ACPS: City Council versus School Board

[Anonymous]

One of the reasons they didn't need a second high school was because they had a plan to use virtual education and put students at different sites to access it. Hmmm, I can see how well that works....

They should have built the second high school years ago. They screamed about it being an equity issue except the parents on the West End asked for a second high school. I guess they can't possibly know what they need.

Choosing NOT to do the hard things is a recurring theme for the SB and ACPS central office. It's interesting to watch some people realize it this year but it's been going on for decades.

Yes, the equity arguments ultimately result in the failure to take any actions or make bold decisions. The board totally misapplied the concept of “equity” to keep one school. So, now more students will suffer with an overcrowded high school, all in the name of (pseudo) equity. Such a shame for Alexandria City kids.

How Alderton and Hutchings can talk about equity (misapplied or otherwise) while sending their kids to private schools is amazing to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OpenACPS really squandered leverage that they had when they allowed council member Chapman to join the group (apparently he just realized that schools have been closed for a year. I'm sure that it being an election year has NOTHING to do with that.).

It's interesting in a town of people who work in & around politics that no one in that group thinks strategically.

All the other local open groups leave them in the dust. Have they even said anything (publicly) about Alderton's hypocrisy? It's going on days since her husband posted on Facebook.

What is this referring to? Chapman didn’t join the group till April 4th, a day before your post. And he hasn’t said a word since he joined. And he wasn’t the first council member to join.

[Anonymous]

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Seriously? Ugh. I agree with their cause but stuff like that is why they can’t get more buy-in from folks like me.

Actually, I am 180 degrees on this. I have been generally ok with ACPS’s COVID decisions but I understand Open ACPS’s paranoia in light of stuff like Alderton’s post (although I presume they are vaccinated due to their jobs).

I'm not following you. What does paranoia have to do with it? I'm paranoid the superintendent and school board won't reopen the schools (even for this bogus virtual school in school) while the Alderton kids are in-person at school. That paranoia?

Yes - that Open ACPS does not trust whether Hutchings and the Board are acting in good faith (and the fact they attack anyone who dares to question their good faith / action). I did not intend on using paranoia in a pejorative sense (or may not be the exact right word). I was actually saying I agree with you as to the points above (especially since Hutchings is so sanctimonious).

Yeah, I think PP above is in the minority. I live on a MacArthur neighborhood where lots of parents are pretty supportive of ACPS (despite what a disaster that project has become). A larger group was out talking the other say and most are pretty appalled by both Hutchings and Alderton.