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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sincere question: WHY is APS doing the pouches? Was someone pushing them for this? [/quote]

It’s laziness or kickbacks[/quote]

It’s neither, it’s because Fairfax is doing it, and that’s typically enough to get Duran on board with anything. That’s where he came in from, and he seems to think that FFX is best-in-class, or at least the closest comparator to APS. He doesn’t want to stray too far from whatever they do to avoid unfavorable comparisons.

Usually that’s dumb, but in this case it’s right, because the pouches aren’t just a one-off FFX thing, but are being adopted in tons of places and are generally well-received. I’ve read newspaper articles about them going back years. [/quote]

Definitely Duran should not take ideas from other school districts that work.  He should spend time coming up with new ideas just for fun to make sure he seems super smart and original.

Please note not one other reasonable suggestion on this thread to manage this issue which doesn’t involve dumping it back on teachers.[/quote]

I'm PP and I think you misunderstand me. I'm totally in favor of taking ideas from other school districts that work. I absolutely think Duran should do that. In his position I'd do the same thing, shamelessly and repeatedly. But so far the things he tends to take from FFX are dumb things. He will often cite the FFX study of religious holidays as if APS did it and as if it's the final word on the subject, which is why our calendar now looks like swiss cheese.

I'm totally in favor of the pouches. Other schools have been doing this for years and by all accounts it has worked well. If the goal is to maximize student attention in class while minimizing the burden on teachers to manage enforcement during class time, then pouches works better than any other solution. I just think that Duran wouldn't have given pouches a second thought if FFX hadn't introduced them at some level first. [/quote]

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