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 In this day and age, we are required more and more often to be technologically literate. Florida Public Schools need to adapt to that technology or fall behind. We are becoming a mobile society, with the ability to talk to anyone at anytime from anywhere; we can even do a virtual commute and have an office at the park, in the coffee shop, or even at a bookstore. While some districts are slow to rise to the task, others have stepped up to the plate. virtual office florida 

The Florida Virtual School (FLVS) was founded in 1997, and was the country's first state-wide Internet-based public high school. In fact, other states wishing to implement this kind of learning opportunity for their students look to FVLS as the model to follow. This is the only one of Florida Schools where funding is tied directly to student performance.

Leaders of the FLVS serving Florida Schools students are committed to deliver high-quality, technology-based education. They hold the following core beliefs about education:

o Every Florida Schools student is unique, so learning should be dynamic, flexible and engaging.

o Studies should be integrated rather than isolated.

o Students, parents, community members, and schools share responsibility for learning.

o Students should have choices in how they learn and how they present what they know.

o Students should be provided guidance with school and career planning.

o Assessments should provide insights not only of student progress but also of instruction and curriculum.

Courses are available to any and all public, private, and home-schooled Florida Schools students. Out-of-state and international students may attend the virtual school by paying tuition. FLVS is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

FLVS employs 380 full-time and 180 adjunct Florida Schools teachers who reside throughout Florida and some who live beyond the state's borders. All FLVS teachers possess a valid Florida Schools teaching certificate and are certified specifically in the subject they teach.

All of this information is definitely impressive. It is easy to imagine what kinds of students would benefit from this type of Florida Schools education.

Those Florida Schools students who are home-schooled, have various psychological challenges, social disorders, or other disabilities may find success by attending Florida Schools online. Are there drawback? Of course, nothing is perfect and snowy white. Never meeting face-to-face with one's instructor can hinder the learning process. So much is communicated through body language, and the student would miss out on this valuable information by only studying online. The obvious lack of social interaction with one's peers also exists; students who attend more traditional Florida Schools have a variety of opportunities to experience activities with other kids their age.

While there are easily recognizable, positive aspects for Florida Schools students who wish to attend a virtual school, it is also important to recognize and consider the drawbacks to never setting foot inside any of the Florida Schools classrooms that exist in the state's 67 districts.

How often do you wish to be free? Living in America, we're afforded more freedom than in any other part of the world. We can go anywhere we want without asking permission of our Government. We can hold any job we want for anyone who will hire us, as long as it's legal of course. We can marry or cohabitate with anyone we want - gender regardless. We can start and run businesses. Our freedom is one of the most coveted rights we have as Americans. Yet we tie ourselves to offices and desks and towns and schools and so on. Why? Why not enjoy more freedom? Why be tied to all of those things if you don't have to be? Why wish; why not do?

Almost 14 years ago, Jim, my now husband and business partner and I were married in the beautiful little mountain town of Ouray (pronounced you-ray) in Colorado. I'd seen the town and fallen in love with it when I was a teenager and I somehow convinced him to get married there, site unseen. Well, he fell in love with the town too. Since that day 14 years ago, it's been our dream to live in Ouray. For many years we couldn't do it. We were tied to typical corporate jobs, desks, land line phones, a business that at the time wasn't mobile, and all of the other things we Americans tie ourselves to. It just wasn't possible.

Last year, while vacationing in Ouray, it was nearly unbearable for us to leave. Our business was mobile (I'll get to that in a minute) so our biggest problem with making a cross country move like we were proposing was school for our daughter who would be entering 6th grade that fall.