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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is the 10 million inclusive of regular per pupil spending? If so it’s not that much higher than in person spending per child[/quote]

If it's on top of the all the base costs, it's an additional 10 million...which would mean they are spending twice as much to educate kids from home....and additional $25k per student that could have gone to supplementing Virtual Virginia rather than APS rolling their own. [/quote]

I didn't realize $10M for VLP was in addition to the $25k/student.. how did that ever get approved?? [/quote]

The school board is unwilling to challenge Duran on anything.  They don’t ever want to look like they are undermining him.  My discussions with board members last year made that perfectly and publicly clear. They are more sensitive to that than to any damage he causes, of which there is plenty.[/quote]

So pathetic. Why are they afraid to undermine him?? [/quote]

I think he’s doing a good job.  Maybe they do, too.  [/quote]

you actually think spending $10M on VLP that nobody wanted was a wise idea ? Under his watch APS reputation has been shattered. [/quote]

I didn’t love that, but he’s pulling it.  I don’t see that as the only thing he does or has done.[/quote]

He was trying to do something to address needs of families who needed virtual during the pandemic but didn’t want to ship them off to VV. It would have been more efficient to not reinvent the wheel but I can see his motivation.

Anyway, I’m happy with almost everything he’s done. And I appreciate the transparency and clear communication. Much better than before. 
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Everyone needs to remember that at the time they were planning for VLP, in some schools the majority of families were still saying they wanted to be virtual. There was a major shift later when people realized schools are not the source of Covid spread. But at some point there was a very large percentage of families still wanting to stay home. I have to say I was very happy to see it pulled for next year, waste of funds given other options available for a very small percentage of family sit still want it. [/quote]

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