MARION COUNTY, Fla. – We’ve heard about learning pods when groups of families come together to pay an instructor.
A group in Marion County is forming their own education pods called Virtual Learning Camps, or VLCs. Unlike the pods, VLCs are free and the students learn online through the Marion County Public School system. “If you’re going to voice the problem, be part of the solution,” said Pastor James Stockton III.Stockton is a pastor and president of the Marion County chapter of the NAACP.
He has a daughter in High School and like many parents, has concerns about social distancing and safety in brick-and-mortar schools during the pandemic.