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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]Please explain what the virtual options are for non medically fragile kids, with friendship full.  [/quote]

Homeschool.[/quote]

Do you realize that homeschool isn't an option for the majority of people in DC?  That's not a minor thing for cost or time commitment to do right.

I get the feeling you're either a set of paid talking points, willfully ignorant, or malicious.[/quote]

NP and there are plenty of virtual schools you can pay for.  I just googled and chose the first one I came across.  For ES the price for a full year was $7,400, but there were part time options and flexible options for less money.  You could also just pay for one semester and assume your child can reenroll in January at your IB school.  If you are really that worried please look into those options.[/quote]

Right, we can all just fine $1,000 per month in our budget per child.  You're not aware of how out of touch you are.[/quote]

I find it interesting that I am called out of touch for providing a solution and you are the one asking each DCPS school to create a virtual academy.  It seems like we are both really out of touch in this situation!  I know nothing of your individual finances (although you clearly didn’t look up any virtual schools because there is a part time option at the one I looked up for $625 a semester.  Just cut out your daily trip to Starbucks or a few take out meals a month) and you know nothing about how schools are run.  [/quote]

I know it's an anonymous board so there's no way for you to track this, but I'm interested in ways to centralize or cluster virtual options.

DCPS had all summer to figure that out and they didn't.  That's a leadership problem from the top.  Now teachers and students are going to pay for it.

You really need to learn more about DC if you think that your suggestions have any merit beyond your little bubble.  There is serious poverty in large parts of the city and you're suggestions are glibly blind to that.[/quote]

NP. Do you seriously think that the kids in those areas of serious poverty would be well served by continued virtual school? Do you think they were last year? Do you really believe that the risk of delta is greater to them than the risk of another semester or year without the outside structure of school?

I suspect you know that isn’t the case, if you really thought about it. This is all about you and your fear for your own kids’ health, whom you know to be fine with virtual school.[/quote]

Thanks for the question.  The answer is that it varies because every student/family is different.  I know some families who desperately need in-person school to be open.  I really want that for them.  I also know other kids who did really well in a virtual setting.  The reasons why are really complicated and don't stereotype well.

To me, that means we should have options.

Having a centralized or cluster-based virtual option doesn't need to take away from in-person learning for those kids/families who choose that.[/quote]

Oh, you're right. We should make system wide decisions based on your anecdotes. EYE ROLL[/quote]

Oh, where's your data?[/quote]

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