It is the District’s intent to recognize at-risk students and provide assistance for them.  Meeting the needs of students at-risk is a complex task involving collaboration between families, students, the District, the community, and local governmental resources.  To be effective, approaches to helping at-risk students will involve a wide variety of curricular approaches, staff development, collaboration efforts, and administrative support.

Any student identified as at-risk of not meeting the goals of the educational program established by the District, completing a high school education or becoming a productive worker is considered to be at-risk.  These students include but are not limited to those identified as: dropouts, potential dropouts, drug users, drug abusers, low academic achievers, abused, homeless, youth offenders, and those with sudden negative changes in performance or physical trauma, language barriers, and/or learning disabilities or special needs.

The goals of the District’s at-risk program are:

1.     To reduce student failure in school.

2.     To increase the chance for all students to experience a productive life.

3.     To develop a staff awareness of the need for the at-risk program.

4.     To develop a curriculum and adopt instruction to meet the needs of at-risk students.

5.     To provide an early intervention program.

6.     To involve parents, community, and local governmental agencies with the at-risk program.

The overall responsibility for the development and monitoring of the program for students at-risk shall lie with the Superintendent.

Approved: 10/16/14

Reviewed: FY 2016-2017, August 15, 2016, June 28, 2021

Revised: 02/24/17