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Monday, September 08, 2003
Virtual school: Can logging on and chat rooms replace high school hallways? - JACKIE HALLIFAX, Associated Press
After a full day of classes at high school, junior Jasmine Buckhannon comes home and sits down in front of a computer to do a little English and chemistry. It's not homework - at least not in the traditional sense. It's the entire course. Buckhannon is one thousands of students in the Florida Virtual School, the state's public online high school. Like the vast majority of those enrolled, she also attends a regular brick-and-mortar school and takes only a couple of computer-based classes that allow her to learn at a more extended pace. With its motto, "Any time, any place, any path, any pace," the Orlando-based school has mushroomed from just a few dozen students seven years ago to 6,900 last year. As many as 14,000 students from eighth grade on up are expected to enroll this year, including hundreds from across the nation and several foreign countries.
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