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Thank you. Of course when you have parents that are dual
Big law, they aren't home to parent. The kinds of jobs that buy you a 2 million dollar home in Country Club Hills, are incredibly demanding. I ran into an old classmate recently. This person lives somewhere in the Yorktown area. They didn't know the name of the elementary school their kids attended. They knew they were at the "best" schools, but just not sure which one...
That's what it takes to live in this area. Certainly an hour and half commute to Fairfax isn't helping you spend time with your family. I don't have the answer. However, if you don't know your kid's teachers name, or which school they attend ... You have to wonder if it's worth it. These years are precious and over in a flash.

It doesn't take an hour and a half to get to Fairfax. This is the argument that Arlington folks like to use to justify sending their kids to a lesser-than school district.

STFU and stick to threads about FFX. Don't you have some handwringing to do about apts being zoned to Langley??

Thank you. Of course when you have parents that are dual
Big law, they aren't home to parent. The kinds of jobs that buy you a 2 million dollar home in Country Club Hills, are incredibly demanding. I ran into an old classmate recently. This person lives somewhere in the Yorktown area. They didn't know the name of the elementary school their kids attended. They knew they were at the "best" schools, but just not sure which one...
That's what it takes to live in this area. Certainly an hour and half commute to Fairfax isn't helping you spend time with your family. I don't have the answer. However, if you don't know your kid's teachers name, or which school they attend ... You have to wonder if it's worth it. These years are precious and over in a flash.

It doesn't take an hour and a half to get to Fairfax. This is the argument that Arlington folks like to use to justify sending their kids to a lesser-than school district.

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Anonymous wrote:And some dad prattled on in utter denial that there is an issue.

That's not how I read it at all. Sounds like his point is there may be a problem, but this isn't a great solution. Those who think it is are gullible as hell.

No one thinks this is THE solution but it is part of the solution, if nothing else than very obviously demonstrating that drugs on HS grounds will not be tolerated and that APS and ACPD are taking this seriously.

Fine. What else are they doing? Serious question. What's the full policy response?

NP here who has been following the AEM threads. One huge response lies with the parents. If this accomplishes nothing other than making the schools more drug-free, then it pushes a lot of the responsibility back on the parents which is as it should be. How often do these parents do a stop-and-frisk of their kids' backpacks or bedrooms if they have reason to believe their kid could be dabbling in this stuff? Are their kids accountable for their whereabouts before and after school as well as on weekend nights?

Parents are complaining that a criminal record will ruin a kid's life, and therefore of course APS needs to keep all police away from their kids, rather than maybe parenting and seeing the schools and police as partners.

Thank you. Of course when you have parents that are dual
Big law, they aren't home to parent. The kinds of jobs that buy you a 2 million dollar home in Country Club Hills, are incredibly demanding. I ran into an old classmate recently. This person lives somewhere in the Yorktown area. They didn't know the name of the elementary school their kids attended. They knew they were at the "best" schools, but just not sure which one...
That's what it takes to live in this area. Certainly an hour and half commute to Fairfax isn't helping you spend time with your family. I don't have the answer. However, if you don't know your kid's teachers name, or which school they attend ... You have to wonder if it's worth it. These years are precious and over in a flash.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And some dad prattled on in utter denial that there is an issue.

That's not how I read it at all. Sounds like his point is there may be a problem, but this isn't a great solution. Those who think it is are gullible as hell.

No one thinks this is THE solution but it is part of the solution, if nothing else than very obviously demonstrating that drugs on HS grounds will not be tolerated and that APS and ACPD are taking this seriously.

Fine. What else are they doing? Serious question. What's the full policy response?

NP here who has been following the AEM threads. One huge response lies with the parents. If this accomplishes nothing other than making the schools more drug-free, then it pushes a lot of the responsibility back on the parents which is as it should be. How often do these parents do a stop-and-frisk of their kids' backpacks or bedrooms if they have reason to believe their kid could be dabbling in this stuff? Are their kids accountable for their whereabouts before and after school as well as on weekend nights?

Parents are complaining that a criminal record will ruin a kid's life, and therefore of course APS needs to keep all police away from their kids, rather than maybe parenting and seeing the schools and police as partners.

There are multiple people objecting to the drug dogs and raising concerns about it on that AEM thread.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And some dad prattled on in utter denial that there is an issue.

That's not how I read it at all. Sounds like his point is there may be a problem, but this isn't a great solution. Those who think it is are gullible as hell.

Dp-oh come on. That dude just wants to argue. It has zero to do with the kids and everything to do with his community's perceived reputation and property values.

He has staked out HT and didn't see a drug deal so Williamsburg doesn't have a problem.

And some woman replied that she hadn't seen one either but believes it because some told her so we should all believe her. It was like Donald Trump talking or something. "People are saying" and "believe me!"

Anonymous wrote:That fb post seriously disturbs me. I only have a toddler but man you need to scare them straight regarding drugs when all else fails. It's like they just want to pretend there isn't a problem. I also don't like the distrust of police and teaching it in our public schools.

You only have a toddler but you know that there's a problem? Explain this to me.

That fb post seriously disturbs me. I only have a toddler but man you need to scare them straight regarding drugs when all else fails. It's like they just want to pretend there isn't a problem. I also don't like the distrust of police and teaching it in our public schools.

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Anonymous wrote:And some dad prattled on in utter denial that there is an issue.

That's not how I read it at all. Sounds like his point is there may be a problem, but this isn't a great solution. Those who think it is are gullible as hell.

Dp-oh come on. That dude just wants to argue. It has zero to do with the kids and everything to do with his community's perceived reputation and property values.

He has staked out HT and didn't see a drug deal so Williamsburg doesn't have a problem.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And some dad prattled on in utter denial that there is an issue.

That's not how I read it at all. Sounds like his point is there may be a problem, but this isn't a great solution. Those who think it is are gullible as hell.

No one thinks this is THE solution but it is part of the solution, if nothing else than very obviously demonstrating that drugs on HS grounds will not be tolerated and that APS and ACPD are taking this seriously.

Fine. What else are they doing? Serious question. What's the full policy response?

I am not sure what you even mean by this.

In any event, I don't think ACPD has any obligation to do anything in this situation other than enforce the law. As far as APS, perhaps their obligations extend in some limited ways to working with students and parents once a student is suspected of using drugs but other than that, an APS student's drug use/dealing is an issue for their family, the juvenile justice system and law enforcement, not the public schools.

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Anonymous wrote:And some dad prattled on in utter denial that there is an issue.

That's not how I read it at all. Sounds like his point is there may be a problem, but this isn't a great solution. Those who think it is are gullible as hell.

Dp-oh come on. That dude just wants to argue. It has zero to do with the kids and everything to do with his community's perceived reputation and property values.

Call me American, but I was raised to question authority. You should try it sometime.

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Anonymous wrote:And some dad prattled on in utter denial that there is an issue.

That's not how I read it at all. Sounds like his point is there may be a problem, but this isn't a great solution. Those who think it is are gullible as hell.

Dp-oh come on. That dude just wants to argue. It has zero to do with the kids and everything to do with his community's perceived reputation and property values.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And some dad prattled on in utter denial that there is an issue.

That's not how I read it at all. Sounds like his point is there may be a problem, but this isn't a great solution. Those who think it is are gullible as hell.

No one thinks this is THE solution but it is part of the solution, if nothing else than very obviously demonstrating that drugs on HS grounds will not be tolerated and that APS and ACPD are taking this seriously.

Fine. What else are they doing? Serious question. What's the full policy response?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And some dad prattled on in utter denial that there is an issue.

That's not how I read it at all. Sounds like his point is there may be a problem, but this isn't a great solution. Those who think it is are gullible as hell.

No one thinks this is THE solution but it is part of the solution, if nothing else than very obviously demonstrating that drugs on HS grounds will not be tolerated and that APS and ACPD are taking this seriously.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And some dad prattled on in utter denial that there is an issue.

That's not how I read it at all. Sounds like his point is there may be a problem, but this isn't a great solution. Those who think it is are gullible as hell.

It may not be THE solution but it is part of the solution.

As long as it isn't viewed as the only solution. It might be worthwhile to investigate why drug use is on an uptick. Hint: It's not the kids, it's the parents.