Rally outside Rockville HS today?

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Anonymous wrote:Doesn't the new Super have better things to do than to explain to the pro-MVA group for the 100th time that the program has been terminated, was a failure, and is not coming back next year?

It wasn’t a failure. Keep up the bullying. It keeps you busy and shows the public why MCPS is in trouble.

The statement makes no sense. Because it would only show the public that the public itself is the problem.

You got it. You are the only problem. MVA was successful.

Successful in driving more than 66% of its students to leave the program in the span of 2 years...successful in having graduation rates significantly lower than in-person schools...successful in having chronic absenteeism rates significantly higher than in-person schools...successful in having standardized tests scores measuring student achievement of grade-level expectations that were significantly lower than in-person schools, especially among the poorest and youngest students.

None of those things are why it was closed. And that from Taylor last night.

So what was it then, according to him?

Let me guess from the new guy - it was the old admin's fault and there's no good reason those awful people made the decision. It's just too bad that it's too late for him to do anything about it. He's really sorry. He'll look into though, but he was dealt a bad hand when he came in....About right?

He's a PR guy whose doing the boe bidding. He's not going to fix any of the problems and will be the next scapegoat for their failures.

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Anonymous wrote:Doesn't the new Super have better things to do than to explain to the pro-MVA group for the 100th time that the program has been terminated, was a failure, and is not coming back next year?

It wasn’t a failure. Keep up the bullying. It keeps you busy and shows the public why MCPS is in trouble.

The statement makes no sense. Because it would only show the public that the public itself is the problem.

You got it. You are the only problem. MVA was successful.

Successful in driving more than 66% of its students to leave the program in the span of 2 years...successful in having graduation rates significantly lower than in-person schools...successful in having chronic absenteeism rates significantly higher than in-person schools...successful in having standardized tests scores measuring student achievement of grade-level expectations that were significantly lower than in-person schools, especially among the poorest and youngest students.

Such lies, but you arr frtting paid.

The MVA has a different population than an average school. What is important is what MVA did for its population and that data is spectacular.

Good to know we can just lower the bar for the program however low we need to in order to justify its existence because it has a different population than an average school

The bar isn't lower. That's the point. Its the same education. Now these kids are forced into IIS and that bar is way lower.

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Hiring a new Super was the distraction current boe needed it seems to take attention away from news of BOE from the 2023-2024 school year.

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Anonymous wrote:School safety is a bigger issue than VA.

They seem related. If you don't think the school is safe, VA is a better alternative.

Then the answer is to fix the schools, not let a select few escape them.

+100 This is the same reason I don't believe in private school vouchers. If there are problems in our public schools, then we need to work together to fix them, including by using our advocacy time on those issues rather than quixotic quests to reinstate a closed program.

The answer is emphatically NOT to spend a bunch of money advantaging the small sub-section of kids who can afford to have one parent home full-time.

Its not as simple as you are making it sound. Some of these kids have significant needs and MCPS is saving a fortune by the MVA. MCPS will not fix the problems and no matter how hard they try they cannot fix bullying and other things. That's partly parenting. The cost to MCPS is minimal.

The cost isn't minimal though. It's an entire parallel administrative, teacher, and staff structure.

If MVA were reserved for kids who would otherwise be in specialized programs, you'd see a lot less pushback. Right now, though, that's not the structure, nor is it the structure that MVA parents were championing.

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Anonymous wrote:School safety is a bigger issue than VA.

Both are big issues, MVA is far cheaper to fund and deal with. Both need to be addressed asap.

we lived without MVA prior to covid; we can do so again now after 4 years of covid.

We? Who are you? A lot of MVA students weren’t IN schools prior to COVID. You want to go back to denying those students an education.

if they were not in school, then I assume they were homeschooled. They can go back to that.

The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. -- Spock.

Oh so do you think Special Education programs and learning centers should be shut down too? You know, since the needs of the few aren't nearly as important as the needs of everyone else.

You're a clown.

MCPS follows the integrated approach where those programs are within a regular school. MCPS doesn't really have "special schools" anymore.

You're the clown to think that we must have MVA even though we survived without it since the beginning of public schools, and that the budget cuts is causing class sizes to increase.

If you want your kid to remain at home, then homeschool your kid.

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Please lock this thread. It's turning into the other one about MVA.

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Anonymous wrote:School safety is a bigger issue than VA.

They seem related. If you don't think the school is safe, VA is a better alternative.

Then the answer is to fix the schools, not let a select few escape them.

+100 This is the same reason I don't believe in private school vouchers. If there are problems in our public schools, then we need to work together to fix them, including by using our advocacy time on those issues rather than quixotic quests to reinstate a closed program.

The answer is emphatically NOT to spend a bunch of money advantaging the small sub-section of kids who can afford to have one parent home full-time.

Its not as simple as you are making it sound. Some of these kids have significant needs and MCPS is saving a fortune by the MVA. MCPS will not fix the problems and no matter how hard they try they cannot fix bullying and other things. That's partly parenting. The cost to MCPS is minimal.

I would love for my child to have only 10 people in their class, but alas, the budget doesn't allow for that.

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