How do we get the law reversed requiring in-person school?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think anyone thinks it was successful last year. You should do homeschooling instead (and it doesn't have to be you teaching- they have excellent online programs)

I do not wish to homeschool. I wish to have credentialed teachers teaching my children. Stop suggesting home schooling.

Virtual education was very successful for most kids. A few struggled.

Most of the people bellyaching were just resentful that they didn't have child care. They're flailing was never about the kids' or their communities' best interests. They were just selfish assholes and it makes me angry the legislature caved.

Give the local districts the flexibility back to make good decisions.

Where's your data on this?

The problem is: the local districts didn't make good decisions, when they were given flexibility. The legislators did NOT want to go on record on this hard topic. They were forced to by paralyzed school boards.

My data on this is that it's the future of education. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/04/coronavirus-education-global-covid19-online-digital-learning/

I didn't click on the link but "virtual learning is the future of education" is not evidence for "virtual education was very successful for most kids."

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Anonymous wrote:Can the governor call a special session of the legislature?

We need to give our schools the ability to close schools if they need to without being in violation of a short-sighted, ridiculous law.

I'll write my state senator and delegate. I urge you to do the same. Let's give the schools the flexibility and autonomy they need to make decisions based on circumstances and infection rates in their communities.

Have you read the law? Schools do have the flexibility to close buildings when there is high transmission within a building. Not sure why you think they need more than that. This was passed specifically to give schools cover against people like you.

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Anonymous wrote:Isn’t this what homeschooling is for?

No. Try to keep up. I want regular teachers doing instruction online. It was tremendously successful last year and I don't know why this isn't being continued under the circumstances.

What school systems are at least making it an option?

LOL. You must not have had any kids who took AP classes that required labs.

Oh, honey. You stupid ignoramus. I work in statistics. Students LOVED virtual school. I know my kids and all of their friends did.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/04/27/survey-reveals-positive-outlook-online-instruction-post-pandemic

BTW, I have two PhDs and a masters. Sit down.

Doesn’t make you any less of a troll. I’m in Loudoun and virtual “learning” sucked last year. And I noticed you didn’t address the AP question.

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Anonymous wrote:tremendously successful?

Are you a troll? NO ONE thinks it was 'tremendously successful'.

+1 op, have actually looked at any data? Our town analyzed all our youngest kids (we went back full time for k-2 in January) against 17 years of assessments for mid and end of year benchmarks. 75% of our kids were significantly below prior years in every single metric. This is a wealthy New England town that provided laptops to everyone who needed it.

You need to homeschool

To add, here’s some comparison results from PALs testing compared to 2019. https://pals.virginia.edu/public/pdfs/login/PALS_Spring2021_Impact_COVID-19.pdf

It’s not good.

OMG. Those kids will ultimately be fine. THey can't learn to read if they're dead, you know? They'll catch up later.

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Anonymous wrote:Isn’t this what homeschooling is for?

No. Try to keep up. I want regular teachers doing instruction online. It was tremendously successful last year and I don't know why this isn't being continued under the circumstances.

What school systems are at least making it an option?

LOL. You must not have had any kids who took AP classes that required labs.

Oh, honey. You stupid ignoramus. I work in statistics. Students LOVED virtual school. I know my kids and all of their friends did.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/04/27/survey-reveals-positive-outlook-online-instruction-post-pandemic

BTW, I have two PhDs and a masters. Sit down.

That’s a survey of college students. Not sure what it has to do with K-12.

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Anonymous wrote:Isn’t this what homeschooling is for?

No. Try to keep up. I want regular teachers doing instruction online. It was tremendously successful last year and I don't know why this isn't being continued under the circumstances.

What school systems are at least making it an option?

LOL. You must not have had any kids who took AP classes that required labs.

Oh, honey. You stupid ignoramus. I work in statistics. Students LOVED virtual school. I know my kids and all of their friends did.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/04/27/survey-reveals-positive-outlook-online-instruction-post-pandemic

BTW, I have two PhDs and a masters. Sit down.

WHOA! And you're against homeschooling!? But your kids would benefit so much from your GIANT BRAIN.

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OP obviously came here to stir the shit with a very unpopular and wrong take on virtual “learning” and has time to sit around responding (quite ineffectively) to all the responses.

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K12 online academies are what you seek OP.

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Np. Just give it a few weeks or months. I'm sure remote as an option will return.

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Anonymous wrote:Np. Just give it a few weeks or months. I'm sure remote as an option will return.

Isn't APS literally offering it as a option right now?

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Anonymous wrote:tremendously successful?

Are you a troll? NO ONE thinks it was 'tremendously successful'.

No, I am absolutely not a troll. MOST PEOPLE WERE VERY UNHAPPY WITH THE VIRTUAL OPTION. Please don't confuse your own distaste for it for being common reaction. That was a fringe position.

Fixed it for you. Innocent mistake.

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Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately, it is an election year. Going back to virtual is political suicide for the Dems.

I guess the supts could implement hybrid/concurrent again if COVID starts looking really bad again, but no. No 100% virtual learning this upcoming year.

Why? Democrats should run on preserving local control over schools. That is always the popular position to have.

The reality is the local schools here did a great job managing this under difficult circumstances. LCPS led the way -- people out here in Western Loudoun are pretty happy with how it all went. FCPS was good. APS good. I don't know about ACPS, but that's a different cluster-eff.

There was some grouchy malconents who made a lot of noise, but those idiots are inconsequential and easily dismissed. Most of the groups campaigning to recall the various school board members are just right-wing agitators with ulterior motives who want things like the Bible to be taught in schools, etc. A few gullible Democrats jumped on that bandwagon, but most of us are supportive of local control.

Please stop lying. Most people out this way HATED it.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, come take a look at the DCPS thread about a virtual option. The same anti-virtual trolls are visiting your thread. I'm so sorry. I agree with you.

The VAST majority of parents feel the way I do. The malcontents who are hell bent on exposing my children and their teachers (breakthrough infections are happening) to a wildly deadly disease is insane.

All I will say is if and when the vaccines are approved for use in children under 12, it better be a requirement for any child attending in-person school. It should be a requirement right now for all secondary school students who will attend in-person school. No exceptions. None. Zip. Zero. Not for religion, not for health -- if you are that unhealthy, you should be confined to your home during a pandemic.

So, I guess that's where I fall. If we can't reinstate local control and the virtual option, I expect the legislature to mandate vaccines for all in-person students. In the meantime, my teen is vaccinated as is my child and they will both wear masks and I have instructed them to dress down any peers who refuse to.

How about the reverse...if you are that paranoid/scared, then YOU STAY home and homeschool, use Virtual Virginia. Stop pushing your crappy opinions on the rest of us.

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Anonymous wrote:Isn’t this what homeschooling is for?

No. Try to keep up. I want regular teachers doing instruction online. It was tremendously successful last year and I don't know why this isn't being continued under the circumstances.

What school systems are at least making it an option?

Arlington made it an option for anyone who wanted it. It's an option through Virtual Virginia, though you probably missed the deadline to sign up for that (no idea). If there is anyone who actually believed that virtual was "tremendously successful" I assume they would have already looked into ways to continue in virtual, delta variant or no. Which is how you know this poster is just trolling.

Arlington’s option is through APS.