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Phoenix Program

TO: Lyman Amsden, Superintendent/ Spaulding High School Board
FROM: Alan T. Moore/ Bradley S. Bessette
RE: Phoenix Program/ End of Year Report

As another school year comes to an end, we would like to share with the board some Phoenix results from 2000/2001. We will have 15 graduates this year and worked with a total of 33 students and their families. Once again the success our students are experiencing far outweighs their failures. Heroin continues to be a factor that adversely effects some of our population but even there, we are reclaiming some students thought lost.

The Phoenix Program is gaining statewide notoriety as a model for alternative education with many districts inquiring as to "how we do it". The Vermont State Senate Education Committee visited and held a hearing at our facility this past winter and was very impressed with both our results and operation.

Please see below for a statistical breakdown of the 2000-2001 school year.

Total Population Served	33
Graduated with Class of 2001	15
Removed from program	3
Returned to Spaulding	1
Moved from district	3
Entered G.E.D. Program	1
Returning students 2001-02	10

NOTE:

12 of the 15 graduates were high school dropouts. The other 3 could not have graduated this school year without Phoenix (they lacked elective credits which they were able to gain through the Phoenix Program work component)

All 33 students encountered attendance or discipline problems while at S.H.S.

On May 16, 2001 the selection committee added 15 new students for the fall semester and we will begin the school year with 25 students. Five spaces will be reserved for students who encounter difficulties during the first 40 days of the new school year.