they can get extra help through e-mail and phone calls with their teachers. lessons are recorded for students to watch when they want which is what jonathan is doing with this spanish class. and one, up. reporter: jonathan is a competitive ice skater, practicing for two hours a day every morning going to school online allows him to pursue his skating. he s also add advanced student, 11-year-old student a freshman in high school. you can do the work problems in 20 minutes rather than waiting for the whole class to finish, it works well. reporter: it doesn t work without a parent or someone supervising. jonathan, for instance, likes to play video games so money usually camps out close enough so she can see his computer. aross the country, 27 states currently offer some level of full time online public school. critics say kids miss out on the social aspects of going to school.
information and they re working right now to track down those two individuals. shepard: what we have heard and read, it sounds as if the students and teachers this is just a crushing blow. absolutely. this was a guy who has brought about the words inspirational, dedicated leader. a man who would always go the extra mile for students. everybody at the school from the staff to the students themself seem absolutely devastated by this. listen. he always has been there. he helped me when i needed help. work problems. anything. you know, he was there, someone that i could talk to if i needed to talk to somebody. he s just a dad. he s just a mentor a friend a great guy. i can t imagine the school without him. a dad, mentor, a friend, an inspiration. this is a teacher who is going to be badly missed. shepard: jonathan hunt, thank