Alternative Education School
Crossroads School is an alternative education school that is jointly operated by the Hempfield Area School District and the Mount Pleasant Area School District. Each school district has students who are removed from their home school because of either parent request, discipline infractions or truancy violations. Historically these students were placed at privately operated schools that specialized in educating disruptive youths.
Both school districts heard concerns from parents about the privately operated schools. One concern was the amount of time the students traveled on the school bus to these schools which were located outside either district or outside Westmoreland County. They expressed concerns for their children as well as how difficult it was for them as parents to attend parent conferences at those schools. The second issue was that our students were not being afforded the same quality of education that they received at their home school district. The private schools had to offer a general type of curriculum that would enable the student to blend back into a variety of school districts throughout Allegheny and Westmoreland County.
Both school districts decided that the best way to address these concerns was to provide a district operated alternative education program. The travel time is reduced by having the program located at the former East Hempfield Elementary School. The two districts can assure a qualified staff, instruction and curriculum by providing district staff and curriculum.
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