More than 15,000 K-12 students are enrolled in full-time virtual schools in California, according to the International Association for K-12 Online Learning. That doesn’t include thousands of students who take one or more online courses offered by K-12 school districts.
School districts in the Victor Valley and throughout California are expanding online offerings as they compete with statewide virtual alternatives.
This fall, Snowline Joint Unified School District is launching the first full-time virtual program that will teach students in grades K-12 under the umbrella of a local district. Enrollment is now open for the new program, which will have a home base at the former Desert View Independent School site in Phelan.
“It’s a wave of the future and it’s another option for kids,” Snowline Virtual School Administrator Chad Brooks said. “Some kids in today’s age just can’t sit in the classroom six, seven hours a day.”
Victor Valley High School is in the second year of its virtual “school within a school.” Through the blended program, online students can take some of the school’s traditional electives, join clubs and even participate in athletics, with several students in this year’s program on the football team.
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