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[quote=Anonymous]I'm curious what people's thoughts are on the proposed changes to the advisory committee structures-
https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/arlington/Board.nsf/files/DQLNGJ5FDF71/$file/B-3.6.30%20Combined.pdf

I served on the ACTL/ACI for several years.  I was always conflicted on whether it was a really valuable thing or just a massive waste of time and resource suck for APS staff.   There were all these subject matter subcommittees.  Theoretically they were appointed by the school board, but in reality anyone who wanted to be on one could.  They each had a staff member assigned, and frequently I felt like the recommendations coming out of the subcommittees were a few individuals pet projects that were sucking up resources.  Some of them were just insane.  (e.g. calling for an 'equity audit' across the entire curriculum.)  They commonly involved adding more central office staff, and they also consumed a significant amount of central office staff time.   
On the other hand, the english language advisory committee did heroic work pushing year after year for the science of reading and against lucy calkins.   I'm curious about others thoughts..[/quote]

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