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Albemarle County Schools to Offer Optional Virtual Learning Alongside In-Person Learning in 2021-2022

April 29, 2021April 28, 2021 Eric Burk

Alongside five-days-a-week in-person instruction, Albemarle County is planning to offer an optional all-virtual school for elementary, middle, and high school students for the 2021-2022 school year. The virtual school will have its own principal and teachers, according to an Albemarle County Public Schools (ACPS) press release.

“My recommendation will be that our school board approve this plan as the default unless, of course, circumstances materially change,” ACPS Superintendent Matthew Haas said in the press release.

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Virginia Mathematics Pathways Initiative Draws Concern Over Lowering Academic Standards

April 26, 2021April 25, 2021 Eric Burk

A proposed Virginia Mathematics Pathways Initiative (VMPI) has Republicans concerned after Loudoun County School Board member Ian Serotkin warned about the plan on Facebook, first reported by Fox News. Serotkin wrote that there are some good things in the initiative, like enabling students to take calculus in high school. But Serotkin also warned that the VMPI would end math acceleration before 11th grade.

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Virginia General Assembly Passes Dunnavant’s In-Person Learning Bill

March 3, 2021March 2, 2021 Eric Burk

For the 2021-2022 school year, Virginia’s schools will be required to provide both full-time in-person and virtual learning options to students, thanks to Senator Siobhan Dunnavant’s (R-Henrico) SB 1303. A bipartisan effort in the House Education committee led to a bill that passed out of the House of Delegates 88 to nine, and was approved by the Senate on Thursday 36 to three. Although Republicans weren’t able to get support for an emergency clause that would have triggered the requirements before July, Governor Ralph Northam is also calling for schools to begin phasing in in-person learning.

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Kamras ‘Not Optimistic’ About Reopening Richmond Schools

October 30, 2020October 29, 2020 Eric Burk

Richmond Public Schools (RPS) Jason Kamras told reporters that he doesn’t expect RPS to reopen even after winter break, unlike Henrico and Chesterfield Counties, according to reporting from WTVR. The two neighboring counties recently announced plans to begin allowing students back into classes as soon as November.

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Albemarle County Schools to Offer Optional Virtual Learning Alongside In-Person Learning in 2021-2022

Virginia Mathematics Pathways Initiative Draws Concern Over Lowering Academic Standards

Virginia General Assembly Passes Dunnavant’s In-Person Learning Bill

Kamras ‘Not Optimistic’ About Reopening Richmond Schools

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