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‘Virtual’ Charter School Goes To State Board For Approval
January 30, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment
“Most education organizations and groups have representation in state capitals and we do too,” says Jeff Kwitowski, a spokesman for the company
K12′s North Carolina team includes Jeff Barnhart, a former state representative for Cabarrus County, where the North Carolina Virtual Academy would be based.
K12 probably needs those lobbyists. That’s because the North Carolina School Boards Association and others are making the case against online charters.
“The way our funding formulas work in North Carolina for both the traditional public schools and charter schools is that it’s based upon estimated student counts and home school students aren’t included in those counts,” says Leanne Winner, NCSBA’s chief lobbyist and director of government relations.
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Virtual Charter Academy gains initial approval
January 29, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment
The Cabarrus County Board of Education granted preliminary approval to the application submitted by North Carolina Virtual Charter Academy in a 5-2 vote at its business meeting on Monday.
The application will now be sent to the State Board of Education for approval.
This was the third time the board discussed the application.
If it is approved at the state level, the virtual charter school would be based in Cabarrus County and would enroll students statewide.
It would have North Carolina-certified teachers, and students would have online and hardcopy school materials, said Joseph Chisholm, vice president of school development for K12, Inc., a technology-based education company that provides curriculum, who presented at the board’s business meeting in December.
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Virtual charter school company gets approval in Cabarrus
January 25, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment
The company hopes to be open to all middle-school and high-school students in the state, and in its application to Cabarrus County estimates it will take in $18 million worth of public funding within a few years.
Taking the online classes would have no cost to parents or students, but the home counties of students would send each enrolled student’s share of state and local funding to the company.
In December, we reported on how the company was courting Cabarrus County as a way to wedge itself into the larger North Carolina market (Click here to read our December report, “Questionable company targets NC for virtual charter school).
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