Lies.

We didn’t “know” it was safe.

We expected the surge.

And APS started sending kids back in November.

It was the right call at the time.


Schools should have, and could have reopened. Many (both teachers and parents) fought tooth and nail against this. Meanwhile, our kids suffered and now everyone is seeing the results of this poor decision.

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Anonymous wrote:Duran being in the drivers seat was a major factor here. He drove APS to the ground and now we are losing great teachers left and right. Such a poor leader

You couldn’t be more wrong. Remember he came on board in May/June after the worst decisions in 2020 were made. He has put plans in place to help teachers particularly over the last sux months. In the long term he’s going to be an amazing hire for APS. The only people that seem to dislike him
are the the open schools now parents who have their kids in private anyway. The same parents that wanted to speak for minority families in South Arlington but were dead wrong on what they wanted.

A majority of ethinic groups of wanted to come back in person, even if under-priviliged minorities were only slighly less than whites and Asians.

God, these closed schoolers can never admit they were wrong. It's so pathetic. The most loud-mouthed ones are affluent white women, many of whom don't work full-time outside of the home. The definition of privilege.

It was the right call at the time with the knowledge and resources available.

Guess your temper tantrums didn’t work. Maybe next time try something more constructive.

What? It's been proven to be the absolute wrong call, especially looking at how much better kids did in places that didn't close public schools have done. In fact, closed schools didn't help with COVID spread at all either.

We knew schools were safe after Europe reopened them in the spring 2020, and most of the US had by the fall 2020. That's why NYC went ahead and opened schools in November 2020. APS didn't until March 21!

So once again, the Trump-like closed schoolers can't admit they're wrong. Take the L.

Lies.

We didn’t “know” it was safe.

We expected the surge.

And APS started sending kids back in November.

It was the right call at the time.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Duran being in the drivers seat was a major factor here. He drove APS to the ground and now we are losing great teachers left and right. Such a poor leader

You couldn’t be more wrong. Remember he came on board in May/June after the worst decisions in 2020 were made. He has put plans in place to help teachers particularly over the last sux months. In the long term he’s going to be an amazing hire for APS. The only people that seem to dislike him
are the the open schools now parents who have their kids in private anyway. The same parents that wanted to speak for minority families in South Arlington but were dead wrong on what they wanted.

A majority of ethinic groups of wanted to come back in person, even if under-priviliged minorities were only slighly less than whites and Asians.

God, these closed schoolers can never admit they were wrong. It's so pathetic. The most loud-mouthed ones are affluent white women, many of whom don't work full-time outside of the home. The definition of privilege.

It was the right call at the time with the knowledge and resources available.

Guess your temper tantrums didn’t work. Maybe next time try something more constructive.

What? It's been proven to be the absolute wrong call, especially looking at how much better kids did in places that didn't close public schools have done. In fact, closed schools didn't help with COVID spread at all either.

We knew schools were safe after Europe reopened them in the spring 2020, and most of the US had by the fall 2020. That's why NYC went ahead and opened schools in November 2020. APS didn't until March 21!

So once again, the Trump-like closed schoolers can't admit they're wrong. Take the L.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Duran being in the drivers seat was a major factor here. He drove APS to the ground and now we are losing great teachers left and right. Such a poor leader

You couldn’t be more wrong. Remember he came on board in May/June after the worst decisions in 2020 were made. He has put plans in place to help teachers particularly over the last sux months. In the long term he’s going to be an amazing hire for APS. The only people that seem to dislike him
are the the open schools now parents who have their kids in private anyway. The same parents that wanted to speak for minority families in South Arlington but were dead wrong on what they wanted.

A majority of ethinic groups of wanted to come back in person, even if under-priviliged minorities were only slighly less than whites and Asians.

God, these closed schoolers can never admit they were wrong. It's so pathetic. The most loud-mouthed ones are affluent white women, many of whom don't work full-time outside of the home. The definition of privilege.

It was the right call at the time with the knowledge and resources available.

Guess your temper tantrums didn’t work. Maybe next time try something more constructive.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Duran being in the drivers seat was a major factor here. He drove APS to the ground and now we are losing great teachers left and right. Such a poor leader

You couldn’t be more wrong. Remember he came on board in May/June after the worst decisions in 2020 were made. He has put plans in place to help teachers particularly over the last sux months. In the long term he’s going to be an amazing hire for APS. The only people that seem to dislike him
are the the open schools now parents who have their kids in private anyway. The same parents that wanted to speak for minority families in South Arlington but were dead wrong on what they wanted.

A majority of ethinic groups of wanted to come back in person, even if under-priviliged minorities were only slighly less than whites and Asians.

God, these closed schoolers can never admit they were wrong. It's so pathetic. The most loud-mouthed ones are affluent white women, many of whom don't work full-time outside of the home. The definition of privilege.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Duran being in the drivers seat was a major factor here. He drove APS to the ground and now we are losing great teachers left and right. Such a poor leader

You couldn’t be more wrong. Remember he came on board in May/June after the worst decisions in 2020 were made. He has put plans in place to help teachers particularly over the last sux months. In the long term he’s going to be an amazing hire for APS. The only people that seem to dislike him
are the the open schools now parents who have their kids in private anyway. The same parents that wanted to speak for minority families in South Arlington but were dead wrong on what they wanted.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Duran being in the drivers seat was a major factor here. He drove APS to the ground and now we are losing great teachers left and right. Such a poor leader

As an APS teacher, I can promise you most teachers have not resigned as a result of Duran. I never hear my colleagues speak negatively about him the way they did Murphy. Duran has done a lot to prioritize teachers with compensation and some other initiatives. The school I taught at last year had over 20 teachers leave (me included). Most did not leave the profession, but switched schools or counties. Most teachers at my former location left due to internal issues at the school level (lack of support from administration, mostly).

It seems like a coterie parents dislike Duran because of choices he made during Virtual Learning, but I guarantee anyone in that role would be facing the same criticism.

That’s true. No matter what he did, people would’ve been angry.

Well said!
I am a teacher with many options elsewhere. I stayed because he conveys a genuine desire to help us. Arlington parents should be grateful for his leadership because we could be like FCPS and still looking for hundreds of teachers just a month before school starts. I support him even though I don’t agree with him 100% especially on increasing central office staff. In my 20 years in APS I’ve never seen the benefit of a large central office. More bureaucratic stuff, meaning more on our plates .

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Duran being in the drivers seat was a major factor here. He drove APS to the ground and now we are losing great teachers left and right. Such a poor leader

You couldn’t be more wrong. Remember he came on board in May/June after the worst decisions in 2020 were made. He has put plans in place to help teachers particularly over the last sux months. In the long term he’s going to be an amazing hire for APS. The only people that seem to dislike him
are the the open schools now parents who have their kids in private anyway. The same parents that wanted to speak for minority families in South Arlington but were dead wrong on what they wanted.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Duran being in the drivers seat was a major factor here. He drove APS to the ground and now we are losing great teachers left and right. Such a poor leader

You couldn’t be more wrong. Remember he came on board in May/June after the worst decisions in 2020 were made. He has put plans in place to help teachers particularly over the last sux months. In the long term he’s going to be an amazing hire for APS. The only people that seem to dislike him
are the the open schools now parents who have their kids in private anyway. The same parents that wanted to speak for minority families in South Arlington but were dead wrong on what they wanted.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Duran being in the drivers seat was a major factor here. He drove APS to the ground and now we are losing great teachers left and right. Such a poor leader

As an APS teacher, I can promise you most teachers have not resigned as a result of Duran. I never hear my colleagues speak negatively about him the way they did Murphy. Duran has done a lot to prioritize teachers with compensation and some other initiatives. The school I taught at last year had over 20 teachers leave (me included). Most did not leave the profession, but switched schools or counties. Most teachers at my former location left due to internal issues at the school level (lack of support from administration, mostly).

It seems like a coterie parents dislike Duran because of choices he made during Virtual Learning, but I guarantee anyone in that role would be facing the same criticism.

That’s true. No matter what he did, people would’ve been angry.

Anonymous wrote:Duran being in the drivers seat was a major factor here. He drove APS to the ground and now we are losing great teachers left and right. Such a poor leader