Operates a variety of alternative schools and special programs for students who would benefit from learning in a non-traditional classroom.

Alternative Schools offered by Seattle Public Schools No. 1

Public elementary or secondary schools that have a curriculum which provides in depth instruction in a particular field or discipline such as the humanities, math and science, performing arts, communication, business, visual arts, medical/health professions or animal and biological sciences.

Specialized Curriculum Schools

Elementary or secondary programs or separate schools within the public education system that segregate, contain and attempt to reform disruptive students while providing instruction in core subjects. The programs serve as an alternative to suspension or expulsion, and students typically attend the program/school for specified time periods or until behavior requirements are met.

Disciplinary Alternative Education Programs

Public schools that offer the basic elementary or secondary curriculum plus creative electives in an informal instructional setting which features an approach to teaching and learning which emphasizes the students' right to make decisions and that views the teacher as a facilitator of learning rather than as a transmitter of knowledge.  Other characteristics may include cross-age teaching, independent study, individualized rates of progression, open plan schools and unstructured time and curriculum.

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Alternative Schools offered by Seattle Public Schools No. 1