23 Apr 2021 The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) is taking steps to only offer accelerated math classes to student in 11th and 12th grade — a move critics say will prevent some students to excel earlier in their academic career. Loudoun County School Board member Ian Serotkin posted about the change on his Facebook page Tuesday: MASSIVE STATE MATH CURRICULUM REVAMP During last night’s Curriculum & Instruction Committee meeting, we received a briefing from staff on the Virginia Mathematics Pathways Initiative (VMPI), a sweeping initiative by the Virginia Department of Education to revamp the K-12 math curriculum statewide over the next few years.