{"id":17522,"date":"2013-03-19T16:00:49","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T20:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/?p=17522"},"modified":"2013-03-19T14:28:19","modified_gmt":"2013-03-19T18:28:19","slug":"online-charter-school-network-will-try-again-next-year-in-three-districts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2013\/03\/19\/online-charter-school-network-will-try-again-next-year-in-three-districts\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Charter School Network Will Try Again Next Year In Three Districts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A screenshot of the Florida Virtual Academy website. The schools are affiliated with K12, Inc.<\/p><\/div>\n

A network of online charter schools tied to education firm K12, Inc.<\/a> will not seek to open schools in Marion, Orange and Seminole counties next year, The Orlando Sentinel<\/em> reports.<\/p>\n

A lawyer representing Florida Virtual Academy said the schools would not be able to open by next fall<\/a> if the local school districts continued to oppose the schools. The charter schools plan to apply again in those districts.<\/p>\n

The schools are operated by K12, Inc., the nation’s largest online education firm. The Florida Department of Education is investigating whether the company used improperly certified teachers<\/a> to teach Florida students. Emails show Seminole County teachers refused to sign class rosters containing students they had not taught<\/a>. K12 supervisors submitted the class rosters anyway.<\/p>\n

K12 officials have said the conclusions by Seminole County investigators are incorrect<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The company has been criticized for high student-to-teacher ratios<\/a>, for high turnover among its students and not reporting that students had dropped out in order to continue receiving funding<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Florida Virtual Academy is seeking to open a network of charter schools around the state<\/a>. In many cases schools districts have opposed the online charter schools, but those decisions were overturned by the State Board of Education.<\/p>\n

Pasco County’s school board recently dropped its opposition<\/a> to Florida Virtual Academy’s application.<\/p>\n

The network has one school open in Osceola County, where The Orlando Sentinel<\/em> says enrollment has not met expectations. The network is planning to open schools in Broward, Duval and Palm Beach counties.<\/p>\n

The schools are privately run, but publicly funded. Classes are taken online with a parent or another adult serving as the student’s learning coach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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