by Keith Roberts, Jackson Citizen Patriot
Adrian Rose found her high school classmates too distracting and was falling behind. Corrie LaCosse was nervous about attending a new high school her senior year. A traditional high school was not for them but Northwest Alternative High School, with its new online programs, was. Superintendent Tim Hall, a former alternative high school principal in Sault Ste. Marie, said the district is using computer technology to connect with students it wasn’t connecting with in the traditional classroom setting. “The intention to get more kids in the high school,” Hall said. “By offering several different instruction delivery methods we can meet more kids’ needs.”
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