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[quote=Anonymous]Arlington Public Schools is requiring students athletes to be tested daily, encouraging staff and students to be tested weekly (opt-in), allowing outdoor lunches if a school can manage to do it, and has mandated vaccination for all employees. ACPS is not planning to do any of this (well, asymptomatic screening testing is a pending issue).

I believe that ACPS does not deserve much of the flogging it receives but I am beginning to lose faith. These policy decisions should not be difficult and with millions from CARES/ARP funds at hand (ACPS received 56.7 million from CARES, will receive 34.9 mill from ARP/ESSER, and will have some other programs and projects funded from additional Commonwealth grants), these mitigation policies are also logistically possible to implement.

The proposed spending plan for the $34.8 million from the ARP/ESSER grant does not appear to funnel any money into testing or outdoor meals - but rather, proposes to spend 55% on SEAL programs was up for public comment on August 3.

The grant application for the ARP/ESSER funds is supposed to be submitted on August 25 and ACPS.

The School Board is scheduled to go on a retreat/work session on August 26.

The purpose of the ARP/ESSER funds is to "help reopen and sustain the safe operation of schools" (quoted from ACPS Board memo).

It may be a long shot but parents should not feel they have no voice. There is still time to submit comments seeking change to the Board before August 24.

Mandating vaccinations (with medical and religious exceptions and weekly testing for unvaccinated) should be the top ask followed by weekly testing for staff and students. Outdoor lunch is likely a staffing and equipment issue but 34.8 million is a lot of money.

Here is the school board contact form:  https://acpsweb.wufoo.com/forms/m15ihgzj1ffvsg9/

Here are other points of contact:
Email: boardclerk@acps.k12.va.us
Phone:  571-329-7351
Fax:  703-619-8091
Mail:  Alexandria City School Board
         Clerk of the School Board
         1340 Braddock Place
         Alexandria, VA 22314

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