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Breanna, who has a special love for math, started doing multiplication at age 3 and kept busy with math games and worksheets on family trips. �My dad would always quiz me,� she recalled.

These days, her curiosity and drive have propelled her to the top of the virtual class, which includes about 40 kids in grades four and five across the state.

�She got out of the gates really quickly,� said Allene Frederick, Breanna�s instructor with Kentucky Virtual Schools.

Breanna�s parents thought she would fare better with the online class rather than skipping grades. �I did not want her to go over to a middle school,� said Robin Braun, who described her daughter as a little shy.

So for 90 minutes four days a week, Breanna sits at a computer station in the center of the classroom and takes off. She recently scored a 95 percent on her pre-algebra midterm.