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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]After tomorrow, they'll have 5 days to get their house in order for the return from the break on Wednesday, September 8th.  How they're going to get the staffing during that holiday weekend would be like pulling a rabbit out of a hat.  The next School Board meeting will then be Thursday, September 9th.

I would just say I'll sit back and enjoy the show until then, but there are actual kids suffering.  You don't promise something if you can't deliver and, when you start to realize you're going to have problems, you be as transparent as possible with them so people can make alternative plans.  This is like Communications/Common Sense 101.[/quote]

My kid has severe medical issues and is in the VLP. APS didn’t start the pandemic. This is all uncharted water. Why are so many people so 
hateful? You could not have done any better. [/quote]

Your kid could be in Virtual Virginia right now. A fully supported, fully functional Virtual program. That is what is happening in all of the other school divisions, that made the decision to use that resource. Instead, APS chose to sink a substantial amount of their funding and staff time into a home grown program, and now your child is stuck without education. It did not have to be this way. You should be mad.[/quote]
It sounds like parents were most concerned with IEPs expiring.  Why couldn't APS just agree to honor IEPs for students who return to APS from VV or private schools following the pandemic?  That has to be more efficient than starting a brand new virtual program for $11m.[/quote]

The IEP concern is a strange one- but it most likely stems from APS having inaccurate tunnel thinking.  Even when you move to a new school system, the IEP goes with you.   e.g. I moved last year- the new system had to honor my kids APS IEP's for 90 days, at which point they could hold a new meeting and come up with new accomodations.   The IEP's should go to virtual virginia.  [/quote]

If Virtual Virginia is considered a public school than yes it would go otherwise it does not go. It doesn't go for home schooled children either I know I work this issue all the time in my line of work. [/quote]

https://www.virtualvirginia.org/ada-compliance/

"Virtual Virginia does not assume the local school responsibility to provide Section 504, IEP, or other documented services for students enrolled in Virtual Virginia courses. The local school may require the student’s local school mentor to have an appropriate certified endorsement to provide any documented student services.

In the Virtual Virginia registration process, school counselors are asked to identify qualified students with documented disabilities in the Virtual Virginia Student Information System (SIS) by indicating if the student has a Section 504, IEP, or other documented services. For students with Section 504, IEP, or other documented services, the school counselor and local mentor must develop a plan for the local school to address the documented student services and share any appropriate accommodations needed in the Virtual Virginia learning management system prior to the course start date. Local school counselors and mentors are required to provide all students with services to ensure student success in the Virtual Virginia course. In the event of any complaint, the local school will assume the recipient responsibilities."[/quote]

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