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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let's all remember when Loft said that concurrent was not developmentally appropriate for middle schoolers. That was before she expanded it to elementary!!! [/quote]

That was only because she also dialed back her initial plan to assign virtual kids & hybrid kids separately at the beginning of the year.... "We'll figure it out later," she said.  [/quote]

Concurrent has actually worked really well for my 6th grader.  I can see it working pretty well for upper classes in elementary as well.  I remember when this switchover happened and at least for middle schoolers, I really thought it made sense, rather than reassign teachers and classes.  A lot of students wanted to stay with the teachers they had been assigned to, and didn't want to change teachers so that their classes could be split up into all virtual vs. in person.  I thought that was going to be a nightmare, personally.[/quote]

+1[/quote]

No matter what Bridget Loft did this year, there would have always been haters.  I like her.[/quote]

She has been horrible in her jobs way before Covid. This year has just shown a huge spotlight on it. But for some reason she is the golden child of APS that they will never get rid of. Maybe since this year EVERYONE sees how how bad she is maybe it will change. I’m  not holding my breath

-some one who had to deal with her unfortunate “leadership” at Swanson [/quote]

I’ve worked for her, and I think she’s great.  Unfortunately, that sometimes means making sound decisions that are unpopular, and during this pandemic, the superintendent of teaching and learning is damned no matter what they do.  I think she’s done fairly well with hand she’s been dealt.

Also- she shouldn’t have had to apologize about the email.  All she said is, they can’t staff summer school.  So what?  I’m a teacher.  Not offended.[/quote]

I think she read DCUM and saw how parents blamed teachers rather than a) asking why the district didn’t secure staffing before offering summer school and b) considering that many teachers are burn out and others need more remunerative summer work (largely unavailable last summer).[/quote]
There was a coordinated letter writing campaign from the same teachers that have been the loudest about everything all year. I think that’s why she sent to apology. I think she’s made some missteps this year but has done ok overall. There are some people actively looking to take offense at everything she does. People were mad she puts memes in her weekly memos, talk about nitpicky. [/quote]

No people actually posted it on Twitter. Parents in APS. It got attention. [/quote]

Which is ridiculous.[/quote]

A parent felt it was in poor taste. It was. Bridget admitted it. No worse than anything else that gets posted to Twitter. It was a public message! [/quote]

I don't get what the big deal is.  What do people expect APS to say?  They didn't have nearly enough teachers apply.  That's a fact.  They are unable to accommodate all the students they had hoped to.  That's a fact.  Their original communication re summer school clearly stated it wasn't guaranteed and depended upon staffing.  If they hadn't cited the teacher shortage as a reason for scaling back, parents still would have griped.  If teachers were offended by the wording of that announcement, then their sensitivity is on the higher end of the scale.  If they feel underappreciated and abused from this past year, then increased sensitivity is understandable.  If it's parents complaining, well, Arlington parents look for something in every little thing to complain about and lambast APS admin for.  Back seat coaching is easy - maybe they should try running a diverse public school district in a County of over-educated entitled wealthy ultra-liberal woke parents.[/quote]
You're right on multiple levels. I am teaching summer school but I genuinely don't understand why teachers were so upset. Parents were also told several times that availability was based on staffing.[/quote]

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