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California Department of Education News Release
Release: #07-29
February 21, 2007
Contact: Tina Jung
E-mail: communications@cde.ca.gov
Phone: 916-319-0818

State Schools Chief Jack O'Connell Names
13 Model Continuation High Schools

SACRAMENTO — State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell today named 13 California schools as 2007 Model Continuation High Schools for their outstanding programs designed to help at-risk students.  The list is attached.

"These 13 schools provide promising practices that other continuation high schools may emulate to help students with diverse needs complete their high school education," said O'Connell.  "These schools were selected because of their exemplary programs that are designed to close the achievement gap, keep kids in school so they can graduate, and adequately prepare them for careers or college.  I want to thank the schools for creating these great programs, and congratulate the students for working hard to stay in school and make better lives for themselves." 

A continuation high school serves students aged 16 years or older who are at risk of not graduating from high school.  More than 69,000 California high school students attended 521 continuation high schools in 2005-06, the latest data available. The California Department of Education's (CDE) Continuation Education program has been an option for students since 1919.  The program emphasizes career technical education, uses exemplary instructional strategies, offers students guidance, counseling services, and more flexible school schedules to meet their needs. 

The Model Continuation High School Recognition Program is a partnership of the CDE and the California Continuation Education Association that identifies and recognizes outstanding programs and creates a resource list of quality programs for school visitations.  Fourteen schools applied for the recognition.  Applicants must be accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, demonstrate exemplary program effectiveness, school management, curriculum, instructional strategies, assessment and evaluation, education climate, and guidance and counseling. Parents, students, and community members were required to submit narrative statements supporting their respective schools. A review team visited the schools and recommended 13 for model school status.

The selected schools retain their title for three years and must submit an annual assurance of compliance with model school guidelines in order to maintain the designation.  The 13 schools join 61 previously designated Model Continuation High Schools.

For more information on Continuation Education, please visit Continuation Education.  For more information about the California Continuation Education Association, please visit CCEA [http://www.cceanet.org/] (Outside Source).

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2007 Model Continuation High Schools

  1. Abraxas High School, Poway Unified School District, Contact: Rudy Casciato, Ed.D., 12450 Glen Oak Road, Poway, CA 92064, 858-748-5900
  2. Alessandro High School, Hemet Unified School District, Contact: Walter Brubaker, 26866 San Jacinto Street, Hemet, CA 92543, 951-765-5183
  3. Alvord High School, Alvord Unified School District, Contact: Getty George, IV, 3606 Pierce Street, Riverside, CA 92503, 951-351-9292
  4. Amistad High School, Desert Sands Unified School District, Contact: Robert Blinkinsop, 44-801 Golf Center Parkway, lndio, CA 92201, 760-775-3570
  5. Central Bay High School, North Monterey County Unified School District, Contact: Ken Jordan, 17500 Pesante Road, Prunedale, CA 93907, 831-663-2997
  6. Chana High School, Placer Union High School District, Contact: Kathleen Sutphen, 3775 Richardson Drive, Auburn, CA 95602, 530-885-8401
  7. Chaparral High School, Snowline Joint Unified School District, Contact: David E. Smith, P.O. Box 296000, Phelan, CA 92329-6000, 760-868-5400
  8. Century High School, Conejo Valley Unified School District, Contact: James W. Martin, 1872 Newbury Road, Newbury Park, CA 91320, 805-498-6646
  9. Oak View High School, Oak Park Unified School District, Contact: Lou Tabone, 5701 East Conifer Street, Oak Park, CA 91377, 818-735-3217
  10. Somerset High School, Bellflower Unified School District, Contact: Patrick Dixon, 9242 East Laurel Street, Bellflower, CA 90706, 562-804-6548
  11. Vista West Continuation, Kern Union High School District, Contact: Barbara Kenney, 7115 Rosedale Hwy., Bakersfield, CA 93308, 661-589-4242
  12. W.C. Carle' High School, Konocti Unified School District, Contact: Dr. William R. MacDougall, P.O. Box 309, Lower Lake, CA 95457, 707-994-1033
  13. Wilbur Tracy High School, ABC Unified School District, Contact: Thomas Drulias, 12222 Cuesta Drive, Cerritos, CA 90703, 562-926-7136

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Jack O'Connell — State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Communications Division, Room 5206, 916-319-0818, Fax 916-319-0100

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