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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can I just confirm that the people upset with APS have withdrawn their children and will not be returning?[/quote]

At least one made that claim recently on AEM. Good riddance. [/quote]

I don't understand this mentality. I think it's actually bad for communities and public schools overall when a large percentage of the students opt out. I thought that was one reason APS historically has been better than Alexandria, for example, or DCPS. We don't really want to be a community where the wealthy send their kids private.

That said, we pulled out a younger kid and kept an older one in. When older kid graduates, we will be done with APS. I was a big advocate for public schools, very involved in PTA, helping with fundraisers, picked Arlington for the schools, etc. The whole deal. But spring 2020 online learning was a total disaster for us. And APS kid who stayed home almost all of last year has huge gaps that we are working hard to remediate (with no help or assistance from APS). So I've been really disappointed. I thought we might come back for HS for younger one, but now we are looking to just stay out permanently. I'm sad about it, but it's the best decision for our family.

I'm still staying involved, though, because not every family can just start paying private tuition, or paying a private tutor to help with gaps, all of which we are doing.[/quote]

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