According to a recent poll, South Carolina voters favor the lottery 56 percent to 40 percent. The total of the two groups is less than one percent of those who applied. About 790,000 applicants initially failed to answer the question of whether they had been convicted of using drugs, but the Education Department contacted many of those students and the number of those who have not yet answered is now down to 275,000. There are plans to make FHS available to other school districts. According to FHS principal Julie Young, the school plans to offer content nationally.
Several states have online high schools and others are developing programs.
There are so many commercial curricula for virtual high schools that the first symposium was held last month to allow commercial sites and technology developers to mingle with educators seeking to build online programs. From October 20 to November 30, students from the Rutgers University campuses at Camden, New Brunswick and Newark, as well alumni worldwide, will connect with the business community at the Rutgers Business E-fair. The first-time event is being jointly conducted by all of the Rutgers undergraduate and MBA career centers. The event takes the greater Rutgers community into the new era of college career services. Offering participants 24-hour access along with increased visibility, the fair gives students and employers an extremely convenient forum.