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        I'm sure all of the above reasons are factors, but it's interesting that no one here on DCUM is owning up to the poor treatment of teachers by Arlington parents this past year. Many teachers were dumped on for things that were not their fault. It's no surprise that some are retiring early or going to other districts.

Were teachers actually being treated poorly by parents in real life or are we talking about internet message board cowboys? Not sure how anonymous comments by disgruntled parents could be worse the administration doing things like informing parents that they weren't going to get their promised summer school because of the teachers (vs poor planning by the admin).

The other AEM thread discusses how actual names were used by some crazy parents in a forum where many APS teachers view comments.

Also there were board meetings where APS School level staff were called out by not name, but when you're the singular person of your title at one school, it might a well have been. Horrible people

Yes. And yes.
    And on the second one, since you seem to think that online abuse is perfectly okay, ask yourself how you would feel if you constantly read that all ___________(insert your profession here) were stupid, lazy, and should be fired. Over and over and over again, for 1.5 years, while you were doing your best to do an impossible job.

The internet is a cesspool. We all know this. If your real life mood is impacted by what you are reading on DCUM you should really take a break. The last year and a half has been hard for all of us. [/quote]

So, once again, you are defending the online bullying of APS teachers by Arlington parents. You are clearly part of the problem. No wonder so many APS teachers are deciding that it isn't worth the hour commute to teach in Arlington any more.[/quote]

You can post a video of a puppy on the internet and someone is going to crap on it. That's not a defense, that's a statement of fact. My kid's teacher did the best she could with the crap sandwich she was given and I told her directly that I appreciated her hard work. I can't do anything about what people post here, but I hope she wasn't reading and taking it personally. If you are, you need to step away from the computer. It's not real. [/quote]

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