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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][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In case anyone is wondering how APS teachers feel about a specific group of parents, here is an APS teacher (now former) who put her name on it --

[i]At first, when schools moved to online instruction in the spring of 2020 and parents saw firsthand the hardships teachers were enduring, plaudits poured in for the educators showing remarkable commitment to their profession in a difficult situation they had never trained for. Virtual teaching took much more time to prepare, execute and evaluate. And because students were often not required to turn on their cameras, it was a lot like teaching into a void. [b]But as time crawled on and schools remained closed to in-person instruction, parents became critical, even angry. The hostility parents leveled against teachers was astonishing.[/b] In September 2021 alone, 30,000 public school teachers nationwide gave notice. Between August 2020 and August 2021, Florida’s teacher vacancies surged 67 percent, according to a count by the Florida Education Association. In 2021, California’s largest district, Los Angeles Unified, had five times the number of vacancies as in previous years, according to Shannon Haber, a spokeswoman for the district. The number of retirements skyrocketed, and I joined the exodus. I was within a couple of years of my target retirement date, but I left earlier than planned because of the mounting stress around the pandemic and an ever-increasing workload. [/i]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/03/08/teachers-woes-vulnerable-profession-robbins/?fbclid=IwAR2UZodgy4iGVxCs8_X8Jp-yrhrMPKsHd6lhvFl5CAJ6rpmbqn9jA0FgT1o[/quote]

The raw, misdirected hostility towards teachers was so crazy. I’m still shocked by what some parents did.

My kid was on teams **in class** when a parent interrupted and started screaming and cursing at the teacher. In front of all of the kids!!! The teacher handled it well, but WTAF?! 
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Yup. And then a lot of parents who were angry about schools closing took their kids out of APS and left for private schools, including one of our school bd candidates, so this is a problem they created for others to deal with.

I don't know how we repair the damage they did. [/quote]

Certainly not by choosing a SB member who thought their actions were acceptable enough to partner with them. 
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Sorry but this entire thread reads as sock puppeting.  
I don’t plan to vote, but I’m not sure how you can say someone who 1) doesn’t have children, 2) has never been inside an aps building, and 3) has lived in Arlington for less than a month is more qualified than anyone.  Miranda is way more qualified, and if the Arl dems want to stay relevant and continue the endorsement process, Miranda should be the clear favorite.  [/quote]

There are multiple people posting.

He is absolutely less qualified. He also didn’t lead a group that has done so much damage to our community. 
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I don't like either of then. But I may take newbie youngster over someone who has really damaged our school system. At least Angelo is probably harmless and it can't hurt to have a fresh perspective from a young person. [/quote]

Whoops. This was where I wanted to post the above comment. I'm voting for the kid at this moment unless he really offs up. Miranda and her supporters do not represent me at all. She would probably ignore anyone who wasn't APE if she is elected.[/quote]

Miranda has been involved in some capacity or another well before APE. See Drew and Green Valley.  [b]She's done more in APS than at least 2 current board members did before they were elected[/b] and her oldest kid isn't even in MS yet. She's talking to ASPHA and others.  APS has some real challenges. Write someone if you want, but don't throw a vote at this unserious kid. [/quote]

[b]Did those two SB members lead a group that had such a negative impact on our community[/b]?

I’ll take a kid over someone who thinks so lowly of our teachers that she stood by while members in her group trashed teachers, SB members, administrators, and other parents. 
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One group alone is not responsible for all the negative impact that has happened. [/quote]

They are responsible for their own actions which absolutely negatively impacted our community.

Lots of crappy things happened during the pandemic. Parents bullying teachers and others wasn’t one that I expected. [b]Instead of supporting and pulling our community together they spread rage and divisiveness[/b]. 
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Many in the AEM crowd do the same. There are obnoxious parents outside of APE, too.[/quote]

They were not bullying teachers or screaming over people at SB meetings. 
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No, but their comments to dissenting opinions on an online forum are often not any better.  It may not be in person, but the rhetoric can be just as poor. [/quote]
+1 just because they were scared to go in public doesn’t mean they didn’t spew tons of vitriol[/quote]

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