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I agree but I do feel that as long as there are activities to supplement socialization than online schools would be a great option for children and parents. My son doesn't spend alot of time outside. Also there have been alot of studies on children's learning habits and when the best time for children to learn is and the best time for children to start learning is usually sometime after 10 am.

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I definitely agree with this. Now that my child is in public school he isn't getting the same attention that he was getting while in Oregon Connections Academy. I try and supplement his learning at school with learning at home as well in order to give my child the knowledge that he needs and wants.

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I do feel that online schools are held to a higher standard and I would like to see the brick and mortar schools held to the same standards. I had my child enrolled in Oregon Connections Academy for Kindergarten last year and my only issue was that there were not enough activities for the children to meet and play outside of the school. I felt that it would have been helpful for there to be more activities for the children to play and socialize. It did require alot of effort on my part in order to teach my child and unfortunatly not everyone can do that. The benifits were that the education was much better then public schools. My child is at a very high reading level and now that he is in a brick and mortar school it's very hard for the school to take time out to advance him farther because the teachers are trying to keep every child on the same level instead of doing what is best for each child on a personal level. That is one of the upsides to charter schools is that if you child needs to advance or to stay back and work harder then there is lots of room for that. My son's teacher was very helpful and was always willing to do what was best for my son.

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