That sounds like a great program! Too bad it will lock out homeschoolers now.
Around here, about 15 years ago, the local homeschool sports programs were organized through homeschool groups, and they competed against the private schools.
A hybrid school opened locally, some years ago, but I don’t think it did very well. The tuition was too high.
Right before the pandemic, though, some local co-ops were thriving, larger than ever with about 400 students at each one.
The hybrid school here is doing well, it is really more private school than homeschool, as it’s all teacher led. But it is an easier transition from public school. The costs aren’t too bad. We liked another co-op/school near me, they offer classes a la carte, taught by homeschool parents but most of them were retired teachers. That program was more of a supplement to parent teaching and it was great. We’ve tried a couple other similar programs and were happy with them. We’ve been blessed to have a lot of choices.
My youngest decided he liked online learning best so he did high school with Alpha-Omega Academy and dual enrolled online at Liberty. He’s a Junior at Liberty now.