Schools begin to offer Gym classes online

One of the unlikely online offerings of public schools is the gym. The course allows students to meet requirements by exercising how they want, when they want.

They are required to work out hard for 30 minutes four times a week and report to their teachers by e-mail. Parents must certify that the students did the workouts.

Physical education is one of 27 online courses now offered by the Minneapolis Public Schools, which had none four years ago.