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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]APS is failing other parents' non-gifted kids, too. You're not special.[/quote]

APS only job is to get kids to pass the SOLs. Period. [/quote]

Thanks to NCLB.

APS is significantly underfunded so why are some parents expecting a highly personalized educational experience?

I agree with an earlier PP about letting the kids - even the “gifted” ones - have a more chill ES/MS experience. If you want all of the craziness of AAP and the race to nowhere then you’ll have to move to FCPS. 
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How is APS underfunded? Don’t we pay more per child than most jurisdictions?[/quote]

https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/arlington/Board.nsf/files/D2WW4J839BAE/$file/FY%202025%20Superintendent's%20Presentation%20FINAL%20(331%20pm).pdf
"“Virginia school divisions receive less K-12 funding per student than the 50-state average,
the regional average, and three of Virginia’s five bordering states. School divisions in other
states receive 14 percent more per student than school divisions in Virginia, on average,
after normalizing for differences in cost of labor among states. This equates to about
$1,900 more per student than Virginia.” Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) estimates that annually[b] APS is underfunded by approximately $51 million"[/b]

Plus the funding for capital projects is included in the operating budget. 
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Arlington Schools are not underfunded. They county literally spends $25,811 per student each year. https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/sites/57/2024/09/FY-2025-Reporting-Per-Pupil-Costs-per-SB-Policy-D-9.1.pdf[/quote]

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