Students Have Real Success with Virtual School

The truth is that sometimes a brick-and-mortar school is not the best option for a student.

To help students for whom the traditional school scenario doesn't fit, Racine Unified School District is expanding its virtual school course selection.

As reported by The Racine Journal Times, RUSD has joined the Wisconsin eSchool Network to provide more than 50 classes in the core subjects like English, History and math. Offerings have expanded, however, to languages and certain other electives as well.

Teachers are from within Unified who have been specially trained for online learning even as they teach regular classes during the day.

The benefit of virtual school, said Kelly Pochop, the district's virtual learning administrator, is that kids who don't fit in have flexibility to take classes and complete homework at nearly any time during the day.

"We reach out to those who don't fit into the system easily and are looking for that flexibility and tweaks they need," he said.

For more information about Racine Unified's virtual school, students should contact their school counselor or call Pochop at (262) 664-8734.