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Parents and teachers press Pleasant Valley board over high‑school staffing, 'Ingenuity' online courses and student impact
Summary
Multiple parents and educators used the Feb. 13 Pleasant Valley board meeting to describe classes being delivered through online platforms because of teacher vacancies, raising concerns about instruction, IEP accommodations and long‑term staffing retention.
Several parents and educators told the Pleasant Valley School District Board of Education on Feb. 13 that teacher turnover has left some high‑school courses delivered by online course platforms and monitored by day‑to‑day substitutes rather than taught by a certified, on‑site instructor.
Speakers said that courses affected included metals/engineering, advanced robotics, biology, ecology, chemistry, earth and space science, physics and third‑year language classes such as German. Several parents said their children were placed in online sections because a certified teacher left the district and no live replacement was available.
"The online classes do not have a teacher. They have a keeper of grades. No one is actually teaching our children. They're watching videos and answering questions," Ally Mondo of…
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