Virtual Academy students lagging behind in person

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Anonymous wrote:If the state is willing to pay MCPS to take on kids from outside the county, that's a win-win. VA is not right for my kid, but it works for some, but it won't be offered if there is not enough interest -- bringing in kids from outside might be enough to make it work.

That’s not how it works. It is working.

Why don’t you want to let in more kids from other counties? VA is not your personal tutoring program.

What are you taking about and why are you just making up stuff? The virtual academy is a program in mcps. Mcps does not sell its services or education. The state has education set up through each county. If it does away, a lot of the committed families will probably do other virtual schools. Mcps did not honor a lot of their promises. The home schools are getting the funding vs the va and the home schools, except completely excluded the students so it’s absurd to give them that money.

If you are against virtual, other families are against in person why don’t we go back to virtual for all by your logic. It has to be all or none. Why are you so uncomfortable with other families choosing virtual? How does it improve impact your life if others choose it? It doesn’t. You just use it to blog to get your five minutes of fame.

And, why the mcyo hate? The only two things they have in common is parental involvement. Mcps does not give them funding. The state and county might but that’s through the arts programming and isn’t that a good thing to enrich students who don’t get what they need through mcps. Are you thinking of the field trip in 2nd or so? That is not mcyo, that is strathmore and completely separate. Several nonprofits and for profits share that building.

Better question is when is mcps funding that place in Bethesda and other nonprofits that don’t provide services for those funds to students. That money would be better put in the va.

I’m confused. PPs have said it would make more sense to have a virtual program administered at the state level, which u agree with, but the response was that the state has no interest and will start paying MCPS to take students from other districts. Which is it?

MCPS needs to run their own program, not the state as there is no standard curriculum and it would make it hard to go back in person or go to virtual. The state does not provide educational services. The only thing MCPS could do is pay for a private company to take the current students. But, there are few equal programs to what MCPS is offering with live teaching.

The actual standards are similar across the state, it’s the curricula that differ. Overall, MCPS students have a hard time meeting the standards however, so I could see how it would be difficult for them to go back and forth. Students in other states manage to do it fine though.

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Anonymous wrote:If the state is willing to pay MCPS to take on kids from outside the county, that's a win-win. VA is not right for my kid, but it works for some, but it won't be offered if there is not enough interest -- bringing in kids from outside might be enough to make it work.

That’s not how it works. It is working.

Why don’t you want to let in more kids from other counties? VA is not your personal tutoring program.

What are you taking about and why are you just making up stuff? The virtual academy is a program in mcps. Mcps does not sell its services or education. The state has education set up through each county. If it does away, a lot of the committed families will probably do other virtual schools. Mcps did not honor a lot of their promises. The home schools are getting the funding vs the va and the home schools, except completely excluded the students so it’s absurd to give them that money.

If you are against virtual, other families are against in person why don’t we go back to virtual for all by your logic. It has to be all or none. Why are you so uncomfortable with other families choosing virtual? How does it improve impact your life if others choose it? It doesn’t. You just use it to blog to get your five minutes of fame.

And, why the mcyo hate? The only two things they have in common is parental involvement. Mcps does not give them funding. The state and county might but that’s through the arts programming and isn’t that a good thing to enrich students who don’t get what they need through mcps. Are you thinking of the field trip in 2nd or so? That is not mcyo, that is strathmore and completely separate. Several nonprofits and for profits share that building.

Better question is when is mcps funding that place in Bethesda and other nonprofits that don’t provide services for those funds to students. That money would be better put in the va.

I’m confused. PPs have said it would make more sense to have a virtual program administered at the state level, which u agree with, but the response was that the state has no interest and will start paying MCPS to take students from other districts. Which is it?

MCPS needs to run their own program, not the state as there is no standard curriculum and it would make it hard to go back in person or go to virtual. The state does not provide educational services. The only thing MCPS could do is pay for a private company to take the current students. But, there are few equal programs to what MCPS is offering with live teaching.

The actual standards are similar across the state, it’s the curricula that differ. Overall, MCPS students have a hard time meeting the standards however, so I could see how it would be difficult for them to go back and forth. Students in other states manage to do it fine though.

Either way the state does not provide educational services so your constant demands of them taking over will not happen. Why do you care? What’s wrong with families having choice? Lots of families did not test so are those numbers valid?

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Anonymous wrote:If the state is willing to pay MCPS to take on kids from outside the county, that's a win-win. VA is not right for my kid, but it works for some, but it won't be offered if there is not enough interest -- bringing in kids from outside might be enough to make it work.

That’s not how it works. It is working.

Why don’t you want to let in more kids from other counties? VA is not your personal tutoring program.

What are you taking about and why are you just making up stuff? The virtual academy is a program in mcps. Mcps does not sell its services or education. The state has education set up through each county. If it does away, a lot of the committed families will probably do other virtual schools. Mcps did not honor a lot of their promises. The home schools are getting the funding vs the va and the home schools, except completely excluded the students so it’s absurd to give them that money.

If you are against virtual, other families are against in person why don’t we go back to virtual for all by your logic. It has to be all or none. Why are you so uncomfortable with other families choosing virtual? How does it improve impact your life if others choose it? It doesn’t. You just use it to blog to get your five minutes of fame.

And, why the mcyo hate? The only two things they have in common is parental involvement. Mcps does not give them funding. The state and county might but that’s through the arts programming and isn’t that a good thing to enrich students who don’t get what they need through mcps. Are you thinking of the field trip in 2nd or so? That is not mcyo, that is strathmore and completely separate. Several nonprofits and for profits share that building.

Better question is when is mcps funding that place in Bethesda and other nonprofits that don’t provide services for those funds to students. That money would be better put in the va.

I’m confused. PPs have said it would make more sense to have a virtual program administered at the state level, which u agree with, but the response was that the state has no interest and will start paying MCPS to take students from other districts. Which is it?

MCPS needs to run their own program, not the state as there is no standard curriculum and it would make it hard to go back in person or go to virtual. The state does not provide educational services. The only thing MCPS could do is pay for a private company to take the current students. But, there are few equal programs to what MCPS is offering with live teaching.

The actual standards are similar across the state, it’s the curricula that differ. Overall, MCPS students have a hard time meeting the standards however, so I could see how it would be difficult for them to go back and forth. Students in other states manage to do it fine though.

Either way the state does not provide educational services so your constant demands of them taking over will not happen. Why do you care? What’s wrong with families having choice? Lots of families did not test so are those numbers valid?

Well sure, if you're happy with the choice of MC classes over APs. That train is going to keep rolling as numbers continue to decline. Choices for a HS student would probably actually be wider with a statewide program.

Also, if your kids are doing so great in VA, why on earth are you not opting into testing? You're only hurting yourselves in the long run.

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That's probably a VA teacher who doesn't want to go back to work.

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Anonymous wrote:If the state is willing to pay MCPS to take on kids from outside the county, that's a win-win. VA is not right for my kid, but it works for some, but it won't be offered if there is not enough interest -- bringing in kids from outside might be enough to make it work.

That’s not how it works. It is working.

Why don’t you want to let in more kids from other counties? VA is not your personal tutoring program.

What are you taking about and why are you just making up stuff? The virtual academy is a program in mcps. Mcps does not sell its services or education. The state has education set up through each county. If it does away, a lot of the committed families will probably do other virtual schools. Mcps did not honor a lot of their promises. The home schools are getting the funding vs the va and the home schools, except completely excluded the students so it’s absurd to give them that money.

If you are against virtual, other families are against in person why don’t we go back to virtual for all by your logic. It has to be all or none. Why are you so uncomfortable with other families choosing virtual? How does it improve impact your life if others choose it? It doesn’t. You just use it to blog to get your five minutes of fame.

And, why the mcyo hate? The only two things they have in common is parental involvement. Mcps does not give them funding. The state and county might but that’s through the arts programming and isn’t that a good thing to enrich students who don’t get what they need through mcps. Are you thinking of the field trip in 2nd or so? That is not mcyo, that is strathmore and completely separate. Several nonprofits and for profits share that building.

Better question is when is mcps funding that place in Bethesda and other nonprofits that don’t provide services for those funds to students. That money would be better put in the va.

I’m confused. PPs have said it would make more sense to have a virtual program administered at the state level, which u agree with, but the response was that the state has no interest and will start paying MCPS to take students from other districts. Which is it?

MCPS needs to run their own program, not the state as there is no standard curriculum and it would make it hard to go back in person or go to virtual. The state does not provide educational services. The only thing MCPS could do is pay for a private company to take the current students. But, there are few equal programs to what MCPS is offering with live teaching.

The actual standards are similar across the state, it’s the curricula that differ. Overall, MCPS students have a hard time meeting the standards however, so I could see how it would be difficult for them to go back and forth. Students in other states manage to do it fine though.

Either way the state does not provide educational services so your constant demands of them taking over will not happen. Why do you care? What’s wrong with families having choice? Lots of families did not test so are those numbers valid?

Well sure, if you're happy with the choice of MC classes over APs. That train is going to keep rolling as numbers continue to decline. Choices for a HS student would probably actually be wider with a statewide program.

Also, if your kids are doing so great in VA, why on earth are you not opting into testing? You're only hurting yourselves in the long run.

Because we are in it for health reasons. The school called and demanded we bring our kids for maybe 6 different days each year. They would not allow us to stay, they would not provide a separate testing room and they were just nasty. When we reached out to the school for something they would ignore us but expected us to rearrange our schedules to drive the kids back and forth. Even regardless of illness my kids are not missing that much school for useless testing.

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Anonymous wrote:If the state is willing to pay MCPS to take on kids from outside the county, that's a win-win. VA is not right for my kid, but it works for some, but it won't be offered if there is not enough interest -- bringing in kids from outside might be enough to make it work.

That’s not how it works. It is working.

Why don’t you want to let in more kids from other counties? VA is not your personal tutoring program.

What are you taking about and why are you just making up stuff? The virtual academy is a program in mcps. Mcps does not sell its services or education. The state has education set up through each county. If it does away, a lot of the committed families will probably do other virtual schools. Mcps did not honor a lot of their promises. The home schools are getting the funding vs the va and the home schools, except completely excluded the students so it’s absurd to give them that money.

If you are against virtual, other families are against in person why don’t we go back to virtual for all by your logic. It has to be all or none. Why are you so uncomfortable with other families choosing virtual? How does it improve impact your life if others choose it? It doesn’t. You just use it to blog to get your five minutes of fame.

And, why the mcyo hate? The only two things they have in common is parental involvement. Mcps does not give them funding. The state and county might but that’s through the arts programming and isn’t that a good thing to enrich students who don’t get what they need through mcps. Are you thinking of the field trip in 2nd or so? That is not mcyo, that is strathmore and completely separate. Several nonprofits and for profits share that building.

Better question is when is mcps funding that place in Bethesda and other nonprofits that don’t provide services for those funds to students. That money would be better put in the va.

I’m confused. PPs have said it would make more sense to have a virtual program administered at the state level, which u agree with, but the response was that the state has no interest and will start paying MCPS to take students from other districts. Which is it?

MCPS needs to run their own program, not the state as there is no standard curriculum and it would make it hard to go back in person or go to virtual. The state does not provide educational services. The only thing MCPS could do is pay for a private company to take the current students. But, there are few equal programs to what MCPS is offering with live teaching.

The actual standards are similar across the state, it’s the curricula that differ. Overall, MCPS students have a hard time meeting the standards however, so I could see how it would be difficult for them to go back and forth. Students in other states manage to do it fine though.

Either way the state does not provide educational services so your constant demands of them taking over will not happen. Why do you care? What’s wrong with families having choice? Lots of families did not test so are those numbers valid?

Well sure, if you're happy with the choice of MC classes over APs. That train is going to keep rolling as numbers continue to decline. Choices for a HS student would probably actually be wider with a statewide program.

Also, if your kids are doing so great in VA, why on earth are you not opting into testing? You're only hurting yourselves in the long run.

I would prefer ap but regardless of virtual or in person our home school doesn’t have all the ap classes either.

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Anonymous wrote:That's probably a VA teacher who doesn't want to go back to work.

Grow up. Those teachers are working just as hard or harder as they have to create and adapt the bad curriculum for virtual.

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Anonymous wrote:That's probably a VA teacher who doesn't want to go back to work.

Grow up. Those teachers are working just as hard or harder as they have to create and adapt the bad curriculum for virtual.

+1. That person was showing their true colors. Some of these parents act less mature than the kids.

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Anonymous wrote:If the state is willing to pay MCPS to take on kids from outside the county, that's a win-win. VA is not right for my kid, but it works for some, but it won't be offered if there is not enough interest -- bringing in kids from outside might be enough to make it work.

That’s not how it works. It is working.

Why don’t you want to let in more kids from other counties? VA is not your personal tutoring program.

What are you taking about and why are you just making up stuff? The virtual academy is a program in mcps. Mcps does not sell its services or education. The state has education set up through each county. If it does away, a lot of the committed families will probably do other virtual schools. Mcps did not honor a lot of their promises. The home schools are getting the funding vs the va and the home schools, except completely excluded the students so it’s absurd to give them that money.

If you are against virtual, other families are against in person why don’t we go back to virtual for all by your logic. It has to be all or none. Why are you so uncomfortable with other families choosing virtual? How does it improve impact your life if others choose it? It doesn’t. You just use it to blog to get your five minutes of fame.

And, why the mcyo hate? The only two things they have in common is parental involvement. Mcps does not give them funding. The state and county might but that’s through the arts programming and isn’t that a good thing to enrich students who don’t get what they need through mcps. Are you thinking of the field trip in 2nd or so? That is not mcyo, that is strathmore and completely separate. Several nonprofits and for profits share that building.

Better question is when is mcps funding that place in Bethesda and other nonprofits that don’t provide services for those funds to students. That money would be better put in the va.

I’m confused. PPs have said it would make more sense to have a virtual program administered at the state level, which u agree with, but the response was that the state has no interest and will start paying MCPS to take students from other districts. Which is it?

MCPS needs to run their own program, not the state as there is no standard curriculum and it would make it hard to go back in person or go to virtual. The state does not provide educational services. The only thing MCPS could do is pay for a private company to take the current students. But, there are few equal programs to what MCPS is offering with live teaching.

The actual standards are similar across the state, it’s the curricula that differ. Overall, MCPS students have a hard time meeting the standards however, so I could see how it would be difficult for them to go back and forth. Students in other states manage to do it fine though.

Either way the state does not provide educational services so your constant demands of them taking over will not happen. Why do you care? What’s wrong with families having choice? Lots of families did not test so are those numbers valid?

Well sure, if you're happy with the choice of MC classes over APs. That train is going to keep rolling as numbers continue to decline. Choices for a HS student would probably actually be wider with a statewide program.

Also, if your kids are doing so great in VA, why on earth are you not opting into testing? You're only hurting yourselves in the long run.

I would prefer ap but regardless of virtual or in person our home school doesn’t have all the ap classes either.

The virtual academy doesn’t have AP classes? Wow. Is it really just geared towards ES/MS?

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Anonymous wrote:If the state is willing to pay MCPS to take on kids from outside the county, that's a win-win. VA is not right for my kid, but it works for some, but it won't be offered if there is not enough interest -- bringing in kids from outside might be enough to make it work.

That’s not how it works. It is working.

Why don’t you want to let in more kids from other counties? VA is not your personal tutoring program.

What are you taking about and why are you just making up stuff? The virtual academy is a program in mcps. Mcps does not sell its services or education. The state has education set up through each county. If it does away, a lot of the committed families will probably do other virtual schools. Mcps did not honor a lot of their promises. The home schools are getting the funding vs the va and the home schools, except completely excluded the students so it’s absurd to give them that money.

If you are against virtual, other families are against in person why don’t we go back to virtual for all by your logic. It has to be all or none. Why are you so uncomfortable with other families choosing virtual? How does it improve impact your life if others choose it? It doesn’t. You just use it to blog to get your five minutes of fame.

And, why the mcyo hate? The only two things they have in common is parental involvement. Mcps does not give them funding. The state and county might but that’s through the arts programming and isn’t that a good thing to enrich students who don’t get what they need through mcps. Are you thinking of the field trip in 2nd or so? That is not mcyo, that is strathmore and completely separate. Several nonprofits and for profits share that building.

Better question is when is mcps funding that place in Bethesda and other nonprofits that don’t provide services for those funds to students. That money would be better put in the va.

I’m confused. PPs have said it would make more sense to have a virtual program administered at the state level, which u agree with, but the response was that the state has no interest and will start paying MCPS to take students from other districts. Which is it?

MCPS needs to run their own program, not the state as there is no standard curriculum and it would make it hard to go back in person or go to virtual. The state does not provide educational services. The only thing MCPS could do is pay for a private company to take the current students. But, there are few equal programs to what MCPS is offering with live teaching.

The actual standards are similar across the state, it’s the curricula that differ. Overall, MCPS students have a hard time meeting the standards however, so I could see how it would be difficult for them to go back and forth. Students in other states manage to do it fine though.

Either way the state does not provide educational services so your constant demands of them taking over will not happen. Why do you care? What’s wrong with families having choice? Lots of families did not test so are those numbers valid?

Well sure, if you're happy with the choice of MC classes over APs. That train is going to keep rolling as numbers continue to decline. Choices for a HS student would probably actually be wider with a statewide program.

Also, if your kids are doing so great in VA, why on earth are you not opting into testing? You're only hurting yourselves in the long run.

I would prefer ap but regardless of virtual or in person our home school doesn’t have all the ap classes either.

The virtual academy doesn’t have AP classes? Wow. Is it really just geared towards ES/MS?

They have AP classes and most you need but just like in person it’s limited. It really depends on the track your kid is on. It’s the same with our home school. Our home school has limited options for some subjects for AP.

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Anonymous wrote:If the state is willing to pay MCPS to take on kids from outside the county, that's a win-win. VA is not right for my kid, but it works for some, but it won't be offered if there is not enough interest -- bringing in kids from outside might be enough to make it work.

That’s not how it works. It is working.

Why don’t you want to let in more kids from other counties? VA is not your personal tutoring program.

What are you taking about and why are you just making up stuff? The virtual academy is a program in mcps. Mcps does not sell its services or education. The state has education set up through each county. If it does away, a lot of the committed families will probably do other virtual schools. Mcps did not honor a lot of their promises. The home schools are getting the funding vs the va and the home schools, except completely excluded the students so it’s absurd to give them that money.

If you are against virtual, other families are against in person why don’t we go back to virtual for all by your logic. It has to be all or none. Why are you so uncomfortable with other families choosing virtual? How does it improve impact your life if others choose it? It doesn’t. You just use it to blog to get your five minutes of fame.

And, why the mcyo hate? The only two things they have in common is parental involvement. Mcps does not give them funding. The state and county might but that’s through the arts programming and isn’t that a good thing to enrich students who don’t get what they need through mcps. Are you thinking of the field trip in 2nd or so? That is not mcyo, that is strathmore and completely separate. Several nonprofits and for profits share that building.

Better question is when is mcps funding that place in Bethesda and other nonprofits that don’t provide services for those funds to students. That money would be better put in the va.

I’m confused. PPs have said it would make more sense to have a virtual program administered at the state level, which u agree with, but the response was that the state has no interest and will start paying MCPS to take students from other districts. Which is it?

MCPS needs to run their own program, not the state as there is no standard curriculum and it would make it hard to go back in person or go to virtual. The state does not provide educational services. The only thing MCPS could do is pay for a private company to take the current students. But, there are few equal programs to what MCPS is offering with live teaching.

The actual standards are similar across the state, it’s the curricula that differ. Overall, MCPS students have a hard time meeting the standards however, so I could see how it would be difficult for them to go back and forth. Students in other states manage to do it fine though.

Either way the state does not provide educational services so your constant demands of them taking over will not happen. Why do you care? What’s wrong with families having choice? Lots of families did not test so are those numbers valid?

Well sure, if you're happy with the choice of MC classes over APs. That train is going to keep rolling as numbers continue to decline. Choices for a HS student would probably actually be wider with a statewide program.

Also, if your kids are doing so great in VA, why on earth are you not opting into testing? You're only hurting yourselves in the long run.

Because we are in it for health reasons. The school called and demanded we bring our kids for maybe 6 different days each year. They would not allow us to stay, they would not provide a separate testing room and they were just nasty. When we reached out to the school for something they would ignore us but expected us to rearrange our schedules to drive the kids back and forth. Even regardless of illness my kids are not missing that much school for useless testing.

Well, lets just hope MCPS doesn't use the scores to make any decisions about the continuity of the program. Sounds like the state piggybacking may help though.

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Anonymous wrote:If the state is willing to pay MCPS to take on kids from outside the county, that's a win-win. VA is not right for my kid, but it works for some, but it won't be offered if there is not enough interest -- bringing in kids from outside might be enough to make it work.

That’s not how it works. It is working.

Why don’t you want to let in more kids from other counties? VA is not your personal tutoring program.

What are you taking about and why are you just making up stuff? The virtual academy is a program in mcps. Mcps does not sell its services or education. The state has education set up through each county. If it does away, a lot of the committed families will probably do other virtual schools. Mcps did not honor a lot of their promises. The home schools are getting the funding vs the va and the home schools, except completely excluded the students so it’s absurd to give them that money.

If you are against virtual, other families are against in person why don’t we go back to virtual for all by your logic. It has to be all or none. Why are you so uncomfortable with other families choosing virtual? How does it improve impact your life if others choose it? It doesn’t. You just use it to blog to get your five minutes of fame.

And, why the mcyo hate? The only two things they have in common is parental involvement. Mcps does not give them funding. The state and county might but that’s through the arts programming and isn’t that a good thing to enrich students who don’t get what they need through mcps. Are you thinking of the field trip in 2nd or so? That is not mcyo, that is strathmore and completely separate. Several nonprofits and for profits share that building.

Better question is when is mcps funding that place in Bethesda and other nonprofits that don’t provide services for those funds to students. That money would be better put in the va.

I’m confused. PPs have said it would make more sense to have a virtual program administered at the state level, which u agree with, but the response was that the state has no interest and will start paying MCPS to take students from other districts. Which is it?

MCPS needs to run their own program, not the state as there is no standard curriculum and it would make it hard to go back in person or go to virtual. The state does not provide educational services. The only thing MCPS could do is pay for a private company to take the current students. But, there are few equal programs to what MCPS is offering with live teaching.

The actual standards are similar across the state, it’s the curricula that differ. Overall, MCPS students have a hard time meeting the standards however, so I could see how it would be difficult for them to go back and forth. Students in other states manage to do it fine though.

Either way the state does not provide educational services so your constant demands of them taking over will not happen. Why do you care? What’s wrong with families having choice? Lots of families did not test so are those numbers valid?

Well sure, if you're happy with the choice of MC classes over APs. That train is going to keep rolling as numbers continue to decline. Choices for a HS student would probably actually be wider with a statewide program.

Also, if your kids are doing so great in VA, why on earth are you not opting into testing? You're only hurting yourselves in the long run.

Because we are in it for health reasons. The school called and demanded we bring our kids for maybe 6 different days each year. They would not allow us to stay, they would not provide a separate testing room and they were just nasty. When we reached out to the school for something they would ignore us but expected us to rearrange our schedules to drive the kids back and forth. Even regardless of illness my kids are not missing that much school for useless testing.

Well, lets just hope MCPS doesn't use the scores to make any decisions about the continuity of the program. Sounds like the state piggybacking may help though.

I don't get your obsession with the state providing virtual school. It's never ever going to happen as the state does not provide educational services. How hard is it to understand I think MCPS will use enrollment but they are forcing kids out by not having the classes and the home schools not honoring MCPS promise to allow kids to participate in sports, after school activities, graduation. Its really sad people like you don't support kids and families being able to choose what is best for them because you couldn't make it work.

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Anonymous wrote:If the state is willing to pay MCPS to take on kids from outside the county, that's a win-win. VA is not right for my kid, but it works for some, but it won't be offered if there is not enough interest -- bringing in kids from outside might be enough to make it work.

That’s not how it works. It is working.

Why don’t you want to let in more kids from other counties? VA is not your personal tutoring program.

What are you taking about and why are you just making up stuff? The virtual academy is a program in mcps. Mcps does not sell its services or education. The state has education set up through each county. If it does away, a lot of the committed families will probably do other virtual schools. Mcps did not honor a lot of their promises. The home schools are getting the funding vs the va and the home schools, except completely excluded the students so it’s absurd to give them that money.

If you are against virtual, other families are against in person why don’t we go back to virtual for all by your logic. It has to be all or none. Why are you so uncomfortable with other families choosing virtual? How does it improve impact your life if others choose it? It doesn’t. You just use it to blog to get your five minutes of fame.

And, why the mcyo hate? The only two things they have in common is parental involvement. Mcps does not give them funding. The state and county might but that’s through the arts programming and isn’t that a good thing to enrich students who don’t get what they need through mcps. Are you thinking of the field trip in 2nd or so? That is not mcyo, that is strathmore and completely separate. Several nonprofits and for profits share that building.

Better question is when is mcps funding that place in Bethesda and other nonprofits that don’t provide services for those funds to students. That money would be better put in the va.

I’m confused. PPs have said it would make more sense to have a virtual program administered at the state level, which u agree with, but the response was that the state has no interest and will start paying MCPS to take students from other districts. Which is it?

MCPS needs to run their own program, not the state as there is no standard curriculum and it would make it hard to go back in person or go to virtual. The state does not provide educational services. The only thing MCPS could do is pay for a private company to take the current students. But, there are few equal programs to what MCPS is offering with live teaching.

The actual standards are similar across the state, it’s the curricula that differ. Overall, MCPS students have a hard time meeting the standards however, so I could see how it would be difficult for them to go back and forth. Students in other states manage to do it fine though.

Either way the state does not provide educational services so your constant demands of them taking over will not happen. Why do you care? What’s wrong with families having choice? Lots of families did not test so are those numbers valid?

Well sure, if you're happy with the choice of MC classes over APs. That train is going to keep rolling as numbers continue to decline. Choices for a HS student would probably actually be wider with a statewide program.

Also, if your kids are doing so great in VA, why on earth are you not opting into testing? You're only hurting yourselves in the long run.

Because we are in it for health reasons. The school called and demanded we bring our kids for maybe 6 different days each year. They would not allow us to stay, they would not provide a separate testing room and they were just nasty. When we reached out to the school for something they would ignore us but expected us to rearrange our schedules to drive the kids back and forth. Even regardless of illness my kids are not missing that much school for useless testing.

Well, lets just hope MCPS doesn't use the scores to make any decisions about the continuity of the program. Sounds like the state piggybacking may help though.

I don't get your obsession with the state providing virtual school. It's never ever going to happen as the state does not provide educational services. How hard is it to understand I think MCPS will use enrollment but they are forcing kids out by not having the classes and the home schools not honoring MCPS promise to allow kids to participate in sports, after school activities, graduation. Its really sad people like you don't support kids and families being able to choose what is best for them because you couldn't make it work.

Not the PP, but I think you are misunderstanding the argument for a state option. There are states that have offered comprehensive, robust programs for some time. For all the knocks on FL, they have a really impressive virtual school (my nephew was enrolled for a couple years while undergoing cancer treatments). No one seems truly happy with MCPS for the reasons you outline above. They’re not fully committed to it to virtual.

Just because the state of MD has not gotten its ducks in a row to offer something similar to all MD residents doesn’t mean it can’t. But if no one is asking for it I guess they have no reason to.

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Anonymous wrote:If the state is willing to pay MCPS to take on kids from outside the county, that's a win-win. VA is not right for my kid, but it works for some, but it won't be offered if there is not enough interest -- bringing in kids from outside might be enough to make it work.

That’s not how it works. It is working.

Why don’t you want to let in more kids from other counties? VA is not your personal tutoring program.

What are you taking about and why are you just making up stuff? The virtual academy is a program in mcps. Mcps does not sell its services or education. The state has education set up through each county. If it does away, a lot of the committed families will probably do other virtual schools. Mcps did not honor a lot of their promises. The home schools are getting the funding vs the va and the home schools, except completely excluded the students so it’s absurd to give them that money.

If you are against virtual, other families are against in person why don’t we go back to virtual for all by your logic. It has to be all or none. Why are you so uncomfortable with other families choosing virtual? How does it improve impact your life if others choose it? It doesn’t. You just use it to blog to get your five minutes of fame.

And, why the mcyo hate? The only two things they have in common is parental involvement. Mcps does not give them funding. The state and county might but that’s through the arts programming and isn’t that a good thing to enrich students who don’t get what they need through mcps. Are you thinking of the field trip in 2nd or so? That is not mcyo, that is strathmore and completely separate. Several nonprofits and for profits share that building.

Better question is when is mcps funding that place in Bethesda and other nonprofits that don’t provide services for those funds to students. That money would be better put in the va.

I’m confused. PPs have said it would make more sense to have a virtual program administered at the state level, which u agree with, but the response was that the state has no interest and will start paying MCPS to take students from other districts. Which is it?

MCPS needs to run their own program, not the state as there is no standard curriculum and it would make it hard to go back in person or go to virtual. The state does not provide educational services. The only thing MCPS could do is pay for a private company to take the current students. But, there are few equal programs to what MCPS is offering with live teaching.

The actual standards are similar across the state, it’s the curricula that differ. Overall, MCPS students have a hard time meeting the standards however, so I could see how it would be difficult for them to go back and forth. Students in other states manage to do it fine though.

Either way the state does not provide educational services so your constant demands of them taking over will not happen. Why do you care? What’s wrong with families having choice? Lots of families did not test so are those numbers valid?

Well sure, if you're happy with the choice of MC classes over APs. That train is going to keep rolling as numbers continue to decline. Choices for a HS student would probably actually be wider with a statewide program.

Also, if your kids are doing so great in VA, why on earth are you not opting into testing? You're only hurting yourselves in the long run.

Because we are in it for health reasons. The school called and demanded we bring our kids for maybe 6 different days each year. They would not allow us to stay, they would not provide a separate testing room and they were just nasty. When we reached out to the school for something they would ignore us but expected us to rearrange our schedules to drive the kids back and forth. Even regardless of illness my kids are not missing that much school for useless testing.

Well, lets just hope MCPS doesn't use the scores to make any decisions about the continuity of the program. Sounds like the state piggybacking may help though.

I don't get your obsession with the state providing virtual school. It's never ever going to happen as the state does not provide educational services. How hard is it to understand I think MCPS will use enrollment but they are forcing kids out by not having the classes and the home schools not honoring MCPS promise to allow kids to participate in sports, after school activities, graduation. Its really sad people like you don't support kids and families being able to choose what is best for them because you couldn't make it work.

Not the PP, but I think you are misunderstanding the argument for a state option. There are states that have offered comprehensive, robust programs for some time. For all the knocks on FL, they have a really impressive virtual school (my nephew was enrolled for a couple years while undergoing cancer treatments). No one seems truly happy with MCPS for the reasons you outline above. They’re not fully committed to it to virtual.

Just because the state of MD has not gotten its ducks in a row to offer something similar to all MD residents doesn’t mean it can’t. But if no one is asking for it I guess they have no reason to.

I don't misunderstand it. You seem to not understand we aren't FL. Their school system is very different from ours. Ours goes by the county. The only thing MD would do is outsource it to a private company, mainly Calvert or the other one they approved. Those programs don't have live teaching and it's self-paced, teach-yourself programs that aren't anything like MCPS offered. Very few private companies have a virtual program like MCPS has, except for very expensive schools like Stanford. A few others are starting up now, but not at the level that would make it equal to what MCPS offers.

We are very happy with the Virtual Academy. It was a good experience, the majority of the teachers were very good and the academics were strong. What MCPS should do is divert the money they are giving to the home schools per student for those home schools that are unwilling to allow virtual kids to participate and start their sports, music, etc., or provide that money to families to do those things privately. Homeschools should not be getting the full amount per student when many of the students never set foot in the school and are excluded from sports, activities, and graduation (some schools are great and include kids, others are not). If the Virtual Academy got equal funding as a school, they'd be able to do a lot more for students. Outsourcing to the state would make this situation even worse as students could not access their home school for anything for the schools that allow sports, etc. and there would be no ability for social and other things.

I think MCPS initially was committed but they refuse to put the needed funding toward it and that's the big decline.

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Anonymous wrote:If the state is willing to pay MCPS to take on kids from outside the county, that's a win-win. VA is not right for my kid, but it works for some, but it won't be offered if there is not enough interest -- bringing in kids from outside might be enough to make it work.

That’s not how it works. It is working.

Why don’t you want to let in more kids from other counties? VA is not your personal tutoring program.

What are you taking about and why are you just making up stuff? The virtual academy is a program in mcps. Mcps does not sell its services or education. The state has education set up through each county. If it does away, a lot of the committed families will probably do other virtual schools. Mcps did not honor a lot of their promises. The home schools are getting the funding vs the va and the home schools, except completely excluded the students so it’s absurd to give them that money.

If you are against virtual, other families are against in person why don’t we go back to virtual for all by your logic. It has to be all or none. Why are you so uncomfortable with other families choosing virtual? How does it improve impact your life if others choose it? It doesn’t. You just use it to blog to get your five minutes of fame.

And, why the mcyo hate? The only two things they have in common is parental involvement. Mcps does not give them funding. The state and county might but that’s through the arts programming and isn’t that a good thing to enrich students who don’t get what they need through mcps. Are you thinking of the field trip in 2nd or so? That is not mcyo, that is strathmore and completely separate. Several nonprofits and for profits share that building.

Better question is when is mcps funding that place in Bethesda and other nonprofits that don’t provide services for those funds to students. That money would be better put in the va.

I’m confused. PPs have said it would make more sense to have a virtual program administered at the state level, which u agree with, but the response was that the state has no interest and will start paying MCPS to take students from other districts. Which is it?

MCPS needs to run their own program, not the state as there is no standard curriculum and it would make it hard to go back in person or go to virtual. The state does not provide educational services. The only thing MCPS could do is pay for a private company to take the current students. But, there are few equal programs to what MCPS is offering with live teaching.

The actual standards are similar across the state, it’s the curricula that differ. Overall, MCPS students have a hard time meeting the standards however, so I could see how it would be difficult for them to go back and forth. Students in other states manage to do it fine though.

Either way the state does not provide educational services so your constant demands of them taking over will not happen. Why do you care? What’s wrong with families having choice? Lots of families did not test so are those numbers valid?

Well sure, if you're happy with the choice of MC classes over APs. That train is going to keep rolling as numbers continue to decline. Choices for a HS student would probably actually be wider with a statewide program.

Also, if your kids are doing so great in VA, why on earth are you not opting into testing? You're only hurting yourselves in the long run.

Because we are in it for health reasons. The school called and demanded we bring our kids for maybe 6 different days each year. They would not allow us to stay, they would not provide a separate testing room and they were just nasty. When we reached out to the school for something they would ignore us but expected us to rearrange our schedules to drive the kids back and forth. Even regardless of illness my kids are not missing that much school for useless testing.

Well, lets just hope MCPS doesn't use the scores to make any decisions about the continuity of the program. Sounds like the state piggybacking may help though.

I don't get your obsession with the state providing virtual school. It's never ever going to happen as the state does not provide educational services. How hard is it to understand I think MCPS will use enrollment but they are forcing kids out by not having the classes and the home schools not honoring MCPS promise to allow kids to participate in sports, after school activities, graduation. Its really sad people like you don't support kids and families being able to choose what is best for them because you couldn't make it work.

Not the PP, but I think you are misunderstanding the argument for a state option. There are states that have offered comprehensive, robust programs for some time. For all the knocks on FL, they have a really impressive virtual school (my nephew was enrolled for a couple years while undergoing cancer treatments). No one seems truly happy with MCPS for the reasons you outline above. They’re not fully committed to it to virtual.

Just because the state of MD has not gotten its ducks in a row to offer something similar to all MD residents doesn’t mean it can’t. But if no one is asking for it I guess they have no reason to.

I don't misunderstand it. You seem to not understand we aren't FL. Their school system is very different from ours. Ours goes by the county. The only thing MD would do is outsource it to a private company, mainly Calvert or the other one they approved. Those programs don't have live teaching and it's self-paced, teach-yourself programs that aren't anything like MCPS offered. Very few private companies have a virtual program like MCPS has, except for very expensive schools like Stanford. A few others are starting up now, but not at the level that would make it equal to what MCPS offers.

We are very happy with the Virtual Academy. It was a good experience, the majority of the teachers were very good and the academics were strong. What MCPS should do is divert the money they are giving to the home schools per student for those home schools that are unwilling to allow virtual kids to participate and start their sports, music, etc., or provide that money to families to do those things privately. Homeschools should not be getting the full amount per student when many of the students never set foot in the school and are excluded from sports, activities, and graduation (some schools are great and include kids, others are not). If the Virtual Academy got equal funding as a school, they'd be able to do a lot more for students. Outsourcing to the state would make this situation even worse as students could not access their home school for anything for the schools that allow sports, etc. and there would be no ability for social and other things.

I think MCPS initially was committed but they refuse to put the needed funding toward it and that's the big decline.

Actually, you don't seem familiar with FL at all- if you did you'd know their school systems are at the county level too.

Honestly, I get the hesitation for something different- those that are happy with the current VA and have older kids don't want change. I wouldn't either! You'll be out soon and don't have to worry about the future and whether MCPS continues with the program for much longer. I just don't get the sense MCPS is going to make the improvements you seek, if anything they will scale back further. They've already eliminated the youngest grades.