A successful Venture: San Ramon Unified’s virtual school still in demand beyond COVID

FOUR YEARS AFTER the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools across the country to transition to online learning, Nicole Andrews continues to teach through a Zoom screen. 

The history teacher is among many Bay Area teachers who have not returned to in-person learning even after pandemic restrictions were lifted in 2022. Instead, she teaches virtual classes under San Ramon Valley Unified School District’s Venture Independent Study — one of a handful of alternative education programs in the Bay Area that rely on virtual learning.