Monica Jackson a ninth grader and her mother Deborah Jackson the Academic Administrator of the New Mexico Virtual Academy, during the school day on Friday, September 7, 2012 in Farmington, New Mexico at the statewide public charter school authorized by the Farmington Municipal School District that offers online individualized education courses to 500 students in grades 6 through 11. The school, the first full-fledged charter virtual school in the state, started classes in August and will add grade 12 next year.

Logo of The International Association for K-12 Online Learning program.
Clyde Mueller/The New Mexican

Monica Jackson a ninth grader and her mother Deborah Jackson the Academic Administrator of the New Mexico Virtual Academy, during the school day on Friday, September 7, 2012 in Farmington, New Mexico at the statewide public charter school authorized by the Farmington Municipal School District that offers online individualized education courses to 500 students in grades 6 through 11. The school, the first full-fledged charter virtual school in the state, started classes in August and will add grade 12 next year.

Logo of The International Association for K-12 Online Learning program.
Clyde Mueller/The New Mexican