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Five-year-olds entering public school for the first time this year can get a complete, computer-based education without leaving home. As early as kindergarten, Broward and Palm Beach County students can bypass traditional schools by enrolling in full-time virtual school programs. And they can take it all the way to high school graduation. Mostly for convenience, South Florida families in growing numbers are choosing state-sanctioned online instruction over classrooms, commuting and even home-schooling. In fact, Florida ranked first among all states last year in online education policies and programs, according to a report from the Center for Digital Education, a California-based research group. Nearly 60,000 Florida students took virtual courses. “To me it is the best thing they could have come up with,” said Raquel Pelaez, of Plantation, whose sons Jonathan and Ricardo are in the eighth and 12th grades of Broward Virtual School. “It’s like I’m sending my kids to a private school and t
This was not an easy course — more challenging than any PE class he had in middle school — and he really learned the material. He learned more about the body and fitness and nutrition than he had before. He spent hours each week reading, doing various kinds of assignments and assessments, faxing workout logs signed by a parent. It’s very structured. Kids can do the work at their own pace, but there are benchmark assignments they have to hit to stay on pace. He started by enrolling at the Florida Virtual School. You pick the course you want, and then wait to be accepted. Once you have your class, the teacher will contact you. Alec had an initial phone call with Mrs. Hardman. Then he was on his own. He would keep in touch with her by email and periodic phone calls. Then, she would follow up with a phone call to me to make sure I knew that he was staying on pace.
