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Teachers press board over MNVA/K12 problems; motion to give 45‑day cure notice tabled
Summary
Teachers and online‑school staff told the Houston board that MNVA (Minnesota Virtual Academy) operations under K12/Stride suffer curriculum, integration and tech‑support failures; a motion to serve a 45‑day cure notice to the vendor was made by Mark Swanson but lacked a second and was tabled while the online school committee is asked to set priorities and SLAs.
Teachers, administrators and committee members spent the largest portion of the meeting addressing persistent problems with the district’s Minnesota Virtual Academy (MNVA), the managed online school operated under contract with K12/Stride. Staff described frequent tech failures, misaligned and unmodifiable curriculum, and broken integrations that force substantial manual work.
Peggy, a teacher who identified herself and her 16 years at the district, told the board: "The curriculum that we get for K12 is…
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