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[quote=Anonymous][quote]First, VAVA operates off the curriculum of a private online school, K12, which is extremely rigorous. ...  K12 for elementary schoolers involves an incredible about of parental involvement. When you enroll, they tell you that your child will need 5-6 hours per day of your support. Your child has a designated "learning coach" (usually a parent) who is the person to work through all the lessons with him/her. Since we have multiple children in the program, it often takes me much longer.[/quote]

Yet another Virginia Virtual Academy (VAVA) parent here.  My kids are in 6th grade, which is technically middle school in VAVA.  At this age, the parental involvement is not as hands on as in the lower grades but is still pretty significant.  I would say that it's akin to a hybrid between distance learning (asynchronous and synchronous content) and homeschooling.

I will echo the others in saying that the VAVA curriculum is very demanding.  We moved to VAVA from FCPS AAP at a well regarded center.  My kids are fine in math (actually a grade ahead), but were behind in language arts.  Their language arts class actually had to do some remedial grammar work to accommodate the recent arrivals.  The writing expectations are much more demanding than FCPS.  Science and history are hard and require a fair amount of reading.  My kids have had to work for their grades, and the workload and grading have been a bit of a shock.  Even in math, which is regarded as a strength in FCPS AAP, the VAVA instruction goes much deeper.  I'm very pleased and think we might stay with VAVA even after this year despite my concerns about socialization.

And also clarifying that VAVA is different than Virtual Virginia.[/quote]

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