A new policy at Arlington Public Schools (APS) is leading to backlash in the community after the district instituted a policy for early release for all students on Fridays. This policy has drawn plenty of criticism from local business owners and police.
Business owners in the downtown core have grown frustrated with juveniles causing disruptions on a regular basis. Arlington Hardware has been open for 119 years and its owners, Angela and Taylor Jones, are fed up.
“What we really are experiencing, in general, is a lack of public safety,” Co-owner Taylor Jones told The Jason Rantz Show. “The teenagers are part of the
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