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[quote]Arlington has three high schools and two mid-size high school programs so his past statement is not entirely relevant to APS. Wakefield should be a very good fit, [b]with less stress.[/b]

Interestingly, Wakefield manages open campus lunch much better than in Alexandria, despite similar demographics. Wakefield is a much smaller school than ACHS, which might have something to do with it. I think Alexandria could really benefit from two high schools with all the growth. [/quote]

Less stress? You think having a student die of an overdose, and another APS student break in to the school to hunt down another student, is not stressful? Both of these things happened at Wakefield this year. Pay attention.[/quote]

Sadly, ACHS has dealt with many more incidents of a similar nature.  I mean, last academic year ended with reverting to weeks of virtual school after one student killed another after dismissal and there were concerns about retaliatory action such that they couldn’t even hold in person school on campus safely.  And nothing is changing within the system to create long-lasting improvements.  There a lot more systemic barriers within ACPS than APS.[/quote]

Oh, that is horrific, I’m sorry, I didn’t know.  How did Mr. Balas handle that entire situation?  I’m concerned that due to the systemic… deficiencies in the Alexandria system, he is used to not timely calling the police, not being transparent, and aiding efforts to sweep significant incidents under the rug, and he would likewise portray this to all staff.  This is REALLY not someone I want for APS, but I’m glad to hear otherwise?[/quote]

https://www.alxnow.com/2021/10/01/just-in-principal-at-alexandria-city-high-school-addresses-in-school-violence-and-re-socialization-pressure/

a picture is worth a thousand words.  But the article and comments are revealing as well.[/quote]

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