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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

It also sounds inequitable.[/quote]

Stop throwing out silly terms to justify yourself.  But let’s play along.   How is it inequitable?    Wouldn’t it be inequitable to send our kids in person when many of us have good reasons to choose VA?   We provided medical documentation.  Inequitable would be to force kids in person who have health issues or parents do that put someone in the home for high risk of death or hospitalization.   Inequitable is when they are not providing services to SN kids in person so parents have to pay for private services or provide the supports themselves.   Inequitable is VA students are not getting everything in person kids are getting but hopefully some of it is coming.  Inequitable is MCPS not using the full funds for VA they are allowed for each student on VA students.  Inequitable is SN parents having to pay for privates when MCPS refuses to meet their kids needs.   [/quote]

So MCPS is meeting your kids' special needs in virtual but not in person?  [/quote]

Not talking about my kids but virtual allows parents to be involved and assist during class and assist with the assignments.  We had a very bad experience in the early years with supports from MCPS so I would have loved the VA option vs. pulling one of my kids out for therapies several times a week.  MCPS doesn't really meet most kids needs who have SN.  Instead of worrying about canceling a very small program, lets talk about getting kids they help they need early on so they can be successful later.  That's far more important.  Many of our kids went without services and supports in person when they needed them.  I know mine did.  We either had to hire an advocate and fight or pay for private services.  It can take years to fight so we decided to do private services as that was something we could do immediately and we didn't want to miss that key window when the child needed help then, not in two years.   Early intervention work for some kids.  One of mine is proof of that!  [/quote]

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