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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Last year, "nice white parents" fought for kids to go back to school because "poor families" needed to work in person, didn't have support systems for childcare, etc. But when APS actually asked those families what they wanted, [b]the overwhelming majority chose virtual[/b]. Stop acting like you know what families at schools with high rates of FRL want. I guarantee they don't want their kids bused to Yorktown![/quote]

What are you talking about? No families were surveyed about their options for MONTHS. Lots of families, including those on FRL, chose virtual early on in the school year. Then were not asked again until close to spring time when APS seemed shocked at how many families wanted in-person. And from meetings it sounded like some were opposed to expanding in-person from 2 to 4 days in part due to transportation issues and reduced hours that made it incompatible with their work schedules. So instead of coming up with solutions, APS declared it more equitable not to offer any more in person hours to anybody. Yet somehow neighboring Fairfax Co., which also has FRL students magically didn’t have this problem in reopening 4 days.

I agree, most people at all ends of the SES spectrum don’t want their kids bussed far away. But your first assertion is crap built on APS’s lack of effort in even bothering to obtain data about what families wanted last school year.[/quote]

We were asked to select again in December as they were hashing out RTS plans. At that time, a higher % of FRL and ELL families chose virtual.

And THEN instead of adding days to hybrid, Duran offered hybrid to MORE kids. So giving families another chance to select hybrid. He tried to get as many kids in the building as possible.

https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/arlington/Board.nsf/files/BWDM2N592534/$file/D-1%20School%20Year%202020-21%20Update%20121720.pdf
https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/arlington/Board.nsf/files/BZVQVX6AF76C/$file/D-1%20School%20Year%20Update%202020-21%20Presentation%204-8-2021.pdf

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