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Department of Student Services

Alternative Programs

 
What We Do

Caithness Shelter Home
A transition teacher is assigned to Caithness (a 30-90 day shelter for adolescents) to facilitate the enrollment of these students into the appropriate educational setting for their stay at Caithness.

Emory Grove Center
The upper Montgomery County alternative high school program for students who are not achieving at their potential for a wide variety of reasons, usually including behavior and/or attendance problems. Students are referred by their home schools. Emory Grove offers academic instruction in coursework for credits toward a high school diploma as well as a behavioral/social skills component which gives students the skills necessary to return to their home schools and succeed.

Fleet Street
The middle school alternative program for students who are placed through the Chief Operating Officer in lieu of expulsion. Fleet Street provides academic instruction as well as a behavioral/social skills component which gives students the skills necessary to return to their home schools and succeed.

Glenmont
The lower Montgomery County alternative middle school program for students who are not achieving at their potential for a wide variety of reasons, usually including behavior and/or attendance problems. Students are referred by their home schools. Glenmont provides academic instruction as well as a behavioral/social skills component which gives students the skills necessary to return to their home schools and succeed.

Hadley Farms
The upper Montgomery County alternative middle school program for students who are not achieving at their potential for a wide variety of reasons, usually including behavior and/or attendance problems. Students are referred by their home schools. Hadley Farms provides academic instruction as well as a behavioral/social skills component which gives students the skills necessary to return to their home schools and succeed.

Karma Academy
A group home for high school aged males. Alternative programs offers an in-board school to provide educational services to residents.

McKenney Hills Center
The lower Montgomery County alternative high school program for students who are not achieving at their potential for a wide variety of reasons, usually including behavior and/or attendance problems. Students are referred by their home schools. McKenney Hills offers academic instruction in coursework for credits toward a high school diploma as well as a behavioral/social skills component which gives students the skills necessary to return to their home schools and succeed.

Phoenix at McKenney Hills Center & Phoenix at Emory Grove Center
A recovery support program committed to providing a safe and caring place for students to receive their education while they are in treatment for substance abuse. Although treatment must take place outside the school day, the school program provides students with substance abuse recovery support and monitoring as well as academic instruction in coursework for credits toward a high school diploma.

Randolph Academy
The high school alternative programs for students who are placed through the Chief Operating Officer in lieu of expulsion. Randolph provides individualized academic instruction in courses for credit towards a high school diploma as well as a behavioral/social skills component which gives students the skills necessary to return to their home schools and succeed. Randolph also oversees the 45-day interim educational setting for special education students grades 6-12, located in Mark Twain School.

 

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