Hernado Today - Read Complete Article
Virtual School Gives Local Students Options
By LINNEA BROWN
Published: June 17, 2008
BROOKSVILLE - School may be out for the summer, but for students like 15-year-old Brooksville resident Kiana Montero-Stube, it's far from over.
But unlike traditional "school," Kiana can complete her summer coursework in her
pajamas, do assignments at midnight or take tests while on vacation out of the
country.
Tallahassee Democrat - Read Complete Article
Local students' enrollment in Virtual School booming
By TaMaryn Waters
April 21, 2008
On any given day, Joy Faus can pick a spot at her house and make it her
classroom.
There are no crowded hallways, no bookbags to lug around and no bells. Some days, she's being taught as she sits on her deck overlooking a private pond in her backyard. Joy, a 14-year-old home-schooled student, is one of thousands of students getting an education through the Florida Virtual School headquartered in Orlando.
Baker County Press - Read Complete Article
‘Virtual classroom’ learning on fast track
By Kelley Lannigan
Thursday, 17 January 2008
More and more students in Florida are taking advantage of an Internet-based learning system, which originated in the state over a decade ago and has since gone nationwide.
That was the message delivered by Mary McCool, public affairs liaison for Florida
Virtual School (FLVS) headquartered in Orlando, as she addressed the Macclenny Rotary club at its weekly meeting January 10.
Technology & Learning Magazine - Read Complete Article
Ten Top Tech Trends
By Susan McLester
January 15, 2008
A look at the major issues, products, and practices of the day, including Florida Virtual School's multifaceted professional development program—which includes face-to-face training, shadowing, peer coaching, on- and offline materials, phone calls, chat videoconferencing, and more—represents the innovation that has come to characterize this new breed of school.
Daytona Beach News-Journal - Read Complete Article
January 18, 2008
More pupils finding their classrooms just about anywhere
By LINDA TRIMBLE
When Laykin Braddock's family rented an oceanfront condo for a month last summer, the Pierson teenager packed her laptop computer along with her swimsuit and suntan lotion.
Laykin had just started taking online classes through the Florida Virtual School to catch up on credits needed for graduation, and she couldn't afford to take time off while her family vacationed in Flagler Beach. Finished with her summer courses, Laykin now supplements her classes at Taylor High School by taking additional courses ranging from marine science to physical fitness online so she can get a standard diploma in May.
The New York Times - Read Complete Article
February 1, 2008
Online Schooling Grows, Setting Off a Debate
By SAM DILLON
MILWAUKEE — Weekday mornings, three of Tracie Weldie’s children eat breakfast, make beds and trudge off to public school — in their case, downstairs to their basement in a suburb here, where their mother leads them through math and other lessons outlined by an Internet-based charter school.
Half a million American children take classes online, with a significant group, like the Weldies, getting all their schooling from virtual public schools. The rapid growth of these schools has provoked debates in courtrooms and legislatures over money, as the schools compete with local districts for millions in public dollars, and over issues like whether online learning is appropriate for young children.
Florida’s Treasure Coast and Palm Beaches - Read Complete Article
Letter: Impact fee formula used by school officials based on 'invalid
assumption'
By TCPalm Staff
Friday, February 8, 2008
Now we’re talkin’.
Kirk Sorenson’s guest column, “Impact fee calculations should be correct” (Feb. 4) injected some common sense into the discussion of impact fees. Check facts and use current, valid assumptions in the methodology used to justify taxes. And while we’re at it, let’s assess the need for expenditures the same way. I like that.
Yet another approach to reducing the need for additional classrooms, and therefore, school impact fees, is to expand course availability in the Florida Virtual School, an exceptional program which continues to prove its effectiveness.
