REELTOWN — Wolf Blitzer. Anderson Cooper. Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Reeltown High School.
That’s right, Reeltown High School.
Set your recording devices. The school in southern Tallapoosa County will be featured Friday morning on CNN, said principal Tom Cochran.
Cochran said he was informed last week that the news network would be featuring the school in a segment about Alabama’s ACCESS Distance Learning program, which offers students the option of taking classes online and through videoconferencing.
“We were selected (for the segment) because we use it (ACCESS) well,” said Cochran.
A CNN producer and photojournalist were filming at the school Tuesday afternoon but declined to comment about the segment.
ACCESS, which stands for Alabama Connecting Classrooms, Educators & Students Statewide, allows Reeltown to offer electives such as Spanish, Psychology, Sociology and Creative Writing in a distance-based learning environment through a computer lab on campus, Cochran said.
“ACCESS provides us an opportunity to broaden the electives we offer,” he said.
The online courses also allow students to take Advanced Placement classes.
ACCESS has been in place since November 2004, according to its website, but Reeltown has been implementing the program for about four years, Cochran said.
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