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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]AEA’s ultimate position is that there should be no in-person learning until the pandemic is declared fully over, even if that’s through next school year and beyond.  They dress it up with a bunch of conditions that would need to be met, but every time APS approaches those goals, they just shift their position.  This isn’t surprising, because AEA isn’t an education association, it’s an unofficial teachers union, so students and education aren’t their priority, the teachers are.  This is also why AEA (like APE) doesn’t get to set the agenda, because they’re only looking out for one set of stakeholders and disregard the rest.  Duran’s job is to balance the needs of all of the stakeholders, which means we’re going to end up with a compromise position that isn’t what anyone wants.  The compromise is gong to happen regardless of how loud people scream, so the various groups can either accept that and take a seat at the table to help guide what it will look like, or they can be left out of the discussion.[/quote]

Interesting.. not trying to be snarky, but at the end of the day, who is the taxpayer here? There is a certain responsibility to the taxpayers of the County that should take precedent. Otherwise, I see a series of lawsuits being filed. [/quote]

Taxpayers are not shareholders, and you can’t think of APS the same as a private corporation.  Taxpayers are not the only priority.  I support rolling out hybrid, but yours is a fundamentally incorrect question.[/quote]

Exactly. And what would the law suits be for? You are only obligated to an education. Not an in-person education. And that quality of education is subjective. The only lawsuits that could possibly be created are for students for special needs. And you know that county is trying to cover there a$$es there.[/quote]

Where does it state that remote learning qualifies as a standard education? Sadly, I think there will be many more students with special needs and behavioral issues the longer remote learning remains. [/quote]

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