Another Alternative to DRHS?
As reported in an article in Monday's edition of the Bangor Daily News, the Tri-County Technical Center (TCTC) has proposed a program designed to reduce local dropout rates by offering hands-on education as an alternative to younger at-risk students.
The latest state data on dropout rates available to local officials showed that the center’s sending school districts — SAD 4 in Guilford, SAD 41 in Milo, SAD 68 in Dover-Foxcroft, SAD 46 in Dexter, SAD 48 in Newport and the Greenville school system — had much higher dropout rates (4.71 percent) than the statewide average (2.78 percent) in 2004-05, according to the
Diana Bowley BDN report.
Those statistics were cause to explore alternative ways to educate and motivate students at risk at an earlier age, according to Nicholas Vafiades, the center’s director. The proposed pretechnical program, conceived during a planning session, would do just that by offering certain freshmen and sophomores additional curriculum based on counseling, academics and community.
"This program is unique," Vafiades said Thursday. "What we’re trying to do as a program is set up an educational plan for the students that goes not only through high school graduation, but also goes on to a technical school.”
Sounds like another alternative to the current high school education model, doesn’t it? At least under the guidance of the regional council of the TCTC this alternative education program will be adequately supported, unlike the DRHS Options program.
The latest state data on dropout rates available to local officials showed that the center’s sending school districts — SAD 4 in Guilford, SAD 41 in Milo, SAD 68 in Dover-Foxcroft, SAD 46 in Dexter, SAD 48 in Newport and the Greenville school system — had much higher dropout rates (4.71 percent) than the statewide average (2.78 percent) in 2004-05, according to the
Diana Bowley BDN report.
Those statistics were cause to explore alternative ways to educate and motivate students at risk at an earlier age, according to Nicholas Vafiades, the center’s director. The proposed pretechnical program, conceived during a planning session, would do just that by offering certain freshmen and sophomores additional curriculum based on counseling, academics and community.
"This program is unique," Vafiades said Thursday. "What we’re trying to do as a program is set up an educational plan for the students that goes not only through high school graduation, but also goes on to a technical school.”
Sounds like another alternative to the current high school education model, doesn’t it? At least under the guidance of the regional council of the TCTC this alternative education program will be adequately supported, unlike the DRHS Options program.
posted by Art | 5/15/2007 08:53:00 AM
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