SusQ Cyber Charter School

Susq-Cyber Charter School was a small, public, cyber charter school whose headquarters were located in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. The school offered grades 9th through 12th. Students residing in any region of Pennsylvania were able to enroll in the school. The curriculum and instruction were internet based. Teachers were available to pupils, during traditional school day hours via phone and internet. Susq-Cyber Charter School was one of 14 public, cyber charter schools operating in Pennsylvania in 2014. In 2016, enrollment was reported as 103 pupils in 9th through 12th grades. All students were assigned a Distance Learning Monitor who checked their progress and remained in contact with them through emails, on-line chats through the programs or by phone. Teachers were available to tutor students, to review their problem areas, and to set up plans for achievement that the student could follow between tutoring sessions. Tutoring sessions were held on line using Elluminate or with teachers either at the testing centers or at various locations throughout the state which included libraries in the students' home area, at university library facilities, or at community centers.

In 1997, five local school districts met with members of the Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit (CSIU16) to discuss establishing a cyber entity. Three of the original five school districts approved the charter that created the SusQ-Cyber Charter School in 1998 (Berwick Area School District, Bloomsburg Area School District and Milton Area School District). In 2002, Pennsylvania Act 88 required all charter schools to be chartered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.^[5] The overriding focus was for the school to deliver an educational program to primarily at-risk high school students who are trying to obtain their high school diploma. In 2003, the SusQ-Cyber Charter School was re-chartered as a public school district for grades 9-12 for an additional 5 years. For its first five years, the school was open exclusively to students in the CSIU16 region. In 2005, enrollment opened to all Pennsylvania students who met the residence and age requirements of Pennsylvania law.

Inicialmente, la escuela ofrecía cursos que no estaban disponibles en la escuela secundaria tradicional de su distrito. Con el tiempo, el programa evolucionó para atender a estudiantes que no recibían la atención adecuada de las escuelas públicas locales tradicionales. Esto incluía, por ejemplo, a estudiantes embarazadas y a estudiantes que necesitaban trabajar para mantenerse. Otros estudiantes tenían problemas médicos como deficiencia autoinmune, cáncer o asma que les hacían faltar a la escuela un número significativo de días debido a enfermedades o citas de terapia. Otro grupo de estudiantes eran superdotados. Buscaron la educación virtual después de dejar sus escuelas tradicionales para acelerar sus estudios. Es posible que hubieran ingresado a la universidad con créditos avanzados, pero les faltara un curso para obtener su diploma de bachillerato. Algunos directores de escuelas públicas informaron que derivaban a estudiantes con riesgo de abandonar los estudios a la escuela para que terminaran su educación pública y obtuvieran su diploma de bachillerato. ^{[ 6 ]}

La escuela concertada SusQ-Cyber ​​cesó sus operaciones el 31 de agosto de 2022, debido a la disminución de la matrícula. Además, el Departamento de Educación de Pensilvania no le renovaba su licencia de funcionamiento.

• Escuelas chárter en los Estados Unidos
• Notificación de cargos en apoyo de la no renovación de la licencia - Escuela Charter SusQ-Cyber

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