To offer this variety of courses, Columbia Public Schools has partnered with the Virtual High School, which offers students nationwide an array of special interest classes such as forensic science, engineering, criminology and creative writing.

Through the partnership with Virtual High School, Columbia Public Schools is allotted 25 seats in the virtual school when it provides a teacher to instruct a virtual course.

This semester, Ken Koster, a former Gentry Middle School teacher, is teaching engineering for the Virtual High School. His class includes students from across the United States, and even a few from other countries.

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