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Online School for Girls Director Visits Louisville

We had a constructive meeting with Brad Rathgeber, who was so knowledgable and informative. His facts were compelling. He stressed that 90% of online learning is supplemental and growing exponentially. It was also interesting to know that schools are claiming to have online classes but they are really outsourcing for k12 inc. Parents may not know that they are not getting content developed by their child's school. Or that students from other schools are in the class. And that the same course could be available elsewhere for less.

Pilot...
Brad had great suggestions for a pilot of online classes with OSG. He suggested that we select three students for various classes, like a freshman for Latin, a junior for an elective and a senior for an AP class. This would ensure parents that the school is taking it seriously and that we are establishing means of supervision and physical logistics.

Funding...
Funding for courses can be a established by eliminating classes that contain less tha 7 students enrolled. This money is then freed up to pay for online electives. This comes with the price that a few students wouldn't get to take the traditional course but rather a different one with an online experience.

Transcripts...
Another interesting thing had to do with transcripts. Electives on OSG are not designated as honors electives. This is because they don't offer regular and honors sections of the same course. However, if the makeup of the students in the class are honors level a students at their schools, and the course work is rigorous enough, then the school can list it on the students transcript as an honors class. The school must also decide whether or not to calculate the course into the gpa.

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