Combining home school, public school

When her daughter was in third grade at a public school, Rebeccah Hopkins noticed she was struggling. She was doing OK academically, but was having trouble with some of her peers socially. “She didn’t know how to react when people got negative,” Hopkins said.
Hopkins said she never thought she would be the type of parent to home-school her children, but decided it might be the best option to help her daughter transition. She looked at home-school curriculum, but learned it would cost about $1,000. Hopkins also said she didn’t want to feel alone in the process because even though she had a college education, she wasn’t sure if she could teach. “I needed someone to help me through it because I knew I couldn’t do it myself,” she said.
Hopkins found Rural Virtual Academy, a public school/home-school hybrid for students in kindergarten through eighth grade that provides the curriculum and certified staff to guide parents who want to educate their children at home.

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City to partner with county for tech support

Officials from the City of Medford and Taylor County agreed to a six-month trial of sharing information technology (IT) services, but not without both sides compromising on the price.

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Seidel to challenge Galloway in recall

State Democrats are pulling out a heavy hitter in the attempt to unseat first-term State Senator Pam Galloway.
Assembly Assistant Minority Leader Donna Seidel announced Tuesday morning at an event in Wausau that she is running for State Senate against Pam Galloway for the upcoming recall election. Shortly following the announcement, Jeff Johnson announced he was suspending his candidacy for the office and threw his support behind Seidel with the hope of taking her place in the Assembly in the fall election.

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Star News launches new e-edition

The Star News has changed vendors for providing its paid subscription e-edition. The e-edition includes everything that is in the weekly print edition of The Star News in a handy searchable electronic format which can be accessed using a variety of devices anywhere in the world. Current subscribers to our previous e-edition will be able to access the paper as they have been through their existing accounts until the end of 2012, because the links on our pages will be changing we suggesting bookmarking that entrance page. Any new subscriptions will be with the new e-edition. As with any transition to a new system, there are glitches that occur and we ask that if you encounter them or have any problems accessing the page you let us know at webteam@centralwinews.com or call us at 715-748-2626. We appreciate your readership.

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