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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]Well we will all find out today the future of MVA. The sense I got from the board on Tuesday was they heard the testimonies, but they have a difficult budget this year and have to make tough decisions. I suspect this program will be cut. It is just not effective enough to maintain. Giving kids who are bullied the option to learn from home is not serving them...it is robbing them of a real education. I am shocked parents go along with it.
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MVA gives them real education. Just like many colleges offer online degrees.[/quote]

You don't seem to hire people. Online degree programs have been a joke for a long time. [/quote]

LOL how in the world do you know if people you are hiring went to college in person?  (not talking about purely online colleges).  I am currently getting masters from Georgia Tech, fully online.  It actually beats going in person because I have fewer distractions and more time to learn.[/quote]

Online learning at the college level is VERY different than elementary school.  At the very least the elementary and middle school MVA should be eliminated.[/quote]

Backed with what data? Oh you have none other than “zoom school didn’t work”. Kids don’t wanna be in person. Definitely not to learn. [/quote]

Well for one thing the data shows that at the elementary level, math and reading progression was much slower than at the in person level.  It is documented in the latest report.  We don't know anything about this past year because they won't publish it, probably because there was little to no improvement.[/quote]

Where is the latest report for last year and this school year?

What is the break down of students?  MVA has more high-needs kids than a regular school as a regular school couldn't accommodate those kids.  [/quote]

Yes, what is the breakdown? Because you just made a grand claim with no evidence to back it up. Given VA can't provide many fundamental special education supports and services, there's no to think there would be a large number of high-needs students.
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And, yet they are.  Did you even listen to some of the testimony or see the kids who showed up?[/quote]

There weren't "large numbers" that testified. [/quote]

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