Which APS elementary schools should close?

[Anonymous]

The option schools.

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Anonymous wrote:MPSA doesn't need to exist. It was special interests (and a former board member) who put yet another option program facility in in the first place. It only serves privileged parents who don't want to go to private school.

Tear down their building and just phase everyone out. Problem solved.

+1 Sounds like the cheapest and most expedient plan to me!

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Anonymous wrote:All of the so-called insiders use code here the rest of us can’t follow. I guess CB and EG are unpopular principals but what’s AMAC.

didn't they get married?

No way! How did I not know this? I knew they were dating, but not that they got married.

[Anonymous]

None. Kids aren’t widgets in a factory. Keep schools smaller and redo boundaries.

Push the CB and Youngkin to properly fund our schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:None. Kids aren’t widgets in a factory. Keep schools smaller and redo boundaries.

Push the CB and Youngkin to properly fund our schools.

All across the US, school funding and school spending is primarily local - your real estate taxes. Has very little to do with Richmond.

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Anonymous wrote:Why can’t we move Montessori back into Drew?

I know politics but is that really going to get in the way of the most obvious and cheapest fix?

That was a terrible idea then and a terrible idea today. Drew deserves to be its own neighborhood school. AMAC needs to stop sucking all of the oxygen.

Why does Drew "deserve" this when it's chronically under enrolled and bleeding money? What about what's good for the rest of the system?

Why does MPSA "deserve" its own program? It's basically middle class white parents who want APS to build them a private school. What about what's good for the rest of the system?

Same could be said for ATS!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why can’t we move Montessori back into Drew?

I know politics but is that really going to get in the way of the most obvious and cheapest fix?

That was a terrible idea then and a terrible idea today. Drew deserves to be its own neighborhood school. AMAC needs to stop sucking all of the oxygen.

Why does Drew "deserve" this when it's chronically under enrolled and bleeding money? What about what's good for the rest of the system?

Why does MPSA "deserve" its own program? It's basically middle class white parents who want APS to build them a private school. What about what's good for the rest of the system?

Same could be said for ATS!

Same could be said for all of the option schools

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can we vote to get rid of certain principals instead of closing schools? As long as we’re voting.

CB

Why on earth would you use initials instead of the name? Are you protecting yourself or the principal? This is the silliest of silly DCUM.

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Anonymous wrote:Can we vote to get rid of certain principals instead of closing schools? As long as we’re voting.

CB

Why on earth would you use initials instead of the name? Are you protecting yourself or the principal? This is the silliest of silly DCUM.

We're all anon. They are not protecting themselves. They're just trying to be "in the know". Which is typical APS parent.

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Anonymous wrote:Why can’t we move Montessori back into Drew?

I know politics but is that really going to get in the way of the most obvious and cheapest fix?

That was a terrible idea then and a terrible idea today. Drew deserves to be its own neighborhood school. AMAC needs to stop sucking all of the oxygen.

Why does Drew "deserve" this when it's chronically under enrolled and bleeding money? What about what's good for the rest of the system?

Why does MPSA "deserve" its own program? It's basically middle class white parents who want APS to build them a private school. What about what's good for the rest of the system?

Same could be said for ATS!

Same could be said for all of the option schools

ATS and the other option programs aren't asking for a fancy building for themselves. Two out of the five would rather be in their old buildings tbh.

But yes, particularly for Claremont, ATS and Montessori, they do function to keep those precious white and/or privileged BIPOC kids out of S. Arlington schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why can’t we move Montessori back into Drew?

I know politics but is that really going to get in the way of the most obvious and cheapest fix?

That was a terrible idea then and a terrible idea today. Drew deserves to be its own neighborhood school. AMAC needs to stop sucking all of the oxygen.

Why does Drew "deserve" this when it's chronically under enrolled and bleeding money? What about what's good for the rest of the system?

Why does MPSA "deserve" its own program? It's basically middle class white parents who want APS to build them a private school. What about what's good for the rest of the system?

Same could be said for ATS!

Same could be said for all of the option schools

ATS and the other option programs aren't asking for a fancy building for themselves. Two out of the five would rather be in their old buildings tbh.

But yes, particularly for Claremont, ATS and Montessori, they do function to keep those precious white and/or privileged BIPOC kids out of S. Arlington schools.

Claremont is for white flight; but Key is just because everyone there wants immersion? So white families at Key are genuine and white families at Claremont are just escaping? Keep Key and ditch Claremont!

[Anonymous]

Close APS.

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Anonymous wrote:Why can’t we move Montessori back into Drew?

I know politics but is that really going to get in the way of the most obvious and cheapest fix?

That was a terrible idea then and a terrible idea today. Drew deserves to be its own neighborhood school. AMAC needs to stop sucking all of the oxygen.

Why does Drew "deserve" this when it's chronically under enrolled and bleeding money? What about what's good for the rest of the system?

Why does MPSA "deserve" its own program? It's basically middle class white parents who want APS to build them a private school. What about what's good for the rest of the system?

Same could be said for ATS!

Same could be said for all of the option schools

ATS and the other option programs aren't asking for a fancy building for themselves. Two out of the five would rather be in their old buildings tbh.

But yes, particularly for Claremont, ATS and Montessori, they do function to keep those precious white and/or privileged BIPOC kids out of S. Arlington schools.

Claremont is for white flight; but Key is just because everyone there wants immersion? So white families at Key are genuine and white families at Claremont are just escaping? Keep Key and ditch Claremont!

Nah. Key is problematic too, but its population pulls from S. Arlington so that's why I phrased it the way I did. Key is just privileged families that wants their kid to learn Spanish. Even the Spanish speakers are primarily middle class Latinos.

[Anonymous]

* N. Arlington. Sorry about that.

[Anonymous]

Drew cant be fixed. Its close to 70% FRL now. There is bo way to balance the numbers with boundary changes.