Anyone here have a kid that has been sent to alternative school?

[NettePooh]

What for and how long were they there? How do you feel about it?

[connietrrll]

My daughter went a couple of times! It was an alternative to being suspended, and sitting home doing nothing. She punched a girl in the jaw and sent her to the hospital once! She called a teacher a f***ing a**hole! She threw a desk in anger management! Those are just a few of the many!

[02nana07]

not  mine but I know some that have and it kept them from quitting at least they got an education. 

[mumsy2three]

I haven't.

I don't know much about alternative ed placements but I know we have a few choices in our area. We also have an alt ed classroom in our high school. It's kind of like a learning support classroom. Some of the students go out to "regular" ed classes but some don't.

[Mary762]

My 4th son was sent to a alternative school due to violent behavior. At the time my ex and I had split and he was living with his father. He got into a shouting match with is english teacher and when she called him stupid he slapped the crap out of her and exit the school out the window. He got suspended for the rest of the year. My ex never told me instead was saying he was still in school until the school called me to find out why he had not returned and I was going to jail if he didn't. I ended up getting custody and none of the public schools would take him until he had showed good behavior so he got sent to a alternative school for one school year. He then returned to regular school where he started getting right back into trouble. I ended up sending him off to Job Corp which was the best thing I done. He got counsling, GED and certified in a trade. It made him finally growup!!

[ann197832]

My dd had learning disabilities and behavior management problems that showed up very early (3yo) she was in the early preschool program through our school but the couldn't handle her so at 4 the sent her to our alternative school she was there till 1st grade the tried her in a regular special ed class and it only lasted 2months and they sent her back she wad then at the school through 3 rd grade and when she failed 3 rd bc of the stupid passing of third grade to their state comprehensive testing even for the special ed kids I pulled her out and she is currently in homeschooling and doing much better she has add that caused her behaviors and she is now off her meds with the switch

[Lisa6697]

Be careful about calling the alternative ed classroom "learning support". In work in that classroom in my school district and by the time they are in high school if they are still in that class, they don't have a chance of "getting out" to any other class and they don't even get a diploma.  They get a certificate that says they attended XXXXXXXXXXX High School.  Be very careful!!!

[boys2men2soon]

No, but I know a lot of kids who attend(ed) alternative schools.    When I was in HS, we had an adjoining alt school, back then we called it a "continuation" school.   Usually they are smaller schools where kids work at their own pace.  Some students went there to graduate early, because they were academically ahead of their class. 

In my area, the alternative schools are definately popular, for troubled kids.  They have a basic curriculum, no advanced classes.  The classes are smaller, and not as structured.    The students who attend have been expelled from other schools, in trouble with the law, or just can't handle the rigors of a regular High school.     Some eventually return to Regular HS.   In those cases, I think they are a good idea.  Better teens be in school, getting an education, than hanging out on the streets wasting their day.

[momofne]

My oldest went for his last year of high school. He really didn't have a choice. He was on probation and one of the stipulations was that he graduate. This was the only way he could. None of us really wanted him going, including him. He did makes some friends but unfortunately alot of them were not of good character KWIM? So even though he graduated he still fell into some bad crowds which he still belongs to some of them.

[fantasticfour]

I know a kid here was sent there.  He was a NASTY kid.  Most horrible.  He was sent there in 6th grade because they couldn't send him earlier. Now he is nicely dressed, wears uniforms and is learning some manners.  Perhaps it depends on the alternative school.

[LoveLiz]

My step daughter kicked a teachers daughters ass after she gave Kim lip about her friend that just died in a car accident. She was put on alternative school for the rest of the year. Suspicious if you ask me. Long story short they lost all her papers and did not finish hs and she is 28 and working on her diploma.