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It is just weird how many anti-ACPS haters there on this forum. Truly bizarre. I do not understand why someone takes the time to loathe something in an online forum unless they have direct personal experience, which is almost never the case.  Is it the same people?

In 2014, 62% went to a 4-year college and 25% went to a 2-year with 2% going to trade school, which I think is great considering the demographics of the student body. 89% of the students are furthering their education post-graduation and most are going to 4-year college. Like a PP said, NOVA is a great inexpensive option for families. Of those going to four-year, many are going to VA public universities, which is also not surprising given the demographics of the school.

http://www.acps.k12.va.us/news2014/nr2014061602.php

This is what I found in a quick search--there is maybe other, more recent numbers. [/quote]

This is an anonymous forum and as such has value for forthright opinions on ACPS. Our City makes it very difficult to speak up in pubic forum on the issues (which you refer to as "hate") brought up here. Indeed, more and more people within ACPS seem to be speaking up (like the mom a couple of posts ago). Secondly, there are those whose kid go or went to ACPS and then there are some who live in Alexandria City whose kids don't go to ACPS, yet by being taxpayers feel every right to chime in. Public information on ACPS isn't hard to come by. Many City residents are fed up with the recurrent poor academic standing of ACPS which the bulk of taxpayer money goes to support. There are growing needs in Alexandria not just the school system. This makes people irritable that ACPS has lagged so far behind for so long, so once again must be given greater monies even as other important infrastructure needs addressing.

It is good for ACPS and the City to hear both the good and the bad from City residents. Three minutes at a public forum doesn't begin to pull away the layers of problems ACPS has, nor will Council nor ACPS School Board ever admit to many of them. An example is stale, engrained ACPS and City employees who get to stay on due to fear of firing/layoffs/whatever, yet who cost both the City and ACPS and we Taxpayers excessive amounts in both salaries as well as benefits/pension City contribution not to mention subtract from system performance. Such isn't just an ACPS issue, but also a City employment issue and one that must be publicly addressed.

This may not be nice to hear for our City but neither is living and supporting ACPS either personally or through taxes for years without substantial academic rank improvement and without required fiduciary duty to both GF and CIP needs. Just where did all that money go or not go?[/quote]

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