“We want every student to graduate and we know that sometimes there isn’t one fit for all, one size doesn’t fit all in education,” says the Virtual School principal, Gillian Gregory.

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More colleges and universities are increasing their number of online courses to accommodate student schedules and to encourage distance learning. I think allowing middle and high school students a jump start on this trend will give them the opportunity to boost their work ethic.

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Or, there’s the free Marion Virtual School, an online “campus” with dozens of academic courses taught by local certified teachers; it’s a franchise of the Florida Virtual School, its statewide counterpart. But Marion Virtual offers a diploma, Archibald says.

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Smart Horizons Career Online Education is a private online high school district that gives students returning to the education process an opportunity to earn an 18-credit high school diploma as well as complete course work for a career certificate. Online career certificate courses are currently offered in the fields of health care, early childhood education, transportation services, homeland security, protection services, and office management.

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To increase the number of students in the program, the Pensacola-based online education service is offering $1,000 scholarships to the first 50 students who apply and meet the criteria for the program.

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In fact in a press release, Elia made it clear she expects to “reap” up to $35 million in rewards for meeting class size requirements.

Elia acknowledged that some families may be inconvenienced if students have to be bused to a less crowded school. But she added that the district is looking at options like letting high school students take virtual or online classes and the district is trying co-teaching in some locations.

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“They may still be cutting electives or AP courses due to lack of resources, then we’re really plugging and filling the gap academically,” said Julie Young, Florida Virtual School.

“I love technology and I wanted to be able to incorporate more of the technology with my teaching,” said Regina Calhoun, Florida Virtual School teacher.

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Other strategies in Escambia include hiring part-time teachers, monitoring low-enrollment courses and using Escambia Virtual School, a franchise of Florida Virtual School.

“If we have a student who is capable of taking a class virtually, we could put them in the computer lab,” said Thomas. “Where we have low enrollment, we may have to cancel the course.”

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Many of the students who are currently enrolled are professional athletes or students who have physical or psychological disabilities that make attending a brick and mortar school very difficult.

Orientation for students will be held at Lee County School District Headquarters at the corner of Colonial and Metro in Fort Myers.

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The agreement states, in part: “The parties agree that the opening and operation of a new charter school is complex, difficult and challenging. The parties agree that the opening of Cyber High School in Orange County, FL, was done in good faith with the intention of educating the children who attended the school. Further, the parties agree that the economics of operating a school are so challenging that Cyber High Charter School could not obtain adequate funding to effectively operate a charter school. The parties agree that there was no criminal wrongdoing or theft.”

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