FCPS Fall 2021 - Possible to Partner with Virtual Virginia?

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Anonymous wrote:So, if enough parents enroll in Virtual Virginia, FCPS loses funding and teachers who refuse to do in person lose their jobs?

It looks like Virtual Virginia’s asynchronous model is pretty inexpensive. Maybe more parents should consider it.

It's only MS and HS, so they may need some type of virtual for ES.

I think that is the case for Virtual VA, which is different than Virtual VA Academy (which has k-12)

100%. Virtual VA is currently not an option for elementary. That is a MAJOR obstacle.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Virtual Virginia is free for FCPS students. Dirty little secret. No vouchers needed for a better education.

It's not a better education.

+1. It is a bandaid for kids that need to take 1 or 2 classes to graduate or get ahead, for whatever reason.

[Anonymous]

Virtual Virginia does not seem to offer any honors high school courses... How is it a viable alternative for high school students?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, if enough parents enroll in Virtual Virginia, FCPS loses funding and teachers who refuse to do in person lose their jobs?

It looks like Virtual Virginia’s asynchronous model is pretty inexpensive. Maybe more parents should consider it.

It's only MS and HS, so they may need some type of virtual for ES.

I think that is the case for Virtual VA, which is different than Virtual VA Academy (which has k-12)

100%. Virtual VA is currently not an option for elementary. That is a MAJOR obstacle.

They started K-5 for SY 20-21 and will continue next year. It looks quite a bit like FCPS’s DL program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Virtual Virginia does not seem to offer any honors high school courses... How is it a viable alternative for high school students?

It has a high school curriculum, right?

[Anonymous]

Virginia Virtual Academy (K12) does offer Honors and AP in high school.

No idea about Virtual Virginia.

I wish the names weren't so confusing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Virtual Virginia does not seem to offer any honors high school courses... How is it a viable alternative for high school students?

It has a high school curriculum, right?

It has a high school curriculum alright, but they are trying to push all the kids, who cannot attend in person next year, to that option. Why should not kids, who are unable to attend in person next year due to pandemic, be unable to enroll in the honors courses like everyone else in fcps?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Virtual Virginia does not seem to offer any honors high school courses... How is it a viable alternative for high school students?

It has a high school curriculum, right?

It has a high school curriculum alright, but they are trying to push all the kids, who cannot attend in person next year, to that option. Why should not kids, who are unable to attend in person next year due to pandemic, be unable to enroll in the honors courses like everyone else in fcps?

FCPS is an in person school system. High school kids will be vaccinated by fall. If you don’t want to send your kid in person than you have to accept the virtual choice provided. You can have it all. Concurrent is not an option in my book.

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*you can’t have it all

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Virtual Virginia does not seem to offer any honors high school courses... How is it a viable alternative for high school students?

It has a high school curriculum, right?

It has a high school curriculum alright, but they are trying to push all the kids, who cannot attend in person next year, to that option. Why should not kids, who are unable to attend in person next year due to pandemic, be unable to enroll in the honors courses like everyone else in fcps?

Difficult choices need to be made. It's simply impossible to continue offering a full curriculum to at-home students next year unless they do it via concurrent. And that's not fair to the teachers or in-person students. The population of students who would like to access these classes while having a serious health condition would have to be comparatively low. If anything, this will incent students back into the buildings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Virtual Virginia does not seem to offer any honors high school courses... How is it a viable alternative for high school students?

It has a high school curriculum, right?

It has a high school curriculum alright, but they are trying to push all the kids, who cannot attend in person next year, to that option. Why should not kids, who are unable to attend in person next year due to pandemic, be unable to enroll in the honors courses like everyone else in fcps?

Difficult choices need to be made. It's simply impossible to continue offering a full curriculum to at-home students next year unless they do it via concurrent. And that's not fair to the teachers or in-person students. The population of students who would like to access these classes while having a serious health condition would have to be comparatively low. If anything, this will incent students back into the buildings.

Layer onto that the population of high school students that can't get vaccinated for whatever reason. At that point, we're talking about an even smaller population. Plus, community spread will be so low by next fall because the vaccines/summer should dramatically drop the numbers. It's already happening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Virtual Virginia does not seem to offer any honors high school courses... How is it a viable alternative for high school students?

It has a high school curriculum, right?

It has a high school curriculum alright, but they are trying to push all the kids, who cannot attend in person next year, to that option. Why should not kids, who are unable to attend in person next year due to pandemic, be unable to enroll in the honors courses like everyone else in fcps?

Difficult choices need to be made. It's simply impossible to continue offering a full curriculum to at-home students next year unless they do it via concurrent. And that's not fair to the teachers or in-person students. The population of students who would like to access these classes while having a serious health condition would have to be comparatively low. If anything, this will incent students back into the buildings.

Layer onto that the population of high school students that can't get vaccinated for whatever reason. At that point, we're talking about an even smaller population. Plus, community spread will be so low by next fall because the vaccines/summer should dramatically drop the numbers. It's already happening.

There is currently no guarantee that all high schoolers, especially 9-10th graders, can get their immunizations by the start of the academic year. You are banking on something that does not exist yet.

[Anonymous]

The vast majority don’t need a vaccine to go back to school. Those who do need to make do with homebound for virtual Virginia. It won’t be perfect but nothing has been for over a year and focus needs to be returned to in-person school. Kids that have to remain virtual should be allowed to re-enter at Q2 for high school and each quarter beginning for ES and MS, if they desire.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Virtual Virginia does not seem to offer any honors high school courses... How is it a viable alternative for high school students?

It has a high school curriculum, right?

But it only offers the core classes which could slow down a student's graduation date.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The vast majority don’t need a vaccine to go back to school. Those who do need to make do with homebound for virtual Virginia. It won’t be perfect but nothing has been for over a year and focus needs to be returned to in-person school. Kids that have to remain virtual should be allowed to re-enter at Q2 for high school and each quarter beginning for ES and MS, if they desire.

Says who? How about you go unvaccinated into the extremely overcrowded conditions many of our high schools see? Your chances of dying are small... but go and enjoy potentially debilitating complications yourself.