Community Education Partners Southwest is a program for students who have been expelled for disruptive behavior. Disciplinary programs allow expelled students to remain in school and continue their education under a specially designed curriculum.
Many alternative schools offer career or vocational training. Students who have trouble with traditional academic courses may excel at instruction that prepares them for the workplace. Small engine repair, the building trades and office work may be taught to students of diverse capabilities. Life skills curriculums are designed to teach students basic skills for use in daily life. Classes may include doing laundry, cooking dinner, grocery shopping and finding a job.
Alternative schools offer students with children an opportunity to complete their high school diploma while receiving child care. Such programs give the student-parent the ability to check in on their children during the day and break for feeding as appropriate.
Some school districts may allow students to take distance learning courses through an alternative school program. Tuscan United School District offers the AGAVE distance learning program to students who wish to study subjects not offered through the traditional high school curriculum. AGAVE offers marine biology, psychology, earth space science and web design. Distance learning courses have flexible class time arrangements and self-paced study potential.
The Tuscan Museum of Arts, Museum School of the Visual Arts offers artistically-inclined students curriculums designed to provide students with professional art training. Students have access to studio spaces to prepare artwork and gallery spaces to display artwork. Courses include sculpture, graphic design and painting.
Southwest Key schools in Texas operate juvenile justice education programs to students who have been expelled for criminal behavior, such as weapons possession, drug offenses and assault. The schools actively seek to build trust with students and their families in order to keep students from dropping out. Family and group counseling are offered for students with drug and alcohol dependence.