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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does that mean the online school to address high school overcrowding is off the table?[/quote]

This is what I find incredible about the change in attitude about the VLP.  People have objected to the idea of online learning for high schoolers for capacity solutions because virtual learning is so sub-par.  But suddenly they're all in an uproar because they're not making permanent a virtual program that a relative handful of parents now say has been a lifesaver for their immuno-compromised, anxious, or bullied child.  Either a virtual learning program is valuable and of acceptable quality or it isn't.  And there are other virtual options, already funded and much more developed than APS'.  It's like parents are now saying they want another option school:  virtual. Should it be a blind lottery or a certain # of seats allocated per neighborhood school in the interest of equity?[/quote]

+1 if students really need a virtual program for some reason, there is Virtual Virginia. It makes no sense for APS to invest in creating their own program. We have other budget priorities.[/quote]
PP - not to mention all the complaining about how awful distance learning was during the year of shutdown![/quote]

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