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RVA enrollment encouraged

Clintonville partners with Rural Virtual Academy

By Bert Lehman


The Clintonville School District is encouraging students who want to be taught via virtual learning during the 2021-22 school year to enroll in the Rural Virtual Academy (RVA).

After two years as an affiliate member, Superintendent David Dyb said 2020-21 is the first year that RVA is an official charter school of the Clintonville School District.

“It’s more economical to be a vested member because you are considered a charter school,” Dyb said.

RVA is listed with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction as a partner school with the Clintonville School District.

There are currently 12 full-time Clintonville students in the RVA virtual school. Students from the district are also taking another 89 classes through RVA.

“We get access to their network of curriculum and classes and the Wisconsin Virtual Network, which gives students access to classes. It gives teachers access to virtual lessons,” Dyb said. “It’s a huge resources bank to be an invested member.”

To use RVA, students can be full-time students through RVA, which would mean the students are taught 100% virtually. These students are still considered students of the Clintonville School District. They can also participate in all Clintonville extracurricular activities. But the students follow RVA’s curriculum and coursework.

Students in the district can also take individual virtual classes through RVA, while they take in-person classes in the district, Dyb said.

“The intent is to give families both options,” Dyb said.

The sign up to be part of the full-time virtual RVA program for the 2021-22 school year began on Feb. 1. Students will then be contacted in May to develop a class schedule for the fall of 2021.

Dyb said families who want their children to be taught 100% virtually next school year are encouraged to enroll in the RVA program.
“We feel that that is where they would get the best support and that would allow our teachers to focus on going back to their normal instructional modes, as opposed to having to teach two platforms,” Dyb said.

There is no cost to students to be enrolled in the Rural Virtual Academy.

“It’s a great partnership and we appreciate their support, and it’s another resource and opportunity for our students,” Dyb said.

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