Alternative Schooling / ARC

Dothan City Schools is committed to ensuring students receive educational opportunities to successfully earn academic credit for graduation. The Accelerated Recovery Center (ARC) is offered as an alternative pathway for students who meet specific criteria for enrollment and are dedicated to earning a high school diploma.

Goals of the ARC Program:

Support students in remaining in school and successfully completing requirements for graduation

Encourage regular attendance and punctuality

Prepare students in college and career readiness future educational opportunities

Provide general education and response to instruction/intervention as needed

Provide academic counseling and behavioral counseling i.e. conflict resolution

Provide social skills development and career counseling support

ARC is a nontraditional school that serves secondary (middle/high school) students who meet any of the following criteria:

Have been disengaged from the traditional system by

Middle school grade level over-aged (16+ years)and/or behind in academic credits for graduation per grade level pacing requirements

Demonstrate creativity, honesty, courage, and hopefulness in pursuit of a high school diploma

Students at the ARC will receive academic assessment and core academic instruction in Mathematics, Science, English, Reading, and Social Studies, through a computer-based instruction program with direct teacher support.

All students are provided test prep opportunities for the state-required assessments and will test at their base schools. Students will participate in career preparatory opportunities, career assessments and inventories, and job-shadowing opportunities through community agencies as applicable.

Enrollment Procedures
- Students will complete an application obtained from their school
  counselor.
- Students, parent/guardian,administrator, and the counselor will be
  involved in an intake conference where a plan of services will be
  developed and a contract signed.
- Each contract will detail the required attendance, behavior, and
  conditions of enrollment. The contracts will be signed by all
  stakeholders and must be followed at all times to remain a part of
  the ARC.
- Students will not participate in extracurricular activities at their home
  base school while attending ARC.
- Students assigned will be subject to the Code of Conduct for Dothan
  City Schools.
- Students will remain on roll at home base school and attendance will
  be reported daily to home base schools.
Application Requirements and Review

Nomination from the middle or high school principal or tribunal
recommendation is required before an applicant will be considered for
Accelerated Recovery Center (ARC).

Accelerated Recovery Center is recognized by the Dothan City Schools as an
"alternative school of choice" and is designed to accommodate at-risk or
non-traditional students.

Students must be capable of success in an accelerated, self-paced
computerized, independent learning environment.

A completed application is required. Applications can be obtained from the
guidance department of either the middle school or high school
respectively and should be returned to the students’ base school guidance
office. All applications, upon approval by the base school’s principal and
the district coordinator providing oversight of this program, will be
forwarded to the ARC department at 201 E. Wilson Street.

Incomplete applications will be returned to the base school guidance
office. Filing an application does NOT automatically ensure acceptance.

DCS Credit Recovery Plan

DCS Credit Recovery Plan 2022-23 - Google Docs.pdf 75.83 KB (Last Modified on July 7, 2022)

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Accelerated Recovery Center Guide

Revised 2022 ARC-Accelerated Recovery Center.pdf 241.98 KB (Last Modified on July 7, 2022)

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Alternative Schooling

Enrollment Procedures

Application Requirements and Review

DCS Credit Recovery Plan

Accelerated Recovery Center Guide