Anonymous
03/13/2021 19:19
Subject: Ok, serious question
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I’m pre-Covid times, if a student was unable to attend school in person (say, for cancer treatment), what did they do?
Next year, if your child can’t (or won’t) attend school in person for one reason or another, why should this change?
It’s not up to APS to spend money they don’t have and force teachers to do twice the work to accommodate your child’s every wish. There should be a county-wide virtual program for those that don’t go in.
It should (and has and will) change because we are still in a pandemic and children continue to be unvaccinated.
You people can post all the tired, whiny screeds you like about how it's not FAIIIR to your previous in person children that they will have to share district resources with DL kids, and scream and stomp that the DL kids should be punted to other platforms so your precious kids get all the resources, but for the upcoming school year, THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
Sorry, honey, but you’re wrong. Teachers will quit if they’re forced to do concurrent instruction. Many have already threatened to do so, and I don’t blame them.
Snookums will be just fine doing a county-wide virtual option.
Anonymous
03/13/2021 16:15
Subject: Ok, serious question
Anonymous wrote:I’m pre-Covid times, if a student was unable to attend school in person (say, for cancer treatment), what did they do?
Next year, if your child can’t (or won’t) attend school in person for one reason or another, why should this change?
It’s not up to APS to spend money they don’t have and force teachers to do twice the work to accommodate your child’s every wish. There should be a county-wide virtual program for those that don’t go in.
It should (and has and will) change because we are still in a pandemic and children continue to be unvaccinated.
You people can post all the tired, whiny screeds you like about how it's not FAIIIR to your previous in person children that they will have to share district resources with DL kids, and scream and stomp that the DL kids should be punted to other platforms so your precious kids get all the resources, but for the upcoming school year, THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
Anonymous
03/13/2021 16:11
Subject: Ok, serious question
Yeah. A centralized virtual school makes sense. School by school is going to be anything but equitable.
Anonymous
03/13/2021 12:55
Subject: Ok, serious question
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I 100% agree the virtual should be separate but I don't think one should ever say "well you always had this crap option before so that is what you should get now." We should always be looking looking at ways to improve education for vulnerable students and this includes medical vulnerability.
Again I 100% dont think there should be concurrent teacher but see no problem with working to develop a robust separate virtual or traveling homebound teachers.
What about Virtual Virginia, though? Doesn’t it already exist?
Yes, it does. APS doesn’t need to have their own parallel virtual option, especially when the budgetary situation as bad as it is.
Federal stimulus funds will help
A small, centralized virtual academy might be doable, but not what some people on AEM are pushing for- students having virtual options through their CURRENT schools, including option schools. As usual, “equity” is being tossed around a lot to shut down dissenting opinions.
Concurrent is awful for everyone, and expecting every grade level (and subject, for older kids) at every school to have a dedicated teacher for virtual for a small number of kids won’t be financially feasible.
I agree a school based version is nonsense.
Anonymous
03/13/2021 12:53
Subject: Ok, serious question
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I 100% agree the virtual should be separate but I don't think one should ever say "well you always had this crap option before so that is what you should get now." We should always be looking looking at ways to improve education for vulnerable students and this includes medical vulnerability.
Again I 100% dont think there should be concurrent teacher but see no problem with working to develop a robust separate virtual or traveling homebound teachers.
What about Virtual Virginia, though? Doesn’t it already exist?
Yes, it does. APS doesn’t need to have their own parallel virtual option, especially when the budgetary situation as bad as it is.
Federal stimulus funds will help
A small, centralized virtual academy might be doable, but not what some people on AEM are pushing for- students having virtual options through their CURRENT schools, including option schools. As usual, “equity” is being tossed around a lot to shut down dissenting opinions.
Concurrent is awful for everyone, and expecting every grade level (and subject, for older kids) at every school to have a dedicated teacher for virtual for a small number of kids won’t be financially feasible.
Anonymous
03/13/2021 11:42
Subject: Ok, serious question
APS has been itching to offer a virtual option for high school and possibly middle school to help with capacity issues. This situation is basically a gift to get that off the ground and they’d be crazy to squander the opportunity. I agree the virtual option needs to be centralized next year vs trying to recreate at the school level.
Anonymous
03/13/2021 11:33
Subject: Ok, serious question
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I 100% agree the virtual should be separate but I don't think one should ever say "well you always had this crap option before so that is what you should get now." We should always be looking looking at ways to improve education for vulnerable students and this includes medical vulnerability.
Again I 100% dont think there should be concurrent teacher but see no problem with working to develop a robust separate virtual or traveling homebound teachers.
What about Virtual Virginia, though? Doesn’t it already exist?
Yes, it does. APS doesn’t need to have their own parallel virtual option, especially when the budgetary situation as bad as it is.
Federal stimulus funds will help
Anonymous
03/13/2021 10:24
Subject: Ok, serious question
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I 100% agree the virtual should be separate but I don't think one should ever say "well you always had this crap option before so that is what you should get now." We should always be looking looking at ways to improve education for vulnerable students and this includes medical vulnerability.
Again I 100% dont think there should be concurrent teacher but see no problem with working to develop a robust separate virtual or traveling homebound teachers.
What about Virtual Virginia, though? Doesn’t it already exist?
Yes, it does. APS doesn’t need to have their own parallel virtual option, especially when the budgetary situation as bad as it is.