alternative school

noun

: an elementary or secondary school with a nontraditional curriculum

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Since then, parents and community members involved in West Ada’s alternative school system have met with district leaders at three public meetings and filed 67 responses to a district Google form asking for input. Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 14 Mar. 2025 After being sent to an alternative school, Connecticut Junior Republic, due to his behavioral issues at 16, DeLeon became a three-sport varsity athlete in swimming, gymnastics and basketball. Tabius McCoy, Hartford Courant, 20 Feb. 2025 Much of the work is to be done at the VALE School, the former Hayes Leonard Elementary School building now used by high school students as an alternative school. Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025 The graffiti was discovered at Discovery High School, an alternative school in the Natomas Unified School District on the 3400 block of Fong Ranch Road. Jennah Pendleton, Sacramento Bee, 14 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for alternative school

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First Known Use

1969, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of alternative school was in 1969

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“Alternative school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alternative%20school. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.

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