by Jane Hammond, Daily Press
The division also offers a completely home-based system for kindergarten to eighth-grade students, while still being considered NNPS students. Students can also take their required economics and personal finance course online, outside of regular school hours. All Virginia students must take an online course as part of their graduation requirements. Next, Newport News wants to look at expanding its virtual options to help students accelerate their path to graduation. Finding ways to use technology to help students who cannot physically attend school is in the works. An expansion of the home-based system for high school students could be a possibility as well, depending on how a state pilot program pans out. Board members generally praised the division’s current virtual efforts, and student representative Morgan Ryan said she wish she’d known about taking her government course online.
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