Dexter schools to partner with Oakland Virtual Learning Academy
Dexter Community Schools approved an agreement to participate in an Oakland County online learning program for kindergarten through eighth-grade students, according to an article on Patch.com.
The Dexter Patch reported there was no cost to the district to partner with the Oakland Virtual Learning Academy, which provides an online-based curriculum for each grade level and step-by-step lesson plans.
Oakland County opened the program its neighbors, such as Washtenaw, Genesee, Lapeer and Wayne counties, Patch wrote, adding Chelsea School District also recently agreed to participate.
Dexter Superintendent Mary Marshall told Patch that joining the Virtual Learning Academy would allow the district to keep track of its homeschooling families and provide them assistance, if needed.
Washtenaw County does not have a virtual school for K-8 students. It offers W-A-Y Washtenaw, a partially online program, as an option for alternative high school students. Ann Arbor Technological High School also has classes students can take online in lieu of being in a classroom.
Read the complete report by the Dexter Patch here.
Staff reporter Danielle Arndt covers K-12 education for AnnArbor.com. Follow her on Twitter @DanielleArndt or email her at daniellearndt@annarbor.com.
Comments
Doug
Tue, Jun 12, 2012 : 2:22 p.m.
Even though I think the Dexter School District is one of the finest in Michigan, why would Superintendent Mary Marshall provide our limited resources to help parents homeschool their children. We do not get any state aid for those students! The parents made the decision to educate their children at home so let them it.
Lac Court Orilles
Tue, Jun 12, 2012 : 12:37 p.m.
Most students aren't disciplined enough to complete cyber learning. Cyber learning is best used for students who are medically home bound. Children need to be in a classroom where they can learn to interact and cooperatively learn with others.
AMOC
Tue, Jun 12, 2012 : 12:53 a.m.
There are also many high school courses available to Washtenaw County students via Michigan Virtual High School. These are excellent courses, presented and monitored by certified teachers that conform to state grade level content standards. Students can use them for credit recovery, acceleration, enrichment or extension of their school district offerings (AP classes, advanced language classes) or for flexibility of scheduling when the only section of 2 courses the student wants are offered simultaneously in their brick-and-mortar school. Glad to hear that Oakland County is offering to share, and that families who homeschool will have access to more learning resources.