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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I'm not in that group. I think that k-2 should be in school 4-5 days/week ASAP. Grades 3-5 probably should as well. Grades 6-12 are a lot harder and I have no opinion on the feasibility of 5 days for them. There is a lot of support for more days for elementary school from non-crazy people.[/quote]

I feel like I'm pretty middle of the road and totally agree with this.  It's inexcusable that they're not trying to get K-2 more days in person.  K-2 got nothing last spring and learned very little by DL this year.  They need to go back for more days.  And none of the putting them on iPads on in person day that some schools are pulling (ahem, Glebe), but real in person education.[/quote]

Okay, and again I'm the parent of a middle schooler, but this isn't language I'm hearing from any of my friends.  "Inexcusable"?  Kids "got nothing" from DL?  This is way over the top for me and it has not been my experience.  We are still in the middle of a pandemic and while it's not ideal, DL has been working out for my family and most of my friends at APS.  Nobody I know is talking about firing Duran.

It's like there are two completely separate worlds:  parents of elementary kids who are furious with the status quo and want more kids in more seats more days STAT and then parents of older kids who are either mostly fine (or whose parents aren't on DCUM expressing their opinion).

I know there are people who are actually upset over this but I'm just saying that there are a lot of people who are not upset and continue to coast along but aren't really posting that here.[/quote]

Yeah... so why would you try to block more days for elementary? Do you not believe the parents who actually have younger kids who say it isn’t working?[/quote]

Wut -- I'm not trying to block you!  But we're in two different worlds where you're talking about firing a guy whose policies have been working for me.  You seem super upset, but the parents I know are mostly coasting at this point so your viewpoint (which I see over and over here, post after post) is not representative of the majority of parents I talk to, who are okay with holding off on more changes until Fall 2021.[/quote]

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