Florida Virtual School Reviews

I have been having a bad experience with these people since Aug. It has been a nightmare. The principal is a liar and a joke even his assistant. I have filed numerous complaints against the staff and wonders how this school is not getting investigated for conduct. Maybe a class action lawsuits against this school need to be starred to get some elbows greased and issues addressed

I've taken over 5 courses on FLVS and have had terrible experiences with all of them. The lessons don't make any sense and they teach you as little as possible and then ask you to watch a crappy review video with the easiest problems imaginable. Then when you get to the test, they give you the hardest questions that they didn't even teach you how to do. It's very frustrating and the teachers are always hard to get ahold of plus they take like every other week off leaving you with some substitute who is clueless about your progress in the course. Overall it's just so dumb and frustrating.

FLVS is absolutely wonderful! My son did Flex for a few classes in high school a few years ago and we loved it, so when we moved back to FL due to family emergency and with COVID were seeking a virtual option and decided on FLVS Full-time. The teachers, counselors, everyone - have been amazing, patient, and so very helpful. Easy to reach teachers via text, email, or phone call when needed. They kept in contact with us to review progress constantly and helped her through a very tough transition from brick and mortar school to fully virtual. She loves it and we have all decided she will continue with FLVS to finish middle school and likely high school as well! Thank you so much FLVS! I am highly impressed with the caliber of teachers and staff they have, and the wonderful Advanced Academics/Gifted program!

We were under the impression the school would provide the tools to teach our son how to access assignments, save the assignments on his MAC Pro, and learn to work with the applications used by the school; i.e, Google Documents or Microsoft Office products. A teacher was assigned to provide what we call Study Skills but the class never happened. Hopefully Florida Virtual School will set up orientation classes to teach students how to use these tools before immersing the student into their studies.

When trying to determine if my high school son should take a FLVS Flex class I read all the reviews and found myself more confused than ever. Most of the reviews were not good. But we decided to jump in because it was the only way for my son to take the math class he wanted in the summer. I am SO pleased we went this route. We have been blessed with an amazing, well organized and involved teacher. Mrs. Cathy ** is truly a blessing. She spent time with my son and I on the phone prior to the class starting. She wanted to make sure she understood his goal and make sure we understood the requirements. She also told us what to expect every week; DBA's, scheduled calls if needed for assistance and she would text me with regular updates.

I am just trying to sign in my son at Florida Virtual School amid coronavirus, they are not accepting my proof of residences, I sent them my utility bill, my bank account statement, the lady from registration says it is a credit card, obviously she never took the sweet time to read the bank statement that says clearly DEBIT CARD. I have been sending them all paperwork that I have. Judging from the start, I do not think I want to continue at all, They are not willing to accept Social Security Statements as proof. They mistrust all institutional paperwork. I do not recommend this place, right from the start.

They said we could work at our own pace. They said the teachers are helpful. They said I can "take a break" whenever I needed one. I find that all to be a lie, because when I wake up at 9-10AM in the morning, the first thing I do is start my work. I rarely take breaks, and I still end up working until after 11PM. That's not fair! I have a life, and I don't need this level of stress in it. I have ADD/ADHD, and I may be a slower worker because of this, but even the average idiot would know that this is too much work to be assigned and due the week after to ANY student. Right now I have a bunch of assignments that I'm struggling to finish because everything is so darn complicated!

FLVS Flex is a scam. They tell you that it's a "self-paced" option that you can work on your own pace — Sometimes, there were days on end where I didn't feel well, and the last thing I want is to get spammed with text messages and calls from teachers. Teachers are mediocre and incompetent at best. They only care about the money. I had one teacher kick me from a course after I had told her that I was going on vacation and could not do my assignments until after I got back. She completely ignored what I said, and told me the reason why I got dropped from the course, was because she "called" my dad and didn't get a "call back", but he never got a call from her in the first place. Another "teacher" started talking to me in a rude manner in a WELCOME CALL. Please don't take any FLVS classes unless you absolutely have no other choice. I only recommend Drivers' Ed and HOPE if they are required because they are the easiest and shortest.

FLVS IS GREAT, and this is coming from a 6th grade student who isn't very fond of school. The lessons are educational, but enjoyable and fun. They are so easy to understand. The assignment are really fun! The courses that I'm taking are easy to navigate in, and you can find things fast. The teachers are wonderful! When needed they give helpful feedback quickly. And they answer your questions quickly. They will help you with literally anything. SOOO glad my parents chose FLVS for my sister and I. FLVS is literally the best!!! Hope this helped! Have a fabulous day!

It is beyond explanation just how incredibly horrible FLVS is at doing absolutely anything. Every lesson is incredibly convoluted and dense, with little to no explanation on how to do the actual questions in the assessments. This program is so incredibly bad at teaching anything that if you asked what I had learned from the program I honestly couldn't tell you. FLVS is by far the worst online learning program in existence and needs severe review.

I have taken seven FLVS courses throughout my high school experience to get ahead of the rest of my class and I am currently a junior in high school. I take eight classes in school each year and have taken one or two FLVS courses alongside them. Each teacher claims to have "schoolwide" rules when, in reality, the teacher makes up their own rules and changes them when THEY want to.

We've done private Montessori school, K12 (another online school) and years of public school. We've had great experiences with all, the best of which was homeschooling using another online program - not FLVS. FLVS is so incredibly bad it defies explanation. There isn't one thing. It's a thousand things. I'm writing this in May 2019 and it feels like this is version 1.0 of the program and it's 1990. The login itself is needlessly & stupidly multi-step as if the programmers are new to the World Wide Web. The whole format is like that. Needless clicks from page to page.

AWFUL, RUDE TEACHERS WHO REFUSE TO COMMUNICATE & PLAY CHILDISH GAMES. Ms. ** Language Arts played dirty games with us, not accepting our calls on our scheduled DBA's. If you do not have an Apple don't use FLVs because you will be unable to view any of the class videos. AWFUL to the nth degree, sincerely awful. I have home-schooled my son in California and nothing is as horrible as the 'teachers' and this entire program. You should try to take a math test over the phone without seeing the math problem and having a ** spoiled brat be impatient with your child and say, reschedule your DBA. Once you have one issue with a teacher all of them team up on your child and close you out of their homework. That means all work prior to the date and after you are unable to access. FLVS IS NOT HOME-SCHOOLING. There are no books and it is hell for our children!

My son was one of the first students to graduate from FLVS in 1999. Now his daughter is a student. She has been attending for 3 years. She started in 6th grade, jumped to 8th grade, and is a freshman this year. She has thrived more than she ever would have in a brick and mortar. All of her teachers have been amazing. There is a lot of reading in any class you take, so be prepared. Definitely would recommend it to anyone looking for online school.

True it's hard at times to get callbacks from FLVS staff but that changes from year to year depending on the staff, but we have also had great success. So don't be discouraged. The staff will most likely change by the end of the year.

Everything about FLVS is terrible. Their website isn't setup well so logging in takes way longer than it should. The teacher's hard to contact, and the course materials are not very good at explaining the subject. Course videos often neglect to explain important parts of a process and they say if you need help just go to Khan Academy. One of the most frustrating school experiences ever, I would give it negative stars if I could. Also, the teachers don't actually explain out concepts to you, they just send out texts about how you need to do 3 assignments a week, even though it was advertised as a "self-paced" course. They only care about that 3 assignments a week, not that you understand the unit. And the so-called collaborative lesson is a nightmare! It's very hard to hear the teacher, there are no captions, and the whole setup is terrible.

4/29/18 WHAT WAS I THINKING!!! So being a homeschool parent with a daughter who refuses to go to a B&M school I let her do it again. Fl gives you NO OTHER choice for high school except FLVS so I figured, "Well at least I already know the system. How bad can it be," and boy did fate deal me a crappy hand. NOW MY DAUGHTER'S IDENTITY HAS POSSIBLY BEEN STOLEN ALONG WITH MINE BECAUSE FLVS LEFT A PORT OPEN!!! This is the same as leaving your front door wide open and a treasure chest on the porch!!! Their story is they were hacked. This is a LIE. I have seen proof of the open port online. No worries though FLVS mods I have screenshots of your outright negligence.

Not only did they have me retake the second segment of the course after I finished it to tell me I cheated on all my work and that I was to be failed for the whole thing. Then when I'm doing the course again they make it incredibly difficult not picking up calls or even calling back. They kept me from graduating on time. I wouldn't recommend anyone take any Florida Virtual School classes!

I am a supporter of Online courses, but I am a believer that we need to attend classes and interact in order to be successful. With that said, I dislike the fact that as a parent, I hate to see my child struggle with information that is not relevant. If we need to get in contact with other people on an assignment, to share notes, and worrying about who, and how this is going to get done, is extremely frustrating. We need to make assignments that are relevant. Is already hard enough on a child to have to learn while at school, and then have them try to turn in an assignment that has to be research and then depend on someone else online. If this is tough on me, and I am the parent, imagine my Daughter. We don't all learn the same way, but I can guarantee you that my Daughter tries hard, and she stays up until late to study and learn what is asked of her.

We had nothing but a good experience with the school. My kids always performed really well on the FSA and EOC. I worried about it being as good as brick and mortar after reading reviews. However, my kids switched to brick and mortar schools and are top performers in their classes. I'm considering having my daughter come back to FLVS FT next year since we liked it better. However, we are giving the local school a shot to be just as adequate?

The fact that the students cannot communicate with their teachers as needed, speaks for itself. Teachers simply seem not to care until the time the last grade has to be submitted. The lessons are a failure to provide students with any substance needed in a given area of studies. Lessons simply do not meet the level of education our children should be provided to succeed. That combined with the attitude of the staff is simply a very bad combination. My two sons have attended the school quite few times over the years and need more that stack of writing to publish their experience. Even though, both of my sons received not a grade lower than an "A". The substance they were suppose to receive simply was not there. The way the teachers conduct their work is appalling.

This agency is a extremely absurd in the same moment that they decided to open was only to steal the money to the government, my son is taking a English class I, and the teacher name Christine ** never help him. Several time I called her and she never respond me back and the dates that my son set up an appointment with her for help with assignment she never call him - not even answers the phone, and when I called the counsel for that grade leave a message where it said that if I have a question about that teacher I need to contact her or contact my son school. They are irresponsible, they don't take that job serious, they did not support my son ever, and never send us the grades for each assignment. I don't recommended this agency like a real course for no one student, completely deficiency in general.