“I anticipate there will have to be a lot of decisions made when whole classes come down with COVID and have to be quarantined,” she said. “It’s not even an if, but a when.” It differs from last year's online learning option in that students are not attending their assigned district school remotely, watching their teacher and their lessons as though they were in a live class FLVS courses are mostly self-paced.Īlthough Rezak believes her daughter will be safe, she thinks in-classroom instruction will face many disruptions. And its administrators say they have received more applications for enrollment than in years before the pandemic. “And at this point, I’m glad my child has built-up antibodies now to delta, because with the vaccine and now delta antibodies, there’s a chance she’ll be able to continue a year of school.”īut parents do have another option: Florida Virtual School.įLVS has offered online learning for more than 20 years. “We decided to take a gamble,” Rezak said. “It took one encounter with one friend, in a year and a half, for my daughter to get COVID,” Rezak said.ĭespite the diagnosis, Rezak says if her daughter is cleared to attend school, she will be there in-person. Her daughter also got the COVID-19 vaccine. But after a recent beach trip with a couple of unvaccinated friends, she says her 16-year-old contracted the delta variant.

We were able to keep our household COVID-free up through our vaccinations,” Rezak said. Tanya Rezak says her family has taken numerous steps throughout the pandemic to stay safe. Her daughter - who she did not want to be named for this story - attended class online all of last school year. RELATED: Seminole County Public Schools get a rush of virtual enrollments after deadline extended.The deadline for Florida Virtual School was extended for full-time schooling through Aug.FLVS has received more applications for enrollment than in years before the pandemic.Florida Virtual School has offered online learning for more than 20 years.

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