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Anonymous wrote:Of course kids are learning way less this year. Teachers are cutting 1/3-1/2 the curriculum and there are way fewer instructional hours. The situation is even worse than we can see because there is very lenient grading and rampant cheating going on. Our kids are SO behind their counterparts at private schools and public schools that are open. And, not only that, but the school day will still be significantly reduced even when they are in-person because "equity" - can't have regular school hours in-person if virtual kids aren't getting the same! The equity mission at APS is out of hand. Everyone needs to be reaching out to APS and school board and tell them to end this nonsense. We need regular hours at school, put more kids on busses to make logistics easier, move to 3 feet distancing for elementary. And, most importantly, pay attention to school board elections and stop blindly voting for whoever the ACDC endorses. I hope they find a good candidate, but they have a very bad track record.

That’s right. My kids aren’t going to be shorted a minute of instruction just because you’re fine with yours eating lunch with 100 unmasked kids. Any believe me, I’ll be regularly communicating with whoever I need to ensure that “equity.” And there’s lots of us. And the administration listens to us a lot more than the APE screamers. You’re welcome!

Progressives are famous for not foreseeing the unintended consequences of their ideals. This is Arlington, few UMC parents are sitting around simply accepting the public school work to educate their child. They are either moving to private or supplementing with additional work or tutors. Your call for equity will place under resourced individuals way behind UMC kids because educated parents see behind this farce and respond to the challenge since we can afford it. We will continue to supplement after the pandemic until we feel the crusade for equity and lowered standards will not impact our kids education. We are looking forward to AP and/ or IB in the near future to get out of this equity challenge. Yes, we could afford private, but think it is more advantageous to super save in our kids 529s.

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Anonymous wrote:But why shouldn't in-person kids have normal school hours? Everyone has said that it was a big mistake to try and replicate normal school to a virtual model. Why are we trying to shorten normal school just because DL has fewer hours? It makes no sense. They are different learning modes and we should be using best practices for both.

Because they haven't been using best practices all year, and guaranteed they aren't magically going to start now. Like it or not, the kids have to have equal access to the same amount of material and teaching.

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Anonymous wrote:But why shouldn't in-person kids have normal school hours? Everyone has said that it was a big mistake to try and replicate normal school to a virtual model. Why are we trying to shorten normal school just because DL has fewer hours? It makes no sense. They are different learning modes and we should be using best practices for both.

Because they haven't been using best practices all year, and guaranteed they aren't magically going to start now. Like it or not, the kids have to have equal access to the same amount of material and teaching.

Yes, reduced services for everyone - the true Arlington way!

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Anonymous wrote:Of course kids are learning way less this year. Teachers are cutting 1/3-1/2 the curriculum and there are way fewer instructional hours. The situation is even worse than we can see because there is very lenient grading and rampant cheating going on. Our kids are SO behind their counterparts at private schools and public schools that are open. And, not only that, but the school day will still be significantly reduced even when they are in-person because "equity" - can't have regular school hours in-person if virtual kids aren't getting the same! The equity mission at APS is out of hand. Everyone needs to be reaching out to APS and school board and tell them to end this nonsense. We need regular hours at school, put more kids on busses to make logistics easier, move to 3 feet distancing for elementary. And, most importantly, pay attention to school board elections and stop blindly voting for whoever the ACDC endorses. I hope they find a good candidate, but they have a very bad track record.

That’s right. My kids aren’t going to be shorted a minute of instruction just because you’re fine with yours eating lunch with 100 unmasked kids. Any believe me, I’ll be regularly communicating with whoever I need to ensure that “equity.” And there’s lots of us. And the administration listens to us a lot more than the APE screamers. You’re welcome!

My relatives' kids in Connecticut public school have been back full-time (eating lunch with 100s of unmasked children) and everything has been fine in that school system. My older ones in private schools have been hybrid since September. Again, everything is perfectly fine.

Vaccinate the teachers and DONE. Nobody under the age of 18 has died from Covid in my County.

Glad you’re willing to bear that risk. Not many people in this country are recommending indoor dining. So I think you may be the outlier here. You and the APE crowd.

Not the outlier. I think you'd be surprised if you talk to people in real life. Perhaps get off AEM for a while.

You're free to keep your kid home if you don't want lunch inside. No one is forcing you back.

I am. And I’m fine with that. And I’m fine with you sending yours. But don’t start arguing that “the equity mission has gotten out of hand” and your kids in person should get more instructional time than mine. That’s the point.

But why shouldn't in-person kids have normal school hours? Everyone has said that it was a big mistake to try and replicate normal school to a virtual model. Why are we trying to shorten normal school just because DL has fewer hours? It makes no sense. They are different learning modes and we should be using best practices for both.

Nope. Not in grades 3-5 or middle and high school where they decided to do the concurrent model. That’s how it is! Everyone is doing DL some of the week!

Okay - what about K-2? And why are the immersion schools having normal school times?

You want to set up an additional bus schedule for K-2?

Fairfax and Alexandria will have normal school operating hours. How about we just do whatever they are if they are able to manage it. If this is forced up on us because of the 11 kids bus restrictions than that is APS' fault. That is far beyond what is required and every other district is doing 1 kid per row and siblings can sit together. This is another example of the ineptiude of APS and the school board not holding them accountable.

Sounds like you should move to Fairfax or Alexandria since they aren't as inept. Won't miss you complaining about every.single.little.thing. Bye!

I truly don’t understand why APS can get away with short changing our kids on instructional time when our neighbors are able to provide a full day of learning. Is that really too much to ask!?

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Anonymous wrote:But why shouldn't in-person kids have normal school hours? Everyone has said that it was a big mistake to try and replicate normal school to a virtual model. Why are we trying to shorten normal school just because DL has fewer hours? It makes no sense. They are different learning modes and we should be using best practices for both.

Because they haven't been using best practices all year, and guaranteed they aren't magically going to start now. Like it or not, the kids have to have equal access to the same amount of material and teaching.

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Anonymous wrote:Of course kids are learning way less this year. Teachers are cutting 1/3-1/2 the curriculum and there are way fewer instructional hours. The situation is even worse than we can see because there is very lenient grading and rampant cheating going on. Our kids are SO behind their counterparts at private schools and public schools that are open. And, not only that, but the school day will still be significantly reduced even when they are in-person because "equity" - can't have regular school hours in-person if virtual kids aren't getting the same! The equity mission at APS is out of hand. Everyone needs to be reaching out to APS and school board and tell them to end this nonsense. We need regular hours at school, put more kids on busses to make logistics easier, move to 3 feet distancing for elementary. And, most importantly, pay attention to school board elections and stop blindly voting for whoever the ACDC endorses. I hope they find a good candidate, but they have a very bad track record.

That’s right. My kids aren’t going to be shorted a minute of instruction just because you’re fine with yours eating lunch with 100 unmasked kids. Any believe me, I’ll be regularly communicating with whoever I need to ensure that “equity.” And there’s lots of us. And the administration listens to us a lot more than the APE screamers. You’re welcome!

My relatives' kids in Connecticut public school have been back full-time (eating lunch with 100s of unmasked children) and everything has been fine in that school system. My older ones in private schools have been hybrid since September. Again, everything is perfectly fine.

Vaccinate the teachers and DONE. Nobody under the age of 18 has died from Covid in my County.

Glad you’re willing to bear that risk. Not many people in this country are recommending indoor dining. So I think you may be the outlier here. You and the APE crowd.

Not the outlier. I think you'd be surprised if you talk to people in real life. Perhaps get off AEM for a while.

You're free to keep your kid home if you don't want lunch inside. No one is forcing you back.

I am. And I’m fine with that. And I’m fine with you sending yours. But don’t start arguing that “the equity mission has gotten out of hand” and your kids in person should get more instructional time than mine. That’s the point.

But why shouldn't in-person kids have normal school hours? Everyone has said that it was a big mistake to try and replicate normal school to a virtual model. Why are we trying to shorten normal school just because DL has fewer hours? It makes no sense. They are different learning modes and we should be using best practices for both.

Nope. Not in grades 3-5 or middle and high school where they decided to do the concurrent model. That’s how it is! Everyone is doing DL some of the week!

Okay - what about K-2? And why are the immersion schools having normal school times?

You want to set up an additional bus schedule for K-2?

Fairfax and Alexandria will have normal school operating hours. How about we just do whatever they are if they are able to manage it. If this is forced up on us because of the 11 kids bus restrictions than that is APS' fault. That is far beyond what is required and every other district is doing 1 kid per row and siblings can sit together. This is another example of the ineptiude of APS and the school board not holding them accountable.

Sounds like you should move to Fairfax or Alexandria since they aren't as inept. Won't miss you complaining about every.single.little.thing. Bye!

Anonymous wrote:But why shouldn't in-person kids have normal school hours? Everyone has said that it was a big mistake to try and replicate normal school to a virtual model. Why are we trying to shorten normal school just because DL has fewer hours? It makes no sense. They are different learning modes and we should be using best practices for both.