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Virtual Arkansas presents supplemental model; district cites math gains, senior attendance concerns
Summary
Representatives from Virtual Arkansas described their supplemental statewide program to the FORREST CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT board and answered questions about student supports. District leaders reported higher GT growth scores and described interventions for struggling seniors and tested courses such as geometry.
John Ashworth, executive director and superintendent of Virtual Arkansas, told the FORREST CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT board that Virtual Arkansas operates as a supplemental state program that allows local schools to use its teachers and content.
"We are nationally classified as a state virtual school. We're not a school though. We're a supplemental program," Ashworth said, adding that Virtual Arkansas serves "94% of all public schools in the state" and has had about "315,000 enrollments" since 2013. He described a model in which students remain enrolled at their home school while taking online classes and noted Virtual Arkansas operates concurrent-credit and career-and-technical (CTE) campuses tied to regional co-ops.
The superintendent of FORREST CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (name not specified in the record) and board…
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