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Alternative Schools provide challenging learning environments that seek to convert the Virginia Standards of Learning into an effective learning curriculum. They offer the students the necessary academic and social tools required to achieve mastery of learning.
Fairfax County Public Schools - Support three alternative high schools. Bryant Alternative High School, Mountain View Alternative High School, and Pimmit Hills Alternative High School. These schools offer programs designed to help students whose life circumstances could result or have resulted in an interruption of their education or in their dropping out of school. The adult/alternative high school population consist of students who may be pregnant or parenting, students for whom English is a second language, older students who are returning to finish courses to earn their diploma, or students who need a flexible or extended program to accommodate their work or family requirements. In addition, adult / alternative high schools accept students who are based at another school and wish to accelerate their educational program. Students are also administratively placed through an area records review process or by the School Board. Students with severe discipline problems are not a target population for these schools.
These schools offer:
- Open enrollment.
- Classes available during the day and extended day, from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
- Evening classes in the summer.
- Scheduling that allows students to complete a yearlong course in a semester.
Bryant Adult Alternative High School - Predominately serves students from Area 1 of the Fairfax County School System. Bryant has both day and evening programs, where the faculty and staff create a supportive and learning environment. Small class sizes allow teachers to focus on individual strengths and needs. The program promotes the development of academic, personal and career skills so that these students can contribute responsibly to the community as reliable citizens, capable workers, and effective family members.
Mountain View Alternative High School - Mountain View Continue to provide exciting experiences for students. With the support and efforts of the community, particularly the members of the Dulles Area Chamber of Commerce, the classroom activities consistently extend beyond the individual classroom into the "real world". Mountain View provides the students with the academic knowledge and personal skills necessary for citizenship in their communities near or far.
Pimmit Hills Alternative School - Promotes a quality education based on life long learning which lead to earning a Fairfax County Public School Diploma. Pimmit Hills provide a caring, flexible, safe and disciplined environment, while helping to develop a student population who learn to demonstrate the ability to work collaboratively and to experience leadership roles while obtaining a education.
More information on additional Fairfax County Alternative School Programs.
Prince William County Public Schools - Provides a continuum of services, which focuses on meeting the needs of each child so that his/her maximum potential will be realized. These services include, but are not limited to, those, which address behavior, academic progress, work readiness, life long learning, and effective group participation so that these students will become productive members of society. The goal of the Alternative Education program is to provide a continuum of services or range of options to meet the academic, social, and emotional needs of the at risk population K thru 12.
Prince William County Middle and Secondary Schools provide:
- Challenge Program
- Distributed Learning
- GED Programs for 16 and 17 year olds
- Job Corps
- New Dominion Alternative Center
- Night School
The New Dominion Alternative Center - is designed for the following students who:
- Are disruptive to the learning environment at their base school.
- Lack motivation to meet basic requirements for success
- Do not qualify for special education services yet require individualized attention to achieve academically.
Students at New Dominion Alternative Center receive a quality instructional program based on Prince William Schools curriculum and a life skill component that focuses on appropriate behavior and vocational education.
Prince William County also has three Specialty Schools that serve the adolescent population Independent Hill School, Pace East Special Education School and Pace West Special Education School.
Independent Hill - A school where students learn to be educationally, physically and emotionally prepared to their maximum potential for successful community integration.
Pace East - At Pace East Special Education our mission is to provide a holistic educational program for all children, including academics and counseling, thus enabling all students to be successful when returning to their base schools.
Pace West - is a regional special education program, which provides services for students with serious emotional and behavioral issues. The faculty and staff at Pace West are committed to providing every student a quality education which emphasizes both academic and social/emotional growth.
More information on additional Prince William County Schools.
Loudoun County Public Schools - Provide a variety of resources at various locations throughout the county for Alternative Schools and Adult Education.
- Loudoun County High School.
- Potomac Falls High School.
- Ashburn Annex.
- Monroe Technology Center.
- Park View High School.
- Loudoun Valley High School.
More information on special programs in Loudoun Public Schools.
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