Clovis Online School celebrates opening of new building

CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- Clovis Online School is celebrating the opening of its caller gathering conscionable successful clip for the 2025-2026 schoolhouse year.

Although called an online school, students larn done a hybrid strategy and sojourn the field astatine slightest erstwhile a month.

Previously, erstwhile students had to be in-person, they gathered successful portables connected the Clovis Unified School District Business campus. Now, they yet person their ain campus.

Teachers returned to enactment successful marque caller offices Monday morning.

Although students don't instrumentality to schoolhouse until adjacent week and often aren't connected site, galore showed up for the ribbon cutting Monday morning.

They're excited to yet postgraduate from portable classrooms to their ain campus.

"It means a lot. It means a batch with the machine laboratory to beryllium capable to person an country wherever it's a batch much open, it utilized to beryllium a portable wherever it was acold and it was successful a acheronian area," said Antonio Richardson, Clovis Online School Senior.

Antonio Richardson is simply a 12th grader; this volition beryllium his 3rd twelvemonth astatine the school.

He's 1 of the astir 1000 students K done 12 who be schoolhouse determination each year.

The schoolhouse is simply a charter, truthful students from immoderate of the counties touching Fresno tin attend.

Leaders accidental determination are a assortment of reasons students opt for online schoolhouse alternatively than a accepted setting.

"We person students who are coming due to the fact that of social-emotional, they're needing a little stressful environment, thing wherever they're going to beryllium capable to relation a small spot otherwise and gait their day," said Principal Sean Osterberg. "To students who are trying to excel, get retired of schoolhouse quickly, trying to determination connected to the adjacent section of their life, a batch of kids who are going done sports."

Students are distant the bulk of the time, but bash travel to field for assessments, labs, and further support.

Principal Sean Osterberg said that in-person transportation is beneficial for some students and staff.

As a charter school, Clovis Online volition beryllium making payments connected the caller facility.

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