Ohio Virtual Academy

1690 Woodlands Drive

School District

Ohio Virtual Academy
Grade

K-12
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:31
Type

charter

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on June 15, 2024

This school is a joke! when I needed my daughter to help care for me while I am going through cancer they forced her to have to drop out, with only 9 weeks to go to graduate, they have no heart for everything she has been going through not one of them had her back, not only that they had her taking to many courses she did not even need. and when we get her transcript it is totally a one sided look which makes her look like a bad student and in reality she was a student having to deal with the fact her mom has leukemia and needed her.
Submitted by parent on December 01, 2023

If I could go back and choose to never send my son to this school I would. To start, enrollment was a nightmare, it took over a month for them to accept all of my son's documentation. My son has special needs and requires an IEP for each school year. This school took over 2 months to do testing on him to then wait another month to have an IEP meeting. An hour into that said meeting, I was told they had to go as they had another meeting and we could resume at a later time. This means my son has been without an iep or special education services from August to December. Which is not only unacceptable but also illegal in the state of Ohio. I have unenrolled him and we will be going back to homeschooling as he was much happier, not as stressed, and going to receive services from us. Please do not send your child here if they have any special needs, they deserve better than this school will provide.
Submitted by parent on May 17, 2023

My Child attended this school for fourth grade. The only subjects taught with a teacher are Math and English. All other subject areas and topics are gleaned through other apps and websites etc., which ALWAYS break or are no tin order, or are just plain incorrect in their content. OHVA teachers continually re iterate that they DO NOT SELECT the sites, but the main OHVA does. I think this is a disconnect massively. Besides this, the sites break, go glitchy, etc etc leaving the teachers scrambling and the kids so confused. Not to mentilon some teachers, should be al maintain a consistent timeline.
Submitted by parent on December 06, 2022

This school is horrible. My child was kicked out for truancy. In the beginning of the year, I lost internet and asked the school for a wifi box. The internet was off for about a week and I got it turned back on. I had a meeting with the truancy intervention lady, and I couldn't even talk to her. My microphone was muted. I later emailed her and explained the situation. She went ahead and sent the wifi box which arrived 3 weeks after I got my internet restored. My child attended class everyday after the internet was reconnected, and they kept sending out emails threatening to remove her. I responded to all the emails with screen shots of her attendance. They still kicked her out and I have not received one phone call, or email response from them regarding this. I will be contacting an attorney.
Submitted by parent on June 22, 2022

We have been with this school for 4 years. I guess I can now say my son may be gifted because he will be in an accelerated classes this coming year. Basically, each lesson is about 45 minutes long; it could be longer. Your child may have 4 or more classes each day. The state requirement is at least 5 hours a day to end up with 920 hours. So, if your child has 4 classes and they take 45 minutes for each class, your child will have time to do "homework" if they is any, or asking questions. You can go outside and play. You can do science experiments which could be called making dinner. And one more thing, what if your child misses class - they record them. What if your child is sick, they can watch the recording. What if you have to go a few states away, the school is an online school so your child can go to class as usual or watch the recording. Ohio is a "testing" state which means your child will be tested each year in at least Math and ELA, (the English part.) My son has taking a lot of quizzes but I know my son has learned something because of he's test scores. The parent has a part to do too; making sure your child goes to class, does their work, take them to state testing. If you the parent can't put forth the effort to coach your child to learn, then this is not the school for you. Yes, you might be sitting next to your 6 year old while they learn Math and ELA, but you know they are learning. They may be learning History and you can tell them about what you know.
Submitted by parent on May 02, 2022

I have two children using the school. It’s been a year and even though the first couple weeks was rough until the children and I learned how to use it, it’s been great afterwards ! My one child is gifted and the program is challenging to her still. The teachers are nice and we love all the field trips . We don’t get behind and my Alexa devices are great for reminding us our class connects and clubs . We take breaks throughout the day walking the dog or taking a stroll to the library in between class connects and OLS planned assignments. Because the kids are home they get healthy warm meals and snacks all throughout the day. There is glitches sometimes where sometimes something pops up Overdue but if you let it sit for awhile the glitch corrects itself . As the learning coach I have to put each kid in a separate room and keep the kid close that may drift off in Lala land . The education they are learning is amazing, my fourth grader is learning about investing and banks and my third grader is learning weights and measures . Both kids seem so advanced and happier they do not like brick and mortar schools . They can be in peace with out bullies and someone hurting them. The teacher favoritism is vague if it even exists because the child isn’t able to see favoritism it makes them feel like they are here to just learn and not compete for teacher favors , competitive favoritism environment is toxic and makes kids do bad things to each other to gain teacher favors leading to bullying. Hands down the experience is far healthier for my children at OHVA . Thanks so much for all the teachers and principals and staff that make this possible for families who are fed up with brick and mortar schools !
Submitted by parent on March 28, 2022

I'm not sure if the private school is any better, but the public side is lame. They've reduced it down to 6 hours a day, but it hasn't helped. I'm constantly behind, and it's very stressful. Daughter has started having issues with low self esteem. Even though they have social groups, I've met personally one time this year. If they have an event in person, they want you to drive for hours across the state to get to it. History class has a lot of propaganda. Teaching what to think instead of how to think. All classes are pushed very fast, student doesn't have a chance to work with a subject for enough time to retain it. They push daily quizzes/ testing on usa test prep, and it's also full of propaganda and imbedded cues for the subconscious mind, not things you want in your child's mind either. Science class is prematurely forcing me to have the birds and bees chat. Oh, the kicker... their "talent show" this year was not a talent show, it was a cheap ploy to get the kids to make a commercial for them. Their act had to be about how great ohva is. You'll spend your breaks trying to catch up, then lock you out of the system if you try to use summer to fill the educational gaps. The only good thing I can say is they do have a latin class, and they send materials in the mail. If you have a problem with a computer and send it back, they send one without enough memory to operate, back. Tell you not to eat in front of the computers.. but do I have time to eat at the table? No, I'm in front of this computer constantly trying to get caught up. The printers they send are junk, they don't work for very long. I've joined a group on fb called ohio homeschooling for beginners, it's teaching me how to petition the state to make my own curriculum, set up testing, ect. it's a great group, and I would suggest going that route instead of trying Ohva.
Submitted by student on October 03, 2021

The entire experience was awful. They expect you to do 7hrs everyday for work yet don't even supply you with 7 hours worth of work. Every teacher has 50-100 students per class making the teaching less individualized to your students needs and makes it hard to get questions answered. A lot of the teachers don't even answer their emails. The school website is constantly under maintenance and just not working. More than half the teachers don't know how the application they use to teach on works. Every now and then they give you a load of work to do and not a lot of time to do it, leading to a lot of stress for every student. Every year they send an email which is a total lie, it says they want to hear your opinion on the school and value your opinion, but when you take it, it's really just a mental health quiz. I will not be going back to this school and I recommend you never send your student here.
Submitted by parent on July 14, 2020

Not only do I love this school, but I highly recommend it to everyone.
Submitted by parent on March 23, 2019

it has been such a blessing, my child is chronically ill, and has limitations, this school is just wonderful, she has blossomed here and her grades have been A's in every subject thanks to these teachers who really put their all in.
Submitted by parent on August 16, 2017

We are so happy we found OHVA. I have 3 of my 4 children enrolled (4th is in college) and I wish we would have found them sooner. We started at a different online school and OHVA is heads and tails above our previous school. All of our teachers have been fantastic and my son'steacher helped my struggling reader make so much progress that it has brought me to tears. All of my children have different strengths and learn differently and OHVA lets them do so. Plus, we were able to take a Disney Cruise in the off season and save a ton of money due to the flexibility.
Submitted by parent on August 15, 2017

Love the environment of being at home and monitoring my kids school work and making sure they stay on task!
Submitted by parent on July 28, 2017

We started OHVA in Kindergarten and are now in the 3rd grade and have never had a bad year. Teachers are helpful, the school itself has helped abundantly and I can't see my student going anywhere else to get the education he needs.
Submitted by parent on July 27, 2017

Great my son is reading much better since starting at this school
Submitted by parent on July 27, 2017

OHVA is the best! The style of learning and the attention my child gets is the best . The class connects improve reading and etc. Teachers and staff go above and beyond for there students. They do more then our coshocton elementary school here.
Submitted by parent on July 27, 2017

We have been working with K12 OHVA since our daughter started Kindergarten and she's starting 6th grade now, we've had a wonderful experience with our teachers and lesson plans. A few minor hiccups but things were dealt with in a timely manner. Plan on continuing her education like this, using homeschool options through K12 OHVA!
Submitted by parent on July 27, 2017

We have used OHVA since my son was in first grade. He is starting 4th this year. Everyone is always willing to help, and take the time to work with us. I would rate it as 10 out of 10. My son refuses every year to go back to the school in our district.
Submitted by parent on July 26, 2017

I very much like the way this school doesn't focus on just a letter grade. The concept of a letter grade puts too much pressure on students.
Submitted by parent on July 26, 2017

Our experience with OHVA has been the best! I wouldn't have thought changing schools would have been such a change or that my child had missed so much education (being behind). With having a physical handicap she is more comfortable in her own home. If she needs to adjust her schedule she can. She has grew so much more independence as well as knowledgeable. She needed the challenge and I'm glad we made the change!!
Submitted by parent on July 26, 2017

We just started with OHVA last year and my children are returning students. We love the online curriculum, and how wonderful the teachers are! I would recommend OHVA to anyone wishing to homeschool there children.