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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That's us. Middle class in an apartment. We can't afford any of those extras. We can't move due to DH's job. But because of my work hours, I am able to homeschool. We did that this year since distance learning for early ES sounded horrible and we'll probably keep doing it for lack of a better option that we can afford. [/quote]

I'm sorry that you're stuck in that position for now.  I do understand how difficult the homeschool can be, especially for parents who aren't cut out for it -- not everyone is.  But I do think you are making the best choice you can, under the circumstances.

Although my children are no longer part of FCPS, I do see it as my civic responsibility to continue to try to voice my concerns about where the school district is heading, and to try to turn things around for the benefit of everyone.

My basic philosophy is that schools should focus their efforts on keeping school safe (meaning, rigorously enforce the rules and demand good behavior) and on providing instruction in all of the core academic areas to all students, at a pace and level of difficulty that is best-suited for their innate abilities.  In my opinion, this is the best way to help every student get what they really need to get out of school -- an education.  Everything else is at best a "nice to have," oftentimes an irrelevant distraction, and at worse, a detraction from the learning process.  I'd like to think that, while parents, and society in general, cannot agree on many things, we should all be able to agree on a safe, academically challenging education for all students.

Sadly, so many other political and social issues get thrown into the discussion when it comes to FCPS that everything devolves into an "us versus them" mentality.[/quote]

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