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[quote=Anonymous]I’m new to APS and just kind of joined every education group I could to get up to speed on WTF is going on with the district. (Best district in the area? Failing district going downhill? It’s so hard to tell based on who you talk to!)

If you are part of APE, in particular— do you align with some of the more strident conservative voices?  I’m in favor of keeping kids in schools.  I think a meaningful equity strategy can’t be predicated on changing grading practices.  I want textbooks.  I agree, in principle, with many of the things they have pushed for publicly— but their online presence makes me VERY uncomfortable.  I can’t tell if a couple people post ridiculous things and no one else engages with them bc it’s not worth it, or because everyone agrees.

I don’t really feel at home on AEM, though, either. It feels like there’s a lot of history or other tensions percolating that I don’t have historical context on — and where, for example, questioning the approach to the APS equity proposal wouldn’t be welcomed. But maybe I’m wrong on that.

Is there a middle ground somewhere?  Is that the Smart Restart group?  Or just like… the school PTA?  I need like the remedial education breakdown of the social dynamics of these groups. I’m clearly terrible at parsing it myself.

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