Florida Virtual School Reviews

I went to the full time version. Now it's better.

Teachers want to much from you the work is hard and they dont help you they just rush you. Shut this horrible trash place down. My son gets rushed by teachers almost everyday saying he has not submitted work and then I check his compute and work is turned in get it together.

The reason why I genuinely hate FLVS is because you don't get the help needed. Not to mention the only way to learn on FLVS is by reading. So overall it deserves a 1 star and in the future I hope they close FLVS down!

I am not sure how people put up with this registration process. This completely idiotic interface has nothing to do with education. I have spent 6 months trying to register 2 children and it's now October and I spent 7 hr on the phone and the registration process and nothing. If you want to get your kids turned off from their education, FLVS is a good place to start. Nothing makes sense, it's complicated to navigate, it's not parent-friendly, even to register the children. I can imagine the nightmare the children will have using this platform. They need to erase the entire thing and rebuild it base on student and parent usability. This is terrible. The one in Texas takes 30 min and it's done.

Student entered school as a senior. Had her in the wrong class for first six months. She worked ahead so had to start over and nothing she had already done counted. THEN was told she could participate in the graduation ceremony. DAY BEFORE she's told she can't-after they invited her, and asked for a senior pic/quote. Local school board was just as bad. I would never in a hundred years recommend this school.

It's crazy that they say work at your own pace is a lie. It's hard to get in contact with the teachers. I barely can enjoy my personal life. It's so bad everyday I have to worry about this. It's stressful. I have my own life. They contact you many times. The teachers aren't helpful at all. I feel bad for ppl who does this. The questions be hard. They throw random questions in that THEY DON'T teach you. Jesus I would take anything back to get out of this. It's bad and the people who rate it 5 stars is for it to keep their crappy reviews up.

The program lacked Communication with Local schools to allow me to attend ANY events, I was SPECIFICALLY told that I could do the following. I never got the "Walk" experience, I was denied entry to prom and participation in Clubs and Organizations, so my extracurriculars didn't count towards anything. I didn't qualify for Scholarships due to this. The curriculum was the same recycling of dates and facts as any school, but the lack of options as far as what can help you build for your future career was abysmal. Why does a Virtual High School need to use Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing or even have a class called "Computing for College and Careers" when all it was was glorified Typing Tests, I felt like I was being trained as a 1960's Secretary.

This is an amazing school. But there is one issue that has made me talk about finding an alternative with my children. I know, getting behind pace is a really bad thing. But the teachers, just OVERREACT. It's like it's the end of the world if the students "don't get it all done in ONE DAY". Kids shouldn't be expected to shove in what in some cases could be months of work in ONE DAY.

From what I have been explained kids sit at the computer for more than five hours per day. This alone is not healthy for little persons. Students are over loaded with so call work that suppose to be curriculum. The expectations from kindergartners and first graders is non realistic. None of this learning go hand in hand with any of the Theories to learning. Seem like another way to gain more funding for certain schools. That's all.

COVID-19 forced our family to find alternatives to brick and mortar schools. At first the advertised “self paced program” seemed to be appealing for our situation with special needs students. What a huge mistake. The FLVS system is NOT self paced at all. Your child will be badgered to finish 3 assignments per class per week without fail. If your child falls behind in any class, heaven help that poor kid. You will receive emails, texts and phone calls from that teacher as if you are being sold something. You will constantly be reminded that he or she is BEHIND PACE or has not turned in an assignment for the past two weeks.