East Penn School District officials who have long bemoaned the rising cost of students lost to cyber charter schools are making an aggressive push to win them back.
The district has joined the increasing number of schools in the region getting into the cyber charter school business in a move largely meant to save its taxpayers money
School directors voted this week to join the Lehigh Valley Cyber Consortium, a group of districts pooling resources to offer online courses through a Pittsburgh-based firm.
It’s part of the district’s summer-long campaign to market East Penn schools to both cyber charter and charter school students who cost the district roughly $2.5 million this past school year, according to Superintendent Thomas Seidenberger.
“We’re not strong-arming,” Seidenberger said. “We’re just trying to give parents a choice. We’ve been screaming about the high cost of cyber schools. This is a practical solution.
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