Anonymous
02/26/2021 10:48
Subject: There WILL (probably) be 5 days a week in-person in all districts this fall
^^^
Nosing around the site for Virtual Virginia (the VDOE one), the program they have developed for K-5 looks great. Imagine having social studies and science both in one day.
Nosing around the site for Virtual Virginia (the VDOE one), the program they have developed for K-5 looks great. Imagine having social studies and science both in one day.
Anonymous
02/26/2021 10:46
Subject: There WILL (probably) be 5 days a week in-person in all districts this fall
Anonymous wrote:If they pass this, there also needs to be massive funding for a state wide virtual option. Take the virtual option OUT of each county's planning, and make it state wide. Allow teacher to opt into teach there and keep their employment with their county, but the state needs to fund the infrastructure, set up and technology for this.
That way, each school isn't scrambling to figure out how to supply a virtual option. They very few who are still nervous about the virus have an option and no unvaccinated kid is forced into the building against their will. But it pushes the load of that UP the chain, vice down the chain as it has been during the last year.
Also it's powerful for a Superintendent to have to say "this is the law" instead of "this is my decision".
VDOE already has your back here: https://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/virtual_learning/
https://www.virtualvirginia.org/21-22-reg/
There's also Virginia Virtual Academy, run by K-12 (not VDOE).
Unfortunately for districts, you have to send the funding with the student when they do these - it's like mini-vouchers but just for these two state-accredited online schools. Districts hate that. FCPS has already said they won't do it.
Anonymous
02/26/2021 10:44
Subject: There WILL (probably) be 5 days a week in-person in all districts this fall
If they pass this, there also needs to be massive funding for a state wide virtual option. Take the virtual option OUT of each county's planning, and make it state wide. Allow teacher to opt into teach there and keep their employment with their county, but the state needs to fund the infrastructure, set up and technology for this.
That way, each school isn't scrambling to figure out how to supply a virtual option. They very few who are still nervous about the virus have an option and no unvaccinated kid is forced into the building against their will. But it pushes the load of that UP the chain, vice down the chain as it has been during the last year.
Also it's powerful for a Superintendent to have to say "this is the law" instead of "this is my decision".
That way, each school isn't scrambling to figure out how to supply a virtual option. They very few who are still nervous about the virus have an option and no unvaccinated kid is forced into the building against their will. But it pushes the load of that UP the chain, vice down the chain as it has been during the last year.
Also it's powerful for a Superintendent to have to say "this is the law" instead of "this is my decision".
Anonymous
02/26/2021 10:41
Subject: There WILL (probably) be 5 days a week in-person in all districts this fall
The picture is consistent with my family's experience in France, Germany and Ireland. They have separate online programs for kids that need/want to stay virtual.