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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone please tell me why APS is having a harder time with re-opening compared to all our neighbors and daycares/private schools? Why is it less safe for Arlington?? [/quote]

Because fundamentally a private school relies on its tuition paying students.  Students don't pay tuition for virtual school (especially when it is the school choosing to be virtual, not the edict of the government.)  So they had to open to open in the future.   The same goes for daycare.   APS relies on the taxpayers.  The teachers/ admin, etc get paid regardless of whether or not school is open.  The incentives are completely different.[/quote]

DP.  The other side to it is that private schools aren’t legally obligated to educate everyone.  If you don’t the like decision your private school has made on virtual vs in-person learning, you can leave and go to public school.  Public schools are different because they have an obligation to educate everyone, including students with special needs, medical needs, etc.  They have a different obligation to make sure they provide the most appropriate solution for the population as a whole, balancing the needs of people whose needs may differ dramatically.  That doesn’t inherently mean that APS shouldn’t implement hybrid, but it does mean they have to approach the question differently.[/quote]

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