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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A lot of APS students have left, too.[/quote]

But they are likely coming back after a year when pandemic is truly over; then the system will be overcrowded AND understaffed.

Still no plans for HS overcrowding right?[/quote]

I wouldn’t count on it. Many private schools offer a better product. Hard to return to your overcrowded public school…[/quote]

Having worked at both- LOL. Private schools sometimes do some interesting things, but the people who graduate private schools [b]mostly[/b] do well in life because they’re from a socioeconomic situation that allows them to afford private schools, not because they went to private school. [/quote]

Yep, “mostly”.

Please tell me what product is better:

1. Overcrowded school focused on state test results. I’m addition to huge class sizes, there are many students that don’t speak English, many students that have parents that work multiple jobs (don’t have time to read to their kids each night, or income to supplement outside of school), and students with all sorts of disabilities ranging from mild to severe — Oh, and they all have to be mainstreamed into the same classroom.

So sure, you aren’t wrong that socioeconomic status matters with these things, but having a small, homogenous group of learners in a classroom matters, too. Everyone speaks English. No moderate-to-severe disabilities to accommodate, etc.

It’s a different product. Don’t kid yourself.[/quote]

oh, it’s definitely a different product. But it’s not a better product.[/quote]

Exactly what someone who can’t afford it would say. The outcomes, even for those that aren’t wealthy or well-connected, speak for themselves.[/quote]

"How do I protect my kid from going to school with the unwashed masses?"[/quote]

DP. Classes are too big to have ESL etc mainstreamed into classes. We need more small group support for them; we could even have bigger mainstream classes in that scenario. But it still would cost more so won’t happen. [/quote]

Yes you certainly answered your own question[/quote]

There is plenty of money, but we blow it on more admin staff, marquee architecture like the Heights buildings, and all these special programs like HB and immersion. [/quote]

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