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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's weird (and a little creepy) how many parents who don't have children at MVA care so much about the program and want it shut down. I don't find the budget argument convincing. While MVA may not save MCPS money, it also doesn't appear to impose much of a burden that would impact other schools.

I know a family whose children are thriving at MVA. They didn't perform as well in the in-person environment. I am only happy for them.

To be frank, [b]it seems like you can't accept that some children can thrive in an environment different from your own kids'[/b]. Perhaps there are some insecurities or unresolved issues at play.

It's just so strange. Don't you have better things to do? Why bother posting at all?

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Oh, I accept that children thrive in different environments.  I have four kids.  Two are/were in MCPS and the other two are in private. The ones in private don't thrive at our home school, but they do thrive at their wonderful small school with smaller classes. Anyone who has kids who don't "thrive" at MCPS should reach into their own wallet and pay for the alternative environment.

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Your privilege is showing.  You really need to accept the fact public schools don’t serve just who you think deserve an education. Public school isn’t a one-size fits all. With this mentality, should we also cut the community-based programs that serve highly disabled children? You know, children who don’t (can’t) meet your standard of acceptable data? Some of those children are thriving at the Virtual Academy. You are so tone deaf you can’t even see your blatant discrimination of innocent children. You really are despicable.  [/quote]

Too bad they didn't take the tests so MCPS could see how much they were thriving! Oops.

Private virtual programs are much cheaper than private in-person.  If the public school options aren't working for you then you prioritize paying for virtual.

FWIW, a good friend of mine just spent a lot of time investigating virtual options for her MSer- they live overseas and the international school wasn't working for their kids so they homeschooled for the rest of ES and now the older MS child is enrolled in a virtual program.  It seems to be working really well for them- I'd be happy to ask her to share her research here if it would be helpful to you.[/quote]

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