I don't know if it's the work or just the getting to school part, but my two high schoolers attend Arizona's IQ Academy. here's a link:
http://www.iqacademyaz.com/
It's Arizona's accredited online High School. Your child can work at her own pace from home and attend classes online. They give you a laptop computer, a fancy headphone/microphone for attending their online sessions, a printer, and a stipend toward internet access. There is NO FEE! And it's not like home schooling because the curriculum is state approved and classes, lessons, and homework are run by real teachers. You don't have to worry about finding what they should do and teaching it to them and making sure they take their ACT, SAT, and AIMS tests. The school handles that all for you just like any other public school. It's just that everything is done online.
For classes they log in with all the other students, can see the teacher writing on the whiteboard on their screen, can talk to the teacher and all the other students, can chat online instantly with their teachers and fellow students for help and answers, and have their own email accounts through the school which the teachers all answer right away. They even have social events and outings and a prom, and even a "courtyard" where students can gather and just chat with each other about non-school things. My children have friends they speak with daily and have even been able to meet up with to go the the movies and stuff, so it's not like they don't make friends, either.
For homework, they simply log into their class, download their textbooks, read and do the assignments required, and submit them to the teacher through the online portal. For tests and quizzes, they click on their answers like any online test and they receive their grade immediately when they submit it. They submit weekly time sheets which serve as their proof of attendance. Anyhow, it's really a great alternative for students for many reasons.
My children are not problem children at all, but the atmosphere of the on campus high school was so socially charged, pressure filled, and time intensive that they were falling through the cracks. Plus they don't have to waste time with daily commutes, class changes, lunch breaks, discipline issues of other students and questions asked by other students that take up class time for inquiries about they don't struggle with, while their questions get overlooked because of lack of class time.
I wondered why my home schooling friends had all of their work done in a few hours each day when my kids were up at 6 a.m. and got home at 4 p.m. only to come home to hours of homework in the evening. It's because they got to focus on just what their student needed to learn and didn't waste time with other things. I always envied home schoolers, but I knew I just did NOT have the temperament to home school and I was way too nervous about making sure my kids got the right curriculum and took the right state and national tests, etc. IQ Academy is kind of like the best of both of those worlds.
You can expect your child to spend about an hour per day per class, usually 5-6 hours each day in total and that includes their work for the day, so no additional homework. Plus, and extra things they do count toward their attendance, like reading for an assignment, going to the gym or walking, etc., which counts toward their PE credit, or any educational outings you may go on, although those are not required. Oh, and they have special groups the students an join. For example, my daughter is in a creative writing group they formed for fun with some other students, and, while they are not graded for it, they do get to count their participation on their time sheets and get extra credit for it. She is even part of the student government as the vice president of her class. My son is a bit more low key and sticks just to his schoolwork, so your child can be as involved as she wants to, but doesn't have to be, either.
If you are interested, I would be glad for you to contact me privately for more information, although the site link above gives really great information and even videos of other children and parents who chose IQ explaining why they did. And if you do decide to go, I am sure my daughter would be more than happy to welcome your daughter right away. My daughter is organizing a social event for the 23rd which your daughter is welcome to join, but I would need to get you in contact with her right away before the cutoff. Either way, please let me know if I can help you further.
It's certainly not for everyone, but we have found it to be a great alternative for our children and are happy we found IQ.
P.S. I forgot to say before that you also receive a parent email and login to their account so you can access their work as an observer and make sure they are staying on track. Plus, the computers are on Cyber Patrol, so they are completely safe and monitored by the school to make sure nothing inappropriate is being accessed from their school laptops.