Community Schools

Serve high-risk youths, including those referred by expulsion, probation, Truancy Abatement Program or a School Attendance Review Board; provide challenging academic curriculum; and develop pro-social skills and resiliency.

Community schools serve mandatory and other expelled students, students referred by a School Attendance Review Board, and other high-risk youths. The 360-minute minimum instructional day includes academic programs that provide challenging curriculum and individual attention to student learning modalities and abilities. Community school programs also focus on the development of pro-social skills and student self-esteem and resiliency. Community schools are intended to have low student-teacher ratios. Students benefit from learning support services that include school counselors and psychologists, academic and vocational counselors, and pupil discipline personnel. Students also receive collaborative services from county offices of education, law enforcement, probation, and human services agency personnel who work with at-risk youth. Community schools are supported by supplemental apportionment for community school attendance, in addition to base revenue funding.  View or download The Single Plan for Student Achievement

The Alternative Programs Community Schools are: