High School Alternative Education in Rockingham County Public Schools March 25, 2013 Kelly Troxell, Ed.D.

QUICK FACTS 9-12 Enrollment = 388 Daytime Alternative Education Offered Each Period (One FT Teacher + additional sections as needed) Evening Alternative Education Monday-Thursday (Friday as needed) 3-5 ½ Hours Daily Two Teachers per Evening Dayton Learning Center One Teacher in each Core Area One Special Education Teacher ELL Program ISAEP Program (GED)

DAYTIME CLASSES Enrollment = 185 Most Common Reasons for Placement Academic or Attendance Intervention Transfer (Schedule Conflict) Other Placements Discipline Intervention or Placement by School Board, SDC, or SCC Other Circumstances Return from Homebound Return from Suspension or Expulsion Virtual Virginia Course

EVENING CLASSES Enrollment = 61 Most Common Reasons for Placement Discipline Intervention or Placement by School Board, SDC, or SCC Return from Suspension or Expulsion Academic or Attendance Intervention, Credit Recovery Other Placements Individual Student Needs (Family, Health, Employment)

DAYTON LEARNING CENTER Enrollment = 142 (including H.S. ELL and ISAEP) Grades 10-12* Placement: Self Selection Placement by School Board, SDC, SCC, or IEP Team Academic or Discipline Intervention by the Home School Total Time in School: Half Day only (DLC) – 40% DLC + MTC (or back at the home school) – 43% Full Day at DLC – 17% (including most ISAEP)

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