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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Like the old 76ers, this school system should adopt a slogan for 2021-22:  “We Owe You One!” [/quote]

So entitled. APS doesn't own you anything. WE ARE IN A GLOBAL PANDEMIC. if you and your family survived, be grateful and move on. [/quote]

I think the observation is not that APS is performing poorly in a pandemic but that the pandemic has highlighted problems that have always been there.

I also think that it’s entitled for APS to expect no complaints. A government service is there to serve the public. The public is entitled to complaint. The school is not entitled to a complaint-free existence. [/quote]

It’s almost as if some people in Arlington think that criticize of anything they are associated with will reflect poorly on them.  This school system strikes me as something that works well for some, and is ok for most.  On other words, it’s fine.  [/quote]

Is it fine though? For the money per pupil, it should be good. We should have figured out how to get kids back sooner.  It took til March with an edict from the governor to see action, and yet still behind other localities.  Deeply disappointing.  Catastrophic for some students. [/quote]

It's been in full decline for several years now.  We decided pre-pandemic to get out before I our kids hit HS.  It is not what it once was. [/quote]

And though it was once better, it’s not like it was great.[/quote]

Usually people that say stuff like this:
1) Have no background in education or child development, but they went to school so they think they know everything 
2) Are the type that always find fault complain, no matter what- will never be pleased
3) Want APS to do things like their schools did when they were growing up thirty years ago, like spending a lot of time on penmanship, which I think is pointless nowadays 
4)  Actually contribute to the problems in APS, because of the inordinate amount of staff time they take up with said complaints.  If their kids, who usually hate school, too (surprise) don’t do well, it’s everyone else’s fault.  They undermine their teachers and water down the rigor [/quote]

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