Regional Office Youth Alternative Learning Services
Safe Schools and Alternative Academies
Our Alternative Academy and Safe School Programs are designed to meet the needs of individual learners. The Alternative Academy is designed to serve students for a variety of purposes, including but not limited to credit recovery and chronic truancy. Safe School programs serve students who have been expelled or who have served multiple suspensions due to serious and/or repeated misconduct. The programs are offered throughout the Regional Office of Education #26 service area. Contact your home district regarding a referral to attend one of the learning sites.
Mission
The mission of ROYALS, Regional Office Youth Alternative Learning Services, is to guide students in achieving academic success and post-secondary success. ROYALS provide a safe environment in which high-quality education is delivered and high-quality learning takes place. Students understand that attending regularly, making quality academic progress and displaying positive behaviors are all part of school success. ROYALS staff serve as mentors in guiding students to make positive, meaningful choices that will impact their future in a favorable manner.
Vision
The vision of ROYALS is to assist students in achieving academic success and finding pathways to a successful future. ROYALS students will become productive members of the community.
The Alternative Academies are designed to serve high school students who have a variety of needs, including credit recovery and chronic truancy.
The students may complete graduation requirements through their home high school while attending the Academies. Attendance at the Academies may be arranged through the high school guidance counselor of the school where the student lives.
The Regional Safe School Program (RSSP) serves expulsion-eligible and suspension-eligible students in grades 6-12. Expelling or suspending disruptive students puts them on the street, which may increase safety and advance the learning environment inside the school premises, but does not serve the educational needs of the expelled or suspended students or the community's need for public safety.
The purpose of RSSP is:
- to increase safety and promote the learning environment in schools;
- to meet the particular educational needs of disruptive students more appropriately and individually in alternative educational environments;
- to remove severe behavior problems from the regular classrooms and;
- to provide instruction for the student during the expulsion period.
The Learning Sites have a set of guidelines, based upon best practices for alternative programs. Each student has an Alternative Education Plan (AEP) and positive outcomes include: reduction in disruptive behavior, regular attendance, coursework completion and credit received/advancement in grade level, return to home school, grammar or high school graduation, and where appropriate, completing a program leading to taking the GED test and passing the GED.
To participate in our RSSP program, students must be referred by the home district. They will remain a student of the district while attending the Learning Site, which is the serving school.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
ROYALS wants you to remain safe. If you think you may harm yourself, contact the National Suicide Hotline:
Website: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
Phone: 1-800-273-8255
- ROYALS Learning Sites
- Imagine Edgenuity Online Curriculum (opens in new window)
- Contact Our Staff
- ROYALS Student Handbook (opens in new window)
- ROYALS Remote Learning Plan (opens in new window)
- ROYALS Absenteeism and Truancy Policy (opens in new window)
- Understanding Type 1 Diabetes (opens in new window)
- ROYALS Forms - School Use Only
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