APS: It's too hard to go back 5 days/week

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Anonymous wrote:At this point, when the teachers are vaccinated, it is criminal to force kids to stay home and stare at iPads all day.

They. Don't. Care. That's pretty much what it boils down to.

They'll be opening up the waitlists and increasing capacity after spring break.

Why are we not moving to the option of 4 days??

Because there is still not enough space in some schools. Cafeteria and classrooms are too small to handle more capacity.

Most elementary are eating outside. Classrooms can handle more capacity with the revised 3ft guidance. They are being lazy because they don't want to deal with the "complicated logistics"...they are not prioritizing education of our students. This is inexcusable when all the other local districts are doing this.

I'm serious - how long are we going to deal with this nonsense from the SB??? What are our options for recourse? I'm livid with the laziness and lack of prioritizing education for our kids.

I think these decisions are at the discretion of the superintendent, not the SB.

Well considering the SB doesn't vote on ANYTHING, every decision is basically up to the superintendent. Which is why we are here.

Ridiculous. How is this OK????? Our kids are not being prioritized here!! I'm so concerned that he will find a reason to not return to 5 days in the fall. The next few months were the perfect opportunity to work out kinks with having more kids in class at least 4 days. Now we'll have to risk trusting them to figure this out for the fall ??

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Anonymous wrote:You failed to mention that they are going to offer 5 days in person now for summer school. That is a great development and one that makes sense - they don't have disrupt current schedules/protocols and can focus on making this work for our learners who struggled the most this year.

Have you read the email? It said 9 days in-person and 9 days virtual. utter garbage.

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What can be done about this? I am furious. Is anyone advocating? Are any of these idiots running for reelection? Any recalls?

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Anonymous wrote:You failed to mention that they are going to offer 5 days in person now for summer school. That is a great development and one that makes sense - they don't have disrupt current schedules/protocols and can focus on making this work for our learners who struggled the most this year.

Have you read the email? It said 9 days in-person and 9 days virtual. utter garbage.

That was BEFORE the 3 ft announcement. Have you read the school board slides? As of today it's all in person for those that want/qualify.

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Anonymous wrote:No district is doing 5 until fall. Not even the ones doing 4.

Falls Church City. April 6. Feet away from Arlington.

Enough with comparing to the tiny FCC district. Its not a fair comparison.

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Anonymous wrote:No district is doing 5 until fall. Not even the ones doing 4.

Falls Church City. April 6. Feet away from Arlington.

Enough with comparing to the tiny FCC district. Its not a fair comparison.

Ok. MoCo. 4 days a week for K-2.

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Anonymous wrote:You failed to mention that they are going to offer 5 days in person now for summer school. That is a great development and one that makes sense - they don't have disrupt current schedules/protocols and can focus on making this work for our learners who struggled the most this year.

Have you read the email? It said 9 days in-person and 9 days virtual. utter garbage.

That was BEFORE the 3 ft announcement. Have you read the school board slides? As of today it's all in person for those that want/qualify.

That’s correct. There will be an all virtual option or 5 days/week in person model.

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Anonymous wrote:No district is doing 5 until fall. Not even the ones doing 4.

Falls Church City. April 6. Feet away from Arlington.

Enough with comparing to the tiny FCC district. Its not a fair comparison.

Sure they have less buildings but we have more staff, more principals, more admin, more teachers, who can all be working on this. And is the entire damn state of Florida smaller than us? How about 50% of other districts who are open 5 days a week in this country? Are we bigger than all of them or have some sort of special insurmountable issue that none of them did? We are one of the smaller districts and we still can't get it together. We are one of the most funded districts and we still can't get it together. This is a lack of will, period.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You failed to mention that they are going to offer 5 days in person now for summer school. That is a great development and one that makes sense - they don't have disrupt current schedules/protocols and can focus on making this work for our learners who struggled the most this year.

Have you read the email? It said 9 days in-person and 9 days virtual. utter garbage.

That was BEFORE the 3 ft announcement. Have you read the school board slides? As of today it's all in person for those that want/qualify.

That’s correct. There will be an all virtual option or 5 days/week in person model.

Well that’s an improvement at least. Any idea on eligibility? Thanks.

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Anonymous wrote:What can be done about this? I am furious. Is anyone advocating? Are any of these idiots running for reelection? Any recalls?

Only one seat is open this year bc the chair isn't running for re-election. There are two candidates right now, Mary Kadera and Miranda Turner. One who mentions nothing on her website or social media about arguably the largest issue facing APS now and for the next several years - opening the damn schools and then dealing with all the kids we left behind the past year and a half. And the other seems to be very pro opening. I know who I'll be voting for in the caucus. ArlNow just had quotes from both of them this week. Also those blue and orange signs are looking very appealing right now. I hope they go back up all over town.

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Anonymous wrote:No district is doing 5 until fall. Not even the ones doing 4.

Falls Church City. April 6. Feet away from Arlington.

Enough with comparing to the tiny FCC district. Its not a fair comparison.

Sure they have less buildings but we have more staff, more principals, more admin, more teachers, who can all be working on this. And is the entire damn state of Florida smaller than us? How about 50% of other districts who are open 5 days a week in this country? Are we bigger than all of them or have some sort of special insurmountable issue that none of them did? We are one of the smaller districts and we still can't get it together. We are one of the most funded districts and we still can't get it together. This is a lack of will, period.

This. 1000%

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Anonymous wrote:No district is doing 5 until fall. Not even the ones doing 4.

Falls Church City. April 6. Feet away from Arlington.

Enough with comparing to the tiny FCC district. Its not a fair comparison.

No it’s not. They’re far more competent and thinking about the kids first.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You failed to mention that they are going to offer 5 days in person now for summer school. That is a great development and one that makes sense - they don't have disrupt current schedules/protocols and can focus on making this work for our learners who struggled the most this year.

Have you read the email? It said 9 days in-person and 9 days virtual. utter garbage.

That was BEFORE the 3 ft announcement. Have you read the school board slides? As of today it's all in person for those that want/qualify.

That’s correct. There will be an all virtual option or 5 days/week in person model.

Well that’s an improvement at least. Any idea on eligibility? Thanks.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No district is doing 5 until fall. Not even the ones doing 4.

Falls Church City. April 6. Feet away from Arlington.

Enough with comparing to the tiny FCC district. Its not a fair comparison.

Sure they have less buildings but we have more staff, more principals, more admin, more teachers, who can all be working on this. And is the entire damn state of Florida smaller than us? How about 50% of other districts who are open 5 days a week in this country? Are we bigger than all of them or have some sort of special insurmountable issue that none of them did? We are one of the smaller districts and we still can't get it together. We are one of the most funded districts and we still can't get it together. This is a lack of will, period.

This. 1000%

APS also has tons of resources. Tell us what is needed for tents so we can have school 5 days a week with distanced outdoor lunch on rainy days and they will be funded. The PTAs at the rich schools will cover them. Set up a GoFundMe for any school that can't cover it. I bet they'll be fully funded in two days. Plus there are federal funds. This isn't that hard. Elementary schools should be back 5 days a week after spring break. Seriously.