APS has highest regional percentage learning in person

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn’t Falls Church City at around 90-95%. 5 days a week for elementary and 4 days a week for secondary.

Yes. The reporting is just wrong.

And the reporter was told this before she finished the story on Facebook by multiple people and she just ignored it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone see the tantrum APE parents threw today on AEM? At first I was amused but then I was just sad for these bitter people. Why can't they move on? School's nearly over!

No, I’m not on AEM and I’m not a tantrum thrower. But is it possible that some of these parents you’re so into trashing have had an awful year? A year after which they will be dealing with fallout for months or years to come? A year in which even a little acknowledgment from APS that this has been truly hard for many would have gone such a long way? I don’t begrudge anyone who chose DL or has stayed virtual all year. I don’t judge them and I’m glad they’ve had that choice. But this year has been a real struggle and it’s not over, not at all, just because people are saying we’re going back full time this fall. For all of the claims on here that APE is full of crazies (and I’ll grant you there are some!) it’s amazing to me that so many parents can’t fathom how bad this year has been for many. I’d suggest you try to meet or interact with some folks who, let’s just say, don’t have 2-parent families, can’t WFH, can’t manage the technology, don’t speak English, have no local family support, have special needs kids....The list goes on but if this year has been good or even okay for you and yours, please know some of us would love to trade places.

+1 for this

We were a lucky family who got a spot at a private school late last summer, and so fortunate. DC was miserable in the spring with virtual learning, and really needs contact with other kids. I feel certain we would have been dealing with major depression this year had we not gotten the spot we did. Many, many kids have suffered this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone see the tantrum APE parents threw today on AEM? At first I was amused but then I was just sad for these bitter people. Why can't they move on? School's nearly over!

I missed this earlier. Angry dad bros at it again. Will they ever stop posting incoherent nonsense?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This, along with the results of the SB primary, shows that APE was a vocal, spoiled minority in Arlington that was out of touch with the statistical reality. Thank god.

I don’t think that statistical reality means what you think it means.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn’t Falls Church City at around 90-95%. 5 days a week for elementary and 4 days a week for secondary.

Yes. The reporting is just wrong.

And the reporter was told this before she finished the story on Facebook by multiple people and she just ignored it.

Aside from FCCPS being missing from the graph what else is “wrong”?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn’t Falls Church City at around 90-95%. 5 days a week for elementary and 4 days a week for secondary.

Yes. The reporting is just wrong.

And the reporter was told this before she finished the story on Facebook by multiple people and she just ignored it.

Aside from FCCPS being missing from the graph what else is “wrong”?

it doesn't support their "facts"

[Anonymous]

quality, not quantity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn’t Falls Church City at around 90-95%. 5 days a week for elementary and 4 days a week for secondary.

Yes. The reporting is just wrong.

And the reporter was told this before she finished the story on Facebook by multiple people and she just ignored it.

Aside from FCCPS being missing from the graph what else is “wrong”?

it doesn't support their "facts"

+1. Science + Data = WaPo article doesn’t support our narrative so it’s wrong!

[Anonymous]

It’s strange to me how so many people assume that anti-APE posters are virtual families. My kids are hybrid and have been for a long while. But I still find the behavior of APE parents to be reprehensible, not just the yelling at SB and teachers but also the pushing for return to school in November.

[Anonymous]

There are many parents who have nothing to do with APE who are very disappointed in APS.

Being upset with how APS handled the year doesn't make you an APE member, despite how it's thrown around on this forum.

[Anonymous]

I'm disappointed that this thread wasn't deleted either.

These are troll posts and get troll answers. People are allowed to be disappointed in this school year. OP just won't give it a rest.

Rinse lather repeat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are many parents who have nothing to do with APE who are very disappointed in APS.

Being upset with how APS handled the year doesn't make you an APE member, despite how it's thrown around on this forum.

I can be disappointed with how APS handled some things but ok with how they handled others.

And I can be disappointed in APS and express that without disparaging teachers, recalling SB members or calling for Duran's firing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone see the tantrum APE parents threw today on AEM? At first I was amused but then I was just sad for these bitter people. Why can't they move on? School's nearly over!

No, I’m not on AEM and I’m not a tantrum thrower. But is it possible that some of these parents you’re so into trashing have had an awful year? A year after which they will be dealing with fallout for months or years to come? A year in which even a little acknowledgment from APS that this has been truly hard for many would have gone such a long way? I don’t begrudge anyone who chose DL or has stayed virtual all year. I don’t judge them and I’m glad they’ve had that choice. But this year has been a real struggle and it’s not over, not at all, just because people are saying we’re going back full time this fall. For all of the claims on here that APE is full of crazies (and I’ll grant you there are some!) it’s amazing to me that so many parents can’t fathom how bad this year has been for many. I’d suggest you try to meet or interact with some folks who, let’s just say, don’t have 2-parent families, can’t WFH, can’t manage the technology, don’t speak English, have no local family support, have special needs kids....The list goes on but if this year has been good or even okay for you and yours, please know some of us would love to trade places.

You’d think a bunch of smarties from Arlington would’ve followed the science and opened hybrid in September and full time in Jan/February like most other east coast communities and solved most of those struggles of the S Arlington residents.

Arlington has one group of people to blame - and they all reside north of 50. I just shake my head at the paranoia of my friends in N Arlington.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not all will be behind, tutors and tutoring centers are doing great now.

That’s great - for the performance gap. Sorry all you kids south of 50.

Yup, I agree. We can afford to pay pod now, and tutor over the summer in addition to summer camp, but not all have those funds. We don't necessarily have it,but we make sacrifices on other things and make do. Next year will be a nightmare. I see why they couldn't find enough teachers to teach summer school,they all know what the fall will bring. The witing is on the wall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm disappointed that this thread wasn't deleted either.

These are troll posts and get troll answers. People are allowed to be disappointed in this school year. OP just won't give it a rest.

Rinse lather repeat.

Why on earth would this thread be deleted? It’s discussing facts from a WP article about RTS.

You don’t like facts?