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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

+1,000

This year was made extra awful by the formation of the parent groups, who really spoke to the extremists on all sides. APE, Smart Restart, and before that OneAPS (I forgot about that one!) as we can see in this thread and many other ones, just brought all of us into the gutter. And sadly, the Board listened to all of them, and gave no body what they wanted as a result. They spoke for themselves only.

This year is done. I don't think Mary will change the conversation. It will be more of them same, just five days a week.

I should have looked into private school for next year. I'm sure all slots are filled. I feel bad for our kids who are stuck in this system who doesn't care at all for them or their learning success.

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Yup. All of this. I was not a fan of APE but do think they've been unfairly tainted by a couple of their crazies. That said, I followed this race closely and was very impressed by Miranda's thoughtfulness and her positions in the various forums.   I think APS would have been well served by having an outsider perspective. An "education policy PTA prez" whose only "advocacy" during the pandemic was to thank the board (for what exactly?) is not what our kids need. [/quote]

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