"It gives kids another opportunity to catch up in coursework or get ahead in things,” says Dorchester School District Two’s Director of Secondary Education, Mike Casey.  “For example, let’s say there are conflicts in their schedules or they need one more credit they can't fit in their schedule."


            Other districts will allow home schooled students to sign up for the program as well, but some home-schoolers doubt they will use it.

"Most of the home-schoolers, at least the ones in my group, some would use it, but many wouldn't because the whole reason we’re out of school is because we don't want to use their stuff, their books, their teachers,” says Home school teacher Amy King.  “We want to be able to use our own curriculum."


            South Carolina Department of Education officials say around 300 students signed up for the virtual program the first day of enrollment.


            The program will serve up to three thousand students per semester.