Budget shortfall looms as schools will need laptop upgrade
A projected $150,000 shortfall in next year’s budget may threaten USD-379’s future technology needs, Superintendent Mike Folks told board members at Monday’s regular monthly meeting. Folks said the...
View ArticleKansas Virtual Academy Goes Online Next School Year
Kansas families now have access to a new and innovative public school option with the announcement of the Kansas Virtual Academy (KSVA). Offered by the Spring Hill School District, the online public...
View ArticleSchool board members learn more about virtual school
Basehor-Linwood school board members learned a little bit more about the district’s virtual school at its meeting Monday night. Basehor-Linwood High School and Basehor-Linwood Virtual School teachers...
View ArticleDiploma 2 Degree Virtual High School for Adults Opens in Kansas
Nobody makes all the best choices as a teenager, and we often find ourselves looking back and wishing we had done things differently. With this in mind, a new program has been created to give Kansas...
View ArticleHutch district will offer online virtual schooling
The Hutchinson school district this week rolled out a new program that will make online school available to virtually any student within district boundaries – kindergarten through 12th grade – for the...
View ArticleUSD 250 looks forward at year to come
The closing of the past school year and beginning of the new year provided an opportunity for USD 250 to review a number of its programs while also considering ongoing upgrades. Assistant...
View ArticleLawrence officials question performance of charter virtual schools
Next week is back-to-school week for students in the Lawrence school district. And for most of them, that means getting back into the routine of loading up their book bags, and either making the hike...
View ArticleEditorial: Virtual schools
At the beginning of another school year, a story in Saturday’s Journal-World calls attention to a district school that many local residents know little about: the Lawrence Virtual School and the...
View ArticleUSD 457 rolling out virtual school program
Much has changed since Mark Ronn went to school. Ronn, principal of Garden City Alternate Education Center, said his generation’s idea of school was showing up at the building for eight hours, eating...
View ArticleKansas Adults Get ‘Back To School’ in New Diploma2Degree Program
Students all over Kansas are getting back into the routine of the school year. And for some adult students, getting ‘back to school’ has been a long time coming. Diploma2Degree, a new virtual charter...
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