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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am fine with APS security rather than SROs. Though I agree police would have been much more highly trained, I would expect they were costing Arlington tax payers more on the whole while staffing our schools. Regardless of how we got here, it's frustrating that cost of security is now falling on the schools and contributing to APS budget strain since ACPD is so understaffed. SROs wouldn't come back even if the community was 100% unified behind it.

As for the Baker-Tilly report, I've read the whole thing and there may be a handful of savings opportunities. That said, most of those cuts are not actionable due to preexisting pips or a gross misunderstanding of how schools operate. They have charts showing how bloated APS is at the top, but none of the recommendations touch on the top-heaviness of the organization. On top of that, the administrators have a much better union than the teachers, custodians, and bus drivers, so TLDR the most vulnerable staff are most vulnerable to painful cuts. I expect those are cuts that are also likely to affect students' experience.[/quote]

Yes, student-facing roles like library assistants and exemplary projects teachers being cut also means that lost planning time will need to be made up somehow. [/quote]

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