Here are the current numbers of home and cyber-schooled students in our local districts:

Jim Thorpe: 19 home schooled; 82 cyber schooled.Lehighton: 20 home schooled and 71 cyber/charter schooled studentsPalmerton: 28 home schooled; 67 cyber schooledPanther Valley: 8 home schooled; 69 cyber schooled students.Tamaqua: 26 home schooled; 48 cyber schooled students.Weatherly: 12 home schooled;11 cyber schooled.The Pennsylvania Department of Education provided the numbers of home schooled students in 1998-99:Jim Thorpe:17Lehighton:19Palmerton: 20Panther Valley:18Tamaqua: 51Weatherly: 7