text: Virtual classrooms have no significant advantage over real-life ones. In fact, students would be unable to receive in-person help from instructors. This would negatively impact the atmosphere of the in-person classroom, as there are less students showing up to class and actively contributing to discussions. The presence of an online course would take away from the students' general feeling of unity in their respective classes, resulting in the school community appearing to become more separated. Plus, regardless of whether they teach in a classroom or over a computer, teachers' salaries remain the same. This means the school board will not be able to save money by having instructors teach a virtual course, while instructors become much more limited in their ability to teach because they do not see their students in real life. Some students genuinely require in-person instructors to help explain challenging concepts, and online courses take away that freedom.