Pa. Cyber Charter Schools See Drop In Enrollment

Pennsylvania's cyber charter schools are seeing a drop in enrollment as some students return to traditional schools because parents find they both must work to make ends meet.

Most of Pennsylvania's 11 cyber charter schools require a parent to stay home to provide supervision. But cyber school officials said the economy is forcing the stay-at-home parent to seek work in some cases.

Donna Ash said she had to pull her three children from Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School in Midland recently and send them to public school in Newville, Cumberland County.

She said her husband is facing a potential layoff, and she had to find a job.

PA Learners Online Regional Cyber Charter School in Homestead has seen its first enrollment decline since it opened in 2001.