[HungarianGypsy]

I am all for anything that gives parents a choice in how they wish to educate. After all, they are your children, not mine. There was some talk on a local station in Phoenix, Arizona, yesterday about the Virtual Charter School. It was interesting that those you would think of as a target audience are actually excluded from the government funded program. Even though I got many ads in my mail for their seminars, the school here is only open to those who were in public school last year. Which leaves open the question, "What about kindergarteners?"

[GOPrincess]

That's a curious requirement in AZ (prior year public school). Wonder if they are trying to avoid spending school dollars on people who have been outside the system. Doesn't strike me as fair, given everyone pays taxes.

I was curious (in part to see how it's being administrated differently than in CA) and checked out the AZ website. Here's what it said about Kindergarten:

"Enrollment Requirements/Restrictions
Students in grades 1-7 are eligible only if they were enrolled in an Arizona public school during the prior school year. Kindergarten students are eligible if they have a sibling currently enrolled in Arizona's Technology Assisted Project Based Instructional Program. Families will need to indicate on the application the Arizona public school in which their child was enrolled during the 2002-2003 school year."

Doesn't mean anything to me but maybe it will to someone else :).