McFarland-based online charter school growing fast

Matthew DeFour:

Business is booming at Wisconsin Virtual Academy after two of the state's biggest virtual schools split from the country's largest online K-12 education service provider.

The online charter school based in the McFarland School District, which next year will be the only virtual school in Wisconsin run by Virginia-based K12 Inc., saw a 50 percent increase in open enrollment applications this year, up from 2,402 to 3,586.

The increase comes as McFarland Superintendent Scott Brown prepares to report to his school board next month about whether WIVA is meeting performance benchmarks in the five-year charter contract that runs through mid-2014.

In an interview last week, Brown said WIVA's state test scores are not meeting the contractual benchmarks, though he said the report isn't finalized. He added the district may need more time to track how students improve over multiple years.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at May 21, 2012 1:07 AM
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