Intermediate Unit 1 creates cyber school

Schools within Intermediate Unit 1 are creating their own cyber school to stem of the flow of money sent to online schools outside the three-county area.
School districts must pay tuition for students who go to cyber schools, though some of the money is reimbursed by the state. IU1 executive director Charles Mahoney said in a three-year period schools within IU1 sent $10 million to cyber schools outside the area. IU1 includes Washington, Greene and Fayette counties.
As a result, IU1 began studying the possibility of creating its own cyber school, he said. Ringgold, Avella and Uniontown have signed on to be part of the consortium to create an online school. The project is open to all districts in the intermediate unit. Other districts are choosing to create their own cyber school.
Find out more in Sunday's Observer-Reporter.