Virtual Learning Handbook for Parents & Students

The Bulloch County Schools Virtual Program is designed to provide students in grades Kindergarten through 12th grade the opportunity to participate in remote learning, while maintaining ties to their traditional home school communities.

• Characteristics of a Successful Virtual Learner
• Grade Levels Offered
• The Virtual Program's Relationship to the School
  • Services Provided by the Virtual Program
    • Important Virtual Program Contacts
  • Services Provided by the School
• Virtual Program Eligibility
• Commitment to Full Academic Year of Virtual Learning
• Additional Requirements for Virtual Learning Participation
  • Bulloch County Residency
  • Mandatory Student Assessments & Diagnostics
• Program Enrollment Caps
  • Maximum Students Accepted by Grade Level
  • Maximum Individual Class Sizes: High School
• Applying for the Virtual Program
  • Application Submission Deadline for Lottery Drawing
  • Priority Applications: Children of Virtual Program Employees
  • Students with Disabilities
  • Lottery Drawing
  • Virtual Program Waiting List
  • Withdrawal of Virtual Program Application Before the Beginning of the School Year
• Student Attendance
  • Required Class Meeting Times
  • Elementary (Kindergarten to fifth-grade) Expectations
  • Middle (Sixth to Eighth-Grade) Expectations
  • High (Ninth to Twelfth-Grade) Expectations
  • Absences
• Student Withdrawal
  • Withdrawal by a Parent or Guardian
  • Automatic Withdrawal
• Parent Requests to Change Instructional Model Mid-Year
  • Parent Request to Change from Virtual to Face-to-Face Instruction: After School Year has Started
  • Parent Request to Change from Face-to-Face to Virtual Program: After School Year has Started
• District Removal of Virtual Option for Students
  • Virtual Program Probationary Status
    • Criteria for Probationary Status
    • Mandatory Meeting and Development of Academic Contract
    • Failure to Meet Terms of Academic Contract
• Content Delivery Platforms and Grading
• Courses and Subjects Offered to Virtual Learners
  • Elementary (Grades Kindergarten through fifth-grade)
    • Homeroom Teachers
    • Academic Content Areas
    • Study Skills
    • Elementary Specials
  • Middle (Sixth through eighth-grade)
    • Homeroom Teachers
    • Academic Content Areas
    • Study Skills
    • Middle School Connections
  • High (Grades ninth through twelfth-grade)
    • Homeroom Teachers
    • Academic Content Areas
    • Study Skills
    • Foreign Language
    • Career, Technical & Agricultural Education
      • Business Pathway
      • Army Junior Officers Training Corp
      • Work-based Learning
      • Health and Physical Education
    • High School Courses Not Offered Through the Bulloch County Schools Virtual Program
      • Georgia Virtual School
      • Dual Enrollment
      • Edgenuity / Edgenuity Instructional Services
• Use of District-Provided Technology
  • Device Check-Out / Check-In
  • Inventory Quick-Checks
  • Lost Technology
  • Damaged Technology
    • Reporting Damaged Devices or Lost Cords
• Technology and Other Materials to be Provided by the Parent or Guardian
  • Basic School Supplies
  • Internet Connectivity
• Honor Roll and Honors Celebrations
  • Elementary and Middle School
  • High School
• Behavioral and Dress Code Expectations for Families During Required Meetings
  • Student Engagement
  • Parent Engagement
  • Limit Household Distractions
  • Dress Code
• Communications
• Code of Conduct