Considering Cyber School

When our 11 year daughter first brought up cyber school we were skeptical to say the least. We are in a decent school district and couldn't understand why she suddenly didn't want to go to public school anymore. She is an A-B student, has plenty of friends, insisted she wasn't being bullied, so why cyber school? I guess there could be many reasons.. private schools closing, tuition going up, not happy with the school district, kids being bullied, kids with special needs, ect ect. None of these seemed to apply to us.
Her reason, she was bored in school, felt that the class wasn't moving ahead quickly enough, too many trouble makers in the classroom causing the entire class to fall behind and get in trouble. I can say that there were many times I'd pick her up from school only to be waiting and waiting because the entire class was made to stay after school when only 1 or 2 kids were stirring up trouble. Well after a few months of having a miserable, almost depressed child after school everyday, who was otherwise always very happy go lucky, we finally agreed to look into cyber school.

Pro's Vs Con's
Well first of all I found out it was FREE!! Yes free! In some states, PA included, part of our school taxes we are already paying are redirected to pay for the cyber-charter school. That was the first of many pro's! I'll share more of those later. Of course my main concern was that she would be cooped up in the house instead of going out in the world and being around other kids her own age. I'm sure that is the main concern for many parents and rightfully so. Many of the cyber schools, ours included, have many activities to help overcome that but as a parent of a cyber school student you do have to make sure your child is getting enough interaction with other kids. As the mom of a cyber school student, there is a small amount of work on my part but it's well worth it as my daughter is ahead of where she would have academically and she is happy and well rounded! Anyone considering cyber school as an option, I'm happy to answer any questions but I will post more about this later so stay tuned!!

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