Pennsylvania Families for Public Cyber Schools was formed to serve as the voice for parents who strongly support what has become the finest virtual school system in the nation. 

Since a 2002 state law created public cyber schools in Pennsylvania, about 20,000 families have decided to enroll their children in these 21^st century schools that provide students with a quality education with the very latest in cutting edge educational tools.

Unfortunately, critics, including the public school establishment, have chosen to unfairly criticize our cyber schools.  While Pennsylvania's traditional school districts each receive different levels of funding per student, they are attempting to convince state lawmakers to cut funding for public cyber schools and establish a flat rate for each student.  This is a clear double standard.

School districts seem to forget the funds they receive aren't theirs - it is our tax money.  We are simply using our tax money on a newer and more exciting public school opportunity for our children.

This Web site includes a variety of information on our public cyber schools, news articles and information on how all cyber parents can get involved in speaking out in support of our wonderful schools! 

Dear Families,

Only one more week until school starts again for our families.  Seems the summer has gone by quickly.  While we are preparing to start another year, it seems the Morning Call is busy distorting the facts about our public cyber schools once again.

In a recent article, The Morning Call questioned why our schools are not making Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) compared to the brick and mortar schools.  But what the article conveniently fails to mention is that our schools are not judged the same as traditional schools for AYP.  Click here to see the article.

While our schools have to meet each benchmark to gain AYP status, their traditional counterparts only have to make AYP within one grade width.  So if a the elementary students are able to meet the standards, but the middle and high school do not, the district as a whole is still able to claim they met AYP.  But our schools have to meet that standard for the entire school and must meet every benchmark.

If traditional schools were held to held to the same standards as our public cyber schools, we wonder just how many of them would still be able to make AYP!

We cannot allow these types of gross misrepresentations to stand unchallenged! These unflattering and unfair portraits must be countered by the substance of what our children experience every day as public cyber school students.

We need you to send a letter to the editor in response! Please let the Morning Call hear from you!  Let them know about the wonderful education your children are receiving in their public cyber school.  You can send your letters by emailing the editor at http://www.mcall.com/news/opinion/all-submitletters,0,1896250.customform   You can use their online form to submit your letters.  Please remember to keep your letter to less than 250 words and to include your contact information or they will not print your letter.

Thank you for helping to continue to dispel the myths surrounding our schools!  


Keep moving forward!