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Monday, July 18, 2005
Salem-Keizer online school fits students - RON SOBLE, Oregon Live
The Web classes help teens struggling with subjects, and others like the flexibility that gives them time for other things. When Graham Petersen was having trouble passing algebra and his laser physicist dad couldn't break down the mathematical theory in a way his son could understand, they turned to summer school. But this one was online and in another state. Petersen, who lives in Palo Alto, Calif., enrolled in SK Online, the Salem-Keizer School District's cyber program that's gaining a reputation as a good place for students in Oregon and elsewhere to complete high school credits at their own pace with one-on-one attention. It began as an experiment in the summer of 1999 with 90 students and two courses: health and algebra.
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