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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Virtual school was completely unhelpful for my DC. Have a strong aversion to online support services. Virtual school taught him how to manipulate Lexus and the iPad to work in his favor and make it look like he knew how to spell etc, while he just made the iPad work for him.

Really I was just hoping to get a baseline understand of what is being offered across the county and use that to shape my advocacy.

Our DC has a 504 for adhd though the pediatrician described it as quite mild. He bas always struggled with academics and we had him tested/evaluated and everything came back in the normal range with no learning disabilities.

He really just does best with focused small group or individual support. We do this at home but we also work full time and have another child. Also, it was APS decision to close for as long as they did during Covid—not mine—they can go ahead and use their funding and support kids with academic recovery like other districts are doing. [/quote]

Op virtual school was 2 years ago. It sounds like your kid has disabilities which he would have had either way. It’s pointless to blame virtual learning for that. That isn’t how disabilities work. [/quote]
Not OP   The fall-out from virtual school is ongoing. Kids didn't learn core fundamentals in virtual and have gaps. Those gaps are most harmful in subjects that build, like foreign language and math. Kids have some flexibility with foreign language. Lots of kids dropped their pre-covid foreign language and began a new one when they realized they would otherwise be advanced to the next level without knowing the prior one. Not so with math. Kids have to keep taking the next year's math course and if they are missing foundations from the virtual period, these will continue to hold them back thereafter until these gaps are filled. Each year's math class is marching on with new material and there are very few interventionists for kids who need gaps filled. Thus, the need for families to fill gaps themselves. Wealthier families are doing it, which is worsening achievement gaps.[/quote]

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