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[quote=Anonymous]I highly doubt that Mort Sherman is against private school families.  As a matter of fact, I believe ACPS bends over backwards trying to attract those families.  They have walk-through dates at least once a month and frankly, this is at the expense of the students that have already chosen to be at an ACPS school.  It is incredibly awkward to try to teach a class of 20, when people are non-discreetly walking in and out of your room during class and there are almost as many visitors in the room as students.  It is a huge distraction for the students and for me as the teacher.

What I am trying to say is that it could be better run as to limit the impact on our current students (and teachers), but that ACPS really does want to attract more students.

As far as the APS poster's suggestions... I thought many were great.  Although I do want to clarify that ACPS already has an open enrollment for honors classes, and capstone projects are in the works. They have already implemented transfer tasks for each unit which are basically end of unit projects in which they apply skills they have learned.

I agree that a lot of money is wasted on consultants and for the most part, I feel that money could be better allocated toward more electives, textbooks for each kid for every class, field trip budgets, and after school programs etc...  The district also seems to be a bit top heavy.

I do not agree with the comment about the clinic or daycare.  Being healthy is a factor in learning.  If a student is unwell, they won't be able to focus in their classes.  Some students don't have the resources to go to a doctor when they aren't feeling well - the clinic is not just there for pregnancies.[/quote]

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