Staff Writer Grant Rubietta attends public school, but when the Prior Lake 6-year-old returns to class this fall he’ll go to his grandma’s house in Shakopee.

Abigail Thelen started her educational path by going to a traditional public school. That all changed when she got into seventh grade. Abigail, now a high school junior, is enrolled in Minnesota ...

That's because she attends online school at Colorado Connections Academy. Colorado Connections Academy, a tuition-free online public school with nearly 3,000 K-12 students enrolled across the ...