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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem is the in-person only crowd absolutely refuses to see how virtual can benefit some students. Not all students (aka their students), but guess what? In person doesn’t work for all students either. In-person only crowd only considers their children’s needs, so they bash anyone who thinks differently. It’s juvenile and immature, but they want to continue to be selfish. If they spent a second in classrooms across the US right now, they’d see the complete disaster current classroom conditions are. They’d still refuse to listen to any alternatives though because they are stuck on an ideal from when they were kids. The world is changing….. not all students learn in the same environments…time to grow up. [/quote]

Virtual is simply on balance an inferior form of education even for those kids who can technically get by. Public school districts have zero obligation to offer a learning model that is expensive and has poor results. It only makes sense for kids who actually cannot go to school.[/quote]

It's only inferior when lazy parents fail to monitor or supervise young children; otherwise, it's amazing.[/quote]

So if public school isn't working for your family and VA phases out, pony up and pay for an online program, just like many do for private.  There are many options out there and I don't know why you think taxpayers should continue to subsidize your preferred schooling method.[/quote]

I don't know why you think taxpayers should continue to subsidize your preferred schooling method. I prefer my kids to be in virtual school but I don’t start complaining about more money going to in person. Also the VA is probably benefiting your kids. There is one less kid a counselor has to mange. One less essay a teacher has to grade. One less email a teacher has to send wondering why a kid is not showing up to class. There are many services that you don’t use but they benefit you.[/quote]

Interesting take- we know a family that was in virtual until this year and they said the class sizes in VA were pretty small- so a higher staff to kid ratio than their homeschool.  Is that your experience as well?  Might be too expensive for MCPS to run long-term with a drop in demand.

FWIW, in person public school is the defacto model in the US.  As others have suggested, those who wish for something else are free to pay for it.  Or you could move to another state that does offer virtual. It’s not like MCPS is the end all be all. You have choices, use them.[/quote]

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