| ALTERNATIVE & SUPPORT SERVICES
The Office of Alternative and Support Services provides
a variety of opportunities and experiences for a diverse group of
learners beyond the traditional classroom setting. Additionally,
this office restores identified students and adults to a level of
academic achievement and behavioral responsibility that supports
their educational and personal needs.
Alternative and Support Services is comprised of Alternative Programs,
Continuing Education, Health Services and Homebound Instruction.
Alternative programs provide students who have been expelled or
long-term suspended an opportunity to continue their education in
a small educational setting. It provides an educational opportunity
to high school students in grades 10-12 with exceptional ability
to excel in a nontraditional environment. These programs equip 16-
and 17-year-old students leaving school to acquire a GED.
Short Term Suspension Programs: Short-term suspension programs
are educational programs designed to assist students with tutorial
services during student’s suspension period from school. These
programs are for any student who has been suspended from school
for 10 days or less. More
on short-term suspension programs.
Continuing Education services are offered to citizens in the community
at a wide array of locations to include Riverside Health and the
Northrop Grumman Newport News. Further, instructional opportunities
are provided to students in the K-12 setting by allowing them to
complete high school repeat courses or their graduation requirements
in an Independent Study program.
Health Services monitors and treats, with proper orders, diagnosed
medical problems in addition to dispensing medication appropriately.
The health care professionals in the area assess illness and injuries
and advise parents/guardians and make appropriate recommendations
and referrals. They screen, identify for vision, hearing, growth
and dental defects. In addition, TB certification, bloodborne pathogens
plan, and the flu shot program for school employees are managed.
Alternative and Support Services monitors homebound instruction.
This service is provided to students that are unable to attend the
regular school setting for doctor-referred medical reasons. On occasion,
this service is provided to students for administrative reasons.
Initiatives
Increase alternative and continuing educational services
- Increase capacity at all alternative sites
- Implement new behavior modification program
- Restructure the education component located at the Juvenile
Detention Center
- Expand the number of students participating in the ISAEP program
to include 17-year-old students
- Assist in the restructuring of Peninsula Marine Institute to
a full day program
- Participate in the Race to GED program for adults in the community
Offer students the best possible health care in order to maximize
their potential to learn
- Provide computer eSIS training for Health Services staff.
- Implement the eSIS nursing and medication log in the clinic.
- Assist families to improve the attendance of students whose
chronic health problems interfere with learning.
- Provide nursing assistance to medically fragile students and
those with chronic disease.
- Provide flu shots for all staff.
Monitor the appropriateness, delivery, and quality of homebound
services
- Consult with health care provider
- Recruit classroom teachers in various subject areas
- Visit homebound centers throughout the city
- Collaborate with parents, school personnel and instructors
- In-Service for homebound teacher
The Newport News School Division
does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national
origin, sex, creed, marital status, age or disability in its
programs, activities, or employment practices as required by
the Title VI, Title VII, Title IX, Section 504, and ADA regulations.
Regina Harris, HR Compliance Supervisor, Human Resources, Newport
News Public Schools, at 12507 Warwick Blvd., Newport News, VA
23606, (757-881-5061), is responsible for coordinating the division's
efforts to meet its obligations under Section 504, Title IX,
the ADA, and their implementing regulations.
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