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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People’s Republic of Moco[/quote]

How's the Amazon Helix building coming along?

And why do Arlington public and private schools suck so much?[/quote]

The Amazon Helix and one other Amazon building have been put on hold because Jeff can't get anyone to return to the office and he is hiring from a thin talent pool and has to let them do as they want. Arlington was sold a real bill of goods by Amazon but Katie Cristol got a good job out of it.

Arlington public schools suck because the schools in South Arlington are overwhelmed with ESOL children or those with handicaps or behavioral problems. Arlington continues to build affordable housing and has to bring in people from outside Arlington to fill the spaces.  In North Arlington too much emphasis placed on using the iPad for instruction rather than teachers. This may be good as the younger teachers are not the most intelligent and the older teachers are just waiting to retire while their pensions are still good.

Public schools also have to follow government mandates around IEPs and educating disable children.  This cause a great drain of resources from "normal" students and also causes disruptions in classrooms when teachers have to focus on children "acting out" rather than teaching the many others.

Private schools are just starting in Arlington as Rivendell was the only one pre-pandemic other than private nursery, pre-K and Montessori schools.  People who wanted private sent their kids to Little Langley, Congressional, Basis,  Potomac School, St. Stephen St Agnes  for the most part.  New private schools are cropping up throughout Arlington to meet the demand from parents who have had it with APS.

St. Agnes is a Catholic school and is Blue Ribbon School of Excellence.  Many of its teachers are there as a way to partially SAHM and drop out while the kids are young.  While not trained teachers, many of them are smarter and better educated than the typical Arlington public school teacher.    Both St. Ann and St. Thomas More do a good job and certainly do not have to deal with the disruptive students

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