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The Dodge City Alternative Education program consists of several different programs:

  • STRIDE, which is an online education program that is supported with certified teachers.  This program is designed for students in grades 9-12 that provides a different educational option to Dodge City High School students.  The alternative program has graduated between 68-79 students each year over the past five years.  The average enrollment at the Alternative School is 90 students.
  • CHOICE is a program that serves students in grades 6-12 that have been long-term suspended or expelled from their regular school.  This helps keep suspended students on pace to graduate while preventing them from continually disrupting others from learning at their regular school.
  • STP is a program that serves students in grades 6-12 who have been suspended on a short-term basis from their regular school.  These students go back to their regular school when the suspension ends.
  • JSRC is a joint program between USD 443 and the 16th Judicial District Juvenile Services office.  This is a program that serves students in grades 6-12 who have had trouble in most school settings or have been.
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ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION CAMPUS
200 W. Comanche Street, Suite B
Dodge City, KS 67801

Phone: (620) 371-1275
Fax: (620) 227-1715

Grades: 9th-12th
Principal: Daniel Ackerman
Hours:   8 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Meet the Principal

Daniel Ackerman photoMeet Daniel Ackerman, Principal at Alternative Education! Ackerman is a graduate of Dodge City High School (class of 1990). He attended St. Mary of the Plains College until its closing. He graduated in 1995 from Benedictine College, Atchison, KS with a BA in History & a minor in Secondary Education. He earned his Graduate Degree in 2006 from Washburn University, Topeka, KS, with a Master Education in Educational Administration.

 

Q: What is your favorite part about your job?

A: Getting to work with students that just need a different way of doing things. I enjoy everything about the Alternative School from the students to the staff. 

 

Q: What do you like to do in your free time?

A: Spend time with family, play golf, kayak, travel.

 

Q: Any fun facts about you?

A: Just a Dodge City boy that is back in his hometown giving back to the community that gave me so much.

ackerman.daniel@usd443.org

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