By Linda Trimble, News-Journal
Online classes are soon expected to replace classes taught over the telephone and some personal visits that helped hundreds of Volusia County students a year keep up with schoolwork when they had to stay home because of prolonged illness or discipline problems. School district officials say the move will broaden course offerings for homebound students while trimming annual costs by $200,000. But a teacher in the program that serves about 300 students a year worries it will isolate students and sever the close bonds some developed with instructors at the other end of the phone line.
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