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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If the state is willing to pay MCPS to take on kids from outside the county, that's a win-win. VA is not right for my kid, but it works for some, but it won't be offered if there is not enough interest -- bringing in kids from outside might be enough to make it work.[/quote]

That’s not how it works.  It is working.  [/quote]

Why don’t you want to let in more kids from other counties? VA is not your personal tutoring program.[/quote]

What are you taking about and why are you just making up stuff?   The virtual academy is a program in mcps.  Mcps does not sell its services or education.  The state has education set up through each county.    If it does away, a lot of the committed families will probably do other virtual schools.  Mcps did not honor a lot of their promises.  The home schools are getting the funding vs the va and the home schools, except completely excluded the students so it’s absurd to give them that money.

If you are against virtual, other families are against in person why don’t we go back to virtual for all by your logic.  It has to be all or none.  Why are you so uncomfortable with other families choosing virtual?  How does it improve impact your life if others choose it?   It doesn’t.   You just use it to blog to get your five minutes of fame.

And, why the mcyo hate?   The only two things they have in common is parental involvement.   Mcps does not give them funding. The state and county might but that’s through the arts programming and isn’t that a good thing to enrich students who don’t get what they need through mcps.   Are you thinking of the field trip in 2nd or so?   That is not mcyo, that is strathmore and completely separate.  Several nonprofits and for profits share that building.

Better question is when is mcps funding that place in Bethesda and other nonprofits that don’t provide services for those funds to students.  That money would be better put in the va.  
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I’m confused. PPs have said it would make more sense to have a virtual program administered at the state level, which u agree with, but the response was that the state has no interest and will start paying MCPS to take students from other districts. Which is it?[/quote]

MCPS needs to run their own program, not the state as there is no standard curriculum and it would make it hard to go back in person or go to virtual.  The state does not provide educational services.  The only thing MCPS could do is pay for a private company to take the current students.  But, there are few equal programs to what MCPS is offering with live teaching.[/quote]

The actual standards are similar across the state, it’s the curricula that differ. Overall, MCPS students have a hard time meeting the standards however, so I could see how it would be difficult for them to go back and forth. Students in other states manage to do it fine though.[/quote]

Either way the state does not provide educational services so your constant demands of them taking over will not happen.  Why do you care?   What’s wrong with families having choice?   Lots of families did not test so are those numbers valid?  [/quote]

Well sure, if you're happy with the choice of MC classes over APs.  That train is going to keep rolling as numbers continue to decline.  Choices for a HS student would probably actually be wider with a statewide program.

Also, if your kids are doing so great in VA, why on earth are you not opting into testing?  You're only hurting yourselves in the long run.[/quote]

I would prefer ap but regardless of virtual or in person our home school doesn’t have all the ap classes either.  [/quote]

The virtual academy doesn’t have AP classes? Wow. Is it really just geared towards ES/MS?[/quote]

They have AP classes and most you need but just like in person it’s limited. It really depends on the track your kid is on.  It’s the same with our home school.  Our home school has limited options for some subjects for AP.  [/quote]

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