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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". 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)
References
- 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.