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Monday, August 19, 2002
http://enquirer.com/editions/2002/08/18/loc_virtual_school_plans.html Virtual school plans overhaul - 410 students kicked out for not working Jennifer Mrozowski, The Cincinnati Enquirer Cincinnati's Virtual High School dropped 410 students, more than half its first-year enrollment, because the students did little or no work. The Cincinnati public school was touted as an innovative, non-traditional learning program when it opened in September. But it had no way of tracking how often students logged into the school's computer system, and until mid-year did not have a policy for ousting students who weren't doing work. The school plans major changes this year. “To be successful, a student must be self-disciplined enough to come to the school or to do work online regularly,” Principal Steven Hawley said. “For the most part, that did not happen.” ...
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