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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems weird that she is at an online high school - how can that be a good setting for a student with learning challenges? [/quote]

If you have a better option for us, we are all ears.  its not a good option.  But its all we have.

She misses a ton of school due to her illness.  When she misses school, she falls behind. School systems are not willing to record classes, so she is left to basically piece together what she missed. MUCH harder than it sounds.  We as her parents turn into her tutors. We try to learn geometry and chemistry all over again, so we can teach it to her. We fail.  She fails.  (it was a LOT easier for us to be her "teachers" when she was in elementary school!)

Any good suggestions? Because the school systems aren't going to budge on allowing us access to recordings of lectures. what they are willing to give us is "notes" either a teacher takes or a student takes for every class she misses.

Imagine you just missed a 90 minute chemistry lecture. The way you are expected to keep up is to use notes which consist of one side of one sheet of paper, in bullet point note format phrases of thoughts with no context. How successful would you be in understanding what happened in class that day?  Now picture that during the school year, you miss an average of 30 days a year.

We have tried absolutely everything, and there are no good solutions.  in fact, one of the last conversations we had with the school system, was them telling us "you have two options, and frankly neither one of them is very good".

In her online school, everything is available to her 24/7.  She can see classes from her hospital bed, or, if she is too sick, she can replay the recordings.  Her school is made up of kids in various circumstances (learning disabilities, health issues, and kids who can't go to school because they are actors/Olympic athletes etc). The school is used to special circumstances.  flexibility is the norm and learning styles are appreciated and accommodated.  Its an incredible school with a great reputation, and has been amazing academically. 
The big issue is social.  Horrible for a high school kid to be out of school. Awful.[/quote]

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