For every student who attends, stays with or returns to PUSD, the district receives state funding, "and for students within the greater Tri-Valley area that feel (Virtual Academy) is the right fit for them, if they were to attend our school district, we would get the revenue for them attending our school district as well," Sheikholeslami said.
"It can play an important role in retention," he added. "It can play an important role in bringing some students back who have left, and it could play a role for students in our local area who would find this as a good education model for them, and then that would be a net add of students"