The Westfield School Committee voted unanimously on May 16 to add ninth to 12th grades to the Westfield Virtual School, to applause from the staff and faculty who attended the meeting.
In presenting the proposal, Virtual School Principal Dr. Thomas Osborn said almost a year ago, the committee approved the proposal for a single-district virtual school which began with kindergarten through eighth grade.
Osborn said originally the plan had been to add one grade each year: ninth grade in 2023, 10th in 2024, and so on.