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We chose

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Georgia Cyber because, one, COVID hit,
and we wanted to get out

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of brick and mortar, but mostly
because my son, Joey, has an IEP,

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and brick and mortar schools
wasn't really helping him at all.

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We put him in to GCA and transferred
everything over with the IEP.

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And his grades have been A's ever since.

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We had always thought
when we got to middle school

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that we would want a better situation
for the children.

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This isn't working with the schools,
trying to do it virtually.

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We've got to find a solution,
and Georgia Cyber was that solution.

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And it's just been amazing for him.

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Number one - safety.

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Your kid is safe. Wow.

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He had started getting anxiety
going to a brick and mortar school

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because kids, you know,
were picking on him and teasing him.

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Number two. There's freedom from bullying.

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So just being home really helped build his
self-esteem back up and his confidence.

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They're protected from a thousand kids
coming in sick as dogs.

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They have really good teachers,
I feel like.

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Every time I have had really successful

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interaction with the faculty and the staff
and everything else.

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Within an hour,
I'm getting an answer back.

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If he has an issue, like, another teacher
will pull him out into a breakout room.

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That one-on-one
help if he needs is really good.

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So a day in the life.

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We get up at 7:00.

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We're at homeroom a little before 8:00.

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I'll get into homeroom - do my classes.

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Then on my break,
I'll do, like, some homework.

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Then I go to the other classes,
and then I'll do like some more homework

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and then I'll get in my, like.

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Then I’ll end school off.

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It's five and a half hours
from 8:00 to 3:35,

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but he doesn't have classes
the whole time.

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He has Monday, Wednesday, and Friday

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is his extra
periods that he has in those days.

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So he has three classes Monday morning,

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and then he has his break,
and then two classes starting at 1:50.

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And then that brings him
to the end of his school day.

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And then Tuesday
and Thursday are more of his lite days.

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I think that virtual school
is the right environment for a child,

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because it allows a child
not to be limited.

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And every kid feels free to be able
to answer, to the best

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of their ability
without having a fear of failing.

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Everything's very challenging,

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but it can also be very easy
sometimes in my classes.

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Well, it's the right environment
for my child, because he's very shy.

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It gives him the option

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of being on the camera,
but not where everyone else can see them.

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So now if you have a child
who is struggling in school

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or a child who’s average,
you know, performing average, or a child

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who's excelling
and in a gifted situation - either way -

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Georgia Cyber Academy
has been able to meet those needs.

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Your child is getting socialization.

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GCA offers these virtual field trips.

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We have them in a physical education
program.

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The science fair
and the social studies fair.

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They have him taking those career
course tests.

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If you're in the gifted program,
you can flex schedule.

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So I think it's preparing him very well.

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Georgia Cyber Academy is right for me.