- March 14, 2025
The elementary virtual provider will also change.
Following the Flagler County School Board’s decision to renew its dual-enrollment agreement with Daytona State College Tuesday, July 18, high school students taking college classes will now have the option of taking courses online.
“And that’s a big change for us,” said Diane Dyer, curriculum director, “because many of our students (used to) need to travel all the way down to the Daytona main campus.”
Beginning next year, however, students will have the option of taking classes at one of DSC’s two Palm Coast campuses or on their home computers.
Another change included in Daytona State’s renewal with the district, any student to earn an F or a D in two dual-enrollment courses must take at least one of those classes over again the next semester.
“They want them to correct their mistake immediately,” Dyer told the board. “So that’s a good thing.”
Students must also maintain a 3.0 GPA in high school core classes and a 2.0 in college courses in order to be eligible for dual-enrollment. Daytona State’s contract must be renewed every two years.
It’s elementary
The School Board also approved K12 as its new virtual school provider for kindergartners to fifth-grade students Tuesday, shifting away from Connections Academy, the company it has used for virtual instruction since 2009.
Connections Academy was chosen initially, Dyer told the board, because it had a partnership with Florida Virtual School, which the district uses for high school virtual instruction.
“The thinking was, it would be seamless (that way),” Dyer said. “(But) it has not all worked out as well as we thought, (because) there’s been more of a divide (in customer service) between Florida Virtual School and Connections Academy.”
In addition, Connections Academy also raised its service price $1,000 per student.
The change to K12 will affect three students currently using Connections Academy, who will be able to continue using Connections or switch to K12.
Spending cheese
A contract for just under $2.7 million with the North East Florida Educational Consortium, which consolidates 13 Florida school districts to allow for bulk service buying, was also approved Tuesday night.
Including additional risk management services, the contract is $116,884 larger than the district’s last year.
