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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Do you think academic support can be improved, the achievement gap addressed, and quality instruction - including small class sizes - can happen without additional employees? There's a new CDEIO position that everyone insists APS has. He needs staff to do his job. One teacher specialist added to the gifted services office - someone who might help APS actually properly serve gifted students. Math coaches - real people providing direct academic support to students.

Everybody seems to complain that APS is overloaded with central office personnel. I disagree. APS operates, generally speaking, with a skeleton crew for the size and quality of our school system.
I don't even know what an "equity audit" for curriculum even means; so I might be with you there. But if it's just reviewing curriculum for inclusive and honest content, I don't think that requires additional staff; so what's the harm?[/quote]

PP must work at Syphax. Schools do not need a bunch of additional GT and math coaches to lord over the teachers. They need these people to get out of the teachers' way and give them more time to plan.
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Seriously? Do you think poor teachers will improve without additional support from the county? I'm not opposed to keeping middle school activities. But the most important part of APS is the educational support. People have been complaining for years about academics, and that's gotten worse with the pandemic. Duran should be praised for trying to hire additional staff to improve in academic areas. [/quote]

By the way, I should have pointed out that I'm a NP who does not work at Syphax.  [/quote]

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