Anonymous
04/11/2026 08:51
Subject: Will APS close on 4/21?
.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This thread reminded me that I was planning to donate to APE. Just gave them $300. I am an APS parent.
You could have given $300 for a number of good causes, including to your PTA, but you gave it to an organization who demands accountability without showing any to our community.
OMG STOP. There is nothing “progressive” about all these days off. You may be a SAHP with nothing better to do than anxiously text your kid at school and welcome every opportunity to have them home for any reason, but I assure you, you are in the minority.
The schools have been slowly placing education at the bottom of their priority list. I don’t care who reminds them it needs to be the top or who they secretly vote for in their spare time, I am going to support that mission. Schools are schools first. They are not religious celebration centers, social work centers, voting pods, or employment centers first. Their purpose is to educate children. Everything else comes second.
While I agree with you, the problem with your statement is you are talking about public schools that are funded by taxpayer dollars and public schools are trying to be everything to everybody. You need to pay for private or Catholic school if you don’t want schools closing for all the extras. My kids’ Arlington Catholic school doesn’t close for voting. It is closed for days surrounding Easter and Christmas, but generally teaches Catholicism and holds religious celebrations during the school day, which certainly simplifies the calendar.
Anonymous
04/11/2026 08:36
Subject: Will APS close on 4/21?
Sure anonymous poster
Anonymous
04/10/2026 17:08
Subject: Will APS close on 4/21?
Anonymous wrote:No it’s not. Stop speaking for school staff. It’s putting strain on parents of young kids who are complaining.
I am school staff and there was a conversation about this in the APS educators group yesterday.
Anonymous
04/10/2026 07:50
Subject: Will APS close on 4/21?
No it’s not. Stop speaking for school staff. It’s putting strain on parents of young kids who are complaining.
Anonymous
04/10/2026 06:22
Subject: Will APS close on 4/21?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This thread reminded me that I was planning to donate to APE. Just gave them $300. I am an APS parent.
You could have given $300 for a number of good causes, including to your PTA, but you gave it to an organization who demands accountability without showing any to our community.
OMG STOP. There is nothing “progressive” about all these days off. You may be a SAHP with nothing better to do than anxiously text your kid at school and welcome every opportunity to have them home for any reason, but I assure you, you are in the minority.
The schools have been slowly placing education at the bottom of their priority list. I don’t care who reminds them it needs to be the top or who they secretly vote for in their spare time, I am going to support that mission. Schools are schools first. They are not religious celebration centers, social work centers, voting pods, or employment centers first. Their purpose is to educate children. Everything else comes second.
+1 and it’s putting incredible strain on school staff.
Anonymous
04/09/2026 21:40
Subject: Will APS close on 4/21?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This thread reminded me that I was planning to donate to APE. Just gave them $300. I am an APS parent.
You could have given $300 for a number of good causes, including to your PTA, but you gave it to an organization who demands accountability without showing any to our community.
OMG STOP. There is nothing “progressive” about all these days off. You may be a SAHP with nothing better to do than anxiously text your kid at school and welcome every opportunity to have them home for any reason, but I assure you, you are in the minority.
The schools have been slowly placing education at the bottom of their priority list. I don’t care who reminds them it needs to be the top or who they secretly vote for in their spare time, I am going to support that mission. Schools are schools first. They are not religious celebration centers, social work centers, voting pods, or employment centers first. Their purpose is to educate children. Everything else comes second.
Very APEy.
Anonymous
04/09/2026 10:58
Subject: Will APS close on 4/21?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This thread reminded me that I was planning to donate to APE. Just gave them $300. I am an APS parent.
You could have given $300 for a number of good causes, including to your PTA, but you gave it to an organization who demands accountability without showing any to our community.
OMG STOP. There is nothing “progressive” about all these days off. You may be a SAHP with nothing better to do than anxiously text your kid at school and welcome every opportunity to have them home for any reason, but I assure you, you are in the minority.
The schools have been slowly placing education at the bottom of their priority list. I don’t care who reminds them it needs to be the top or who they secretly vote for in their spare time, I am going to support that mission. Schools are schools first. They are not religious celebration centers, social work centers, voting pods, or employment centers first. Their purpose is to educate children. Everything else comes second.
Anonymous
04/05/2026 18:48
Subject: Will APS close on 4/21?
Anonymous wrote:This thread reminded me that I was planning to donate to APE. Just gave them $300. I am an APS parent.
You could have given $300 for a number of good causes, including to your PTA, but you gave it to an organization who demands accountability without showing any to our community.
Anonymous
04/03/2026 10:07
Subject: Re:Will APS close on 4/21?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I took one for the team and watched the Board meeting recording.
4/21 is off. Vote was 3-2. Turner and Tapia-Hadley voted no.
Duran said he has "grave concerns" of security and operational disruptions if they are open election day. Staff brought up FCPS closed. Staff said they don't make recommendations lightly, blah, blah. Staff says this will be as much turnout as a general election. Turner and Tapia-Hadley pushed back hard. The other Board members said all the things but then said their priority is keeping students/staff safe.
Did they even address the possibility of swapping around another day off?
They talked about swapping for the grade planning day April 13. Can't because the timing is too off and would mess up 4th quarter. I didn't hear them talk about any other swaps.
This doesn't logically make sense - they delayed grading because of the snow and the quarter ended at the same time. That seems extremely easy to do here. Disappointed no one pushed back on that answer. Glad the community made Bethany ask about it at least. Was refreshing to hear the Board acknowledge the primary purpose of schools and the impacts to those of us who work in person and have small kids. Predictable childcare (a benefit of school that should be acknowledged) should be important in a progressive, feminist society. Plus, the whole education of children thing.
Anonymous
04/02/2026 17:57
Subject: Will APS close on 4/21?
APS Blows.
Anonymous
04/02/2026 13:43
Subject: Will APS close on 4/21?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:That vague statement doesn't tell us anything. "Parents and community members" could mean anything. Please. We are not dumb.
Give a list of donors, APE. And the amounts they donated. We want transparency.
APE is an astroturf org.
As crazy as people act about APE on here I genuinely think it would be unsafe to release their donor list
Hahaha. Ape always comes up with some reason not to. Apes are the ones who terrorized school bd members
Yeah, because there’s someone on here who is completely obsessed with them
Look we will stop paying attention to APE when APE stops lobbying our school board with secret money.
Anonymous
04/01/2026 21:54
Subject: Will APS close on 4/21?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:That vague statement doesn't tell us anything. "Parents and community members" could mean anything. Please. We are not dumb.
Give a list of donors, APE. And the amounts they donated. We want transparency.
APE is an astroturf org.
As crazy as people act about APE on here I genuinely think it would be unsafe to release their donor list
Hahaha. Ape always comes up with some reason not to. Apes are the ones who terrorized school bd members
Yeah, because there’s someone on here who is completely obsessed with them
Anonymous
04/01/2026 20:32
Subject: Will APS close on 4/21?
This thread reminded me that I was planning to donate to APE. Just gave them $300. I am an APS parent.
Anonymous
04/01/2026 18:53
Subject: Will APS close on 4/21?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:That vague statement doesn't tell us anything. "Parents and community members" could mean anything. Please. We are not dumb.
Give a list of donors, APE. And the amounts they donated. We want transparency.
APE is an astroturf org.
As crazy as people act about APE on here I genuinely think it would be unsafe to release their donor list
Hahaha. Ape always comes up with some reason not to. Apes are the ones who terrorized school bd members
Anonymous
04/01/2026 08:57
Subject: Will APS close on 4/21?
Anonymous wrote:That vague statement doesn't tell us anything. "Parents and community members" could mean anything. Please. We are not dumb.
Give a list of donors, APE. And the amounts they donated. We want transparency.
APE is an astroturf org.
As crazy as people act about APE on here I genuinely think it would be unsafe to release their donor list