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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hope VA stays because class sizes are pretty small- my kids get much more personalized attention in all their classes, particularly the advanced ones.  A much better experience than the classes with 30+ students at the school.[/quote]

That doesn't sound economically sustainable. [/quote]

They have funding for many years to come.[/quote]

Many years?  Not really.  They're using COVID relief funds that need to be spent by December 2024.  That also means that MCPS is spending money on virtual academy that could otherwise be spent on things like ventilation improvements, or efforts to reduce the educational losses during the extended school closures.

I'm not saying a virtual option isn't a worthy area to spend money on.  But we should be as efficient as possible when running these programs so that we can direct funds appropriately to have the greatest impact.

Given that MSDE would need additional funding themselves to establish a state-level virtual option, I don't see it happening for 2022-2023.  But we should try to get in place for 2023-2024.

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