A year and a half ago, our family decided to leave our local physical public school system due to safety concerns. Our daughter was surrounded by bad behavior from defiant and disrespectful students and while none of it was directed specifically at her, it was impairing her ability to concentrate and participate. Additionally, we were hearing that the instructors were unable to effectively cope with the number of students acting out, which creates an unsafe environment for everyone in the schools. Our daughter was feeling anxious and depressed, dreading going to school and as a result her grades were negatively impacted. To address our concerns, we inquired at the schools to learn more and we were discouraged by the enormity of the problems in the schools. So we began the journey of exploring homeschool options. That's when we came across online public school as an alternative to homeschool. While there are several online public school options in our area, ...