor “at fault” was a long-term sub to begin with. It’s not like they have a handful of extras to use in circumstances like this.)

But what are all the other kids in that French class doing if they can't find a teacher?

I think we’re all kidding ourselves if we think APS is delivering a solid education to our kids at this point.

My point is, his parents are complaining about the aftermath of complaining — now their son doesn’t have a teacher. But this isn’t because APS is refusing to provide one. They just don’t have anyone.

(And who can blame people for not wanting to volunteer? Especially with this nonsense.)

This is just ridiculous and sad on so many levels.

And to be clear, I’m not blaming the teachers. Their hands are tied and they aren’t paid enough to deal with what we’re asking them to do.

Huge class sizes.

Inability to separate kids into classes based on ability.

A holiday every other week, completely disrupting the schedule.

Complete lack of discipline. Parents not doing their part at home — teaching child how to behave in public.

The list goes on…

[Anonymous]

This situation sucks for the kids in the French class. I can’t blame teachers. Who would possibly want to teach in this insanity?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And part of the complaint is how he’s been treated after the fact — forced to learn French independently in the library.

I’m sure that’s not APS’ first choice of solution, but since they can’t find teachers or subs…

(The instructor “at fault” was a long-term sub to begin with. It’s not like they have a handful of extras to use in circumstances like this.)

Why is he in the library? What are the other kids in the class doing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And part of the complaint is how he’s been treated after the fact — forced to learn French independently in the library.

I’m sure that’s not APS’ first choice of solution, but since they can’t find teachers or subs…

(The instructor “at fault” was a long-term sub to begin with. It’s not like they have a handful of extras to use in circumstances like this.)

Why is he in the library? What are the other kids in the class doing?

My guess? His mom says it’s not an option due to “bullying” … or you know, natural consequences to ridiculous behavior.

The kids aren’t calling him a “cotton picker” because he’s AA. They’re mocking him for calling it a game about picking cotton, which it clearly wasn’t.

They’re ALL out a French teacher now. I don’t blame anyone for disliking him.

ACTUAL racism? Everyone would be standing behind him. This isn’t it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And part of the complaint is how he’s been treated after the fact — forced to learn French independently in the library.

I’m sure that’s not APS’ first choice of solution, but since they can’t find teachers or subs…

(The instructor “at fault” was a long-term sub to begin with. It’s not like they have a handful of extras to use in circumstances like this.)

Why is he in the library? What are the other kids in the class doing?

My guess? His mom says it’s not an option due to “bullying” … or you know, natural consequences to ridiculous behavior.

The kids aren’t calling him a “cotton picker” because he’s AA. They’re mocking him for calling it a game about picking cotton, which it clearly wasn’t.

They’re ALL out a French teacher now. I don’t blame anyone for disliking him.

ACTUAL racism? Everyone would be standing behind him. This isn’t it.

+1 to all of this.
I still can't believe the balls on this family to bring a suit against a district they aren't even residents of. Galling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And part of the complaint is how he’s been treated after the fact — forced to learn French independently in the library.

I’m sure that’s not APS’ first choice of solution, but since they can’t find teachers or subs…

(The instructor “at fault” was a long-term sub to begin with. It’s not like they have a handful of extras to use in circumstances like this.)

Why is he in the library? What are the other kids in the class doing?

My guess? His mom says it’s not an option due to “bullying” … or you know, natural consequences to ridiculous behavior.

The kids aren’t calling him a “cotton picker” because he’s AA. They’re mocking him for calling it a game about picking cotton, which it clearly wasn’t.

They’re ALL out a French teacher now. I don’t blame anyone for disliking him.

ACTUAL racism? Everyone would be standing behind him. This isn’t it.

+1 to all of this.
I still can't believe the balls on this family to bring a suit against a district they aren't even residents of. Galling.

It will be interesting to see if APS does anything to investigate this.

And if this family gets their money - good news for them as they can now afford a private school and they can be done with APS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And part of the complaint is how he’s been treated after the fact — forced to learn French independently in the library.

I’m sure that’s not APS’ first choice of solution, but since they can’t find teachers or subs…

(The instructor “at fault” was a long-term sub to begin with. It’s not like they have a handful of extras to use in circumstances like this.)

Why is he in the library? What are the other kids in the class doing?

My guess? His mom says it’s not an option due to “bullying” … or you know, natural consequences to ridiculous behavior.

The kids aren’t calling him a “cotton picker” because he’s AA. They’re mocking him for calling it a game about picking cotton, which it clearly wasn’t.

They’re ALL out a French teacher now. I don’t blame anyone for disliking him.

ACTUAL racism? Everyone would be standing behind him. This isn’t it.

+1 to all of this.
I still can't believe the balls on this family to bring a suit against a district they aren't even residents of. Galling.

It will be interesting to see if APS does anything to investigate this.

And if this family gets their money - good news for them as they can now afford a private school and they can be done with APS

Oh, they won't leave APS even if they can pay for private.

[Anonymous]

If there’s residency fraud - which is a big “if” until something more official than anonymous poster gossip is revealed - I’m sure someone is on it. This seems like simple PI / records type stuff that could be established pretty quickly. APS asks for certain basic docs to verify residency, and I’m sure people sometimes fudge that paperwork and APS doesn’t bother double checking. It’s probably not hard to establish if someone is lying about where they live. The school system just doesn’t have the incentive to double-check the veracity of everyone’s submissions. With the threat of litigation, though, it’s not uncommon for prospective defendants to dig a little to make sure the plaintiff’s powder is dry (lawsuits and lawyers aren’t always a happy fun place). If this is a real thing, I imagine APS’s legal team already knows the answer, one way or the other. I bet the same is true of the prospective plaintiff’s legal team as well, and if so, query whether the issue arose before or after the demand letter was sent.

[Anonymous]

Does the long-term sub have a legal case against APS or the mom? Defamation? Wrongful termination? I'm guessing not but it would be interesting to know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And part of the complaint is how he’s been treated after the fact — forced to learn French independently in the library.

I’m sure that’s not APS’ first choice of solution, but since they can’t find teachers or subs…

(The instructor “at fault” was a long-term sub to begin with. It’s not like they have a handful of extras to use in circumstances like this.)

Why is he in the library? What are the other kids in the class doing?

My guess? His mom says it’s not an option due to “bullying” … or you know, natural consequences to ridiculous behavior.

The kids aren’t calling him a “cotton picker” because he’s AA. They’re mocking him for calling it a game about picking cotton, which it clearly wasn’t.

They’re ALL out a French teacher now. I don’t blame anyone for disliking him.

ACTUAL racism? Everyone would be standing behind him. This isn’t it.

+1 to all of this.
I still can't believe the balls on this family to bring a suit against a district they aren't even residents of. Galling.

It will be interesting to see if APS does anything to investigate this.

And if this family gets their money - good news for them as they can now afford a private school and they can be done with APS

Oh, they won't leave APS even if they can pay for private.

Not in this area anyway. Who would take him after this?

Hope you don’t want to go to a decent college, kiddo. No one wants this drama in their community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If there’s residency fraud - which is a big “if” until something more official than anonymous poster gossip is revealed - I’m sure someone is on it. This seems like simple PI / records type stuff that could be established pretty quickly. APS asks for certain basic docs to verify residency, and I’m sure people sometimes fudge that paperwork and APS doesn’t bother double checking. It’s probably not hard to establish if someone is lying about where they live. The school system just doesn’t have the incentive to double-check the veracity of everyone’s submissions. With the threat of litigation, though, it’s not uncommon for prospective defendants to dig a little to make sure the plaintiff’s powder is dry (lawsuits and lawyers aren’t always a happy fun place). If this is a real thing, I imagine APS’s legal team already knows the answer, one way or the other. I bet the same is true of the prospective plaintiff’s legal team as well, and if so, query whether the issue arose before or after the demand letter was sent.

The moms traffic infractions in Arlington are public record and show a MD address.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If there’s residency fraud - which is a big “if” until something more official than anonymous poster gossip is revealed - I’m sure someone is on it. This seems like simple PI / records type stuff that could be established pretty quickly. APS asks for certain basic docs to verify residency, and I’m sure people sometimes fudge that paperwork and APS doesn’t bother double checking. It’s probably not hard to establish if someone is lying about where they live. The school system just doesn’t have the incentive to double-check the veracity of everyone’s submissions. With the threat of litigation, though, it’s not uncommon for prospective defendants to dig a little to make sure the plaintiff’s powder is dry (lawsuits and lawyers aren’t always a happy fun place). If this is a real thing, I imagine APS’s legal team already knows the answer, one way or the other. I bet the same is true of the prospective plaintiff’s legal team as well, and if so, query whether the issue arose before or after the demand letter was sent.

The moms traffic infractions in Arlington are public record and show a MD address.

Are the parents married? What’s the dad’s address?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If there’s residency fraud - which is a big “if” until something more official than anonymous poster gossip is revealed - I’m sure someone is on it. This seems like simple PI / records type stuff that could be established pretty quickly. APS asks for certain basic docs to verify residency, and I’m sure people sometimes fudge that paperwork and APS doesn’t bother double checking. It’s probably not hard to establish if someone is lying about where they live. The school system just doesn’t have the incentive to double-check the veracity of everyone’s submissions. With the threat of litigation, though, it’s not uncommon for prospective defendants to dig a little to make sure the plaintiff’s powder is dry (lawsuits and lawyers aren’t always a happy fun place). If this is a real thing, I imagine APS’s legal team already knows the answer, one way or the other. I bet the same is true of the prospective plaintiff’s legal team as well, and if so, query whether the issue arose before or after the demand letter was sent.

The moms traffic infractions in Arlington are public record and show a MD address.

Are the parents married? What’s the dad’s address?

Dad's name is same as the son, with Sr. included in some listings.