Over the years we have attended my child with Indiana digital gateway and K12 online for the last couple years and I must say I'm very disappointed as a parent with a child that is autistic and has IEP both the state of Indiana he had got approved a few weeks back to 10 fifth grade starting yesterday August 6th he went to his first class yesterday was very happy even took his math test however coming to find out this morning his username and password was locked through Indiana digital gateway without warning without notice without a letter without a phone call without anything so he cannot attend his class and my child is very sad that he cannot attend his class especially disappointment with Indiana with the legal document which is IEP and also autism to deny a child and education
This was the single worst online learning experience we have ever had with any school. I had used K12 before for middle school (for another student) and it was good, unfortunately the high school leaves a lot to be desired. I very much agree with the other reviews in that your school is NOT friendly for the neurodivergent students. Which is interesting because my other student had a 504 and a plan at the middle school K12 and it was good. We have moved between states and I was recommended K12 by our doctor. My student is in the middle of diagnosing and we haven’t needed school assistance because he is high functioning, he is just very quiet. I do not think he needs a 504. We also had an amazing experience at Connections Academy in the state we lived previously and they worked with him in his quietness so he did not get overwhelmed. I think if we continued here he would need a 504 so the teachers would just know, not because he needs assistance in testing. We were not informed of the camera and microphones policy beforehand. Instead we were told it’s loosely based on the school and teacher, which was ok. However, on my students first day he was having trouble getting his camera on and he was called out by name in front of the class about it and the teacher referred to it as an altercation? He was visibly shaken. Another teacher said they would be reported and disciplined if they did not use their camera. Yet another teacher said they didn’t care. That is a huge gap in policy. The school should really stress that policy gap ahead of time because for a neurodivergent person that can be devastating when told to you in such a contradictory way on the first day. When you have ADHD (I also have it) you can also get fixated on disorganization and it can be overwhelming. That being said, the dashboard was not user friendly at all. Nothing was prepared on the first day. We had no class schedule. There was a feedback column full of classes he did not have with wrong dates. Luckily, the English teacher was organized and we were able to figure out that there are 3 different schedules and we were on a homeroom schedule? However, the homeroom teacher messed up his schedule and he had the homeroom teachers class twice. Instead of informing on what to do, the teacher told him to “bounce” on over to the other class? He had no idea how to do that. I had to pull the courses to see which class it was and there was no way to access it? Unfortunately, we are now stuck at the school because the other online school is at capacity and we have been waitlisted. I am not looking forward to the teaching experience because I am scared for my child.
We are trying to return but are encountering problems because the software is mixing our old and new accounts. This has made it impossible for my son to attend. I have been reaching out to them since this past Sunday, 8/2. So far, my son hasn't been able to log in, and no one has offered any serious attempt at help. We'll probably return to his old school. AZVA used to be amazing, not anymore.
Just being in the comfort zone of our home giving my child a great opportunity to learn. She loves the school and her teachers and classmates it’s really been an awesome learning experience.Thank you for giving us the opportunity of being apart of Volunteer State Academy.
I'm so pleased to see how much you all care and take time to teach our children.
This is a great opportunity for our children to experience. If you have children that were affected by the Covid shutdown, then this is a wonderful way to get back into the swing of things.
Parker has really enjoyed not having the stress of dealing with bullying, and he likes being able to do his work on his own terms. I've always received the help I need from Luanne.
