Public alternative school explained

A public alternative school is a state school that "provides alternative learning experiences to the conventional school program and which is available by choice to every family in the community at no extra cost".^[1] They include:

• Open school
• School Without Walls
• Learning centers
• Continuation school
• Multicultural schools
• Free school
• Schools within schools

Examples

• Al Kennedy Alternative High School
• City School (Vancouver)
• Connections Alternative School
• Kingsland School
• Leonia Alternative High School
• Metropolitan Learning Center (Portland, Oregon)
• School Without Walls (Canberra)

Notes and References

1. Marilyn R. Cohn and Mary Ellen Finch, “The Public Alternative High School: 1 Solution to or Reflection of Societal Ills?”, Council on Anthropology and Education Quarterly, Vol. 6, No. 1 (February 1975), pp. 9–15.