Anonymous
Post 01/04/2021 17:39     Subject: Re:APS Equity over Education
Equity is for Black and Hispanic students.
The best money can buy is for white students.

That's what equity means in Arlington co. public schools.


I don't understand this...if you're suggesting that white students all go private, then they are no longer in Arlington Public Schools. That definitely hasn't happened.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2021 16:46     Subject: APS Equity over Education
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don’t know. A LOT of privates bend over backwards to make average rich kids feel special. But they don’t actually challenge them. Sometimes families confuse the two. If you feel your kid needs more attention private is the right option. If you feel your kid needs real academic challenge you need to get them into a top private or probably just stay in public and require them to seek out the enrichment opportunities offered in middle and high.


Agree, but even the top privates are not academically challenging if your kid is really gifted. Public schools in FCPS or MCPS cater to those kids much better.


Everyone wants to believe their kid is gifted. Just ain't so. FCPS's huge cadre of "gifted" students isn't all that much different than any other school system's top performers - some kids are brighter than others. Always has been, always will be. The word "gifted" is highly overused.