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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This doesn’t mean a whole lot. Kids are heading back this week in Arl Co. A friend told me her child will be going to school this week but was told to bring and IPad because the teacher will be teaching remote, but the kids can come to the classroom to watch the teacher remotely. This is a mess!!![/quote]

The bill says that the instruction has to be provided by a teacher, not a “monitor.” The bill is good and I believe he will sign it. It passed both the house of delegates and the senate with big bipartisan support. The problem will come if a) the districts try to get an instructional hours waiver next school year (so they can do hybrid again), or b) if FCPS - or I guess any other district but this seems like an FCPS thing because they don’t care about being sued, given how many special education suits they have against them at any one time - just disregards the law and does whatever they want. [/quote][/quote]

FCPS has a lot of lawsuits in part because this is a wealthy litigious area. I say this as a parent of a child with SN who has needed advocates before, but will do everything to avoid suing because I'd rather put the money toward tutors and other services and I have REALISTIC expectations.

Back to SB1303. He is foolish to sign it because if schools cannot provide a safe enough environment and they only offer an option like virtual Virginia they will probably have angry parents coming after them. It should be decided county by county, not at the state level.[/quote]

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