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also, let’s not forget about the large class sizes at APS. My daughter’s K class is 24 kids and my 3rd graders class is now at 25. I hope more families are leaving.

And let’s it forget to mention the mass exit of many teachers due to the lower pay and COL here. Last year we saw all of the 4th grade team leave as well as most of 2nd. Year before that is was all of K and kids started with subs! Plus most of the Sped department and our principal. APS is a mess.

I don’t think the schools are the biggest driving factor, since I believe this has been a slow burn and when we bought in Arl 10 years ago the schools were still ok. I do think housing is the bigger issue. I also don’t believe all of FFX schools are equal. Mclean HS, Langley (if you want to move that far) are good but COL is just as high (at least in Mclean HS).

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I will also add that, as far as the retake policy, this just changed. And it was because APS realized how terrible the previous policy was and how it varied from school to school and teacher to teacher (some teachers made kids jump through hoops to do a retake while others handed out the same test).

I think the retake policy was well intended; we want kids to learn the material, not just be after the "A." But it was poorly executed and thought out and created more work for teachers (creating more than one test, finding time to give out retakes, etc.). It also stressed some kids out who are constantly striving for the best grade; they became behind on new content while trying to study (again) for previous content. Or, they had soccer that night and just decided not to study and see what was on the test, knowing they could take it again.

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Absolutely no one is deciding where to live based on a short lived retake policy.  Probably 95% of all decisions are based on housing prices and commute.  Special programs like immersion, TJ and AAP may sway a few one way or the other.  The rest is just noise.[/quote]

It’s just death by a thousand cuts which is making the perception of APS as a school system which is too focused on equity to the detriment of mainstream student, and underinvestment in facilities which leads to massive overcrowding. [/quote][/quote]

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