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I-SS eludes Virtual High School funding woes

December 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Worries from the N.C. Department of Public Instruction over whether or not the state will be able to fully fund all the districts using its Virtual High School program this year will not affect the students of Iredell-Statesville Schools.

The state is expecting a $3 million funding shortfall in the virtual program’s budget and has temporarily suspended 15 districts from enrolling any more students in the spring, including Mooresville City Schools, because their enrollment exceeded expectations.

I-SS is not one of the 15, and David Blattner, principal of the Collaborative College for Technology and Leadership and overseer of the district’s virtual program, said I-SS will have no problems funding all its students that want to take online classes.

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Big Ideas Offered To Cut School Budget

May 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment

That sort of cross-school system consolidation isn’t seen in North Carolina – but it has begun happening in other industries. The Charlotte Observer and the Raleigh News & Observer now share sports and legislative reporting teams.

Daniels suggested eliminating dues for professional organizations (an employee making $80,000 or $100,000 a year can afford them). He also suggested offering credit-recovery and summer school classes online, something that might work.

Daniels’ argument for combining departments with other school systems was his funniest. “I know that Greensboro and Guilford County have discussed a similar proposal from time to time.”

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Welcome to Virtual High

April 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The challenge, many say, is finding the right mix of technology and human contact, freedom and discipline.

In 2006, CMS launched the Performance Learning Center, where about 100 students take online classes at a north Charlotte school. It’s aimed at kids who struggle in traditional settings, and many students say the personal attention from teachers and small, family-like clusters of classmates is part of what motivates them.

Hawthorne, an alternative school in east Charlotte, already focuses on flexible scheduling and individualized coursework. The e-Learning Academy offers the greatest degree of individual freedom yet – which can be a plus or minus.

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Distance learning programs increasingly popular

August 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The programs, now in the fourth year, offer middle and high school students expanded class offerings and the chance to earn college credit. The two programs, called N.C. Virtual Public School and Learn and Earn, work individually or hand-in-hand, said Tonya Gent, the district’s distance learning coordinator.

“It allows them to take their high school classes earlier, then they can go over to college and take online classes or face-to-face classes and graduate on time,” Gent said. “Some of the students graduate from high school on time and they actually have some college credit under their belt.”

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