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Pleasant Valley unveils PBBA virtual program report and cautious five‑year plan to expand in‑house offerings
Summary
District staff presented a detailed review of the PBBA virtual program (K–12), its enrollment, supports, graduation outcomes and a staged five‑year plan to expand in-house credit recovery and possibly in-house middle-school delivery while maintaining partnerships with Seneca Valley and vendors.
Pleasant Valley staff presented a comprehensive update on PBBA, the district’s K–12 virtual learning program, describing current enrollment, student supports, and a multi‑year plan for selective in‑house expansion. Jason Brand Morgas (identified by staff) and PBBA staff described PBBA’s use of Imagine Learning for K–5 and Edgenuity (through partner Seneca Valley) for grades 6–12, daily attendance and progress dashboards, live office hours, special‑education supports and other interventions.
Staff reported PBBA enrollment of around 199 students (full‑time and part‑time), with a recent pattern of increased senior enrollment often tied to credit‑deficiency recovery. The program has daily progress reporting for parents, an online booking calendar for counselor meetings, school counselor and special‑education supports, and vendor-supplied certified teachers for many secondary courses through Seneca Valley.
Staff highlighted that PBBA’s graduation rate for full‑time students was 89 percent last year, above some cyber charter comparators reported in the presentation, and described a plan of incremental changes rather than a rapid takeover of all virtual instruction. The proposed five‑year roadmap starts with forming a cyber‑school committee (by December 2025), investigating in‑house credit recovery (2026), piloting expanded in‑house offerings for middle grades and credit recovery (2027) and evaluating whether to expand further after collecting data and stakeholder feedback. Staff emphasized maintaining the Seneca Valley partnership as a safety net and noted certification, scheduling, staffing and union/stipend issues would need careful negotiation before any large in‑house shift.
PBBA leaders also described how k–5 instruction includes daily live lessons, hands‑on activities, and dashboard metrics that permit early‑warning outreach when students fall behind. Staff discussed marketing and family engagement strategies to attract students currently enrolled with outside cyber providers — including promoting in‑person opportunities (prom, graduation, events) and local outreach — and said they will propose a cyber committee to craft policy and implementation options.
