Connections Academy opens virtual school in Minnesota

Connections Academy announced that Minnesota has become the eighth state to open a virtual school with the company. MTS Minnesota Connections Academy, a public charter school operated in conjunction with Minnesota Transitions School (MTS) of Minneapolis, opened Feb. 7 to seventh and eighth graders throughout Minnesota. MTS and Connections Academy hope to expand the program, which is Connections Academy’s 11th school overall, to all K-8 students in Minnesota in September.