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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do support parents who talk about divergent experiences at different APS ES's.  We have personally experienced two stark realities:  a very poorly run APS ES and an excellent APS ES.  It is really unfortunate that APS doesn't have more oversight over quality and principal decisions. [/quote]

I appreciate this.  I have had at least one kid in APS for 8 years and the last year has really opened my eyes to how drastically different things are from one school to the next.  For those who feel like their kids have great teachers and want to stick with them, I am glad for you, truly.  My ES kid's teachers have been awful.  Some of my MS kid's teachers have been okay and some have been pretty great.  But when I hear from the "system" level about the kinds of 1:1 attention and support these kids are allegedly getting, I have to wonder...where is it??  I mean, we have been really, really struggling over the last year (multiple deaths in the family, one due to COVID; I work in healthcare; MS kid was failing multiple classes) and the response at the teacher/principal level is sometimes laughably bad and sometimes just offensive.  And of course, if you try to contact APS you just get an automated reply that assures you they read it and you'll never get a reply.  This is not a huge system that has no resources; they just do not seem to care.[/quote]

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