The school will receive an initial 25 percent of its funding from the state this summer to cover startup costs and administrators will use a $100,000 grant from the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation to assist families unable to afford internet or dial-up connections, Green said.
In Idaho, more than 10,000 students attend charter schools, an additional 7,000 are on waiting lists, said Idaho Schools Superintendent Tom Luna.
The state has 30 charter schools and iSucceed Virtual High School is scheduled to become Idaho's fifth online-based virtual schools.
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