Alternative Education in Orange County

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Alternative Education in Orange County
Options for Students
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Options in Education

• Traditional School
• Charter School
• Home-schooling
• Private Schools
• Continuation Schools
• County Office of Education Programs
• Community and Correctional Programs
• Special Education-Special Schools
• Non public Schools

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Alternative Education Options to traditional
education

• Charter Schools Act of 1992
• Legislature outlined the purpose for charter
  schools
• Improve student learning
• Increase learning opportunities, especially for
  low achieving students
• Encourage the use of different and innovative
  teaching methods
• Encourage competition within the public school
  system

• Orange County
• 12 charter schools were operating in 2005-2006
• Approximately 6,300 were enrolled

• California
• 575 charter schools were operational in 2005-2006
• Approximately 200,000 were enrolled

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Orange County Charter Schools

• Capistrano Connections Academy-Independent Study
• Edward B. Cole Academy - Site based Instruction
• El Rancho Charter School - Site based Instruction
• El Sol Santa Ana Science and Arts-Site based
  Instruction
• Gates Charter Language School-Site based
  Instruction
• Journey School - Site based Instruction
• Olive Crest-Nova Academy - Site based Instruction
• Opportunities for Learning - Independent Study
• Orange County Educational Arts Academy -Site
  based Instruction

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Home Schooling

• Private School Affidavit filed with the state
• Private Independent Study Program (ISP)
• Private home-school program-private school/church
  partners with the parent
• Charter School home-school program
• District home-school program
• County operated program-Community Home Education
  Program, CHEP

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Private Schools

• More than 300 private schools in Orange County
• Serving approximately 57,000 students
• Tuition ranges from 2,000-20,000 per year

Continuation Schools

• An educational option for students in California
  since 1919
• School district option for students in grades
  9-12 only
• High School diploma program designed for those
  students whose nees are not being met in a
  comprehensive high school.

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ACCESSAlternative, Community, Correctional
Education Schools and Services

• Serves approximately 9,000 students
• All students are referred by school districts,
  Probation, or Social Services.
• Serving students K-12

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Schools and Services include

• Institutional schools for incarcerated youth
• Juvenile Hall
• Youth Guidance Center
• Los Pinos
• Joplin
• Theo Lacy
• Santa Ana Detention Center

• Group home schools for dependent youth
• Orangewood Childrens Home
• CRF Court Return Facility
• Marys Shelter
• New Alternatives Group Home

Probation site schools Youth and Family Resource
Centers
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Schools and Services cont

• Drug treatment programs
• Phoenix House
• Breakaway
• Hope Institute
• College Hospital

• Project Hope School
• Serving homless children in grades K-8

Approximately 60 community school sites
throughout Orange County providing an
individualize learning program serving students
grades 6-12. Selected sites provide a teen
parenting program.
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Schools and Services cont

• CHEP
• Community Home Education Center
• Home-school Program serving approximately 1.200
  students in grades K-8.
• 4 Regional sites throughout Orange County
• Credentialed teacher partners with the parent in
  providing standards based instruction.

Pacific Coast High Serving students in grades
9-12, home based instruction emphasizing online
instruction utilizing a community college format.
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Student Outcome for ACCESS

• 1,044 High School diploma
• 160 GED recipients
• 2 California High School
  Proficiency Exam passed
• TOTAL 1,206

Approximately 10 of student population returned
to district during the school year. In our South
County Region Area nearly 500 students returned
to district in September 2006.
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Non Public Schools

• The role of nonpublic schools is serve as an
  alternative special education service available
  to districts, special education local plan areas
  (SELPAs), county office of education and parents.
• The nonpublic school does not claim reimbursement
  for attendance
• It is a fee/tuition based program