The Echo

Alternative Schools
Despite public perception, these programs offer students the individualized -- and positive -- attention they need


By JENNIFER PRICE • The News Journal • October 25, 2009

There are no metal detectors at Christina School District's alternative school. Police officers don't patrol the hallways. Students aren't on lockdown.

Principal Butch Ingram said the Douglass School is not the dumping ground for troubled kids that some perceive it to be... read more here