The Churchill County School Board approved the district’s use of the web-based A+nyWhere Learning System on Thursday to create an online distance education program for the upcoming school year.
Superintendent Carolyn Ross said the program offers free web-based education to students who cannot attend regular school because they need alternative education, live outside the home, have been expelled, dropped out, are home schooled, are out of school for medical reasons, need remediation or for other reasons.
Steve Leitz with A+ said the program offers an individualized plan for a student and provides everything needed to meet state standards and graduate.
“It really offers an individual learning plan for all students,” Leitz said. “You really can use this program to serve a lot more students.”
Program Coordinator Jacquelyn Burger, who already uses the program in her credit recovery program at Churchill County High School, said students are still required to come in for Measures of Academic Progress and proficiency testing. Burger said in the 2009-2010 fiscal year, 300 students graduated through the current program.
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