Schools are looking for ways to give students more choices at a time when teachers and classes are being cut. The Virtual High School, a Maynard-based nonprofit consortium, involves more than 400 middle and high schools worldwide and offers online courses taught by teachers all over the world. The collaborative includes more than 9,500 students, 419 schools, and 260 teachers in 28 states and 23 countries. Schools participating in Virtual High School must provide a teacher who will lead an online course available to any students in the program. The cost for a school to participate is $6,500 a year.

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