by AZ Central
Unlike their brick-and-mortar counterparts, online schools don’t have to build classrooms or buy textbooks. They have no lunchrooms or sports teams. But they do hire teachers, furnish curriculum and pay for a lot of computer equipment. There are at least 41 districts and 20 charter schools operating online programs, state records show. So how much should it cost to provide a publicly funded education to students who pursue it online? Comparing the online operations of the state’s largest public district, Mesa Public Schools, with Arizona’s largest virtual charter school, Primavera, gives two very different answers.
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