ACPS: City Council versus School Board

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There was no bullying. That’s not the reason at all.

The reason doesn't matter.

It only matters that Hutchings shamed parents and called them names for KEEPING their kids in ACPS. And then he pulled is kid OUT of ACPS and never acknowledged it or apologized. In fact, he only changed his bio after the student reporters broke the story.

+1.

Dude is a hypocrite. He has no honor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I guess we know why no one on the SB blinked when it was revealed that Hutchings sends his kid to private.


Or the residents in the city. If they cared, none of these people would be here, and ACPS wouldn't have the reputation it does. Clearly it is acceptable to people.


This has been posted about before.

His daughter was being bullied. Both he and staff at the original school went to great lengths to resolve the situation. Those efforts were unsuccessful because, as most people understand, bullying and relational aggression are learned behaviors, and generally the nexus and support is in the home environment. He made the only decision a good dad could, which was to remove his daughter from that environment.

I have a lot of respect for someone who will jeopardize his work reputation and open himself to public criticism when he is making the best choice he can for his daughter and not for himself. A bad dad would have forced his daughter to continue in an environment that was bad for her but good for him

I agree that this made me have respect for him as a dad, however, other actions he has taken and statements that he has made cause me to lack respect for him as a superintendent.

You're right. He made a decision about what was best for his daughter. But when other parents were making decisions about what was best for their kids, he called them "privileged" and told them they were responsible for the learning gap in ACPS. And he never acknowledged that or apologized for it. That's the problem I have with it.

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[Anonymous]

We need school choice in Alexandria.

[Anonymous]

To get back to the original topic of this thread, did anyone one else find it hilarious and awkward that the mayor showed up for a photo op with Hutchings and SB chair Alderton on Tuesday? Especially after the past few weeks.

Although to be fair, the mayor is the only one of those who has school aged children and sends them all to ACPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To get back to the original topic of this thread, did anyone one else find it hilarious and awkward that the mayor showed up for a photo op with Hutchings and SB chair Alderton on Tuesday? Especially after the past few weeks.

Although to be fair, the mayor is the only one of those who has school aged children and sends them all to ACPS.

Wilson also defended Hutchings on his Facebook page even when Hutchings’ lies about the December 2020 choice forms being non binding were highlighted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank you to the two PP. I haven't paid much attention to Suarez. I've been preoccupied with the car crash that is Nolan, Anderson, and Lorber.

That's also good to know about Reif too. I do have a favorable impression of her since she's living this with her kids and it shows. And I remember one time in the fall when Ramee Gentry criticized central office.

I think Reif and Alderton are the only ones with current ACPS students. Lorber got on a zoom with parents and said that she understood what we were going through because she was babysitting her daughter's newborn a few hours a day. And then she chastised us & told us we were wrong. So that's what our district has representing us. Anderson is definitely in the silent/never speaks category.

I've heard that there will be a retirement in B. I hope there are more.

Alderton's children do not attend ACPS schools. They attend Catholic schools. Nolan and Rief have children attending public schools in Alexandria.

FYI - School Board Chair Alderton confirmed that her kids are in private school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank you to the two PP. I haven't paid much attention to Suarez. I've been preoccupied with the car crash that is Nolan, Anderson, and Lorber.

That's also good to know about Reif too. I do have a favorable impression of her since she's living this with her kids and it shows. And I remember one time in the fall when Ramee Gentry criticized central office.

I think Reif and Alderton are the only ones with current ACPS students. Lorber got on a zoom with parents and said that she understood what we were going through because she was babysitting her daughter's newborn a few hours a day. And then she chastised us & told us we were wrong. So that's what our district has representing us. Anderson is definitely in the silent/never speaks category.

I've heard that there will be a retirement in B. I hope there are more.

Alderton's children do not attend ACPS schools. They attend Catholic schools. Nolan and Rief have children attending public schools in Alexandria.

FYI - School Board Chair Alderton confirmed that her kids are in private school.

And her husband, an ACPS teacher, posted a public photo of them out to lunch at Lena's to celebrate their anniversary (without masks!) with the caption "kids are at school." Wow, just wow. It seems to be taken down or made private now, but he has at least one other photo of them out eating in a restaurant. It's bad enough the school board chair doesn't have her children enrolled in ACPS but to then flaunt it with a caption like "kids are at school" is really indefensible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank you to the two PP. I haven't paid much attention to Suarez. I've been preoccupied with the car crash that is Nolan, Anderson, and Lorber.

That's also good to know about Reif too. I do have a favorable impression of her since she's living this with her kids and it shows. And I remember one time in the fall when Ramee Gentry criticized central office.

I think Reif and Alderton are the only ones with current ACPS students. Lorber got on a zoom with parents and said that she understood what we were going through because she was babysitting her daughter's newborn a few hours a day. And then she chastised us & told us we were wrong. So that's what our district has representing us. Anderson is definitely in the silent/never speaks category.

I've heard that there will be a retirement in B. I hope there are more.

Alderton's children do not attend ACPS schools. They attend Catholic schools. Nolan and Rief have children attending public schools in Alexandria.

FYI - School Board Chair Alderton confirmed that her kids are in private school.

And her husband, an ACPS teacher, posted a public photo of them out to lunch at Lena's to celebrate their anniversary (without masks!) with the caption "kids are at school." Wow, just wow. It seems to be taken down or made private now, but he has at least one other photo of them out eating in a restaurant. It's bad enough the school board chair doesn't have her children enrolled in ACPS but to then flaunt it with a caption like "kids are at school" is really indefensible.

Did they switch to private for this school year or were they always in private?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

FYI - School Board Chair Alderton confirmed that her kids are in private school.

And her husband, an ACPS teacher, posted a public photo of them out to lunch at Lena's to celebrate their anniversary (without masks!) with the caption "kids are at school." Wow, just wow. It seems to be taken down or made private now, but he has at least one other photo of them out eating in a restaurant. It's bad enough the school board chair doesn't have her children enrolled in ACPS but to then flaunt it with a caption like "kids are at school" is really indefensible.

Did they switch to private for this school year or were they always in private?

Does it matter? An ACPS teacher and the ACPS school board chair don't have their school-age children enrolled in ACPS. That says all you need to know about ACPS right there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

FYI - School Board Chair Alderton confirmed that her kids are in private school.

And her husband, an ACPS teacher, posted a public photo of them out to lunch at Lena's to celebrate their anniversary (without masks!) with the caption "kids are at school." Wow, just wow. It seems to be taken down or made private now, but he has at least one other photo of them out eating in a restaurant. It's bad enough the school board chair doesn't have her children enrolled in ACPS but to then flaunt it with a caption like "kids are at school" is really indefensible.

Did they switch to private for this school year or were they always in private?

Does it matter? An ACPS teacher and the ACPS school board chair don't have their school-age children enrolled in ACPS. That says all you need to know about ACPS right there.

PP. It doesn't really make a difference. I'm just curious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

FYI - School Board Chair Alderton confirmed that her kids are in private school.

And her husband, an ACPS teacher, posted a public photo of them out to lunch at Lena's to celebrate their anniversary (without masks!) with the caption "kids are at school." Wow, just wow. It seems to be taken down or made private now, but he has at least one other photo of them out eating in a restaurant. It's bad enough the school board chair doesn't have her children enrolled in ACPS but to then flaunt it with a caption like "kids are at school" is really indefensible.

Did they switch to private for this school year or were they always in private?

Does it matter? An ACPS teacher and the ACPS school board chair don't have their school-age children enrolled in ACPS. That says all you need to know about ACPS right there.

It doesn't matter. It was bad before and it's even worse after. Does the question of if a school board candidate has/had children in ACPS ever come up during the campaign? There have been candidate forums in the past. It seems pretty basic to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank you to the two PP. I haven't paid much attention to Suarez. I've been preoccupied with the car crash that is Nolan, Anderson, and Lorber.

That's also good to know about Reif too. I do have a favorable impression of her since she's living this with her kids and it shows. And I remember one time in the fall when Ramee Gentry criticized central office.

I think Reif and Alderton are the only ones with current ACPS students. Lorber got on a zoom with parents and said that she understood what we were going through because she was babysitting her daughter's newborn a few hours a day. And then she chastised us & told us we were wrong. So that's what our district has representing us. Anderson is definitely in the silent/never speaks category.

I've heard that there will be a retirement in B. I hope there are more.

Alderton's children do not attend ACPS schools. They attend Catholic schools. Nolan and Rief have children attending public schools in Alexandria.

FYI - School Board Chair Alderton confirmed that her kids are in private school.

And her husband, an ACPS teacher, posted a public photo of them out to lunch at Lena's to celebrate their anniversary (without masks!) with the caption "kids are at school." Wow, just wow. It seems to be taken down or made private now, but he has at least one other photo of them out eating in a restaurant. It's bad enough the school board chair doesn't have her children enrolled in ACPS but to then flaunt it with a caption like "kids are at school" is really indefensible.

The Open ACPS parents are all in a facebook page tizzy about this. Taking time to "mindfully unpack" their feelings, as one wrote.

[Anonymous]

What school are they at?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We need school choice in Alexandria.

Hard when there’s only one high school.

By the way, the decision not to create a second high school will cause pain for years to come while TCW continues busting at the seams.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What school are they at?

A private or parochial school that is in-person and unaffiliated with ACPS. Does it really matter which one?