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Published on: 6/10/2007
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Patty Betoni, the FLVA head of school, attributes their success to the high expectations the teachers place on their students at FLVA.
"In a regular class, the teacher will ask a question, and half the class may raise their hands, but the teacher can only call on one student to answer it," she said.
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"With 692 students enrolled, I'd say there are probably 692 reasons why they're all here," Betoni said.
Reasons could range from being too challenged at a public school to not being challenged enough.
To enroll in the school, those students going into second through eighth grades had to have attended a Florida public school the year before.
The students spend approximately 15 to 35 percent of their day online, Betoni said.
They work on Web-based lesson plans that include online versions of novels, poems and math exercises.
"We are very proud of these scores and the continued academic excellence of our school," Betoni said.