Iowa families shun classroom for virtual school

DES MOINES — By the time she finishes her yearlong, cross-country trip, Sara Johnson will have visited nearly every state. And she's taking her two boys, ages 3 and 6, along for the ride.

After a divorce, Johnson sold her Johnston, Iowa, home, purchased an SUV and camper, and enrolled her oldest, who was entering kindergarten, in one of two virtual schools now operating in Iowa.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/02/20/iowa-families-shun-classroom-virtual-school/98183776/