One of 1,500 graduates in the PA Cyber Class of 2011, Cattron delivered the senior commencement address during June 4 ceremonies at Pittsburgh’s Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall.

As a board member with full voting privileges, Cattron, who turned 19 a week ago, will help shape the future of the state’s largest and most successful cyber charter school. Cattron was sworn in immediately and joined fellow board members in voting on agenda items, including a “yes” vote on a new budget of $122 million for the 10,000-student online school.

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As the leading provider of customized public school district virtual learning programs in Pennsylvania, VLN’s consortium model provides school districts with both financial and curriculum-based incentives if districts form collaborative groups to develop and implement their own virtual learning programs.

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For adults, the foundation wants to have computer training, a leadership academy, training for new parents and a neighborhood college, she said.

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Board members heard a proposal Jan. 24 from Holly Bryzcki, supervisor of online learning at the Capital Area Online Learning Association, about the online courses available for middle and high school students. Derry Township will become the 20th school district in Pennsylvania to use the program.

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“She left to create a virtual school and use 3D immersion for her learning process,” explained Scott Schaeffer, educational technology specialist for the Exeter Township School District. “She decided after she’d worked a number of years in that, that she wanted to bring that back to public school.”

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“As the new administration explores educational innovation in preparation for its budget proposal, we are proud to showcase for Lieutenant Governor Cawley how our flexible, personalized approach is achieving results and helping our students thrive,” said Dr. Nick Trombetta, Chief Executive Officer of PA Cyber. “That he has taken the time to learn more about PA Cyber shows that the new administration is interested in identifying creative educational approaches that are working.”

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The district receives daily reports on student progress to help identify problems before they become insurmountable. Because the material is virtually the same as taught in the district’s classrooms, students may decide part way through a course to return to the classroom; they would join the class in about the same place they left the virtual academy.

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National School Choice Week is a collaborative effort by more than 150 organizations to raise public awareness about educational choice, including public charter schools, magnet schools, virtual education, homeschooling, tax credit scholarships, and opportunity scholarships.

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School districts are reimbursed some of this funding by the state, though that reimbursement rate has fallen. And as districts here and across the state face fiscal crises, there are growing concerns that the Legislature needs to do something to stem the districts’ rising cyber- and charter school costs.

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