By ALEKS GILBERT, Index-Journal
The nationwide problem is so acute in the small, predominantly rural district that some of its classes do not have certified teachers. The solution? Online learning. The district high school and middle school offers courses through VirtualSC, a program of the state Department of Education, and Odysseyware, a private company. “We can’t just say well, I don’t have a teacher, we aren’t going to teach it,” interim superintendent Betty Bagley said. “There’s a lot of positive in (online learning) that sometimes gets lost in the interpretation of it. I think people will be impressed with what we’re trying to do when we don’t have the teachers we need.”
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