Ohio DL Schools

After looking at the following DL School choices, Connections Academy, ECOT, Ohio Virtual Academy, Virtual Community School of Ohio, and Virtual Schoolhouse, I decided that Ohio Virtual Academy might be the option I would consider for my child.  Ohio Virtual Academy had one of the better overall reviews from about 5 different websites.  I would be worried about my child not getting the social interaction as they would get in a normal school setting, but the academy provides many opportunities for interaction throughout the year.  There are still clubs, a student council, and even a parent boosters to help keep involvement within the school community.  Their report card isn't the best, but if I lived in a Columbus school district, then it is phenomenally better then sending my child to some of the public school choices.  

I do like that the Virtual Community School of Ohio has part-time classes so students can take extra classes to transfer to their school if they don't have the right amount of credits to graduate with their class, plus it too has good reviews.  ECOT doesn't have the best reviews but I do like that they have field trips that include Ohio attractions, family nights and even a senior prom.  ECOT has a very bad report card through and is very questionable based off of the Ohio Report.

To be completely honest, all of these schools have pretty bad report cards, with Ohio Virtual Academy just inching slightly higher than the others.  I think it takes a highly motivated student or a helicopter parent to have success at these schools.  Most only require 30 hours of school work a week, which is less than going to a physical school, where are at classes to learn, but then take the learning home for more instruction and reinforcement.