So over APS
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Anonymous
| I’ve been defending APS for over a year. I am finally throwing in the towel. We all have problems, but the fall out lands only on one side. The kids. They are blamed for everything. Didn’t have a teacher who reminded you that you had an SOL? Your fault. Didn’t hover over your stupid canvas account to make sure the assignment was uploaded and stuck? Your fault. It’s late or missing. My chilled out DS has all As except for 2 B+s this year,, he is a total stress ball now waiting to see how they’re gonna screw him over with malfunctioning tech, MIA teachers, emails from the principal so confusing I have no idea what that guy means— yet it’s his fault. I’m ready for APS to lay off 50% of the staff starting with the principals. |
Anonymous
| The problems you list aren’t exclusive to APS this year. |
Anonymous
| No one’s forcing you to stay. Plenty of people still looking to buy houses in Arlington, maybe it’s time for you to sell! |
Anonymous
I think I’ll stay and make it a mission to raise hell with the school board. Good luck with the housing search. I found my house. I’m staying. The incompetent staff are going. |
Anonymous
LOL, good luck with that. I’m sure you’ll have them all fired by July 1. |
Anonymous
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Your kid got through the year with all As except 2 B+s. Time to put some flip flops on him, go be him a talk about how proud of him you are for getting through this ridiculous, trying year, tell him to still check the grades app a few times a week to make sure nothing went screwy, and otherwise point him towards summer.
Or her. You get my drift. Your kid did great. You deserve an iced beverage of your choice. |
Anonymous
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None of my kids are straight A, but I get it. My APS kid has a few lower grades than she should because she thought she submitted assignments on-time but they didn't post correctly and teachers won't fix it. We didn't even try, it's just not worth it at this point, but it is frustrating.
I've also tried to find assignments on CANVAS before and it's so hard to navigate I can't believe it. It's frustrating. |
Anonymous
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I'm with you, OP. My kid is younger and we've faced the same attitude.
Someone sent me this video and it hit me how that wasn't our experience at all in APS. There was no stepping up. It was never fun or engaging. It's been awful. https://www.instagram.com/tv/CPQUKNhhrkV/?utm_medium=copy_link Instead, my kid's teacher told her class of 7 yos that parents who picked hybrid wanted teachers to get sick and die. She told them that she felt unsafe and burst into tears. |
Anonymous
Was there a formal complaint about this? Completely unacceptable |
Anonymous
| If a teacher said that in Arlington they would be fired, so I'm pretty sure that either happened, you're not in APS, or you're just making things up. |
Anonymous
Nice story, but didn’t happen. |
Anonymous
Different PP and I just want to say that I didn’t hear of this exact situation, but I know of three teachers at my high school who said this to their classes |
Anonymous
No you don’t. |
Anonymous
Ha. Shows how little you know about APS. If the principal didn't react then nothing happens. The principal had already had 1:1 conversations with the teacher about returning to the classroom, and knew how she felt. She kept her in the classroom. I shared this anecdote back on a thread in February when it happened. Go do a search. |
Anonymous
DP. I remember reading it the first time. I didn’t believe it then, and I don’t believe it now. If it happened, name the school. |