OregonLive.com
7/25/2008
Reynolds High School students will have the option of attending class entirely online this year.
The online school, which will be run by Kaplan Inc., will begin with 150 students in grades 9-12, with plans to expand to a 7-12 school the following year. It will be the first online charter school based in east county.
The school board approved the school, Oregon Virtual Education Partners, at its June meeting.
The move follows statewide debates about the scope of online charter schools. Since Oregon''s first online charter, Connections Academy, opened in 2005, the state has imposed stricter regulations on how many out-of-district students virtual schools can recruit. Now, 50 percent of students attending an online school must live in the sponsoring school district. Students attending out of district must have permission from their home districts. New online schools also are limited to about 100 students per grade level.
Connections Academy, which has a contract through 2010, received a waiver. Sponsored by the small Scio school district in Linn County, that for-profit K-12 Web school has about 1,800 students. Last year, 99 percent of the students at the academy lived outside the Scio district.
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"that for-profit K-12 Web school has about 1,800 students"
I am pretty sure that school is a charter school and is not "for-profit".
Jim, do you have any idea how Kaplan is hiring for teachers for these schools here in Oregon? I'm very interested in teaching online. I'm certified to teach 5 subjects at the secondary level. Just moved up here from Texas.
Your blog is PACKED with information about the virtual school movement... I'd love to hear more about what's got you collecting all this information. I'm doing similar research.
I love to read articles that are informative and beneficial in nature. Thank You for sharing your knowledge.
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