The challenges are in-person activities and socialization. In addition to FLVS, independent district programs enrolled more than 21,000 students and virtual charters enrolled 5,100 students for the 20-21 school year. That’s not including their ‘full-time equivalent’ enrollment numbers. Hillsborough County’s virtual program is a franchise of FLVS, so the 3,400 students are part of more than 39,000 in FLVS franchise programs across the country. “We're outpacing pre-pandemic enrollments in our application system right now,” Robin Winder, director of instruction at Florida Virtual Schools (FLVS) told ABC Action News. That’s up from 330 students pre-pandemic, and changes like that are happening throughout the state. “Right now we currently have 2,600 kids enrolled fully for next year with about 800 to 900 that are finalizing the enrollment process through the choice office,” Hoff explained. “Parents have realized they have new options, new ways to learn.”Īt the end of last school year, Hillsborough County had 3,400 students in their full-time virtual program.
“Education is changing,” said Matthew Hoff, Director of Virtual Instruction Programs with Hillsborough County Public Schools. While every school in Florida is open for in-person learning, the virtual school remains an option for students either through the state program, a charter school, or a district developed program. If a student needed help in a classroom, we can always pull them to the back table but on virtual, you are without distractions, you are on a Zoom, you're on face to face and they not only did the students feel more comfortable, I think teachers have the ability to really dig deep into… whatever it is,” Muniz explained. “It gave me more of that one on one time, undivided attention was really big also with a lot of students.
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