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Top state education official to visit Flagler
May 14, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment
He continues to threaten harm to the students and staff at FPCHS and is currently considered a danger,” according to the agenda.
In other business, School Board members will consider:
- Changes to the district’s student progression plan. Those changes include allowing middle school students who take high school courses for high school credit and earn grades of “C” or worse to have their grades replaced with grades of “C” or better in comparable courses. The new grades will be used to calculate the students’ grade-point averages.
- The Flagler County Education Association contract.
- The 2012-2013 contract with Florida Virtual School for the iFlagler franchise. The iFlagler program uses the same curriculum as Florida Virtual School, but provides local teachers for students.
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State overrules Volusia County School Board, OKs virtual charter school
May 13, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment
DAYTONA BEACH — A virtual charter school was given the green light by the state to start operating in Volusia and other area counties.
The state Board of Education overturned the Volusia County School Board’s decision to deny the application last fall of the Central Florida Virtual Board and the Florida Virtual Academy.
The School Board had several concerns with the application, including the school’s governance and lack of oversight, its curriculum and financial plan. The Charter School Appeal Commission in February supported denying the application. The Central Florida Virtual Board and Florida Virtual Academy appealed to the state, which decided this past week to overturn the decision as well as decisions by school boards in other area counties for various charter and virtual charter school companies.
Charter schools are public schools operated by private groups under contracts with local school boards.
Volusia County School Board attorney Ted Doran said the board at its May 22 meeting will discuss the state’s decision. He said the board can either comply with the ruling for the online school, which wants to open as soon as possible, or appeal the decision to the 5th District Court of Appeal.
Doran said Friday the “likely next step” will be to appeal the case as has been done recently with school boards in Duval and Seminole counties. No decision as been made in those cases.
Mary Bennett, a retired Volusia educator, recently resigned as a member and chairwoman of the Central Florida Virtual Charter School Board because of personal health issues not allowing her the time to serve. But she said she is “glad to see the state board overturn the denials and give them a chance to start up and give the children another option for education.”
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County’s ‘virtual’ school seeks students
May 2, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment
These are the days of “anywhere, anytime learning” and the Palm Beach County School District invites families to consider “virtual” education.
From kindergarten through 12th grade, students can get computer-based, full-time instruction without ever stepping into an actual classroom, says Principal Debra Johnson. Prior public school attendance is not required.
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