By Brenda Bernet, Amarillo.com
Dozens of students in the Texas Panhandle will start the school year in front of the warm glow of a computer screen instead of hauling a backpack full of notebooks, pencils and pens to campus. And they won’t necessarily have to wake up at the crack of dawn. Connections Academy operates Texas Connections Academy, which is in partnership with Houston Independent School District. “They’re allowed to get on any time, any day of the week,” said Laura Mayberry, program manager for iQ Academy Texas. Instead of swapping summer vacation stories with friends in school hallways when public school begins Aug. 23, students from Amarillo enrolled in virtual learning programs will tackle classes with peers in Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. They will e-mail and chat with teachers from across the state.
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