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Online education goes public
By Heather Gale
The Herald - May 29, 2009
Jacob Larson often misses school.
He doesn't cut classes; he physically can't be there because of a chronic illness.
But this fall, the Little River teen will be learning in an online classroom, one he can participate in even from a hospital bed.
Larson has enrolled as a freshman at Provost Academy South Carolina, the state's new online public high school. The free institution is now enrolling students for the fall semester.
"For us, the online school eliminates our largest problem and allows him to continue with school even when he is in the hospital," said Hope Larson, Jacob's mother. "This opportunity is going to let us be more involved and allow Jacob to get one-on-one help. I think it is going to be a huge relief as a parent."
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