APS - School Shifts in the Fall?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So to recap, someone foia'ed MK's emails sent to APS. BE got wind of this and FOIA'ed THAT FOIA. Then someone screenshot the APS email of the original FOIA and posted it. Then the FOIA OF THE FOIA happened, which is how we found out it was BE. So there were three FOIAS.

FOIAs:
- APE guy
- unknown
- SR guy (got the copy already created for unknown)
- APE guy asked APS who requested FOIA (may not have been official FOIA)

SR guy/BE admitted he requested the FOIA of the FOIA. He could have just passed on that email to the owner of the Twitter handle. Hence the "sources." And then conveniently, BG shared the link, maybe thinking it couldn't be traced back to him. Until FOIAx3 was threatened. No getting out of it now. Also can explains how there's only one FOIA, as claimed.

No, you misread his post. BE admitted he requested the original FOIA request for Mary’s emails.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:to the moderator, no they will not be quiet.. we've been quiet wayyy too long.. Too bad if you don't like the clapping and support!!!

"Quiet?" ROFL! All they've done is whine endlessly, b*tch incessantly, scream and stomp their feet all year long.

I hope if they refuse to abide by the rules of decorum, they kick them out on their ears.

parents are fed up and are not allowed to have dialogue at the meetings. The very least we can do is to clap in show of support for one another.. the SB silences support.

They have never allowed clapping, as you’d know if you ever paid attention before now.

[Anonymous]

FOIAs
#1 - JB (APE) requested MK’s email messages
#2 - unknown requested source of #1
#3 - BE (SR) requested source of #2, didn’t pay because report already created

JB made informal inquiry about #2/#3 - undocumented

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FOIAs
#1 - JB (APE) requested MK’s email messages
#2 - unknown requested source of #1
#3 - BE (SR) requested source of #2, didn’t pay because report already created

JB made informal inquiry about #2/#3 - undocumented

Go back and read. There was no charge for BE’s FOIA because the document BE requested (JB’s request) was so recent they didn’t need to search for it. Here is the test of the FOIA request by BE (which is a public document), which BE has shared:

Dear APS:

I request a copy of all FOIA requests submitted to Arlington Public Schools in March and April 2021 seeking copies of emails from Mary Kadera to the APS School Board. To be clear, I am not seeking copies of Ms. Kadera’s emails. I am only requesting copies of all FOIA requests in March and April 2021 seeking hose communications.

Regards,
[BE]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FOIAs
#1 - JB (APE) requested MK’s email messages
#2 - unknown requested source of #1
#3 - BE (SR) requested source of #2, didn’t pay because report already created

JB made informal inquiry about #2/#3 - undocumented

Go back and read. There was no charge for BE’s FOIA because the document BE requested (JB’s request) was so recent they didn’t need to search for it. Here is the test of the FOIA request by BE (which is a public document), which BE has shared:

Dear APS:

I request a copy of all FOIA requests submitted to Arlington Public Schools in March and April 2021 seeking copies of emails from Mary Kadera to the APS School Board. To be clear, I am not seeking copies of Ms. Kadera’s emails. I am only requesting copies of all FOIA requests in March and April 2021 seeking hose communications.

Regards,
[BE]

And here was the response from APS (which again, is a public document):

Dear [BE],

This is in response to your request for records under the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act received on Wednesday, April 14, 2021.

We have received one request that meets the description. I am attaching a copy of the email. This was recently received so easily located, so there is no charge to provide this.

Sincerely,

Linda M. Erdos
APS FOIA Officer
Arlington Public Schools
[e-mail]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FOIAs
#1 - JB (APE) requested MK’s email messages
#2 - unknown requested source of #1
#3 - BE (SR) requested source of #2, didn’t pay because report already created

JB made informal inquiry about #2/#3 - undocumented

Go back and read. There was no charge for BE’s FOIA because the document BE requested (JB’s request) was so recent they didn’t need to search for it. Here is the test of the FOIA request by BE (which is a public document), which BE has shared:

Dear APS:

I request a copy of all FOIA requests submitted to Arlington Public Schools in March and April 2021 seeking copies of emails from Mary Kadera to the APS School Board. To be clear, I am not seeking copies of Ms. Kadera’s emails. I am only requesting copies of all FOIA requests in March and April 2021 seeking hose communications.

Regards,
[BE]

And here was the response from APS (which again, is a public document):

Dear [BE],

This is in response to your request for records under the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act received on Wednesday, April 14, 2021.

We have received one request that meets the description. I am attaching a copy of the email. This was recently received so easily located, so there is no charge to provide this.

Sincerely,

Linda M. Erdos
APS FOIA Officer
Arlington Public Schools
[e-mail]

Ugh, yes, my bad. I read it that someone else had already requested recently and that’s why it was free.

I apologize for my misunderstanding.

[Anonymous]

I don't blame the teachers at this point. I blame Duran and the SB. Teachers are living this hell now too.

[Anonymous]

I’m so confused by the speakers representing Latinos at the SB meeting. Can’t they just stay virtual? Are they not aware of local vaccination rates and plummeting cases. Like what in the actual F? I was one of the folks in the sidelines waiting for teachers to be vaxxed. But I don’t get it anymore. Is Arlington the SF of the East coast? This is insanity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't blame the teachers at this point. I blame Duran and the SB. Teachers are living this hell now too.

Don't kid yourself. There are teachers who are handling this very poorly. My 7 yo has a teacher who routinely tells her class that she doesn't want to be teaching in person and that she thinks parents are being mean to teachers by sending their kids back to hybrid. She's burst into tears in front of a class of 7 yos on several occasions. And she refuses to let the kids use paper or library books in the classroom because it's "too risky." Only Seesaw/iPad is allowed. It's not good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So to recap, someone foia'ed MK's emails sent to APS. BE got wind of this and FOIA'ed THAT FOIA. Then someone screenshot the APS email of the original FOIA and posted it. Then the FOIA OF THE FOIA happened, which is how we found out it was BE. So there were three FOIAS.

FOIAs:
- APE guy
- unknown
- SR guy (got the copy already created for unknown)
- APE guy asked APS who requested FOIA (may not have been official FOIA)

Wrong there is no “unknown”. A FOIA was done by JB, then BE FOIA’d that then JB requested to know who FOIA’d his foia bc they posted screen shots to
Twitter under apes*&t. You are adding a step. There is no unknown. Only person who requested was BE. So Troll is either BE, an APS employee who is going to get fired or BE gave the screen shot to the troll whose only Followers and likes of the post is CO2 monitor gal and another troll account who goes after open schools groups. I don’t think JB is in APE but what do I know. Le fin

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Actually, OP pulled one line out of context and it's VERY misleading. Read the whole page. She's laying out what needs to be done to return to 5 full days if 3ft of distancing is still required. She lays out the multiple steps to make the determination if we have the capacity to make that possible in all buildings, and if not, what are the alternatives one of which is two shifts to allow all kids five days per week. She's laying out all the other pieces of the puzzle including transportation, extended day and lunch (and she advocates for funding temporary outdoor lunch facilities or identifying other indoor options).

There is a lot of thought and detail going into this plan, do not default to OP's one liner.

How about simply looking at what a thousand school districts across the country have been successfully doing for the past 6 months and ...do that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Actually, OP pulled one line out of context and it's VERY misleading. Read the whole page. She's laying out what needs to be done to return to 5 full days if 3ft of distancing is still required. She lays out the multiple steps to make the determination if we have the capacity to make that possible in all buildings, and if not, what are the alternatives one of which is two shifts to allow all kids five days per week. She's laying out all the other pieces of the puzzle including transportation, extended day and lunch (and she advocates for funding temporary outdoor lunch facilities or identifying other indoor options).

There is a lot of thought and detail going into this plan, do not default to OP's one liner.

How about simply looking at what a thousand school districts across the country have been successfully doing for the past 6 months and ...do that.

And her thoughts are wrong. My six year could put a lot of thought and detail into returning to school, too. Effort doesn’t make the outcome correct.

Her layout of what needs to be done with 3’ distancing is way off which makes the rest of her thought process unnecessary and distracting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't blame the teachers at this point. I blame Duran and the SB. Teachers are living this hell now too.

Don't kid yourself. There are teachers who are handling this very poorly. My 7 yo has a teacher who routinely tells her class that she doesn't want to be teaching in person and that she thinks parents are being mean to teachers by sending their kids back to hybrid. She's burst into tears in front of a class of 7 yos on several occasions. And she refuses to let the kids use paper or library books in the classroom because it's "too risky." Only Seesaw/iPad is allowed. It's not good.

Ugh, the poor kids in that class. That teacher sounds mentally unstable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Actually, OP pulled one line out of context and it's VERY misleading. Read the whole page. She's laying out what needs to be done to return to 5 full days if 3ft of distancing is still required. She lays out the multiple steps to make the determination if we have the capacity to make that possible in all buildings, and if not, what are the alternatives one of which is two shifts to allow all kids five days per week. She's laying out all the other pieces of the puzzle including transportation, extended day and lunch (and she advocates for funding temporary outdoor lunch facilities or identifying other indoor options).

There is a lot of thought and detail going into this plan, do not default to OP's one liner.

How about simply looking at what a thousand school districts across the country have been successfully doing for the past 6 months and ...do that.

It’s reasonable to follow CDC guidelines, just as thousands of other school districts are also doing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So to recap, someone foia'ed MK's emails sent to APS. BE got wind of this and FOIA'ed THAT FOIA. Then someone screenshot the APS email of the original FOIA and posted it. Then the FOIA OF THE FOIA happened, which is how we found out it was BE. So there were three FOIAS.

FOIAs:
- APE guy
- unknown
- SR guy (got the copy already created for unknown)
- APE guy asked APS who requested FOIA (may not have been official FOIA)

Wrong there is no “unknown”. A FOIA was done by JB, then BE FOIA’d that then JB requested to know who FOIA’d his foia bc they posted screen shots to
Twitter under apes*&t. You are adding a step. There is no unknown. Only person who requested was BE. So Troll is either BE, an APS employee who is going to get fired or BE gave the screen shot to the troll whose only Followers and likes of the post is CO2 monitor gal and another troll account who goes after open schools groups. I don’t think JB is in APE but what do I know. Le fin

JB’s wife is on the APE steering committee.