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It’s been 2 months and I’ve been trying to get withdrawal slips & I’ve gotten hunged up on just because I expressed how frustrating the situation is! One specific African American lady says “I can’t hear you” Then hangs up & continues to do that everytime I called just because I said it’s ridiculous that Its going on 2 months to get withdrawal slips and I asked for a supervisor or a corporate number and she didn’t like that. I get forward all the time to a machine! It’s ridiculous & they said there’s no one to file the complain.

I would appreciate if this gets addressed and the withdrawal department gets addressed as well! My kids missed 2 months of school because of this!

I haven’t even complained to them about how they said my daughter needed to be re-enrolled and when I tried to do so they said there’s no space, then they call me a month later saying I need to update her attendance, I explained that I enrolled her in another school. Then I get a bunch of stuff shipped to my house for my daughter who isn’t in the school and emails and calls of different teachers saying they we’re my daughters teacher!

They had my daughter in 1st and 2nd grade at the same time! I keep getting emails about her missing work and i told them a bunch of times she was not in the school and it doesn’t end.

As a special needs parent I was not properly informed by K12 or WAVA what would be expected of my special needs son. The IEP was not reviewed until the onset of school (even though he was enrolled 4 months prior w/ K12). I called for months trying to get questions answered w/ no response.

I was under the assumption that there would be a modified curriculum created for my son based on his IEP. This was not the case. Each day the LC must review the daily plan & use their judgement to modify the curriculum.

The teachers are available for questions/support. I feel that this should be clarified to parents when enrolling. There should at least be a option to bump down the level of difficulty for special needs students (ex. Kindergarten bumped down to Pre-K). Also the state requirements for attendance /IEP for class connects were overwhelming for my son who was unable to attend due to his sensory dyregulation. I was not privy to the amount/duration of class connects until after school began.

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If I had been equipped with this pertinent information prior to enrollment I would have chosen NOT to enroll my son. That being said all teachers/staff were amazingly kind & supportive. I wish I was provided this information at the time of enrollment so that I could have made a better decision for my son & avoided putting him through unnecessary stress. K12 Online Schools: the Fort Knox of Residency Proof?We were so excited to try this program which would allow my daughter to travel with me more, as I work for an airline and she loves to tag along as often as she can.

With online school, we decided she would ultimately have fewer absences and experience more places! She has been in and is still enrolled in our metro school system as evidenced by several of the documents we submitted.Then came the “proof of residency” portion of the game Because I work for an airline but am not married to my mate, who is essentially the primary bread-winner, the home-owner, and whose name is on the utilities since we combined our households into the home he already owned, we have official affidavits every year, duly executed and notarized, proving our “domestic partnership” for the purposes of his and my kids’ flight benefits. This demonstrates a bank account we hold together, from which the utilities are auto-drafted each month on an account to which we both contribute. This documentation, a myriad of residency proof, which is good enough for an airline, our metro school district, the state in which we live, the IRS, and anything else you can imagine, was NOT good enough for K12. It’s left me dumbfounded. This is a review about K12’s “new and exciting” game approach to learning to use with their K12 curriculum.My 3 kids tried out Stride with K12 for both ELA and Math.

I started with my kindergartener. She got very frustrated by several things. The robotic voice was hard to understand so I had to reread every question to her. The font was very small even on our regular computer screen. There was no placement test for any of my children. I thought at first what she was doing was a placement test, but nope, just asking questions that didn’t seem to match where she was at.

The ELA section asked about initial letters, capitals and lower case, alphabetical order (all good) and then started asking about silent letters. She doesn’t know about silent letters and got increasingly frustrated as she got question after question wrong. I mistakenly told her, that’s ok, it’s just trying to see what you know and what you don’t know so it can help you learn. But there was no teaching- just asking the same few questions over and over. The robotic voice would say, no that is incorrect, give an example of a correct answer, but did not actually teach or explain the concept.When she got to play games, during the very first game she played before the game time was up, she was kicked off of stride because a screen popped up saying she had spent the required amount of time on stride and “goodbye”. When we logged back in, her coins for the game were gone even though she hadn’t gotten to play the whole 60 seconds.

60 seconds is also not long for most of the games and it’s frustrating to the kids to barely start playing a game before being asked to start over and pay more coins. One game kicked her off before she even made it through the tutorial on how to play the game.With 2nd and 5th grader, there was less frustration but they were both pretty bored. Besides having to read the questions aloud to my 2nd grader, the questions were below their ability level. I logged them in and out a few times to see if a placement test would come up at some point but we never saw one.

My 5th grader thought it was silly and a waste of time to have to log out and then back in to switch from ELA to Math.I’m not a fan of the games, a random assortment of arcade style games that have little to no educational value. The one that I came across that did include an educational component was one that asked m kindergartner questions like 0-17=? But there is no way to tell if the game is an appropriate level for the student without playing it and spending coins.

I also didn’t like the mature look of some of the avatars. My elementary aged kids shouldn’t have the choice of a make-up decorated pouty woman’s face or scowly bearded men’s faces.Altogether, I am not sure what the purpose of stride is. It seems to just be an evaluation tool as it doesn’t teach, only asks questions. I couldn’t find where or if I can access what skills are being tested or the scope/sequence of the questions being presented.

Also, after several levels of questions, the content seemed either random or repetitive. For example, it asked my kindergartener to identify /f/ about five times with a few other letters thrown into the mix.

It would make sense if we had just completed a K12 lesson about the sound /f/ but we hadn’t.This, like a lot of things with K12, seems to be about five years behind technology wise with what is possible. There are plenty of similar programs that are free. For example, freckle.com which is more user friendly and cleaner visually and auditorily, or zearn.org which teaches and assesses through play, not as a separate component. Both of these programs also do placement quizzes that I found to be quite accurate though the teacher is able to adjust the levels if needed, which I was unable to do with Stride. It feels a little bit like a ripoff knowing that this is a paid program, even though I’m not the one paying for it. I’ve been homeschooling my two girls for three years now.

The first year I used K12 for my 1st grader and bought 2nd hand a beka text books for my 4th grader. I really wanted a structured course for my youngest because I was nervous about doing a good job with everything that must be taught for first grade.

I have to say, I hated it. The first grade ought to be spent writing and learning to read but in order for k12 to be paid for through the public school system it takes attendance by requiring lots of online activities. There are just not enough hours in the day to complete all of the online activities then do the book/written work. At the end of the year I didn’t feel right promoting her.

She passed the first grade by the k12 guidelines but she definitely was not prepared for 2nd grade. It was very disheartening. We switched to the a beka academy for both girls the next year.

I had my youngest repeat the first grade, it was an incredible difference. A lot of people complain about all of the seat work but how else will kids learn to read and write well? K12 for 1st grade just doesn’t allow the teaching time needed to learn the basics.

I have done K12 for half of my 8th grade year, and I signed up again for my 9th grade year. I didn’t start on the regular start date for students, because they didn’t send me my equipment, and it took almost 5 weeks to get to me. I had emailed the school several times, telling them I won’t start on the normal start date. They hit me with tons of missing assignments. I called the school about it, and the lady proceeded to yell at me, and tell me it was all my fault. They make it seem like a great program, but it’s a complete waste of time. They love to stress the students out, and blame everything on the students.

I asked my teacher if I could be taken out of my Tech class, as she was not helping me at all. She sent me an email basically calling me stupid, and that I needed to figure it out all on my own. After I told her I wanted to be taken out of her class, then she offered to help, but only when I was willing to leave. The teachers do not communicate with each other at all! I am most likely going to have issues graduating thanks to k12.

I will be withdrawled from k12 after my first semester is up because this school is horrible, and they treat the students like trash. Don’t put your child through this, it isn’t worth your time. I haven’t even been fully accepted before dropping the curriculum. It’s such a hassle to enroll to begin with. They make you fill so much paper work such as grades for the child from last year (which I don’t believe in measure my children), shot records, financials, and choice form, to name a few. So before starting, I’m already stressed out and taking about two weeks to try to COMPLY; with a projected start date of OCT 1, 1918. They don’t offer AP classes.

Just today Sunday I get a phone call at 6:07AM. So I just cancelled. They have been calling on weekends, but at 6:07 in the morning (REALLY!)This free online curriculum is not worth getting stressed over. I am now a senior in k12 Georgia cyber academy and i have been with them since last year.

Last year i will admit i did not put 100% in but some of my teachers set me back months. The schedule is not flexible at all. The teachers have honestly not helped me at all. All the teachers have done is call my dad every morning waking him up just to tell him the same thing every day. There is way too much online work and they go at an extremely fast pace. I will not graduate with my class because not only did my algebra 2 teacher set me back 3 months last year but two science classes i had last year are no longer available and some how that made me lose those credits.

So now i have to do two completely different science classes in order to graduate. PLEASE DO NOT PUT YOUR CHILD IN K12 GEORGIA CYBER ACADEMY!! The beginning of year we got a laptop and it said that my kid had over 79 over do!

But he started on the starting date an after that was sorted through by over hundreds of emails his laptop took a crap it made the teachers sound like the chipettes or they will sound like there stuck in a well so we called tech support they gave us a new laptop then maybe 2 weeks later it took a crap! When the school year started I thought this was a great school. I was dearly mistaken. My daughter is in the 8th grade.

The math/home room teacher name redacted has lied, changed her story and bullied my daughter. This lady even went as far as to tell my child that she didn’t have the intellectual ability to be in her math class. Now to me that is just a fancy way of calling someone stupid Something NO TEACHER should ever say to a child.Sadly this school won’t listen to my daughter about this lady nor me. This lady claimed she tried contacting my daughter and myself several times. This to is incorrect as she at the point of this review has called me only 3 times and one of those times was before school was even in session.The “teacher” also cancels love lessons constantly then complains to the children that they are failing her class.

A child can not succeed if they aren’t taught and taught well.So in closing if you don’t mind your child being told her or she is stupid and don’t care about your child’s education This school is for you! We used K12 for Kindergarten and First Grade. Midway through my son’s Second grade year I took him out of California Virtual Academy and went with Inspire Charter School with Odysseyware for computer-based lessons.First let me say that K12 was great for bridging the gap between public school and homeschool.

It reduced my level of anxiety by making everything essentially decided for me. No curriculum to buy or materials to select. No lesson planning and minimal grading needed. They send everything. From the computer to art supplies to reading books to science experiment materials. It’s fantastic!except that it isn’t flexible.AND there is a lot of testing.

The time requirements are unreasonable for a young child, but the lessons are engaging. The online classrooms were not valuable for my child, as his reading level was very advanced, but for a child who is at grade level I think they would be fine.Bottom line: For my family, once we got our feet wet doing homeschool, and gained confidence with it and with our child, this program wasn’t a good fit. We could not, despite MULTIPLE requests get them to adjust the curriculum to meet my son’s capabilities. They finally assessed his reading level, KNEW he was reading five grade levels above his peers, and still just kept telling me to skip lessons, rather than assigning a higher level. It was frustrating for both of us. I am not pleased with k12 (Kansas Virtual Academy) the teachers are nice and helpful.

BUT most of the time my son’s work does not save, nor does it track attendance of online connects, there is no daily log of activity. Just completed versus uncompleted. So you can’t tell what your child was doing on the site.I physically completed a course online with a director with me and the site did not record the work, attendance, or grades. Later I did the same lesson again with tech support and it did record it. But s of now they have almost o records for my son after 2 months of work- all he did just went done a black hole. My kids have done 2 years with K12 through the Ohio Virtual Academy. The first year was okay, although I was very forgiving, as I was new to virtual schooling.

The second year, we made it halfway through the year when I decided to withdraw them from the program. The “teachers” are not understanding, the schedule was grueling, and it is NOT flexible. I would wake up to what I called “hate mail” every single morning about how my kids were failing miserably. This made my children hate school, and I resented teaching them. The teachers will call you over and over again to remind you that you aren’t doing enough. There was not enough time in the day to do the required 7-8 hours of school for EACH child.

It was extremely stressful and overall a very negative experience. Great program. We’re enrolled in the independent study program.Keeps track of all subjects learned/mastered, lessons ahead, attendance.

Easy to print out to submit to school department.I like the fact we can make our own schedule to fit our lifestyle. We can move at our pace. Make up classes on weekends if need be. We can schedule our own school vacation, no need to follow the traditional school schedule.The program seems to be on a more advanced level. This could be a pro or con depending on each student’s situation.

In our case my daughter is being challenged, which keeps her motivated.We have run into situation where it would have been nice to have someone to call, with questions or for suggestions on how to teach a lesson. Instead had to google to find other methods/suggestion on subject.The materials and online cost are not cheap. It’s about $1300 for the year all together. That includes all books teacher and student, all extra materials and books needed to go with lesson, and online for 4 subjects.I would recommend the independent study to anyone who is looking for the perfect balance of school, home life and learning at your own pace. I used K12 through Georgia cyber academy for the first two months of my son’s 7th grade year. It is advertised as being self-paced, but the reality is that you get a checklist from the teacher every week telling you exactly what must be accomplished during the week.There are virtual class meetings, but my son really didn’t get anything out of them.

After two months, I withdrew him from the school and began traditional homeschool.It wasn’t all bad, though. The teacher and all of the administrators with whom I spoke were very nice and helpful.

The curricula seemed solid to me, and it is a great confidence builder for someone like me who has never homeschooled before. My son has used K12 for his third grade year through a charter school. He used the second grade level for math, science and language arts. He loved receiving the science kit in the mail, the other material he didn’t pay much attention to.It has taken some time to figure out the system and how to tweak the lessons.

He did not like the online work so much, so I would look through the lessons and did most of the teaching away from the computer.All in all, it has been okay, but I would not pay for this curriculum for my child who I believe has ADD and some dyslexia. What a relief at the end of that school year!

When my child was struggling in a subject, we were repeatedly told by our assigned “teacher” to just press on, try harder. We were not free at all to set our own pace, as the advertisements stated. I was constantly bombarded with emails from the “teacher” reminding me of what a horrible job I was doing. My sister also used this program and had to quit half way through the chool year because of the extreme pressure and stress from the “teacher” and the grueling schedule.

I used this system for 2 1/2 years with my children. It provided an all in one solution with lots of structure.

However when I found myself wanting to modify daily lessons or bypass them, things got a little difficult. Depending on the charter who facilitates the program in your are (public school option) you not be able to use the program at your discretion. Your student must complete (or test out of) the units in order to receive credit in that area. Your student may not get credit for other courseword or activities even if it covers the same topics. Be sure to check with the facilitator of the program before you begin if this may become and issue for you. Also, my children had to spend way more time online than I was comfortable with. It felt like we had to be attached to the computer in order to complete the requirement of the program.

The good part is that it is accredited, all-in-one, and the materials are supplied. Be sure to ask LOTS of questions before starting this program. I used K12 for over six years for Kdg-8th grade. I would use them for high school, but I do not need teacher-led courses. I only used K12 as an independent homeschooler/consumer, NOT as part of a virtual school.

I was a parent representative, K12 Star, for over three years. I also helped two K12 virtual charter schools get off the ground.The online planning and progress/tracking tools are outstanding. The visual production is wonderful. The content is both broad and deep. There are many elements from the Core Knowledge Foundation. The history, both American and World, are taught chronologically.

Art and History are tied together (moreso in upper elem and up). Non-musician parents can teach music. The phonics program is fabulous and multisensory (as are all lessons).Each lesson and unit has clear objectives to work toward. The curriculum is mastery-based, but you can also assign grades.

There is a great online support system of users (on Yahoo Groups). K12 works well for gifted/advanced learners and all learners can go at their own pace. You can mix and match grade levels and switch out course subscriptions for new courses. This curricula is challenging. A lot is required of the student, and often at a deeper thinking level than other curricula. The curricula helps the child transition from being teacher taught to being self taught, with the adult just checking work if you want to do it that way.

K12 uses the computer for a lot of the learning, and the lessons and graphics on the computer are engaging, especially in the science and history lessons. The art is excellent, though my children didn’t care for the music course. They took piano, and except for the history, the music theory was below their level much of the time. (Their piano teacher taught them theory with the keyboard stuff.) My children have enjoyed the demands of the curriculum. It could be tough for a child who has learning issues. Review guidelines.

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