Margaret Woods, Coordinator

Alternative Schools provide students who have been expelled from the traditional school for zero-tolerance offenses, the opportunity to learn in a non-traditional educational environment. While enrolled in our program, teachers strive to keep students actively engaged in educational experiences that promote higher level thinking skills and problem solving.

Our goal is to reform student behavior, as well as increase academic achievement by providing a small pupil-teacher ratio. Alternative Education Specialists work with students individually and meet with students of similar offenses in groups. They follow a curriculum designed to cover appropriate behaviors, character building and wise decision-making. Mental Health personnel stand ready to provide services to students identified by staff as needing academic or behavioral intervention. Educational decisions are based on the needs and welfare of students through weekly staff meetings. Parents are encouraged to become an integral part of the process and feedback is provided to them through progress reports, conferences and parent meetings hosted by site administrators and principals.

We expect students to return to their home school, once their period of expulsion is completed, equipped with tools to learn more effectively and make decisions wisely.