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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've been a consistent critic of the school closures, and the generally ridiculous COVID policies for school/preK/childcare, but I really don't understand the people that want to see virtual academy killed off. Yes, it is subpar education that bad for the development of kids, the alternative for some families would be homeschooling. And that would be even worse. VA is unfair to the kids stuck in it, but it isn't harming anyone else.  Let them keep it.

The main thing is change, though, is that virtual school should be handled statewide, not in individual districts. Have MSDE set up the program for anyone in the state that wants to use it instead of going to a local school.[/quote]

It's an interesting to debate whether homeschooling (which can be done on a spectrum from completely inept to competent) is superior in outcome then virtual academy which is generally conducted by a competent teacher but through a very poor educational medium of forcing kids to be tethered to a Chromebook for 5 hours.

There's been a lot of argument that virtual schooling is the worst of both worlds because with homeschooling you have more flexibility in schedule, pacing and content and lack of individual attention[/quote]

Its pretty easy to homeschool in the elementary years but much harder with advanced math and classes in MS or HS.

I think its interesting that people who are not in VA are slamming it when it may not work for their family but working fine for many of ours.  Many of our kids choose to continue in VA and are thriving.  Some kids do better in virtual, some do better in person.  Why does someone else care if another family chooses or MCPS offers VA?  It has no impact in them.

MCPS has said VA is here to stay.  There is a clear demand so those saying to get rid of it are really horrible people who don't have anyone's best interests at heart, not even their own kids.

We don't have a state educational system so demanding the state to it makes zero sense as they don't have educators and it would take a lot of funding away from MCPS.[/quote]

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