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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As the parent, I refuse to believe that not offering more days of in person education for K-2 students is better for any community.  That's nonsense. Young kids don't learn well online.  These kids have lost more than a year of in person instruction.

If communities need support to help get kids to school or to assist with logistical challenges, APS should figure out how to support its neediest learners.  Not providing more in person opportunities is the opposite of support.[/quote]

YUP.. this is the problem, APS is NOT TRYING. There are ways to be creative to make in-person learning possible but APS is standing down and not trying at all. [/quote]

Yes, creative things like parents having to provide transportation (not easy for all families) or changing a teacher in Q4.

WHY WON'T THEY DO THESE THINGS BECAUSE I AM DEMANDING THEM?!?!?!?!! 
[/quote]Duran has only spoken to not having transportation for all students for 4 days a week.  He's never discussed what would be available for K-2.  We have no way to know.

The model for K-2 wouldn't require switching teachers to go to 4 days. Maybe reassigning classrooms, but teachers wouldn't change.

(To the fanatical immersion parent, I'm not talking about immersion.)[/quote]

Why don't you ask him - in an adult manner? And/or ask the board?

Clearly, they've looked at it and that is how PK is going back 4 days.

If they aren't responsive, FOIA the documents pertaining to the analysis that lead to the PK decision. 
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Has anyone had any success with actually communicating with Duran? I'm not being sarcastic, but asking an honest question. From what I can tell, he hasn't responded to anyone or provided any context outside of the meetings and emails.[/quote]

Yes, I have. Meetings and emails.  [/quote]And who are you?  It doesn't happen for normal parents.[/quote]

[b]I'm a normal parent, I think. As normal as any of us are anyway,[/b] and I was just answering the PP's honest question honestly.[/quote]

How did you schedule a meeting with Duran? Maybe your tips can help PP. 
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[b]I have a friend who works at Syphax and they asked his chief of staff if it was possible and ok to set something up[/b]. [/quote]

Please tell me you're trolling and you aren't oblivious to how you worked connections.[/quote]

I am trolling, sorry. This is just a silly line of discussion. I'm sure most people are getting access through connections because that's how the world works. I don't know if that's a requirement to see the man behind the curtain or not, but everyone I know who got to see him had pretty extensive connections within APS.[/quote]

APE has gotten meetings with Duran and then bragged about it. So I guess if you're loud and yell a lot that gets you a meeting?

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