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Chicopee School Committee votes to raise virtual school cap from 1% to 2%
Summary
The Chicopee School Committee unanimously approved increasing the Commonwealth virtual school enrollment cap to give more students who face medical or mental-health barriers an alternative pathway to graduate. Members discussed budgetary and wait-list impacts before the vote.
The Chicopee School Committee voted unanimously Jan. 22 to raise the district’s allowable enrollment in Massachusetts virtual schools from 1 percent to 2 percent, a change administrators said would give more students an option when in-person attendance is prevented by medical or mental-health issues.
Assistant Superintendent Cruiser told the committee the district is requesting the change to “help combat our chronic absentee problem,” adding that some students need an alternative so they can graduate. “We are asking to increase this cap to give us that flexibility for some students who need an alternative in order to get their education, either temporarily or for the duration of their high school,” Cruiser said.
The committee’s vote follows a two-year-old policy capping virtual enrollment at 1 percent. Administrators said demand…
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