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Anonymous wrote:I think people on this board are just forgetting what this debate was about... it was supposed to be about children. If you talk to your friends in NY, NJ, RI, COnn, Fla, NC... they have been open since September. Why on earth are people faulting APE for asking for a Jan hybrid opening when more than 50 percent of US schools have been open since September. Anyone outside of the DMV will just drop their jaw on how poorly it was handled here. No one outside this area would agree on keeping our kids out of school so long. Fauci and Oster have been begging us to get the kids back, yet there still are crazy people smarter than them wanting our schools closed no matter what they say.

We’ve covered this many times.

Back in Feb/Mar in the US we had 1/3rd schools completely virtual, 1/3rd offering hybrid, and 1/3rd offering full-time.

APS had a reasonable approach, taken by many other school systems in the country. And when opening schools, APS followed CDC guidelines on distancing (in overcrowded schools) which resulted in hybrid. Also very reasonable.

Schools are open. Will 5 days this fall. Time to move on.

This is probably the majority, yay Arlington, take. But having said that, APS’s approach fell within the range of approaches that were not unreasonable.

A lot of schools nationally are still hybrid. APS is far from "last" as the Trump/open upppers/APE would have us believe.

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Anonymous wrote:I think people on this board are just forgetting what this debate was about... it was supposed to be about children. If you talk to your friends in NY, NJ, RI, COnn, Fla, NC... they have been open since September. Why on earth are people faulting APE for asking for a Jan hybrid opening when more than 50 percent of US schools have been open since September. Anyone outside of the DMV will just drop their jaw on how poorly it was handled here. No one outside this area would agree on keeping our kids out of school so long. Fauci and Oster have been begging us to get the kids back, yet there still are crazy people smarter than them wanting our schools closed no matter what they say.

We’ve covered this many times.

Back in Feb/Mar in the US we had 1/3rd schools completely virtual, 1/3rd offering hybrid, and 1/3rd offering full-time.

APS had a reasonable approach, taken by many other school systems in the country. And when opening schools, APS followed CDC guidelines on distancing (in overcrowded schools) which resulted in hybrid. Also very reasonable.

Schools are open. Will 5 days this fall. Time to move on.

This is probably the majority, yay Arlington, take. But having said that, APS’s approach fell within the range of approaches that were not unreasonable.

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Anonymous wrote:I think people on this board are just forgetting what this debate was about... it was supposed to be about children. If you talk to your friends in NY, NJ, RI, COnn, Fla, NC... they have been open since September. Why on earth are people faulting APE for asking for a Jan hybrid opening when more than 50 percent of US schools have been open since September. Anyone outside of the DMV will just drop their jaw on how poorly it was handled here. No one outside this area would agree on keeping our kids out of school so long. Fauci and Oster have been begging us to get the kids back, yet there still are crazy people smarter than them wanting our schools closed no matter what they say.

We’ve covered this many times.

Back in Feb/Mar in the US we had 1/3rd schools completely virtual, 1/3rd offering hybrid, and 1/3rd offering full-time.

APS had a reasonable approach, taken by many other school systems in the country. And when opening schools, APS followed CDC guidelines on distancing (in overcrowded schools) which resulted in hybrid. Also very reasonable.

Schools are open. Will 5 days this fall. Time to move on.

Anonymous wrote:I think people on this board are just forgetting what this debate was about... it was supposed to be about children. If you talk to your friends in NY, NJ, RI, COnn, Fla, NC... they have been open since September. Why on earth are people faulting APE for asking for a Jan hybrid opening when more than 50 percent of US schools have been open since September. Anyone outside of the DMV will just drop their jaw on how poorly it was handled here. No one outside this area would agree on keeping our kids out of school so long. Fauci and Oster have been begging us to get the kids back, yet there still are crazy people smarter than them wanting our schools closed no matter what they say.

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Anonymous wrote:Alternate headline/subhead: DC region most conservative in nation, performs large experiment on children: What long-lasting effects will this region see by keeping most of its children out of school for over a year?

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Subhead: Most of Its Children Were In Fact Not Out of School This Year, Only Out of School Buildings
Area Third Grader Becomes Fourth Grader.
Film at 11

Anonymous wrote:Alternate headline/subhead: DC region most conservative in nation, performs large experiment on children: What long-lasting effects will this region see by keeping most of its children out of school for over a year?

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Anonymous wrote:Did anyone see the tantrum APE parents threw today on AEM? At first I was amused but then I was just sad for these bitter people. Why can't they move on? School's nearly over!

No, I’m not on AEM and I’m not a tantrum thrower. But is it possible that some of these parents you’re so into trashing have had an awful year? A year after which they will be dealing with fallout for months or years to come? A year in which even a little acknowledgment from APS that this has been truly hard for many would have gone such a long way? I don’t begrudge anyone who chose DL or has stayed virtual all year. I don’t judge them and I’m glad they’ve had that choice. But this year has been a real struggle and it’s not over, not at all, just because people are saying we’re going back full time this fall. For all of the claims on here that APE is full of crazies (and I’ll grant you there are some!) it’s amazing to me that so many parents can’t fathom how bad this year has been for many. I’d suggest you try to meet or interact with some folks who, let’s just say, don’t have 2-parent families, can’t WFH, can’t manage the technology, don’t speak English, have no local family support, have special needs kids....The list goes on but if this year has been good or even okay for you and yours, please know some of us would love to trade places.

Thank you. So tired of coming here and seeing folks continuously trash those who dare ask for more in-person learning than 2 days a week. MANY, MANY major cities and states have had full schooling all year without major outbreaks.

Also I feel bad for the folks who just use DCUM as an outlet for their rage.

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Anonymous wrote:Did anyone see the tantrum APE parents threw today on AEM? At first I was amused but then I was just sad for these bitter people. Why can't they move on? School's nearly over!

No, I’m not on AEM and I’m not a tantrum thrower. But is it possible that some of these parents you’re so into trashing have had an awful year? A year after which they will be dealing with fallout for months or years to come? A year in which even a little acknowledgment from APS that this has been truly hard for many would have gone such a long way? I don’t begrudge anyone who chose DL or has stayed virtual all year. I don’t judge them and I’m glad they’ve had that choice. But this year has been a real struggle and it’s not over, not at all, just because people are saying we’re going back full time this fall. For all of the claims on here that APE is full of crazies (and I’ll grant you there are some!) it’s amazing to me that so many parents can’t fathom how bad this year has been for many. I’d suggest you try to meet or interact with some folks who, let’s just say, don’t have 2-parent families, can’t WFH, can’t manage the technology, don’t speak English, have no local family support, have special needs kids....The list goes on but if this year has been good or even okay for you and yours, please know some of us would love to trade places.

Anonymous wrote:What will our friends at APE do with this? So happy to see some actual numbers instead of the vague claims about how awfully APS performed compared to everyone else.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/washington-schools-in-person-numbers/2021/05/30/b7974f60-bf9f-11eb-9c90-731aff7d9a0d_story.html

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Anonymous wrote:In Arlington, privileged people, like privileged people elsewhere, are converged about preserving their privilege. That means not allowing others to pass them. They scrambled during the pandemic to figure out how to do this. But I’m guessing part of it might have been making sure that everyone had to be frozen in place.

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Anonymous wrote:In Arlington, privileged people, like privileged people elsewhere, are converged about preserving their privilege. That means not allowing others to pass them. They scrambled during the pandemic to figure out how to do this. But I’m guessing part of it might have been making sure that everyone had to be frozen in place.

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Anonymous wrote:Did anyone see the tantrum APE parents threw today on AEM? At first I was amused but then I was just sad for these bitter people. Why can't they move on? School's nearly over!

No, I’m not on AEM and I’m not a tantrum thrower. But is it possible that some of these parents you’re so into trashing have had an awful year? A year after which they will be dealing with fallout for months or years to come? A year in which even a little acknowledgment from APS that this has been truly hard for many would have gone such a long way? I don’t begrudge anyone who chose DL or has stayed virtual all year. I don’t judge them and I’m glad they’ve had that choice. But this year has been a real struggle and it’s not over, not at all, just because people are saying we’re going back full time this fall. For all of the claims on here that APE is full of crazies (and I’ll grant you there are some!) it’s amazing to me that so many parents can’t fathom how bad this year has been for many. I’d suggest you try to meet or interact with some folks who, let’s just say, don’t have 2-parent families, can’t WFH, can’t manage the technology, don’t speak English, have no local family support, have special needs kids....The list goes on but if this year has been good or even okay for you and yours, please know some of us would love to trade places.

You’d think a bunch of smarties from Arlington would’ve followed the science and opened hybrid in September and full time in Jan/February like most other east coast communities and solved most of those struggles of the S Arlington residents.

Arlington has one group of people to blame - and they all reside north of 50. I just shake my head at the paranoia of my friends in N Arlington.