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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I seem to remember in-person kindergarten information night was just a gym full of parents and each school having a little table.  It was hardly hard hitting information.

[b]I do agree letting us know the presentation would be recorded and available at 6:30pm, instead of acting like it was a live meeting, would have be preferable.  6:30 is a busy time in our house.
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But you are expecting too much from something that is aimed at people who are brand new to APS.[/quote]

OP here. Thank you this is I think the root cause of my ire; we put it in the calendar, hurried through dinner, scrambled and rushed to... a recording.  I think besides my latent cynism from other beefs (we need a 4th high school, our kids reading neglect, reading about the HBW fixed lottery) it just kind of put me over the top.  Why pretend its a live event?

Honestly, sure its for new parents, but education is going through a tidal wave of changes; I also know APS is moving away from lucy calkins, and speaking to the new reading curriculum or honstly anything concrete about academics (you know the purported purpose of a school) would have been reassuring.  Instead it was a nothingburger that touted equity again.  We get it.  We are trying to make things equal. And then what happens... we never get past that.[/quote]
Neglect is a really strong word to use here. 
I think the more time you spend on here the more dissatisfied you’ll be with APS because one of the worst things about the system is the parents who are detached from reality and full of outrage. Don’t become them (said the pot to the kettle) My own child has had a largely positive experience in APS. [/quote]

It is a strong word. But we read the reading levels she was at, talked to the teacher, who said she would be fine and nothing else happened. But she was on track to be right on the edge of not making the minimum DRA level, and teacher was a-okay with that. [/quote]

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