Bradley County Schools’ proposal for a virtual school has been approved by the Tennessee Department of Education.

Enrollment for the new school will begin June 1 and run through July 20, according to Bradley County Virtual School principal Zoe Renfro.

Applications and supporting documentation will be completed online via the Bradley County Virtual School website.

The school received state approval April 20, after the Bradley County Board of Education submitted an application to add this option for students.

“It was something we had been wanting to do, but couldn’t do until the legislation was passed … in July,” Renfro said. “What it did was allow all school systems in the state to create a virtual school if they so chose.”

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About 76 teachers were added in regular education, driven by the upcoming addition of Carmel Elementary School and the projected addition of 800 new students in the next year.

A full-fledged virtual school, which will likely serve about 50 students, is also budgeted for the next year.

“Students will have all of their instruction take place over the computer,” said B.J. Worthington, the district’s chief academic officer who is set to replace Harris this fall. “It’s another alternative for students who are struggling inside the classroom.”

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Roper is a former consultant with the Carolina Cancer Services in Lexington, N.C.; a former executive director in the office of innovative services at Guilford County, North Carolina Schools, where he coordinated a virtual school program. He is the former director of assessment with Tennessee’s Department of Education in Nashville and is a former superintendant of schools in Elizabethton, Tenn. and Roanoke, Ala.

Roper spent the 1990s as an executive assistant to the superintendant in the Birmingham, Ala. schools system. In the 1980s-90s, he served as a program specialist/special projects and a school psychologist, also in Birmingham.

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Bradley County Virtual School will be an option for students, pending final approval by the state Department of Education.

The Bradley County Board of Education voted Monday to accept Director of Schools Johnny McDaniel’s recommendation for the school.

“It’s a very challenging program I can assure you, but it does present opportunity to children who may have a special way they want to learn,” board chairman Charlie Rose said.

McDaniel said the virtual school, where most work is done online, could provide a good option for parents interested in home schooling their children.

Board member Vicki Beaty asked how data would be gathered to determine progress, and if changes are needed.

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Her advisers offered AP calculus online through Metro’s Virtual School, but she opted instead to learn it from her brother, a student at Volunteer State Community College.

“I don’t need to go to a magnet school to get a good education,” Clarise said. “Some say it’s a better opportunity, but going there won’t make me any smarter.”

She works part time at White Castle, many days driving straight to work after school and not getting off until 10 p.m. She uses her dinner break to study and do homework, finishing up at home if she has to.

Academics come first, she said, and if her grades drop, she’ll definitely quit the job.

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» Allowed students who move frequently to stay in the same schools, even if they’ve moved out of the attendance area.

» Served the district’s 1 millionth customer at its customer service center in April, and took a picture of Register posing with a mother still wearing her work shirt, cheerleaders jumping and balloons hanging in the background.

Also on Tuesday, the school board approved a $443,223 curriculum by Scholastic for its 144 pre-K providers, to be paid from the state lottery grant, and a $594,640 contract with Blackboard Inc. for its Virtual School. The 24-hour access will allow students to interact with virtual school classmates, watch PowerPoint presentations and view teachers’ notes.

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