{"id":398405,"date":"2026-09-13T04:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T04:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/398405\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T04:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T04:52:11","slug":"florida-virtual-school-sees-242000-enrollment-spike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/398405\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Virtual School sees 242,000 enrollment spike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">FLORIDA \u2014 More than 242,000 Florida students enrolled in Florida Virtual School\u2019s individual online course program, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flvs.net\/how-it-works\/enrollment-options\/flex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.flvs.net\/how-it-works\/enrollment-options\/flex\">FLVS Flex<\/a>, during the 2025-26 school year. Students completed more than 706,000 semester courses during that period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">The course completion total marks a 10% increase from the previous school year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">The FLVS Flex program allows students to enroll in individual online courses year-round while remaining enrolled in their local public, private, or homeschool program. The milestone comes ahead of National Online Learning Day on Sept. 15.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">During the 2025-26 school year, FLVS Flex served students across all 67 Florida counties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">Sam Verghese serves as chief executive officer and superintendent of Florida Virtual School. He noted that the flexible course structure allows families to tailor their education to individual academic and career goals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">\u201cStudents and families increasingly expect learning to support their lives, goals, and individual needs,\u201d Verghese said. \u201cWhether they want to accelerate their studies, recover credits, explore career pathways, or access courses unavailable locally, FLVS Flex helps students build a personalized educational experience that prepares them for future success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">Students can enroll in FLVS Flex courses year-round, and FLVS Full Time applications will reopen Nov. 2 for the second semester. 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