People are telling you why it matters. The quality of support that we give the schools matters. Morale is crap in the schools, and Syphax’s inability to do its job effectively while enjoying superior pay and perks is a big reason why. |
do you really think APS will attract BETTER employees by reducing their pay and benefits? hahahaha. Dream on. |
+1 -Parent of SN and gifted kids |
When will the SB vote on the budget? I'm ready for this thread to disappear into the abyss. |
Agree. No one is saying we shouldn’t fund special needs. Of course we should! It should just be more evenly balanced. Everyone deserves a FAPE. Having bright/gifted kids sit there bored to death while the teacher works with struggling learners all day is hardly appropriate. |
+1,000. End this thread already! |
You want to save money -- follow the money. What do all these chiefs do? The Superintendent's job maybe? They all have assistant superintendents and executive directors under them. It's crazy! |
I want Youngkin and the County Board to properly fund our schools. It's ridiculous that we're forced to make *cuts* with rising COL and enrollment #s.
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The schools have plenty of funding - they just waste a lot of $$ on stupid stuff. |
They clearly don’t have plenty of funding. COLs are riding. Enrollment is increasing. Look at class size. We need more teachers and to pay them better. That isn’t happening by taking away vacation days from a handful of staff. You’re arguing over peanuts when we need significantly more money to improve our schools. You get what you pay for. Rs want to destroy our public schools so it’s clear why they want to defund APS. |
All of Arlington's neighbors are giving much better raises than APS. The problem is APS. |
All of Arlington’s neighboring counties aren’t beholden to a very strict revenue sharing agreement that ArlCO has with APS. It’s also hard to compare counties when Fairfax and Loudoun are so huge and Alexandria City has so much need. |
You don't think the budget is important?! |
And all the administrative support staff! |
Not in the way DCUM is engaging with it. End. The. Thread. |