For Sale: Virtual High School with AP

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I think that many virtual schools will see a sharp decline this year.   A lot of people will be returning to B&M high schools.  Especially now that there is a vaccine available for high school kids.

Most ACTUAL virtual schools were not new during Covid - not Zoom+some random crap a school made up, but real virtual schools.  My kid did one this year, and will probably finish up his senior year there next year because it gives him SO much flexibility.  He's able to work 25-30 hours a week, play 3 sports, and still take naps on the daily.  There is zero chance he could do that in a regular high school.

Also, I think you will see a huge increase in them due to an increase in homeschooling.  Between Covid fears, teachers not coming in for in-person learning, and parents realizing they don't have to know every subject to homeschool their kids, there will be more of these.  In CA, I know there has been a HUGE jump in the number of homeschoolers this year, and lots who are going to continue, who went out and found online options for their kids when the whole Zoom+ wasn't coming anywhere close to helping their kids learn.  Virtual schools, including virtual charter schools, stepped in and made a big difference.  And the personalized learning that is now available...some kids just won't want to go back to in-person learning.

In some states he wouldn't be allowed to play on the sports teams or participate in anything in the high school. Here you have to be enrolled at the school to play sports. It's been a big issue in my region because there's a large number of families who homeschool. They're also paying school taxes and not allowed access to those facilities. They've been trying to get the state to change the law, but no luck so far. 

I worked 4-5 days a week my junior and senior year and attended high school. I played a sport. I was active in a number of clubs. No I didn't take naps. I stopped taking naps when I was about a year old though. Drove my mother nuts. LOL I still can't take a nap unless I'm really really really sick.