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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry, what Northern VA school provided a decent learning experience last year?

This just in.  Virtual learning does not work for a crap ton of kids.

Hold him accountable for what happens this year.

And those of you who have pushed IN ANY WAY for school to be virtual this year, take a good long look a the spreadsheet from the link in the OP.[/quote]

While I agree that bad virtual experiences were common and scores did drop across Virginia, there are number of exacerbating factors for which Hutchings is responsible and will likely lead to continued poor performance unless the Board pushes him to change his ways:

(1) ACPS’s scores were significantly worse than neighboring jurisdictions.  ACPS’ pass rate in math was below 40 percent for grades 3 through 7.  Arlington and Loudoun only had one year under 40 percent in those grades;

(2) Hutchings attacked parents for forming pods when parents were just trying to remediate sub-par virtual education; and

(3) Hutchings’ administration showed no creativity in trying to make virtual instruction more effective and were barriers to parents who highlighted their concerns and tried to get more information to support their children on their own.

Hutchings poor attitude towards parents’ requests to help their children will be a barrier to improvements this year unless he changes his ways.

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All of this, and MOST significantly was his 100% defense of virtual learning ALL last year. The number of times he said EVERYONE was doing well, that EVERYTHING was doing fine, that ANY parent that said it wasn't working for them was either privileged or racist - or both. The number of times he called this the future, and something we would likely keep doing forever. The number of times he bragged about how well ACPS was doing compared to our neighbors.

I'm not sure if any other superintendent in the area behaved as he did. He should absolutely be held accountable for all of his many lies, and self-serving behavior.
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