1. An Alternative Intervention: Moving students from Comprehensive High Schools to Alternative High School Russell Bone Timothy Couto Kristen Floreno

2. Overview During the summer of 2011 a hundred and twenty (120) underachieving students attending district A received a letter from their high school informing them that they would no longer be attending the Comprehensive High School These students would be mandated to attend the district’s Alternative High School.

3. Background Created and designed by: District Superintendent Two Comprehensive High School principals Alternative High School principal Outside consultant.

4. Background Freshman specific program 60 High School Reform students under the age of 16 were mandated (making 80 total)

5. Background Reasons for assignment (mandate): Behavior Academic Attendance issues

6. Background: Model for success Mandated High School Reform Students Obtain High School Diploma or GED Earn High School Credit Do Not Earn any High School Credit or Drop Out of Formal Education Return to Comprehensive High School

7. Results: Initial Initial list of 115 students Of those 115 students only 100 of them enrolled in the Alternative High School It is unknown if the remaining 15 students changed districts or dropped out

8. Results: Initial Three students came to enroll in the Alternative High School but were sent to GED due to lack of credit. One student was sent to the juvenile justice center and could not enroll in the Alternative High School. Two students were expelled due to violation of the student code of conduct.

9. Results: After one semester 11 of the 93 intervention students are no longer attending District A’s Alternative High School Eight of the eleven students dropped due to attendance issues Four of these eight students had also dropped due to attendance in the first term

10. Results: After one semester Two students moved out of the district The reason why the eleventh student dropped is unclear from the data None of the intervention students have qualified academically to return to their Comprehensive High Schools.

11. Results: After one semester

12. Results: Unexpected ACT scores increased in Comprehensive High Schools Behavior infractions decreased in Comprehensive High Schools

13. Q and A