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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You all have ZERO perspective it’s incredible. Try an actually had school district like the one I grew up in in Georgia. You’d be crying for your highly funded nova district. You’re such losers. Seriously. Get a grip. [/quote]

Can you share? I’m honestly struggling with my disappointment in APS. I grew up in a suburb outside NYC and there didn’t seem to be the same strife as there is here. Granted, I grew up before social media. The colleges that kids go to from APS are always so unimpressive. And they seem to be cutting back on very good programs like spanish enrichment in elementary. Also teachers are not paid as well as they were in my hometown. So as someone that was raised in a truly great public school district, I feel there’s a lot to be desired here. I have friends from growing up raising their kids in my hometown and they all are VERY happy and say quality is still great. What gives?[/quote]

The suburbs of NYC are some of the best, highest rated schools in the country. They’re very wealthy. Your perspective of what is normal and possible for public school is off. APS is not a bad district. Not even close. You have the expectation it is capable of giving you suburban NYC public education though. It isn’t. It’s a very good district. I’m telling you, bad districts are the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi. No funding. Awful infrastructure. Barely licensed teachers because the pay is horrendous, not livable. Curriculum that is old and garbage. Subpar facilities. You truly do not know a bad school district if you send your kids anywhere in northern Virginia. If is ludicrous to claim otherwise. [/quote]

This is spot-on. I too went to Georgia public schools. We had metal detectors and teachers who got fired for accepting candy bars for an A on test. Sexual harassment in hallways. Broken lockers. Broken toilets. Etc. Etc. FCPS has been a DREAM system for my kid. [/quote]

Yep I’m that Pp. I grew up in Bibb County Georgia . Absolutely awful education and we knew it even then. FCPS , APS teachers have masters degrees and often higher. Teachers in the south? Unlikely not because they’re stupid but because they can’t afford to get one and the pay would never justify it. My 10th grade geography class I still remember to this day one test because one question was about the tallest mountain range in the world. The choices were a) Himalayas or b) Pokémon mountains. POKÉMON MOUNTAINS. So APS parents crying dumpster fire is just so damn tone deaf. They have NO clue. [/quote]

I’m sorry that you experienced such a poor education. But who had it worst is not an argument for APS being just fine. There is no reason this area shouldn’t be more like suburban NY. The demographics are not that far from my hometown. The difference is that the entire county is a school district. Where I grew up it was two elementary schools, 1 middle school, 1 high school. But every school division was like that and ALL the surrounding districts were very, very good. The big difference I see is overcrowding, over reliance on iPads/tech (we need textbooks so parents can know what’s being taught and how to help!), and less focus on quality instruction. [/quote]

You are shocked your kids use more technology than you did growing up? You understand they’re an entirely different generation? Promise you your precious new Canaan has 1:1 devices and tech integration too. No school in the 21st century doesn’t. You are measuring your 2021 child’s experience against yours DECADES ago. That’s stupid. [/quote]

I’m not the New Canaan poster but did grow up in suburban NY. My two close friends still live there raising their kids so I do have a pretty good idea what it’s like. And there are no 1-1 devices for k-2. They opened last year hybrid and went full time by Oct 2020. This are is whack. [/quote]

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