MVA

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Anonymous wrote:MVA all of a sudden went quiet. All it took is to start a new thread that is actually on the topic about what they are talking about - MVA. Or is it that they are too busy to take over the BOE meeting today to post here??

There is nothing to discuss here. Just one nasty poster who has no experience with the MVA making nasty comments. They are probably a BOE member. Otherwise, why would you care if MCPS offered a virtual school for students who want or need it. Also, it could be expanded to have students in MS and HS take classes not available to them at their home schools, like math, foriegn language, sciences, and other electives.

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Anonymous wrote:MVA all of a sudden went quiet. All it took is to start a new thread that is actually on the topic about what they are talking about - MVA. Or is it that they are too busy to take over the BOE meeting today to post here??

Nothing can stop MVA parents' tireless efforts to take funding from MCPS schools! Except for a mild cold, that is.

Oh my... there you go again. You realize some of these families are leaving so that takes money away. You realze some of the kids going back need specialized placements costing upward of $100K a year, so that takes away money. You realize some of these kids need 1-1 para's, so that takes away money. Lots of things take away money from in person schools but how it was working was the home schools were getting payment for kids not attenting their school. How is that ok?

The MVA isn't about covid. You are cold and heartless if you don't listen to the testimonies of why. It has very little impact on the MCPS budget.

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Anonymous wrote:MVA all of a sudden went quiet. All it took is to start a new thread that is actually on the topic about what they are talking about - MVA. Or is it that they are too busy to take over the BOE meeting today to post here??

Nothing can stop MVA parents' tireless efforts to take funding from MCPS schools! Except for a mild cold, that is.

You are really going to hate the charter school that ooens next year.

I think its great to have alternatives. I hope more open. That will cost MCPS more than the MVA. Hopefully the charter will give MVA families priority. Or even better, maybe they will consider opening up a virtual portion.

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Anonymous wrote:MVA all of a sudden went quiet. All it took is to start a new thread that is actually on the topic about what they are talking about - MVA. Or is it that they are too busy to take over the BOE meeting today to post here??

Nothing can stop MVA parents' tireless efforts to take funding from MCPS schools! Except for a mild cold, that is.

Oh my... there you go again. You realize some of these families are leaving so that takes money away. You realze some of the kids going back need specialized placements costing upward of $100K a year, so that takes away money. You realize some of these kids need 1-1 para's, so that takes away money. Lots of things take away money from in person schools but how it was working was the home schools were getting payment for kids not attenting their school. How is that ok?

The MVA isn't about covid. You are cold and heartless if you don't listen to the testimonies of why. It has very little impact on the MCPS budget.

Despite it not making any sense, all three people providing testimony today in support of MVA are motivated by Covid.

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Anonymous wrote:MVA all of a sudden went quiet. All it took is to start a new thread that is actually on the topic about what they are talking about - MVA. Or is it that they are too busy to take over the BOE meeting today to post here??

Nothing can stop MVA parents' tireless efforts to take funding from MCPS schools! Except for a mild cold, that is.

Oh my... there you go again. You realize some of these families are leaving so that takes money away. You realze some of the kids going back need specialized placements costing upward of $100K a year, so that takes away money. You realize some of these kids need 1-1 para's, so that takes away money. Lots of things take away money from in person schools but how it was working was the home schools were getting payment for kids not attenting their school. How is that ok?

The MVA isn't about covid. You are cold and heartless if you don't listen to the testimonies of why. It has very little impact on the MCPS budget.

Despite it not making any sense, all three people providing testimony today in support of MVA are motivated by Covid.

One was due to waiting for a transplant. There are many in the MVA and all have a variety of reasons but regardless they should get the choice and it doesn't matter why. Most people don't want to make their private business public.

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Anonymous wrote:MVA all of a sudden went quiet. All it took is to start a new thread that is actually on the topic about what they are talking about - MVA. Or is it that they are too busy to take over the BOE meeting today to post here??

Nothing can stop MVA parents' tireless efforts to take funding from MCPS schools! Except for a mild cold, that is.

Oh my... there you go again. You realize some of these families are leaving so that takes money away. You realze some of the kids going back need specialized placements costing upward of $100K a year, so that takes away money. You realize some of these kids need 1-1 para's, so that takes away money. Lots of things take away money from in person schools but how it was working was the home schools were getting payment for kids not attenting their school. How is that ok?

The MVA isn't about covid. You are cold and heartless if you don't listen to the testimonies of why. It has very little impact on the MCPS budget.

Despite it not making any sense, all three people providing testimony today in support of MVA are motivated by Covid.

One was due to waiting for a transplant. There are many in the MVA and all have a variety of reasons but regardless they should get the choice and it doesn't matter why. Most people don't want to make their private business public.

They claim they're worried about their son getting covid. Nevermind all the other transplant recipients that continued school/jobs/activities until their health deteriorated to a point where they couldn't (and you're not likely to find yourself at the top of the list until that happens anyway).

The reasons do matter when you're expecting others to pay for it. Particularly when the educational outcomes are worse than in-person.

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Anonymous wrote:MVA all of a sudden went quiet. All it took is to start a new thread that is actually on the topic about what they are talking about - MVA. Or is it that they are too busy to take over the BOE meeting today to post here??

Nothing can stop MVA parents' tireless efforts to take funding from MCPS schools! Except for a mild cold, that is.

Oh my... there you go again. You realize some of these families are leaving so that takes money away. You realze some of the kids going back need specialized placements costing upward of $100K a year, so that takes away money. You realize some of these kids need 1-1 para's, so that takes away money. Lots of things take away money from in person schools but how it was working was the home schools were getting payment for kids not attenting their school. How is that ok?

The MVA isn't about covid. You are cold and heartless if you don't listen to the testimonies of why. It has very little impact on the MCPS budget.

Despite it not making any sense, all three people providing testimony today in support of MVA are motivated by Covid.

One was due to waiting for a transplant. There are many in the MVA and all have a variety of reasons but regardless they should get the choice and it doesn't matter why. Most people don't want to make their private business public.

They claim they're worried about their son getting covid. Nevermind all the other transplant recipients that continued school/jobs/activities until their health deteriorated to a point where they couldn't (and you're not likely to find yourself at the top of the list until that happens anyway).

The reasons do matter when you're expecting others to pay for it. Particularly when the educational outcomes are worse than in-person.

Again, why do you care the reason? The educational outcomes are not worse if you look at the current data from last year. You expect us to pay for your child's in person education, which is far more costly when you include buildings, extra staffing, bussing, etc. So, maybe we should stop in person. Your logic is flawed and your hatred for the MVA, which you have no experience with, is really bizzare. Stay blessed as one day you may not be and your child may need something like the MVA.

And, now that the MVA is closed and kids are going to IIS or homeschooled, don't you thnk those outcomes will be even worse. IIS is a few hours a week of tutoring and not a real education. Congrat's on hurting kids.

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Anonymous wrote:MVA all of a sudden went quiet. All it took is to start a new thread that is actually on the topic about what they are talking about - MVA. Or is it that they are too busy to take over the BOE meeting today to post here??

Nothing can stop MVA parents' tireless efforts to take funding from MCPS schools! Except for a mild cold, that is.

Oh my... there you go again. You realize some of these families are leaving so that takes money away. You realze some of the kids going back need specialized placements costing upward of $100K a year, so that takes away money. You realize some of these kids need 1-1 para's, so that takes away money. Lots of things take away money from in person schools but how it was working was the home schools were getting payment for kids not attenting their school. How is that ok?

The MVA isn't about covid. You are cold and heartless if you don't listen to the testimonies of why. It has very little impact on the MCPS budget.

Despite it not making any sense, all three people providing testimony today in support of MVA are motivated by Covid.

One was due to waiting for a transplant. There are many in the MVA and all have a variety of reasons but regardless they should get the choice and it doesn't matter why. Most people don't want to make their private business public.

They claim they're worried about their son getting covid. Nevermind all the other transplant recipients that continued school/jobs/activities until their health deteriorated to a point where they couldn't (and you're not likely to find yourself at the top of the list until that happens anyway).

The reasons do matter when you're expecting others to pay for it. Particularly when the educational outcomes are worse than in-person.

Again, why do you care the reason? The educational outcomes are not worse if you look at the current data from last year. You expect us to pay for your child's in person education, which is far more costly when you include buildings, extra staffing, bussing, etc. So, maybe we should stop in person. Your logic is flawed and your hatred for the MVA, which you have no experience with, is really bizzare. Stay blessed as one day you may not be and your child may need something like the MVA.

And, now that the MVA is closed and kids are going to IIS or homeschooled, don't you thnk those outcomes will be even worse. IIS is a few hours a week of tutoring and not a real education. Congrat's on hurting kids.

Like it or not, the budget is a zero sum game. Money spent on MVA is money not being spent in the schools. That has an impact. How much? That's going to depend on the cuts and the person. You suggested MCPS shouldn't have opened Cabin Branch Elementary. Setting aside whether that even would have saved money, how to you think people zoned for Cabin Branch, or the elementary schools affected by the rezoning, would have felt about that? If not that, what if you were a student/teacher/parent at a school that had to cut staff due to the shift in funds to MVA?

And IIS isn't really the main alternative to MVA. The main alternative is the student's home school. MVA parents have described different reasons why they don't want to send their kids to home schools, but they haven't described why they can't. And as we've seen reflected in MVA's enrollment numbers over its last couple years, most can.

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It was a penny rich, pound foolish move. They should have given adequate notice because they didn’t seem to account for special education and medically fragile kids who can’t attend their homeschool and now need placement….

It can take up to a year to get a placement and there are waiting lists. Mcps doesn’t have the staffing or programs to meet the growing needs. Non-public placements have waiting lists and yes, can cost $100k per year (vs $25k/per student in mainstream).

So while the families wait we get into issues with FAPE. It’s a lawsuit waiting to happen.

So dumb. They should have given more notice and signed a outsourcing contract with an Ed tech provider. It’s about $6-10k a year for private pay tuition for the cheaper online programs. I’m sure it would be less through a state or local contract.

There’s your savings…

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Anonymous wrote:MVA all of a sudden went quiet. All it took is to start a new thread that is actually on the topic about what they are talking about - MVA. Or is it that they are too busy to take over the BOE meeting today to post here??

Nothing can stop MVA parents' tireless efforts to take funding from MCPS schools! Except for a mild cold, that is.

Oh my... there you go again. You realize some of these families are leaving so that takes money away. You realze some of the kids going back need specialized placements costing upward of $100K a year, so that takes away money. You realize some of these kids need 1-1 para's, so that takes away money. Lots of things take away money from in person schools but how it was working was the home schools were getting payment for kids not attenting their school. How is that ok?

The MVA isn't about covid. You are cold and heartless if you don't listen to the testimonies of why. It has very little impact on the MCPS budget.

Despite it not making any sense, all three people providing testimony today in support of MVA are motivated by Covid.

One was due to waiting for a transplant. There are many in the MVA and all have a variety of reasons but regardless they should get the choice and it doesn't matter why. Most people don't want to make their private business public.

They claim they're worried about their son getting covid. Nevermind all the other transplant recipients that continued school/jobs/activities until their health deteriorated to a point where they couldn't (and you're not likely to find yourself at the top of the list until that happens anyway).

The reasons do matter when you're expecting others to pay for it. Particularly when the educational outcomes are worse than in-person.

Again, why do you care the reason? The educational outcomes are not worse if you look at the current data from last year. You expect us to pay for your child's in person education, which is far more costly when you include buildings, extra staffing, bussing, etc. So, maybe we should stop in person. Your logic is flawed and your hatred for the MVA, which you have no experience with, is really bizzare. Stay blessed as one day you may not be and your child may need something like the MVA.

And, now that the MVA is closed and kids are going to IIS or homeschooled, don't you thnk those outcomes will be even worse. IIS is a few hours a week of tutoring and not a real education. Congrat's on hurting kids.

Like it or not, the budget is a zero sum game. Money spent on MVA is money not being spent in the schools. That has an impact. How much? That's going to depend on the cuts and the person. You suggested MCPS shouldn't have opened Cabin Branch Elementary. Setting aside whether that even would have saved money, how to you think people zoned for Cabin Branch, or the elementary schools affected by the rezoning, would have felt about that? If not that, what if you were a student/teacher/parent at a school that had to cut staff due to the shift in funds to MVA?

And IIS isn't really the main alternative to MVA. The main alternative is the student's home school. MVA parents have described different reasons why they don't want to send their kids to home schools, but they haven't described why they can't. And as we've seen reflected in MVA's enrollment numbers over its last couple years, most can.

The home school is NOT an option for most of these kids. If it were, don't you think kids would have been there over the MVA. Some familes were there till covid stabilized and got less severe and deadly. It was expected that there was a decline and they would not allow families off the wait list - new and returning so of course numbers went down.

IIS, homeschooling or a private virtual are the primary alternatives.

I'm sorry you are such an unhappy person that you have to be so selfish and hateful to others. Really, why are you obsessed with the MVA. You won, its closed. Who cares about the kids it hurt? The only kids that are important are yours.

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Anonymous wrote:It was a penny rich, pound foolish move. They should have given adequate notice because they didn’t seem to account for special education and medically fragile kids who can’t attend their homeschool and now need placement….

It can take up to a year to get a placement and there are waiting lists. Mcps doesn’t have the staffing or programs to meet the growing needs. Non-public placements have waiting lists and yes, can cost $100k per year (vs $25k/per student in mainstream).

So while the families wait we get into issues with FAPE. It’s a lawsuit waiting to happen.

So dumb. They should have given more notice and signed a outsourcing contract with an Ed tech provider. It’s about $6-10k a year for private pay tuition for the cheaper online programs. I’m sure it would be less through a state or local contract.

There’s your savings…

These kids are now dumped in IIS. Many don't have updated IEPs, placements or the 1-1 para's. Outsourcing is more expensive and those private programs often do not work with special needs students, but it is an option. They refuse to consider it due to the high costs involved. Virtual VA is not run by the state. The state picked the private company and outsources it to K-12 and each county pays for thier students.

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Anonymous wrote:MVA all of a sudden went quiet. All it took is to start a new thread that is actually on the topic about what they are talking about - MVA. Or is it that they are too busy to take over the BOE meeting today to post here??

Nothing can stop MVA parents' tireless efforts to take funding from MCPS schools! Except for a mild cold, that is.

Oh my... there you go again. You realize some of these families are leaving so that takes money away. You realze some of the kids going back need specialized placements costing upward of $100K a year, so that takes away money. You realize some of these kids need 1-1 para's, so that takes away money. Lots of things take away money from in person schools but how it was working was the home schools were getting payment for kids not attenting their school. How is that ok?

The MVA isn't about covid. You are cold and heartless if you don't listen to the testimonies of why. It has very little impact on the MCPS budget.

Despite it not making any sense, all three people providing testimony today in support of MVA are motivated by Covid.

One was due to waiting for a transplant. There are many in the MVA and all have a variety of reasons but regardless they should get the choice and it doesn't matter why. Most people don't want to make their private business public.

They claim they're worried about their son getting covid. Nevermind all the other transplant recipients that continued school/jobs/activities until their health deteriorated to a point where they couldn't (and you're not likely to find yourself at the top of the list until that happens anyway).

The reasons do matter when you're expecting others to pay for it. Particularly when the educational outcomes are worse than in-person.

Again, why do you care the reason? The educational outcomes are not worse if you look at the current data from last year. You expect us to pay for your child's in person education, which is far more costly when you include buildings, extra staffing, bussing, etc. So, maybe we should stop in person. Your logic is flawed and your hatred for the MVA, which you have no experience with, is really bizzare. Stay blessed as one day you may not be and your child may need something like the MVA.

And, now that the MVA is closed and kids are going to IIS or homeschooled, don't you thnk those outcomes will be even worse. IIS is a few hours a week of tutoring and not a real education. Congrat's on hurting kids.

Like it or not, the budget is a zero sum game. Money spent on MVA is money not being spent in the schools. That has an impact. How much? That's going to depend on the cuts and the person. You suggested MCPS shouldn't have opened Cabin Branch Elementary. Setting aside whether that even would have saved money, how to you think people zoned for Cabin Branch, or the elementary schools affected by the rezoning, would have felt about that? If not that, what if you were a student/teacher/parent at a school that had to cut staff due to the shift in funds to MVA?

And IIS isn't really the main alternative to MVA. The main alternative is the student's home school. MVA parents have described different reasons why they don't want to send their kids to home schools, but they haven't described why they can't. And as we've seen reflected in MVA's enrollment numbers over its last couple years, most can.

The home school is NOT an option for most of these kids. If it were, don't you think kids would have been there over the MVA. Some familes were there till covid stabilized and got less severe and deadly. It was expected that there was a decline and they would not allow families off the wait list - new and returning so of course numbers went down.

IIS, homeschooling or a private virtual are the primary alternatives.

I'm sorry you are such an unhappy person that you have to be so selfish and hateful to others. Really, why are you obsessed with the MVA. You won, its closed. Who cares about the kids it hurt? The only kids that are important are yours.

Depends on what you mean by “NOT an option”. For example, for the family of the poor child with significant health and mobility issues who is chair-bound and can’t do in-person school, then yes you’re right. But for the parents of the kids who “can’t” go to in-person school because their parents think that middle school fashion choices would be too distracting, then no I don’t think think this is a true statement.

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Anonymous wrote:MVA all of a sudden went quiet. All it took is to start a new thread that is actually on the topic about what they are talking about - MVA. Or is it that they are too busy to take over the BOE meeting today to post here??

Nothing can stop MVA parents' tireless efforts to take funding from MCPS schools! Except for a mild cold, that is.

Oh my... there you go again. You realize some of these families are leaving so that takes money away. You realze some of the kids going back need specialized placements costing upward of $100K a year, so that takes away money. You realize some of these kids need 1-1 para's, so that takes away money. Lots of things take away money from in person schools but how it was working was the home schools were getting payment for kids not attenting their school. How is that ok?

The MVA isn't about covid. You are cold and heartless if you don't listen to the testimonies of why. It has very little impact on the MCPS budget.

Despite it not making any sense, all three people providing testimony today in support of MVA are motivated by Covid.

One was due to waiting for a transplant. There are many in the MVA and all have a variety of reasons but regardless they should get the choice and it doesn't matter why. Most people don't want to make their private business public.

They claim they're worried about their son getting covid. Nevermind all the other transplant recipients that continued school/jobs/activities until their health deteriorated to a point where they couldn't (and you're not likely to find yourself at the top of the list until that happens anyway).

The reasons do matter when you're expecting others to pay for it. Particularly when the educational outcomes are worse than in-person.

Again, why do you care the reason? The educational outcomes are not worse if you look at the current data from last year. You expect us to pay for your child's in person education, which is far more costly when you include buildings, extra staffing, bussing, etc. So, maybe we should stop in person. Your logic is flawed and your hatred for the MVA, which you have no experience with, is really bizzare. Stay blessed as one day you may not be and your child may need something like the MVA.

And, now that the MVA is closed and kids are going to IIS or homeschooled, don't you thnk those outcomes will be even worse. IIS is a few hours a week of tutoring and not a real education. Congrat's on hurting kids.

Could you provide a link to the newly released performance/achievement data from last year that you're referring to? Would be great to see the progress that the program made over the first few years.

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Anonymous wrote:MVA all of a sudden went quiet. All it took is to start a new thread that is actually on the topic about what they are talking about - MVA. Or is it that they are too busy to take over the BOE meeting today to post here??

Nothing can stop MVA parents' tireless efforts to take funding from MCPS schools! Except for a mild cold, that is.

Oh my... there you go again. You realize some of these families are leaving so that takes money away. You realze some of the kids going back need specialized placements costing upward of $100K a year, so that takes away money. You realize some of these kids need 1-1 para's, so that takes away money. Lots of things take away money from in person schools but how it was working was the home schools were getting payment for kids not attenting their school. How is that ok?

The MVA isn't about covid. You are cold and heartless if you don't listen to the testimonies of why. It has very little impact on the MCPS budget.

Despite it not making any sense, all three people providing testimony today in support of MVA are motivated by Covid.

One was due to waiting for a transplant. There are many in the MVA and all have a variety of reasons but regardless they should get the choice and it doesn't matter why. Most people don't want to make their private business public.

They claim they're worried about their son getting covid. Nevermind all the other transplant recipients that continued school/jobs/activities until their health deteriorated to a point where they couldn't (and you're not likely to find yourself at the top of the list until that happens anyway).

The reasons do matter when you're expecting others to pay for it. Particularly when the educational outcomes are worse than in-person.

Again, why do you care the reason? The educational outcomes are not worse if you look at the current data from last year. You expect us to pay for your child's in person education, which is far more costly when you include buildings, extra staffing, bussing, etc. So, maybe we should stop in person. Your logic is flawed and your hatred for the MVA, which you have no experience with, is really bizzare. Stay blessed as one day you may not be and your child may need something like the MVA.

And, now that the MVA is closed and kids are going to IIS or homeschooled, don't you thnk those outcomes will be even worse. IIS is a few hours a week of tutoring and not a real education. Congrat's on hurting kids.

Could you provide a link to the newly released performance/achievement data from last year that you're referring to? Would be great to see the progress that the program made over the first few years.

It’s been shown by some families. Mcps refuses to provide data. Why do you care?

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Anonymous wrote:MVA all of a sudden went quiet. All it took is to start a new thread that is actually on the topic about what they are talking about - MVA. Or is it that they are too busy to take over the BOE meeting today to post here??

Nothing can stop MVA parents' tireless efforts to take funding from MCPS schools! Except for a mild cold, that is.

Oh my... there you go again. You realize some of these families are leaving so that takes money away. You realze some of the kids going back need specialized placements costing upward of $100K a year, so that takes away money. You realize some of these kids need 1-1 para's, so that takes away money. Lots of things take away money from in person schools but how it was working was the home schools were getting payment for kids not attenting their school. How is that ok?

The MVA isn't about covid. You are cold and heartless if you don't listen to the testimonies of why. It has very little impact on the MCPS budget.

Despite it not making any sense, all three people providing testimony today in support of MVA are motivated by Covid.

One was due to waiting for a transplant. There are many in the MVA and all have a variety of reasons but regardless they should get the choice and it doesn't matter why. Most people don't want to make their private business public.

They claim they're worried about their son getting covid. Nevermind all the other transplant recipients that continued school/jobs/activities until their health deteriorated to a point where they couldn't (and you're not likely to find yourself at the top of the list until that happens anyway).

The reasons do matter when you're expecting others to pay for it. Particularly when the educational outcomes are worse than in-person.

Again, why do you care the reason? The educational outcomes are not worse if you look at the current data from last year. You expect us to pay for your child's in person education, which is far more costly when you include buildings, extra staffing, bussing, etc. So, maybe we should stop in person. Your logic is flawed and your hatred for the MVA, which you have no experience with, is really bizzare. Stay blessed as one day you may not be and your child may need something like the MVA.

And, now that the MVA is closed and kids are going to IIS or homeschooled, don't you thnk those outcomes will be even worse. IIS is a few hours a week of tutoring and not a real education. Congrat's on hurting kids.

Like it or not, the budget is a zero sum game. Money spent on MVA is money not being spent in the schools. That has an impact. How much? That's going to depend on the cuts and the person. You suggested MCPS shouldn't have opened Cabin Branch Elementary. Setting aside whether that even would have saved money, how to you think people zoned for Cabin Branch, or the elementary schools affected by the rezoning, would have felt about that? If not that, what if you were a student/teacher/parent at a school that had to cut staff due to the shift in funds to MVA?

And IIS isn't really the main alternative to MVA. The main alternative is the student's home school. MVA parents have described different reasons why they don't want to send their kids to home schools, but they haven't described why they can't. And as we've seen reflected in MVA's enrollment numbers over its last couple years, most can.

The home school is NOT an option for most of these kids. If it were, don't you think kids would have been there over the MVA. Some familes were there till covid stabilized and got less severe and deadly. It was expected that there was a decline and they would not allow families off the wait list - new and returning so of course numbers went down.

IIS, homeschooling or a private virtual are the primary alternatives.

I'm sorry you are such an unhappy person that you have to be so selfish and hateful to others. Really, why are you obsessed with the MVA. You won, its closed. Who cares about the kids it hurt? The only kids that are important are yours.

Depends on what you mean by “NOT an option”. For example, for the family of the poor child with significant health and mobility issues who is chair-bound and can’t do in-person school, then yes you’re right. But for the parents of the kids who “can’t” go to in-person school because their parents think that middle school fashion choices would be too distracting, then no I don’t think think this is a true statement.

Yawn.