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[quote=Anonymous]As much as I hate to admit it, I find DCUM illuminating at times.

I guess I am a unicorn, bc I live in NA but I am an "essential" worker and have never been able to stay home. 
 And, this year has been awful for my kids (and for me).  I also think we (and I mean locally) should have prioritized kids through the pandemic, and APS did not.  I know many on here will disagree and if you have had a great or even tolerable year where your kids did well, then great.

For me, the issues have been, 1, APS has not honored ANY of its commitments to kids or families this year, and 2, being able to see firsthand how bad the instruction is has pulled the wool off my eyes.  There is a serious trust issue between APS and the general community and it seems like neither teachers nor parents seem confident in leadership.  Folks, this is not a recipe for a good school system.

But APS was clearly in trouble before.  Prior to COVID, I was revolted at how few of my allegedly progressive neighbors seemed bothered by APS having to settle the DOJ lawsuit regarding treatment of ELL kids and their families.  People were mad that their (white) kid was going to lose some special program, not that APS had botched things so badly.  I was and am genuinely upset that this is NEVER discussed.

Now that I have had 2 kids failing their APS classes, I have seen that APS does...really, nothing.  There really does seem to be this expectation that the parents will somehow step in and fix it.  I don't know if this was the case before but in talking with families whose kids have IEPs, it seems like this has always been the way.  [/quote]

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