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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t necessarily disagree with those of you saying this call was reasonable based on what the weather reports were saying. But I think the reason there is such anger now is because APS cried wolf all last year with excuses to close, so people are now much more skeptical even of legitimate closures. Perhaps this is a sign they need to win back families’ trust.

Last year, I watched my friends’ kids in FCCPS go back hybrid in the fall and eventually 5 days. We were told that could be done because they’re a much smaller district. Then I watched as Loudoun and Fairfax went back 4 days while we stayed at 2 even though they’re much larger than us. It’s like the worst version of Goldilocks. But there were constant excuses about logistical challenges and equity.

Then a very large portion of our COVID relief money was spent on a virtual school that does not serve the vast majority of families. While the promised summer school never came fully to fruition though. Maybe if we had spent more on summer bonuses than VLP, we could have prioritized more in-person learning.

Then we had the “schools are open” announcement the other week that backtracked once FCPS closed. Somehow teachers who couldn’t find childcare during their child’s school closure ended up getting a paid day off and left parents scrambling. Basically their childcare issue got solved, but then passed along to parents. Perhaps that was unavoidable due to the sub shortage, however, then once the 31st was proposed as an in-person learning day, teachers got upset about losing grade prep and that got scrapped.

So it seems like every time there is a judgment call to be made or someone who will end up with the short end of the stick, it always goes against the parents/students. We are always supposed to just keep figuring things out on our own because APS for whatever reason cannot figure out how to make in-person learning a priority.

Now their solution to snow days is the go virtual, instead of adding any days back to the calendar, which we know is a joke for young elementary kids. I think it’s hideous that that gets to count as instructional time. In many professions you have to make up your work some other time, but if kids miss more days due to snow, we’re not going to get any real, valuable instructional makeup. Most parents I know don’t even plan to log in because it’s such a farce.

Oh and I hope all the administrators at Syphax enjoyed yet another paid day off. Remind me why they can’t be expected to telework or burn PTO like the rest of us?

It all just smacks of not giving a crap about parents and students. So today‘s closure was salt in a wound. Perhaps unavoidable salt. But APS created the gaping wound last year and can’t cry victim now when people complain that the salt hurts. [/quote]

So the whiners continue to whine and throw tantrums. Got up. 
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