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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In my experience almost all students in VPI have a parent who does not work or works evening/weekend hours[/quote]

Yes. Often the policy advocates are higher income working parents (either dual, or single parent working households) believing they're being empathetic to the challenges of the poor, but looking at things through their own perspectives and experiences. It's highly inconvenient for typical white collar working parents to do things during the workday, therefore it must be the same for low-income parents.[/quote]
Exactly. I taught in a VPI program in one of Arlington's poorest schools and the culture is so radically different from other schools in APS based on my experience as a parent and staff member. There was no complaining about snow days or events during the day. Extended day was never full. Many parents were home in the day or had extensive community (basically everyone lived in the same few buildings and there was always someone to take care of things.[/quote]

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