Wednesday, January 30, 2008
YOUNGSTOWN — A regional alternative education program for high school students who get into trouble at school and with the law would likely be set up as a new charter school.
The Mahoning County Juvenile Justice Center and the Youngstown City Schools are forming a partnership to pursue development of a program that would require high school students who get expelled to attend an alternative school that would provide both academic and vocational education, as well as behavior modification.
The court would assign the students to the school. Failure to attend or complete school work could result in incarceration.
The plan is to make it a countywide program serving all county public schools.
Juvenile court Judge Theresa Dellick has said she would like to have the program in place for the start of school this fall.
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