Enrollment for the 2024-2025 school year is now open at Wyoming Virtual Academy , an online tuition-free public school for K-12 students.
WYVA is an online, tuition-free school in the Niobrara.
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The district, which serves Upton, is in its second year of offering online education to students statewide. This has nearly tripled their enrollment figures, which have been declining in recent years for in-person instruction.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm to School program has been adopted by some school districts throughout the state as well. Both school districts in Weston County approved the program for local use this school year, though only Upton schools are serving local food currently.
Jeff Jones is the principal at Tongue River Middle School in Ranchester and is advocating for the removal of corporal punishment for Wyoming's 48 school districts and ending the legal protection of it by the state. Wyoming is currently one of 19 states that protect the practice in public schools.