Other than the snarky comment, OP is doing a public service by letting folks know registration is open.

VA would be a *catastophe* for my kids, but I'm sure it works for others, which is a good thing.

Different kids have different needs. News at 11.

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Anonymous wrote:Grades declined nationwide after the introduction of virtual learning

https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2022-10-24/pandemic-prompts-historic-decline-in-student-achievement-on-nations-report-card

Child suicides also declined dramatically during that interval, and are now back up.

Are you sure?

https://www.nichd.nih.gov/newsroom/news/042722-COVID-adolescent-suicide

What does this have to do with the VA? This means there are serious issues with in person learning and much more.

Please stop. You are right that these studies have nothing to do with continued virtual learning as a choice for parents and students, but they don't necessarily demonstrate that in-person is worse for all students. Different students have different needs.

You need to stop. No one is forcing you to choose VA. It is a choice program and just because you don't want it, doesn't mean the rest of us shouldn't have the option to choose it for our kids.

These studies have nothing to do with the VA and if kids are struggling, it is not because of virtual learning as they've been back in person a year and a half. It is not a justification to shut down virtual academy when some kids learn better and there are continued health and safety issues for some families due to the lack of precautions in MCPS schools.

No one said anything about shutting down VA. Read what I said. VA is a choice; now in-person is a choice. You don't need to continually disparage in-person learning or those for home the forced, hastily assembled virtual learning while school buildings were closed didn't work.

Focus on what your choice and stop judging everyone else.

No one is forcing anything on your or judging, except you. There is no need for you to come in this thread someone started to help others out who may be interested in the VA. There is no need to discuss suicide rates and kids failing due to virtual academy when those statistics had nothing to do with this program.

In person is not a choice. It its the default and VA is an application program that is a choice program. Someone posted it trying to be helpful.

The only way to know if VA is working is to do a comparison of students in VA to those in person within MCPS with similar characters. I don't believe MCPS has released that information yet.

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Anonymous wrote:Grades declined nationwide after the introduction of virtual learning

https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2022-10-24/pandemic-prompts-historic-decline-in-student-achievement-on-nations-report-card

Child suicides also declined dramatically during that interval, and are now back up.

Are you sure?

https://www.nichd.nih.gov/newsroom/news/042722-COVID-adolescent-suicide

What does this have to do with the VA? This means there are serious issues with in person learning and much more.

Please stop. You are right that these studies have nothing to do with continued virtual learning as a choice for parents and students, but they don't necessarily demonstrate that in-person is worse for all students. Different students have different needs.

You need to stop. No one is forcing you to choose VA. It is a choice program and just because you don't want it, doesn't mean the rest of us shouldn't have the option to choose it for our kids.

These studies have nothing to do with the VA and if kids are struggling, it is not because of virtual learning as they've been back in person a year and a half. It is not a justification to shut down virtual academy when some kids learn better and there are continued health and safety issues for some families due to the lack of precautions in MCPS schools.

No one said anything about shutting down VA. Read what I said. VA is a choice; now in-person is a choice. You don't need to continually disparage in-person learning or those for home the forced, hastily assembled virtual learning while school buildings were closed didn't work.

Focus on what your choice and stop judging everyone else.

Anonymous wrote:For people that still have their kids in VA, will you let them go to in person college?

What does this have to do with the VA application being open?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Grades declined nationwide after the introduction of virtual learning

https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2022-10-24/pandemic-prompts-historic-decline-in-student-achievement-on-nations-report-card

Child suicides also declined dramatically during that interval, and are now back up.

Are you sure?

https://www.nichd.nih.gov/newsroom/news/042722-COVID-adolescent-suicide

What does this have to do with the VA? This means there are serious issues with in person learning and much more.

Please stop. You are right that these studies have nothing to do with continued virtual learning as a choice for parents and students, but they don't necessarily demonstrate that in-person is worse for all students. Different students have different needs.

You need to stop. No one is forcing you to choose VA. It is a choice program and just because you don't want it, doesn't mean the rest of us shouldn't have the option to choose it for our kids.

These studies have nothing to do with the VA and if kids are struggling, it is not because of virtual learning as they've been back in person a year and a half. It is not a justification to shut down virtual academy when some kids learn better and there are continued health and safety issues for some families due to the lack of precautions in MCPS schools.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Grades declined nationwide after the introduction of virtual learning

https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2022-10-24/pandemic-prompts-historic-decline-in-student-achievement-on-nations-report-card

Child suicides also declined dramatically during that interval, and are now back up.

Are you sure?

https://www.nichd.nih.gov/newsroom/news/042722-COVID-adolescent-suicide

What does this have to do with the VA? This means there are serious issues with in person learning and much more.

Please stop. You are right that these studies have nothing to do with continued virtual learning as a choice for parents and students, but they don't necessarily demonstrate that in-person is worse for all students. Different students have different needs.

Anonymous wrote:For people that still have their kids in VA, will you let them go to in person college?

Sure

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For people that still have their kids in VA, will you let them go to in person college?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Grades declined nationwide after the introduction of virtual learning

https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2022-10-24/pandemic-prompts-historic-decline-in-student-achievement-on-nations-report-card

Child suicides also declined dramatically during that interval, and are now back up.

Are you sure?

https://www.nichd.nih.gov/newsroom/news/042722-COVID-adolescent-suicide

What does this have to do with the VA? This means there are serious issues with in person learning and much more.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Grades declined nationwide after the introduction of virtual learning

https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2022-10-24/pandemic-prompts-historic-decline-in-student-achievement-on-nations-report-card

Child suicides also declined dramatically during that interval, and are now back up.

This has nothing to do with the VA or how students are doing in it. If grades are down, it’s due to what is going on with in person learning as students have been in person for a year and a half. The only true meaningful information would be a comparison between VA students and their peers and that might be difficult as not all kids are doing all testing.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Grades declined nationwide after the introduction of virtual learning

https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2022-10-24/pandemic-prompts-historic-decline-in-student-achievement-on-nations-report-card

Child suicides also declined dramatically during that interval, and are now back up.

Are you sure?

https://www.nichd.nih.gov/newsroom/news/042722-COVID-adolescent-suicide

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Anonymous wrote:ESSER funds run through 9/30/24. It was pretty clear VA would continue next year. It's the year after that's in jeopardy.

Or really, the first year after 2024 when there's a budget crisis.

Really, who told you this?

Did you think ESSER would be ongoing? Haven’t you been paying attention to the board’s budget meetings?

Can you show us where MCPS has said they are shutting down VA in 2024?

Anonymous wrote:Grades declined nationwide after the introduction of virtual learning

https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2022-10-24/pandemic-prompts-historic-decline-in-student-achievement-on-nations-report-card

Child suicides also declined dramatically during that interval, and are now back up.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ESSER funds run through 9/30/24. It was pretty clear VA would continue next year. It's the year after that's in jeopardy.

Or really, the first year after 2024 when there's a budget crisis.

Really, who told you this?

Did you think ESSER would be ongoing? Haven’t you been paying attention to the board’s budget meetings?

Anonymous wrote:Grades declined nationwide after the introduction of virtual learning

https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2022-10-24/pandemic-prompts-historic-decline-in-student-achievement-on-nations-report-card

And? What does this have to do with the MCPS virtual academy? Do you know if the students are all failing in the VA last year or this year?

VA started after schools returned in person. Kids in person struggling has nothing to do with the VA.