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[quote]Anonymous wrote: 
 My spouse taught in FX for ten years and has been in APS for ten years.

Basically, prefers the smaller bureaucracy, but I don't think day to day experience is much different. Spouse likes APS less since it acquired a former FX admin as superintendent.

Nobody likes the former Fairfax Co Administrator. Teachers and many Principals loathe him.

APS is great for smaller class sizes and much smaller bureaucracy--agree with this poster!

APS does close a lot less frequently for weather-related events.

Apparently the APS School Board likes Murphy, since they extended his contract for four more years last summer, after he'd already been the APS Superintendent five years. I gather they think performance has improved under his watch, but that some teachers and principals don't like being held more accountable.

If you consider additional standardized testing--three times a year for Math and Reading in addition to the SOLs--an example of being held more accountable, okay. [quote]But most APS teachers feel it isn't good for the students to test them so often. 
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I often wonder if APS parents realize just how much of this kind of testing is going on....

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I'm an APS parent until June. I say that because we're pulling our kids out because of all the testing that goes on. I'm very aware, but it's only because I asked. Smaller class sizes?  If 26-27 is small then maybe. That's the other reason. [/quote]

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