APS Board meeting

[Anonymous]

Only parents that chose virtual learning out of true medical necessity should be allowed to complain to VADOE. Anyone else is just a bad parent that is allowing this to happen (and taking resources from students that actually need it).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:AEM admin commenting on VPL threads that students lacking teachers should be offered private placements.

Huh?

I assume she means virtual private schools, of which there are few. Why not Virtual Virginia? Oh, because they won’t provide IEP services. Newsflash - virtual private schools won’t either!

Kids that don’t have any true medical necessity to stay virtual need to get back in the classroom, or their parents need to stop complaining. I can’t believe someone would tolerate several weeks of not having a teacher for any reason other than true medical necessity to remain virtual. Crappy parents.

Blaming the parents is not a good look.

[Anonymous]

Here's a link to a summary from the APE newsletter: https://www.arlingtonparentsforeducation.org/recaps/blog-post-title-three-3kpbn-b6e9n

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:AEM admin commenting on VPL threads that students lacking teachers should be offered private placements.

Huh?

I assume she means virtual private schools, of which there are few. Why not Virtual Virginia? Oh, because they won’t provide IEP services. Newsflash - virtual private schools won’t either!

Kids that don’t have any true medical necessity to stay virtual need to get back in the classroom, or their parents need to stop complaining. I can’t believe someone would tolerate several weeks of not having a teacher for any reason other than true medical necessity to remain virtual. Crappy parents.

That post didn't make any sense to me either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:AEM admin commenting on VPL threads that students lacking teachers should be offered private placements.

Huh?

I assume she means virtual private schools, of which there are few. Why not Virtual Virginia? Oh, because they won’t provide IEP services. Newsflash - virtual private schools won’t either!

Kids that don’t have any true medical necessity to stay virtual need to get back in the classroom, or their parents need to stop complaining. I can’t believe someone would tolerate several weeks of not having a teacher for any reason other than true medical necessity to remain virtual. Crappy parents.

Blaming the parents is not a good look.

Objectively, they’re to blame. Who continues to stay in a failing virtual school for any other reason than true medical necessity? For the parents with no other option, I get it. For those that chose virtual for convenience factors or because their kids simply dislike school, they’re really just going to sit there and let their child miss weeks/months of school?

Who else is to blame? There’s a teacher shortage everywhere. I’m sure APS would fill those spots if they could.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:AEM admin commenting on VPL threads that students lacking teachers should be offered private placements.

Huh?

I assume she means virtual private schools, of which there are few. Why not Virtual Virginia? Oh, because they won’t provide IEP services. Newsflash - virtual private schools won’t either!

Kids that don’t have any true medical necessity to stay virtual need to get back in the classroom, or their parents need to stop complaining. I can’t believe someone would tolerate several weeks of not having a teacher for any reason other than true medical necessity to remain virtual. Crappy parents.

Blaming the parents is not a good look.

Objectively, they’re to blame. Who continues to stay in a failing virtual school for any other reason than true medical necessity? For the parents with no other option, I get it. For those that chose virtual for convenience factors or because their kids simply dislike school, they’re really just going to sit there and let their child miss weeks/months of school?

Who else is to blame? There’s a teacher shortage everywhere. I’m sure APS would fill those spots if they could.

There are a few issues with the VLP teacher shortage issue:

1) They couldn't guarantee staff that they would remain virtual for the entire school year. this is because they (rightly) expect many of these kids to return to school once vaccinated.

2) Because of 1 above they were only looking to hire local teachers that would be able to commute to work if needed. Presumably they were requiring teachers to be licensed in VA as well. I think once school year starts thought they are permitted to hire unlicensed teachers (i.e., can look out of state - they should do this NOW).

3) Many teachers HATE teaching virtually. It's a completely different skill set.

4) Whatever virtual teachers they could manage to recruit should have been dedicated to kids that truly need virtual for medical reasons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:AEM admin commenting on VPL threads that students lacking teachers should be offered private placements.

Huh?

I assume she means virtual private schools, of which there are few. Why not Virtual Virginia? Oh, because they won’t provide IEP services. Newsflash - virtual private schools won’t either!

Kids that don’t have any true medical necessity to stay virtual need to get back in the classroom, or their parents need to stop complaining. I can’t believe someone would tolerate several weeks of not having a teacher for any reason other than true medical necessity to remain virtual. Crappy parents.

Blaming the parents is not a good look.

Objectively, they’re to blame. Who continues to stay in a failing virtual school for any other reason than true medical necessity? For the parents with no other option, I get it. For those that chose virtual for convenience factors or because their kids simply dislike school, they’re really just going to sit there and let their child miss weeks/months of school?

Who else is to blame? There’s a teacher shortage everywhere. I’m sure APS would fill those spots if they could.

There are a few issues with the VLP teacher shortage issue:

1) They couldn't guarantee staff that they would remain virtual for the entire school year. this is because they (rightly) expect many of these kids to return to school once vaccinated.

2) Because of 1 above they were only looking to hire local teachers that would be able to commute to work if needed. Presumably they were requiring teachers to be licensed in VA as well. I think once school year starts thought they are permitted to hire unlicensed teachers (i.e., can look out of state - they should do this NOW).

3) Many teachers HATE teaching virtually. It's a completely different skill set.

4) Whatever virtual teachers they could manage to recruit should have been dedicated to kids that truly need virtual for medical reasons.

Yep, especially point 4. I don’t have much sympathy for the families that chose virtual for reasons other than medical necessity. Move your kids to in-person school if their education matters to you.