Hundreds expected at rally for school choice

“School choice is important so that families can find the best option for their child’s education,” said Renee Lord, president of Georgia Families for Public Virtual Education, who has two cyber charter school students and a daughter who graduated from private school. “If the money could follow the child, then parents would have the freedom to pick and choose.’’

Eighty percent of the state’s charter schools achieved adequate yearly progress goals for students as outlined by the federal No Child Left Behind law while 77 percent of non-charter public schools made AYP.

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Cyber Academy freshmen OK’d

Early last week, the school board upheld a decision by the State Charter School Commission denying a charter for the Georgia Cyber Academy and another virtual school applying to offer classes for high school students.

Since June, administrators had been trying to find a way to continue offering courses to 660 rising freshmen, and now can finally begin to look for teachers and send out textbooks, according to Renee Lord, who serves on the board of the virtual school and is president of the Georgia Families for Public Virtual Education.

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