This week, I enrolled my son in the Nevada Virtual Academy, which is a K-12 school. At first I wasn't too impressed by them. The person I spoke to read off what sounded like a long list of requirements and restrictions. I felt these requirements would make it virtually impossible for us to comply without eliminating some of the best things about homeschooling.
However, I spoke to a few moms who homeschool their kids this way, and they said that it is actually very flexible. They say that they have sound strict because if you give some parents an inch they'll take a mile. So we'll see. I do have some strong reservations but it will depend on whether it will work for my son. We want him to be educated. Our family budget is far too tight for us to be able to pay for curriculum and materials of our own choosing. We'd like for him to receive credit for his work, but the accredited schools that we like cost thousands of dollars per year. Hopefully we can make this work without too many impositions by government institutions.
