Support the Montgomery Virtual Academy (MVA) from Budget Cuts!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS's surprisingly accurate assessment:

Eliminate the Montgomery Virtual Academy
The FY 2025 Operating Budget appropriation necessitates MCPS to eliminate the Montgomery Virtual Academy (MVA) starting with the 2024–2025 school year. This will reduce 53.2 FTE positions and $5,049,921 for next year’s operating budget. The MVA was established as a continuation of the virtual learning experience resulting from the COVID-19 health pandemic. Since its inception, the number of students participating in the MVA has decreased; moreover, both attendance and graduation rates for the MVA significantly are less than that of the overall district. Given this data and the reduced budget for FY 2025, the MVA will cease operating following the 2023–2024 school year. Students with medical conditions still will have the option of Interim Instructional Services in FY 2025.

Gaslighting. Had they proposed to eliminate a few months ago supporters could have rallied in opposition. Instead they wait until last minute along with other cuts. This was in purpose.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS's surprisingly accurate assessment:

Eliminate the Montgomery Virtual Academy
The FY 2025 Operating Budget appropriation necessitates MCPS to eliminate the Montgomery Virtual Academy (MVA) starting with the 2024–2025 school year. This will reduce 53.2 FTE positions and $5,049,921 for next year’s operating budget. The MVA was established as a continuation of the virtual learning experience resulting from the COVID-19 health pandemic. Since its inception, the number of students participating in the MVA has decreased; moreover, both attendance and graduation rates for the MVA significantly are less than that of the overall district. Given this data and the reduced budget for FY 2025, the MVA will cease operating following the 2023–2024 school year. Students with medical conditions still will have the option of Interim Instructional Services in FY 2025.

Gaslighting. Had they proposed to eliminate a few months ago supporters could have rallied in opposition. Instead they wait until last minute along with other cuts. This was in purpose.

They did, and they made it quite clear they didn't see much value in it. It shouldn't be surprising that it was toward the top of their list when they had to come up with more cuts.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS's surprisingly accurate assessment:

Eliminate the Montgomery Virtual Academy
The FY 2025 Operating Budget appropriation necessitates MCPS to eliminate the Montgomery Virtual Academy (MVA) starting with the 2024–2025 school year. This will reduce 53.2 FTE positions and $5,049,921 for next year’s operating budget. The MVA was established as a continuation of the virtual learning experience resulting from the COVID-19 health pandemic. Since its inception, the number of students participating in the MVA has decreased; moreover, both attendance and graduation rates for the MVA significantly are less than that of the overall district. Given this data and the reduced budget for FY 2025, the MVA will cease operating following the 2023–2024 school year. Students with medical conditions still will have the option of Interim Instructional Services in FY 2025.

No, it’s not accurate.

What do you think is incorrect in that paragraph? Be specific.

I think it's hard for folks to square the fact that something might be working very well for their own personal child, but failing on the population level. For example, my kids learned to read just fine using the "whole language" approach. Really, truly, advanced readers with no substantive exposure to phonics. However, on the population level, whole language is a disaster. If I judged only on my own kids, I'd be fighting to keep that approach in the classroom, but I have the exposure and imagination to understand that just because something worked for my kid, that doesn't mean that it is working in general.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS's surprisingly accurate assessment:

Eliminate the Montgomery Virtual Academy
The FY 2025 Operating Budget appropriation necessitates MCPS to eliminate the Montgomery Virtual Academy (MVA) starting with the 2024–2025 school year. This will reduce 53.2 FTE positions and $5,049,921 for next year’s operating budget. The MVA was established as a continuation of the virtual learning experience resulting from the COVID-19 health pandemic. Since its inception, the number of students participating in the MVA has decreased; moreover, both attendance and graduation rates for the MVA significantly are less than that of the overall district. Given this data and the reduced budget for FY 2025, the MVA will cease operating following the 2023–2024 school year. Students with medical conditions still will have the option of Interim Instructional Services in FY 2025.

No, it’s not accurate.

What do you think is incorrect in that paragraph? Be specific.

I think it's hard for folks to square the fact that something might be working very well for their own personal child, but failing on the population level. For example, my kids learned to read just fine using the "whole language" approach. Really, truly, advanced readers with no substantive exposure to phonics. However, on the population level, whole language is a disaster. If I judged only on my own kids, I'd be fighting to keep that approach in the classroom, but I have the exposure and imagination to understand that just because something worked for my kid, that doesn't mean that it is working in general.

That's a really good way to put it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS's surprisingly accurate assessment:

Eliminate the Montgomery Virtual Academy
The FY 2025 Operating Budget appropriation necessitates MCPS to eliminate the Montgomery Virtual Academy (MVA) starting with the 2024–2025 school year. This will reduce 53.2 FTE positions and $5,049,921 for next year’s operating budget. The MVA was established as a continuation of the virtual learning experience resulting from the COVID-19 health pandemic. Since its inception, the number of students participating in the MVA has decreased; moreover, both attendance and graduation rates for the MVA significantly are less than that of the overall district. Given this data and the reduced budget for FY 2025, the MVA will cease operating following the 2023–2024 school year. Students with medical conditions still will have the option of Interim Instructional Services in FY 2025.

No, it’s not accurate.

What do you think is incorrect in that paragraph? Be specific.

I think it's hard for folks to square the fact that something might be working very well for their own personal child, but failing on the population level. For example, my kids learned to read just fine using the "whole language" approach. Really, truly, advanced readers with no substantive exposure to phonics. However, on the population level, whole language is a disaster. If I judged only on my own kids, I'd be fighting to keep that approach in the classroom, but I have the exposure and imagination to understand that just because something worked for my kid, that doesn't mean that it is working in general.

Then why is the Board of Education buying virtual education programs tomorrow and approving a Charter School? Your claim would be that both don't work for all children, so both should be ditched.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS's surprisingly accurate assessment:

Eliminate the Montgomery Virtual Academy
The FY 2025 Operating Budget appropriation necessitates MCPS to eliminate the Montgomery Virtual Academy (MVA) starting with the 2024–2025 school year. This will reduce 53.2 FTE positions and $5,049,921 for next year’s operating budget. The MVA was established as a continuation of the virtual learning experience resulting from the COVID-19 health pandemic. Since its inception, the number of students participating in the MVA has decreased; moreover, both attendance and graduation rates for the MVA significantly are less than that of the overall district. Given this data and the reduced budget for FY 2025, the MVA will cease operating following the 2023–2024 school year. Students with medical conditions still will have the option of Interim Instructional Services in FY 2025.

No, it’s not accurate.

What do you think is incorrect in that paragraph? Be specific.

I think it's hard for folks to square the fact that something might be working very well for their own personal child, but failing on the population level. For example, my kids learned to read just fine using the "whole language" approach. Really, truly, advanced readers with no substantive exposure to phonics. However, on the population level, whole language is a disaster. If I judged only on my own kids, I'd be fighting to keep that approach in the classroom, but I have the exposure and imagination to understand that just because something worked for my kid, that doesn't mean that it is working in general.

Then why is the Board of Education buying virtual education programs tomorrow and approving a Charter School? Your claim would be that both don't work for all children, so both should be ditched.

Source? You've posted this on several threads, but never cited a line item from the budget.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS's surprisingly accurate assessment:

Eliminate the Montgomery Virtual Academy
The FY 2025 Operating Budget appropriation necessitates MCPS to eliminate the Montgomery Virtual Academy (MVA) starting with the 2024–2025 school year. This will reduce 53.2 FTE positions and $5,049,921 for next year’s operating budget. The MVA was established as a continuation of the virtual learning experience resulting from the COVID-19 health pandemic. Since its inception, the number of students participating in the MVA has decreased; moreover, both attendance and graduation rates for the MVA significantly are less than that of the overall district. Given this data and the reduced budget for FY 2025, the MVA will cease operating following the 2023–2024 school year. Students with medical conditions still will have the option of Interim Instructional Services in FY 2025.

No, it’s not accurate.

What do you think is incorrect in that paragraph? Be specific.

I think it's hard for folks to square the fact that something might be working very well for their own personal child, but failing on the population level. For example, my kids learned to read just fine using the "whole language" approach. Really, truly, advanced readers with no substantive exposure to phonics. However, on the population level, whole language is a disaster. If I judged only on my own kids, I'd be fighting to keep that approach in the classroom, but I have the exposure and imagination to understand that just because something worked for my kid, that doesn't mean that it is working in general.

Then why is the Board of Education buying virtual education programs tomorrow and approving a Charter School? Your claim would be that both don't work for all children, so both should be ditched.

Source? You've posted this on several threads, but never cited a line item from the budget.

Reading is fundamental. See the word tomorrow?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS's surprisingly accurate assessment:

Eliminate the Montgomery Virtual Academy
The FY 2025 Operating Budget appropriation necessitates MCPS to eliminate the Montgomery Virtual Academy (MVA) starting with the 2024–2025 school year. This will reduce 53.2 FTE positions and $5,049,921 for next year’s operating budget. The MVA was established as a continuation of the virtual learning experience resulting from the COVID-19 health pandemic. Since its inception, the number of students participating in the MVA has decreased; moreover, both attendance and graduation rates for the MVA significantly are less than that of the overall district. Given this data and the reduced budget for FY 2025, the MVA will cease operating following the 2023–2024 school year. Students with medical conditions still will have the option of Interim Instructional Services in FY 2025.

No, it’s not accurate.

What do you think is incorrect in that paragraph? Be specific.

I think it's hard for folks to square the fact that something might be working very well for their own personal child, but failing on the population level. For example, my kids learned to read just fine using the "whole language" approach. Really, truly, advanced readers with no substantive exposure to phonics. However, on the population level, whole language is a disaster. If I judged only on my own kids, I'd be fighting to keep that approach in the classroom, but I have the exposure and imagination to understand that just because something worked for my kid, that doesn't mean that it is working in general.

Then why is the Board of Education buying virtual education programs tomorrow and approving a Charter School? Your claim would be that both don't work for all children, so both should be ditched.

Source? You've posted this on several threads, but never cited a line item from the budget.

Reading is fundamental. See the word tomorrow?

What virtual education program is the BoE planning to buy tomorrow? Are they approving budget for it or have they selected a program and are planning to approve the purchase?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS's surprisingly accurate assessment:

Eliminate the Montgomery Virtual Academy
The FY 2025 Operating Budget appropriation necessitates MCPS to eliminate the Montgomery Virtual Academy (MVA) starting with the 2024–2025 school year. This will reduce 53.2 FTE positions and $5,049,921 for next year’s operating budget. The MVA was established as a continuation of the virtual learning experience resulting from the COVID-19 health pandemic. Since its inception, the number of students participating in the MVA has decreased; moreover, both attendance and graduation rates for the MVA significantly are less than that of the overall district. Given this data and the reduced budget for FY 2025, the MVA will cease operating following the 2023–2024 school year. Students with medical conditions still will have the option of Interim Instructional Services in FY 2025.

No, it’s not accurate.

What do you think is incorrect in that paragraph? Be specific.

I think it's hard for folks to square the fact that something might be working very well for their own personal child, but failing on the population level. For example, my kids learned to read just fine using the "whole language" approach. Really, truly, advanced readers with no substantive exposure to phonics. However, on the population level, whole language is a disaster. If I judged only on my own kids, I'd be fighting to keep that approach in the classroom, but I have the exposure and imagination to understand that just because something worked for my kid, that doesn't mean that it is working in general.

Then why is the Board of Education buying virtual education programs tomorrow and approving a Charter School? Your claim would be that both don't work for all children, so both should be ditched.

Source? You've posted this on several threads, but never cited a line item from the budget.

Reading is fundamental. See the word tomorrow?

What virtual education program is the BoE planning to buy tomorrow? Are they approving budget for it or have they selected a program and are planning to approve the purchase?

Seems like there is a leaker in central office.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS's surprisingly accurate assessment:

Eliminate the Montgomery Virtual Academy
The FY 2025 Operating Budget appropriation necessitates MCPS to eliminate the Montgomery Virtual Academy (MVA) starting with the 2024–2025 school year. This will reduce 53.2 FTE positions and $5,049,921 for next year’s operating budget. The MVA was established as a continuation of the virtual learning experience resulting from the COVID-19 health pandemic. Since its inception, the number of students participating in the MVA has decreased; moreover, both attendance and graduation rates for the MVA significantly are less than that of the overall district. Given this data and the reduced budget for FY 2025, the MVA will cease operating following the 2023–2024 school year. Students with medical conditions still will have the option of Interim Instructional Services in FY 2025.

No, it’s not accurate.

What do you think is incorrect in that paragraph? Be specific.

I think it's hard for folks to square the fact that something might be working very well for their own personal child, but failing on the population level. For example, my kids learned to read just fine using the "whole language" approach. Really, truly, advanced readers with no substantive exposure to phonics. However, on the population level, whole language is a disaster. If I judged only on my own kids, I'd be fighting to keep that approach in the classroom, but I have the exposure and imagination to understand that just because something worked for my kid, that doesn't mean that it is working in general.

Then why is the Board of Education buying virtual education programs tomorrow and approving a Charter School? Your claim would be that both don't work for all children, so both should be ditched.

Source? You've posted this on several threads, but never cited a line item from the budget.

Reading is fundamental. See the word tomorrow?

What virtual education program is the BoE planning to buy tomorrow? Are they approving budget for it or have they selected a program and are planning to approve the purchase?

They aren't. They are telling parents tuff luck and good luck figuring it out on their own. So, they will lose money if those families leave.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS's surprisingly accurate assessment:

Eliminate the Montgomery Virtual Academy
The FY 2025 Operating Budget appropriation necessitates MCPS to eliminate the Montgomery Virtual Academy (MVA) starting with the 2024–2025 school year. This will reduce 53.2 FTE positions and $5,049,921 for next year’s operating budget. The MVA was established as a continuation of the virtual learning experience resulting from the COVID-19 health pandemic. Since its inception, the number of students participating in the MVA has decreased; moreover, both attendance and graduation rates for the MVA significantly are less than that of the overall district. Given this data and the reduced budget for FY 2025, the MVA will cease operating following the 2023–2024 school year. Students with medical conditions still will have the option of Interim Instructional Services in FY 2025.

No, it’s not accurate.

What do you think is incorrect in that paragraph? Be specific.

I think it's hard for folks to square the fact that something might be working very well for their own personal child, but failing on the population level. For example, my kids learned to read just fine using the "whole language" approach. Really, truly, advanced readers with no substantive exposure to phonics. However, on the population level, whole language is a disaster. If I judged only on my own kids, I'd be fighting to keep that approach in the classroom, but I have the exposure and imagination to understand that just because something worked for my kid, that doesn't mean that it is working in general.

Then why is the Board of Education buying virtual education programs tomorrow and approving a Charter School? Your claim would be that both don't work for all children, so both should be ditched.

Source? You've posted this on several threads, but never cited a line item from the budget.

Reading is fundamental. See the word tomorrow?

What virtual education program is the BoE planning to buy tomorrow? Are they approving budget for it or have they selected a program and are planning to approve the purchase?

They aren't. They are telling parents tuff luck and good luck figuring it out on their own. So, they will lose money if those families leave.

They are buying a virtual education program tomorrow. Congrats to your kids that will participate.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS's surprisingly accurate assessment:

Eliminate the Montgomery Virtual Academy
The FY 2025 Operating Budget appropriation necessitates MCPS to eliminate the Montgomery Virtual Academy (MVA) starting with the 2024–2025 school year. This will reduce 53.2 FTE positions and $5,049,921 for next year’s operating budget. The MVA was established as a continuation of the virtual learning experience resulting from the COVID-19 health pandemic. Since its inception, the number of students participating in the MVA has decreased; moreover, both attendance and graduation rates for the MVA significantly are less than that of the overall district. Given this data and the reduced budget for FY 2025, the MVA will cease operating following the 2023–2024 school year. Students with medical conditions still will have the option of Interim Instructional Services in FY 2025.

No, it’s not accurate.

What do you think is incorrect in that paragraph? Be specific.

I think it's hard for folks to square the fact that something might be working very well for their own personal child, but failing on the population level. For example, my kids learned to read just fine using the "whole language" approach. Really, truly, advanced readers with no substantive exposure to phonics. However, on the population level, whole language is a disaster. If I judged only on my own kids, I'd be fighting to keep that approach in the classroom, but I have the exposure and imagination to understand that just because something worked for my kid, that doesn't mean that it is working in general.

Then why is the Board of Education buying virtual education programs tomorrow and approving a Charter School? Your claim would be that both don't work for all children, so both should be ditched.

Source? You've posted this on several threads, but never cited a line item from the budget.

Reading is fundamental. See the word tomorrow?

What virtual education program is the BoE planning to buy tomorrow? Are they approving budget for it or have they selected a program and are planning to approve the purchase?

They aren't. They are telling parents tuff luck and good luck figuring it out on their own. So, they will lose money if those families leave.

They are buying a virtual education program tomorrow. Congrats to your kids that will participate.

I sure hope this rumored new virtual program isn’t nearly as much of a disaster as the MVA was. Bravo to the BOE on terminating a failed virtual program while seeing the benefit of virtual ed in the right circumstances.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS's surprisingly accurate assessment:

Eliminate the Montgomery Virtual Academy
The FY 2025 Operating Budget appropriation necessitates MCPS to eliminate the Montgomery Virtual Academy (MVA) starting with the 2024–2025 school year. This will reduce 53.2 FTE positions and $5,049,921 for next year’s operating budget. The MVA was established as a continuation of the virtual learning experience resulting from the COVID-19 health pandemic. Since its inception, the number of students participating in the MVA has decreased; moreover, both attendance and graduation rates for the MVA significantly are less than that of the overall district. Given this data and the reduced budget for FY 2025, the MVA will cease operating following the 2023–2024 school year. Students with medical conditions still will have the option of Interim Instructional Services in FY 2025.

No, it’s not accurate.

What do you think is incorrect in that paragraph? Be specific.

I think it's hard for folks to square the fact that something might be working very well for their own personal child, but failing on the population level. For example, my kids learned to read just fine using the "whole language" approach. Really, truly, advanced readers with no substantive exposure to phonics. However, on the population level, whole language is a disaster. If I judged only on my own kids, I'd be fighting to keep that approach in the classroom, but I have the exposure and imagination to understand that just because something worked for my kid, that doesn't mean that it is working in general.

Then why is the Board of Education buying virtual education programs tomorrow and approving a Charter School? Your claim would be that both don't work for all children, so both should be ditched.

Source? You've posted this on several threads, but never cited a line item from the budget.

Reading is fundamental. See the word tomorrow?

What virtual education program is the BoE planning to buy tomorrow? Are they approving budget for it or have they selected a program and are planning to approve the purchase?

They aren't. They are telling parents tuff luck and good luck figuring it out on their own. So, they will lose money if those families leave.

They are buying a virtual education program tomorrow. Congrats to your kids that will participate.

I sure hope this rumored new virtual program isn’t nearly as much of a disaster as the MVA was. Bravo to the BOE on terminating a failed virtual program while seeing the benefit of virtual ed in the right circumstances.

It’s probably just cheaper.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS's surprisingly accurate assessment:

Eliminate the Montgomery Virtual Academy
The FY 2025 Operating Budget appropriation necessitates MCPS to eliminate the Montgomery Virtual Academy (MVA) starting with the 2024–2025 school year. This will reduce 53.2 FTE positions and $5,049,921 for next year’s operating budget. The MVA was established as a continuation of the virtual learning experience resulting from the COVID-19 health pandemic. Since its inception, the number of students participating in the MVA has decreased; moreover, both attendance and graduation rates for the MVA significantly are less than that of the overall district. Given this data and the reduced budget for FY 2025, the MVA will cease operating following the 2023–2024 school year. Students with medical conditions still will have the option of Interim Instructional Services in FY 2025.

No, it’s not accurate.

What do you think is incorrect in that paragraph? Be specific.

I think it's hard for folks to square the fact that something might be working very well for their own personal child, but failing on the population level. For example, my kids learned to read just fine using the "whole language" approach. Really, truly, advanced readers with no substantive exposure to phonics. However, on the population level, whole language is a disaster. If I judged only on my own kids, I'd be fighting to keep that approach in the classroom, but I have the exposure and imagination to understand that just because something worked for my kid, that doesn't mean that it is working in general.

Then why is the Board of Education buying virtual education programs tomorrow and approving a Charter School? Your claim would be that both don't work for all children, so both should be ditched.

Source? You've posted this on several threads, but never cited a line item from the budget.

Reading is fundamental. See the word tomorrow?

What virtual education program is the BoE planning to buy tomorrow? Are they approving budget for it or have they selected a program and are planning to approve the purchase?

They aren't. They are telling parents tuff luck and good luck figuring it out on their own. So, they will lose money if those families leave.

They are buying a virtual education program tomorrow. Congrats to your kids that will participate.

I sure hope this rumored new virtual program isn’t nearly as much of a disaster as the MVA was. Bravo to the BOE on terminating a failed virtual program while seeing the benefit of virtual ed in the right circumstances.

They are buying a virtual program for all students and a virtual education program for staff. There is no indication that the BOE thinks the MVA is a disaster. Graduation rates for MVA are better than half the MCPS high schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS's surprisingly accurate assessment:

Eliminate the Montgomery Virtual Academy
The FY 2025 Operating Budget appropriation necessitates MCPS to eliminate the Montgomery Virtual Academy (MVA) starting with the 2024–2025 school year. This will reduce 53.2 FTE positions and $5,049,921 for next year’s operating budget. The MVA was established as a continuation of the virtual learning experience resulting from the COVID-19 health pandemic. Since its inception, the number of students participating in the MVA has decreased; moreover, both attendance and graduation rates for the MVA significantly are less than that of the overall district. Given this data and the reduced budget for FY 2025, the MVA will cease operating following the 2023–2024 school year. Students with medical conditions still will have the option of Interim Instructional Services in FY 2025.

No, it’s not accurate.

What do you think is incorrect in that paragraph? Be specific.

I think it's hard for folks to square the fact that something might be working very well for their own personal child, but failing on the population level. For example, my kids learned to read just fine using the "whole language" approach. Really, truly, advanced readers with no substantive exposure to phonics. However, on the population level, whole language is a disaster. If I judged only on my own kids, I'd be fighting to keep that approach in the classroom, but I have the exposure and imagination to understand that just because something worked for my kid, that doesn't mean that it is working in general.

Then why is the Board of Education buying virtual education programs tomorrow and approving a Charter School? Your claim would be that both don't work for all children, so both should be ditched.

Source? You've posted this on several threads, but never cited a line item from the budget.

Reading is fundamental. See the word tomorrow?

What virtual education program is the BoE planning to buy tomorrow? Are they approving budget for it or have they selected a program and are planning to approve the purchase?

They aren't. They are telling parents tuff luck and good luck figuring it out on their own. So, they will lose money if those families leave.

They are buying a virtual education program tomorrow. Congrats to your kids that will participate.

I sure hope this rumored new virtual program isn’t nearly as much of a disaster as the MVA was. Bravo to the BOE on terminating a failed virtual program while seeing the benefit of virtual ed in the right circumstances.

They are buying a virtual program for all students and a virtual education program for staff. There is no indication that the BOE thinks the MVA is a disaster. Graduation rates for MVA are better than half the MCPS high schools.

Where do you see that and what is the cost? None of us were informed of this.