Illinois Truants` Alternative and Optional Education

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Illinois Truants’
Alternative and Optional Education
Program Directory
2015-2016
Illinois State Board of Education
Special Education and Support Services Division
Truants’ Alternative and Optional Education Program (TAOEP)
Sally Veach, Principal Education Consultant
V. Sue Taylor, Principal Education Consultant
Joni Deems, Professional Development Director
Illinois Truants’
Alternative and Optional Education
Program Directory
Volume 16
December 2015
Prepared in Partnership with:
Regional Office of Education #26
130 S. Lafayette - Suite 200
Macomb IL 61455
Phone: (309) 575-3226
Fax: (309) 837-2887
Web site: www.roe26.net
100 North First Street
Springfield IL 62777-0001
Phone: (217) 782-5589
Fax: (217) 785-9031
Web site: http://www.isbe.net
Publication Designed By:
Joni Deems
Illinois Truants’ Alternative and Optional Education
Program Directory
2015-2016
Table of Contents
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
College Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Black Hawk College - Optional Education Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
John A. Logan College - Adult Secondary Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Kishwaukee College, District 523 - Right To Succeed Program and Restart Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Lake Land College - Pathways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Lewis and Clark Community College - Enriched GED Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Regional Office of Education Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
ROE #1 Adams/Brown/Cass/Morgan/Pike/Scott - Abolish Chronic Truancy Program (ACT). . . . . . . . . . 10
ROE #3 Bond/Christian/Fayette/Effingham/Montgomery - Alternative Education Programs . . . . . . . . . 11
ROE #4 Boone/Winnebago - Regional Attendance Coop/Regional Learning Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
ROE #6 West Cook - West 40 TAOEP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
ROE #8 Carroll/JoDaviess/Stephenson - TAOEP Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
ROE #9 Champaign-Ford - Attendance Improvement Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
ROE #11 Clark/Cumberland/Coles/Douglas/Edgar/Moultrie/Shelby - A.I.M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
ROE #12 Clay/Crawford/Jasper/Lawrence/Richland - TAOEP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
ROE #13 Clinton/Jefferson/Marion/Washington - TAOEP Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
ROE #16 DeKalb - Truancy Intervention Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
ROE #17 DeWitt/Livingston/Logan/McLean - TAOEP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
ROE #19 DuPage County - TAOEP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
ROE #20 Edward/Gallatin/Hamilton/Hardin/Pope/Saline/Wabash/Wayne/White Learning Alternative Branch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
ROE #24 Grundy/Kendall - TAOEP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
ROE #26 Fulton/Hancock/McDonough/Schuyler - STAY-IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
ROE #26 Fulton/Hancock/McDonough/Schuyler - TAOEP Professional Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
ROE #28 Bureau/Henry/Stark - Assisting Children in Education (ACE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
ROE #30 Alexander/Jackson/Perry/Pulaski/Union - TAOEP Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
ROE #31 Kane - Truancy Prevention Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
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ROE #32 Iroquois/Kankakee - I-KAN Attendance Assistance Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
ROE #33 Henderson/Knox/Mercer/Warren - Project ADEPT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
ROE #34 Lake - PASS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
ROE #35 LaSalle/Marshall/Putnam—Attendance Awareness and Optional Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
ROE #39 Macon/Piatt - Futures Unlimited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
ROE #40 Calhoun/Greene/Jersey/Macoupin - TAOEP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
ROE #41 Madison - Madison County TAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
ROE #45 Monroe/Randolph - Right Track Truancy Prevention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
ROE #47 Lee/Ogle/Whiteside - Dropout Intervention System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
ROE #48 Peoria - Project Target . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
ROE #49 Rock Island - Prevention Services Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
ROE #50 St. Clair - St. Clair County TAOEP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
ROE #51 Menard/Sangamon- Sangamon County Learning Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
ROE #53 Mason/Tazewell/Woodford - Truancy and Credit Recovery Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
ROE #54 Vermilion - Vermilion County TAOEP Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
ROE #56 Will - TAOEP Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
District Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Alton Community Unit School District #11 - Alton Success Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Aurora East School District #131 - The Advantage Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Belleville High School District #201 - Alternative Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Bloom High School District #206 - TAOEP Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Cahokia CUSD #187 - CHS Alternative Education Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Cairo USD #1 - Cairo Truancy/Intervention/Supplemental Services Program (CTISP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Carbondale Community High School District #165 - Rebound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Carlinville CUSD #1 - TAOEP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Century CUSD #100 - PACE Cooperative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Champaign CUSD #4 - TAOEP Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Chicago Public Schools #299 - Attendance Improvement & Truancy Intervention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Community High School District #218 - Delta Learning Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Decatur Public School District #61 - TAOEP Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
East Richland Community Unit School District #1 - TAOEP Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
East St. Louis School District #189 - Education & Truancy Intervention Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
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Edwards County CUSD #1 - TAOEP Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Eldorado Unit #4 - TAOEP Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Evanston CCSD #65 - TAOEP Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Galesburg Community Unit District #205 - TAOEP Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Gallatin County Community Unit School District #7 - TAOEP Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Hamilton County Community Unit School District #10 - TAOEP Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Jersey Community Unit School District #100 - TAOEP Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
LaSalle-Peru Township High School District #120 - Attendance Advocacy Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Lincoln Community High School District #404 - Project Lift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Mt. Vernon Township High School District #201 - TAOEP Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
PORTA Community Unit District #202 - TAOEP Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Quincy School District #172 - TAOEP Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Rockford Public Schools District #205 - Rockford Attendance Initiative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Round Lake Area Unit School District #116 - TAOEP Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Thornton Fractional District #215 - TAOEP Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Thornton Township High School District #205 - TAOEP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Urbana School District #116 - Urban Adult Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Waukegan Community Unit School District #60 - Alternative Optional Education Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Introduction
What is the Truants’ Alternative and Optional Education Program?
Section 2-3.66 of the School Code (105 ILCS 5/2-3.66) authorizes the State Board of Education to
provide grants for the establishment of pilot Truants’ Alternative and Optional Education
Programs (TAOEP). These programs serve students with attendance problems and/or dropouts
up to and including those who are 21 years of age and provide truancy prevention and intervention
services to students and their parents and/or serve as part-time or full-time options to regular
school attendance. Programs, which primarily provide truancy prevention and intervention
services, integrate resources of the school and community to meet the needs of the students and
parents. Optional education programs, on the other hand, serve as part-time or full-time options to
regular school attendance and offer modified instructional programs or other services designed to
prevent students from dropping out of school.
What are the Services?
TAOEP services include prevention and/or intervention and optional education programs designed
to prevent students from dropping out of school.
Services include:
 Counseling
 Tutoring
 Mentoring
 Childcare
 Transportation
 Summer school
 Evening school, and
 Alternative school
The primary goals of the program are to reduce student truancy and dropout rates.
What are the Requirements?
All projects in this program are required to develop a community-based program plan.
Comprehensive community-based program planning results in the development of the program
goals and objectives and a strategic plan. The development of the strategic plan should be
supported by an analysis of social, human services and academic needs of students within the
context of school improvement. The development of program goals and objectives as well as the
process of identifying local/community resources in support of program services should evolve
from collaborative discussion among a group of program stakeholders and/or partners, such as, but
not limited to, the business community, government agencies, parents, local school administrators,
teachers and students.
Using in part the results of a comprehensive community-based program planning process, each
TAOEP project must make use of the services available from schools, social service agencies,
businesses, and other regional and local community entities. Projects should work to coordinate
their efforts with those of others concerned with the welfare of children, including school district
personnel, social service and community agencies, businesses, parents or guardians, court
representatives, and staff advisory groups.
An individualized optional education plan (IOEP) or service plan must be developed for each
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student served in the TAOEP. This plan is developed with the participation of school officials,
the student, and/or the student’s parents or legal guardians (if the student is less than 18 years
old). Plans should outline an individual student’s academic, social and/or vocational skill needs
as well as goals, objectives, and various educational experiences needed to reach those goals and
objectives. In development of the IOEP, consideration must be given to results of diagnostic
procedures conducted for the student. These diagnostic procedures shall include, but need not
be limited to, teachers’ observations test/assessment scores, an interview with the youth,
consultation with the youth’s parent(s) or guardian(s), a review of the youth’s academic history
and current educational functioning, and an assessment of the youth’s learning environment.
The assessment may also include consideration of the student’s need for mental health and
social services. The individualized optional education or service plan developed for each
student must specifically include:
(1) Learning objectives or individual outcomes, such as increased school attendance, course
credit, graduation, gains in achievement level or employment;
(2) The basis on which the student is referred to the program;
(3) The services that will be provided in relation to the student’s educational needs to achieve
learning objectives or individual outcomes;
(4) Assessment procedures to determine the degree to which the student is achieving his or her
learning objectives or individual outcomes; and
(5) Appropriate time period during which the student is expected to achieve those objectives or
outcomes.
Eligible Applicants
Public school districts, regional offices of education, community college districts, charter
schools, area vocational centers, and public university laboratory schools approved by the State
Board of Education are eligible to apply for either or both programs. Joint applications for
funds may be submitted. However, in each case an administrative agent must be designated,
and the joint proposal must have the signature of each superintendent or the official authorized
to submit the proposal.
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College Programs
Black Hawk College
John A. Logan College
Kishwaukee College
Lake Land College
Lewis and Clark Community College
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Black Hawk College Optional Education Program
Administrative Agency:
Black Hawk College
6600 34th Avenue
Moline IL 61265
Phone: (309) 796-5000
Website: www.bhc.edu
Glenda Nicke
301 Avenue of the Cities
East Moline, IL 61244
Phone: (309) 796-8222
E-mail: [email protected]
Counties Served: Rock Island, Henry and Mercer
Program Description
The Optional Education Program has functioned as a collaborative effort between Black Hawk College and the six
ROE #49 school districts that serve high school youth for over thirty years. The program is a key component in the
region’s continuum of educational options available for dropouts and potential dropouts.
Distinguishing elements include: variable entry/exit at three-week intervals, individualized instruction, student
choice, and focus on social and career as well as academic development. Academic services include both high
school and high school equivalency instruction during the academic year and summer school. Non-academic courtrelated , life skills, monitoring, parenting, referral, mentoring, and family support services are also offered through
TAOEP funds. Leveraged funds from other sources expand the number of academic classes and provide tutoring,
career and work experience, college classes, and transportation support.
Student outcomes will include one or more of the following: earned high school credit, earned high school diploma,
readiness for high school equivalency testing, completion of one or more equivalency tests, earned high school
equivalency credential, increase in Reading or Math scores, return to traditional school, completion of a career plan,
passing score in a life skills curriculum, and/or improved attendance.
Type of Service Offered: Optional Education/Alternative
Students Served: Potential Dropout and Dropout
Grade of Students Served: 9-12
Age of Students Served: 16-21
Program Sites: Black Hawk College Outreach Center & Black Hawk College Adult Learning Center
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John A. Logan College Adult Secondary Education (ASE)
John A. Logan Community College
700 Logan College Road
Carterville IL 62918
Phone: (618) 985-3741
Website: www.jalc.edu
Contact Person:
Crystal Hosselton
700 Logan College Road
Carterville IL 62918
Phone: (618) 985-3741 Ext. 8349
Counties Served: Williamson and Franklin - Jackson and Perry (In lieu of expulsion only)
Program Description
The Adult Secondary Education (ASE) program at John A. Logan College provides intervention services through:
1) an optional learning opportunity to dropout and potential dropout youth and 2) a credit recovery opportunity to
potential dropout youth with academic problems associated with attendance issues.
The following services are provided through the ASE programming:
1. An intensive, comprehensive, full-day educational program for dropout and potential dropout youth that includes
education (academic instruction), academic and personal counseling, support services, community internships,
workplace readiness, and volunteer activities.
2. A supportive educational summer and evening program that allows potential dropout youth with truancy issues
the opportunity to earn high school credit and remain “on track” for high school graduation.
3. A supportive program of counseling and communication for students, parents, and staff facilitated by on-staff
counselors and licensed social workers/counselors.
4. A program of assessment and counseling in academic, vocational, and life skill areas.
Type of Service Offered: Truant Intervention (Supplemental Services) and Optional Education/Alternative
Program Sites: John A. Logan College
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Kishwaukee College
Right To Succeed Program and Restart Program
Kishwaukee College
21193 Malta Road
Malta IL 60150-9699
Phone: (815) 825-8086
Website:
www.kishwaukeecollege.edu
Contact Person:
Joanne Kantner
21193 Malta Road
Malta IL 60150
Phone: (815) 825-2086 Ext. 3760
E-mail:
[email protected]
Counties Served: DeKalb, Ogle, and Lee Counties within Kishwaukee College District 523
Program Description
The TAOEP program provides educational and support services to re-enrolled high school dropouts age 16-21, as
well as truants, chronic truants, and potential dropouts in grades 9-12.
The Right to Succeed Program at Kishwaukee College assists students who have dropped from school obtain a high
school equivalency certificate. It provides academic counseling services, case management, and support services to
assist students in meeting their educational and career goals.
The Phoenix Program at Kishwaukee Education Consortium is an in-school program that provides counseling and
truancy court/social work services for truants/chronic truants/potential dropouts and retrieved dropouts. All day
remedial math and reading classes as well as other core curricular subjects are provided through the alternative
school program.
These programs utilize community resources and services and promote partnerships with business and industry.
Referrals to community and employment services are coordinated to develop opportunities and career pathways for
students as they prepare for a productive future. Program objectives reflect increased attendance and academic
achievement. Skills for student success, such as respect, responsibility, critical thinking/problem solving, teamwork,
community involvement, and lifelong learning are emphasized to prepare them for further education and
employment.
Students Served: Potential Dropout, Dropout, Truant and Chronic Truant
Program Sites: Kishwaukee College, Kishwaukee Education Consortium
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Lake Land College Pathways to the Future
Lake Land College
5001 Lake Land Blvd.
Mattoon IL 61938
Phone: (217) 234-5222
Website:
www.lakeland.cc.il.us
Contact Person:
Dirk Muffler
305 Richmond E
Mattoon IL 61938
Phone: (217) 238-8383
Counties Served: Shelby, Moultrie, Douglas, Coles, Cumberland, Clark, Edgar and Effingham
Program Description
With cooperation from ROE #3 and #11, Pathways to the Future will be provided in the Lake Land College District for the
26th year. Pathways will continue to offer services to students between the ages of 15-21 years who have either dropped
out of high school or are at risk of doing so.
Students entering into the Pathways program will either receive instruction toward the completion of their high school
diploma or GED certificate. Courses included within their instruction will include parenting education, life skills training,
vocational education, and job-seeking and keeping skills. Pathways will also offer tutoring, mentoring, and service
learning opportunities throughout the year.
Students will also be afforded the opportunity to ear dual-credits through our relationship with Lake Land College.
Instruction, including those for students with credit deficiencies, will satisfy ISBE State Goals for Learning and those of
local high schools and boards.
Pathways will be offered in five communities utilizing Lake Land College facilities in Mattoon and Effingham. Pathways
will also be offered in Casey, Marshall and Shelbyville as well. Classes will be held full-time, six hours a day at each site.
Each site will be staged by a certified teacher and classroom assistant.
Program Sites: Effingham, Casey, Shelbyville, Mattoon and Marshall.
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Lewis and Clark Community College Enriched GED Program
Lewis and Clark Community College
5800 Godfrey Rd.
Godfrey IL 62035
Phone: (618) 468-2000
Website: www.lc.edu
Contact Person:
Valorie K. Harris
5800 Godfrey Rd.
Godfrey IL 62035
Phone: (618) 468-4100
Counties Served: Madison, Macoupin, Jersey, Greene and Calhoun
Program Description
For the past 26 years, there has been consensus between LCCC and area high schools to transition high school aged
youth who have officially dropped out of high school by enrolling them in LCCC’s GED program. LCCC’s
Enriched GED program will provide an optional education program for 75 youth enrolled in GED classes at five
locations. Many of these youth have also dropped from alternative schools—for them, this program is often the last
resort to earn certification for secondary learning.
The purpose of enriched GED is to enhance the experience of students through ABE/GED instruction by adding
structure and support to improve prospects of successful transitions through the GED program to college or work.
Students attend a comprehensive orientation where they set goals and are given assessments. Based on the results,
they are either placed concurrently into career development and GED preparation, where they focus on getting their
GED while creating a transition plan that will lead to college and/or work, or they are placed into Evidence-based
Reading Instruction to focus on improving reading skills and transitioning to GED-level coursework. Students
complete an IOEP with a counselor and receive intense counseling services. Through these interventions, students
will improve basic skills, receive GEDs, and develop an understanding of themselves that will serve as a foundation
for their next step to college and/or work.
Students Served: Dropout
Grade of Students Served:
Program Sites: Lewis & Clark Community College in Godfrey, LC Scott Bibb Center in Alton
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Regional Office of Education
Programs
ROE #1
ROE #3
ROE #4
ROE #6
ROE #8
ROE #9
ROE #11
ROE #12
ROE #13
ROE #16
ROE #17
ROE #19
ROE #20
ROE #24
ROE #26
ROE #28
ROE #30
ROE #31
ROE #32
ROE #33
ROE #34
ROE #35
ROE #39
ROE #40
ROE #41
ROE #45
ROE #47
ROE #48
ROE #49
ROE #50
ROE #51
ROE #53
ROE #54
ROE #56
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ROE #1 Adams/Brown/Cass/Morgan/Pike/Scott Abolish Chronic Truancy Program (ACT)
ROE #1 Adams/Brown/Cass/Morgan/Pike/Scott
Jill Reis, Regional Supt.
507 Vermont Street
Quincy IL 62301
Phone: (217) 277-2080
Contact Person:
Website: www.roe1.org
Wayne Hummel
507 Vermont Street
Quincy IL 62301
Phone: (217) 277-2087
Counties Served: Adams, Brown, Cass, Morgan, Pike and Scott
Program Description
The goal of the newly consolidated ROE #1 TAOEP program takes a holistic approach to truancy by providing
intervention services and educational opportunities that improve school attendance, enhance academic performance,
and encourage positive attitudes towards education. TAOEP staff will develop a professional relationship with
students and families based on caring, trust, and respect while providing interactions such as home visits, phone
contacts, and one-on-one counseling with the student, family, and school, as they provide curriculum and/or monitor
school attendance.
An Individualized Attendance Plan is created for each student based on the individual’s attendance, needs, and
potential. Services will be implemented to attain attendance goals set. TAOEP intervention programming initially
provides supportive intervention to students age 6-17 at four days of truancy with additional, ongoing supports
offered throughout the year but specifically at seven and nine day intervals of truancy. The optional education
component for TAOEP at ROE #1 offers an alternative educational opportunity to at-risk students grade 9-12 at the
Lafayette School in Jacksonville. The academy not only offers a classroom setting to students in need but also
counseling and support to help the students become educated, literate, and employable upon high school graduation.
Grade of Students Served: K-12
Program Sites: Quincy, Pittsfield, Beardstown and Jacksonville
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ROE #3 Bond/Christian/Effingham/Fayette/Montgomery Alternative Education Programs
ROE #3 Bond/Christian/Effingham/Fayette/Montgomery
Julie Wollerman, Regional Supt.
300 South 7th Street
Vandalia IL 62471
Phone: (618) 283-5011
E-mail:
Contact Persons:
[email protected]
Julie Wollerman
Vandalia, IL 62471
Phone: 618-283-5011
Counties Served: Bond, Christian, Effingham, Fayette and Montgomery
Program Description
The goals of the ROE #3 are to provide an alternative/optional education program in grades 9-12 for high school
dropouts, truants and chronic truants, as well as provide truancy intervention/prevention services at the K-9 level to
students with irregular attendance.
The first goal will be achieved through New Approach and Aspire Alternative High Schools. The two high schools
will provide a setting where credits can be generated toward graduation. 20 school districts in the five-county area
will partner and provide the necessary educational components and social services needed for student success.
Credit recovery classes will target truant and credit-deficient students. The alternative high schools will provide
students with the opportunity to successfully return to their home school and/or graduate while focusing highly on
transition to the post secondary level.
The second goal will be met through the Regular Attendance Program (RAP). Truancy intervention/prevention
services will be provided at the kindergarten through ninth grade levels to promote regular school attendance.
Networking between RAP, other agencies, and the home school will be performed by the RAP attendance specialist
to ensure success for the student and his/her family.
Students Served: Dropout, Truant and Chronic Truant
Program Sites: Effingham and Vandalia
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ROE #4 Boone/Winnebago Regional Attendance Coop/Regional Learning Center
ROE #4 Boone/Winnebago
Dr. Lori Fanello, Regional Supt.
300 Heart Boulevard
Loves Park IL 61111-7516
Phone: (815) 636-3060
E-mail: [email protected] Contact Person:
Website: www.bwroe.org
Harold Sweeney
5949 Safford Rd
Rockford IL 61101
Phone: (815) 972-4384
Counties Served: Boone and Winnebago
Program Description
The Regional Attendance Cooperative (RAC) is the only program to provide support to the school districts of Boone
and Winnebago Counties, excluding Rockford District #205, with truancy intervention efforts. The RAC realizes the
district is responsible for primary intervention, but when the district’s efforts fail to improve attendance, students
will be referred to the TAOEP program. Upon referral, an individual plan is established with the input of the student
and parents/guardians which will effectively use program and community resources to address the root cause of the
truancy and assist the student/family to have a successful school experience. By the philosophy of the program,
should intervention efforts fail to correct the truancy problem, and we file a petition for truancy or educational
neglect with the States Attorney, we have failed in our efforts of intervention.
The Regional Learning Center (RLC) provides Alternative/Optional Education to students ages 16 to 21 years old
who reside in Boone or Winnebago County and have experienced school failure which has led to a decision to drop
out of school and now seek to return to complete their education. The RLC accesses community resources to meet
the needs of our students to become successful participants and productive citizens upon completion of the program.
Type of Service Offered: Truant Intervention (Supplemental Services) and Optional/Alternative Education
Students Served: Retrieved Dropout, Truant and Chronic Truant
Program Sites: Rockford and Belvidere
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ROE #6 West Cook
West 40 TAOEP
West 40 ISC #2
Dr. Mark Klaisner, Exec. Director
4413 Roosevelt Rd
Suite 104
Hillside, IL 60612
Phone: (708) 449-4284
Contact Person:
E-mail:
Dana McLeod
[email protected]
4412 Roosevelt Rd.
Website: www.west40isc2.org Suite 104
Hillside, IL 60612
Phone: (708) 449-4284
Counties Served: West Cook
Program Description
West 40 TAOEP will re-establish truancy services for School Districts 209 and 89 by offering a combination of
intervention and remediation services. The three main components are:
1. Educate parents and school districts regarding truancy in West Cook County and seek their involvement in
truancy reduction. Outreach Counselors will connect with community resources that will be utilized when
assisting students.
2. Outreach Counselors will work with school officials to identify the needs and numbers of chronic truants and
students at-risk of dropping out of school.
3. Outreach Counselors will interact with students to identify barriers to attending school. They will provide
personal counseling and/or connect them with community resources to address their truancy and help them get
back into school.
Type of Service Offered: Truant Intervention (Supplemental Services)
Students Served: Chronic Truants
Program Sites: School District 209 and School District 89
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ROE #8 Carroll/Jo Daviess/Stephenson TAOEP Program
ROE #8 Carroll/Jo Daviess/Stephenson
Aaron Mercier, Regional Supt.
27 S. State Ave., Ste 101
Freeport IL 61032
Phone: (815) 599-1408
Contact Person:
Website: www.roe8.com
Brandy Howard
27 S. State Ave., Ste 101
Freeport IL 61032
Phone: (815) 599-1408 Ext. 134
Counties Served: Carroll, Jo Daviess and Stephenson
Program Description
Regional Office of Education #8 will provide a truancy intervention/prevention program to at-risk youth in our threecounty region. The program will provide at-risk youth in grades K-12 with services designed to improve attendance
and build self-esteem, academics, and life skills. Need for services is determined using FY14 End of Year Reports,
FY 14 School Report Cards, meetings with local administrators, and past experiences of our TAOEP Program.
The two components of the program will be case management and credit recovery. The case management component
will be provided to districts with high numbers of truants and chronic truants. Truancy Specialists (case managers)
will conduct regular home visits, provide one-on-one informal counseling to truant youth, and facilitate referral and
linkage to school and community services. Credit recovery coursework will be available to all districts and will be
provided primarily via online instruction, academic progress and attendance will be monitored weekly.
Students Served: Potential Dropout, Truant and Chronic Truant
Program Sites:
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ROE #9 Champaign/Ford Attendance Improvement Program
ROE #9 Champaign/Ford
Jane Quinlan, Regional Supt.
200 South Fredrick
Rantoul IL 61866
Phone: (217) 893-3219
E-mail:
[email protected]
Website: www.roe9.k12.il.us
Contact Person:
Regina Parnell
200 S. Frederick
Champaign IL 61866
Phone: (217) 373-1305
Counties Served: Champaign and Ford
Program Description
The program provides supplemental truancy intervention services to 14 schools districts in east central Illinois.
Services include home visits, school visits, career services, academic counseling, health-related services, referrals to
social services agencies, support services for parents, credit recovery programs, court services and summer
programs. The program also provides a Truancy Review Board (TRB) serving chronic truants to determine final
efforts needed to avoid court. We have diverted many truants from court through this process as well as improving
their school attendance.
The goal of our program is to provide and coordinate services for students who are experiencing attendance
problems in order to maximize each student’s potential to achieve academic success. Program objectives include
increasing school attendance, reducing the number of chronic truants and providing summer school for secondary
students in order to allow them to advance to the next grade level.
We collaborate with other TAOEP Programs in our region, Champaign and Urbana, as well as various community
agencies to help us ensure a continuum of services to students.
Program Sites: Champaign
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ROE #11 Clark/Cumberland/Coles/Douglas/Edgar/
Moultrie/Shelby - Attendance Improvement Matters (A.I.M.)
ROE #11 Clark/Cumberland/Coles/Douglas/Edgar/Moultrie/Shelby
Dr. Bobbi Mattingly, Regional Supt.
730 7th Street
Charleston IL 61920
Phone: (217) 348-0151
Website: www.roe11.k12.il.us Kyle Thompson
730 7th Street
Charleston IL 61920
Phone: (217) 348-0151
Counties Served: Clark, Cumberland, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie and Shelby
Program Description
AIM (Attendance Improvement Matters) is the name for ROE #11’s supplementary TAOEP services. The purpose
of AIM is to provide direct services to students that will assist them in overcoming barriers that interfere with school
attendance. Priority will be given to economically challenged students because their numbers are growing in ROE
#11 and they tend to require additional services to help them overcome barriers to school attendance caused by
economic factors. The attendance specialists develop positive relationships with truant students and their families
through home visits, school/classroom visits, incentive programs, mentoring, monitoring, and any other activities
that are relevant to the intervention process. Flexibility in the design of the service plan ensures that individual
needs are met.
Beacons is the name of the alternative (optional) education component of ROE #11’s TAOEP services. Beacons is a
self-contained classroom designed for chronic truants below the age of seventeen who wish to catch up to grade level
or retrieve credits missed because of poor school attendance. Besides improving daily school attendance, another
major outcome of both programs is getting or keeping students on track for high school graduation. Attendance
improvement strategies are evidenced-based, flexible, sustainable, and coordinated with the classroom teacher,
school district, and social service agencies.
Students Served: Truant and Chronic Truant
Program Sites: Optional Education Program in Lerna and Paris
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ROE #12 Clay/Crawford/Jasper/Lawrence/Richland TAOEP Program
ROE #12 Clay/Crawford/Jasper/Lawrence/Richland
Monte Newlin, Regional Supt.
103 West Main Street
Olney IL 62450
Phone: (618) 392-4631
Contact Person:
Website: www.roe12.net
Travis Titsworth, Program Director
213 Cumberland St.
P.O. Box 77
Willow Hill IL 62480
Phone: (618) 455-3605
Counties Served: Clay, Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence and Richland
Program Description
This program provides for a variety of comprehensive services to specifically identified truant, chronic truant,
dropout and potential dropout students ages 6-21. Efforts will be focused on students with attendance problems and
potential dropouts. Chronic truants, potential dropouts, and retrieved dropouts will have priority status for placement
and services.
Each student served will have an Individualized Optional Education Plan (IOEP) and/or Service Plan developed
with the involvement of the student, the student’s parents/guardians, the Local Education Agency (LEA), and other
entities as indicated by individual circumstances. The students served may receive a variety of services that can
include remediation, intervention, support services and an academic component. The academic educational
component’s curriculum consists of general junior high school curriculum, Edgenuity online courses, and high
school courses, some including work site experiences, as identified by the LEA and Truant Alternative Optional
Education Program (TAOEP) Staff.
Program Sites: Willow Hill
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ROE #13 Clinton/Jefferson/Marion/Washington TAOEP Program
ROE #13 Clinton/Jefferson/Marion/Washington
Ron Daniels, Regional Supt.
200 East Schwartz St.
Salem IL 62881
Phone: (618) 548-3885
Contact Person:
Lynette Baity
200 Schwartz St.
Salem IL 62881
Phone: (618) 548-3885
Counties Served: Clinton, Jefferson, Marion, and Washington
Program Description
The ROE #13 Truant Alternative and Optional Education Program serves students and families of Clinton, Jefferson,
Marion and Washington Counties. The program is designed to provide comprehensive truancy intervention and
optional education for students age 7 to 12th grade from 49 school districts.
The ROE #13 truancy program provides positive truancy prevention and intervention services that are designed to
help students and their families become aware of the importance of consistent school attendance. The truancy
advocate works with students, their families, the school district and social services to provide solutions to the
obstacles that prevent regular school attendance. The ROE chronic truancy program offers support for students who
have experienced nine or more days of unexcused absences. These efforts include communication with parents,
home visits, juvenile court, educational support services, and an active truancy review board composed of members
of local social, legal and educational agencies. ROE #13 also offers comprehensive educational programs at the Mt.
Vernon Alternative Learning Center and the Centralia Alternative Learning Academy. Junior and high school
students are referred from the districts to the schools. Academic and behavior modification programs are tailored to
meet our students’ needs and attendance is closely monitored. Administrative staff and licensed teachers assist
students in meeting their academic and personal goals.
Program Sites: Alternative Learning Academy, Centralia, IL; Mt Vernon Alternative Center, Mt. Vernon, IL
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ROE #16 DeKalb Truancy Intervention Program
ROE #16 DeKalb
Amanda Christensen, Regional Supt.
2500 North Annie Glidden Rd. - Suite C
DeKalb IL 60115
Phone: (815) 217-0460
Contact Person:
E-mail:
[email protected]
Jeff Smith
Website:
2500 North Annie Glidden Rd. - Suite C
www.dekalbcounty.org/ROE/ DeKalb IL 60115
Phone: (815) 217-0460
Counties Served: DeKalb
Program Description
The DeKalb County Truancy Intervention Program (DCTIP) offers a combination of intervention and remediation
services to all public school districts in DeKalb County. There are 8 school districts comprising a total student population of 17,000. Intervention services are aimed at identifying truants, chronic truants and potential dropouts in K-12
and providing them with effective resources. Services are largely rendered by truancy outreach workers
(caseworkers) and include: parent education, absentee recovery, tutoring, monitoring, mentoring, counseling, home
visits, and referrals to social service agencies. Remediation services allow students who have fallen behind the opportunity to recover lost course credits through online credit recovery (6-12). These students receive academic support and tutoring so they may achieve academically and rejoin classmates on the road to graduation.
Program Sites: DeKalb County Regional Office of Education
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ROE #17 DeWitt/Livingston/Logan/McLean TAOEP Program
ROE #17 DeWitt/Livingston/Logan/McLean
Mark E. Jontry, Regional Supt.
200 W. Front St, Suite 500D
Bloomington, IL 61701
Phone: (309) 888-5120
Contact Person:
Website: www.rasblm.org
Glen Hoffmann
408 W. Washington
Bloomington IL 61701
Phone: (309) 828-5807
Website: www.rasblm.org
Counties Served: DeWitt, Livingston, Logan and McLean
Program Description
The DeWitt/Livingston/Logan/McLean TAOEP program provides supplemental services to the traditional school
that facilitates improvement in academic achievement and ultimate graduation of students that have been identified
as at-risk due to truancy and/or potential dropout status. Credit recovery style programming includes: single credit,
virtual schooling, and a summer session. These programs are open to any current 9-12th grade student in the region
enrolled in school, who meet TAOEP requirements, and are at risk of dropping out due to credit deficiencies. In
addition the summer session is open to grades 6-8 who are in need of a grade remediation program.
A K-12 prevention/intervention program provides outreach services for school personnel to improve student
attendance patterns and parent awareness of attendance requirements.
Program Sites: 408 W. Washington, Bloomington
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ROE #19 DuPage TAOEP Program
DuPage ROE
Dr. Darlene Ruscitti, Regional Supt.
421 N. County Farm Rd.
Wheaton, IL 60189
Phone: (630) 407-5800
E-mail:
Contact Person:
[email protected]
Dr. Joseph Gust
Website:
421 N. County Farm Rd.
www.dupage.k12.il.us
Wheaton, IL 60189
Phone: (630) 407-5772
Counties Served: DuPage
Program Description
The DuPage County TAEOP is a coordinated collaborative effort between all of the local school districts in the
county, local governmental agencies, community agencies, and the Regional Office of Education. The DuPage ROE
received referrals from our local schools. Each individual case receives multiple program options that include, but
are not limited to, Youth Outreach services (school visits, home visits, educational monitoring, advocacy, individual
counseling, family counseling, community agency referrals, parent education) case management, court liaison, and
prevention/education services. All grade levels (K-12) are served with intensive intervention/prevention services
targeting chronic truants. An individual Optional Education Plan is developed and includes a diagnostic profile
highlighting student needs, case management, goal setting, connection to the community resources and services
advocacy, supportive parental involvement including home visits, individual, family and group counseling and
continual reinforcement to meet the challenges and provide successful outcomes.
Students Served: Chronic Truant
Program Sites: DuPage County
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ROE #20 Edward/Gallatin/Hamilton/Hardin/Pope/Saline/
Wabash/Wayne/White - Learning Alternative Branch
ROE #20 Edward/Gallatin/Hamilton/Hardin/
Pope/Saline/Wabash/Wayne/White
Lawrence Fillingim, Regional Supt.
512 North Main Street
Harrisburg IL 62946
Phone: (618) 253-5581
Contact Person:
E-mail: [email protected] Jim Taylor
307 E. Cherry Street
Carmi IL 62821
Phone: (618) 382-5223
Counties Served: Edward, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Pope, Saline, Wabash, Wayne and White
Program Description
ROE #20 has worked with a strategic planning group to study the needs of at-risk adolescents in Edwards, Gallatin,
Hardin, Pop, Saline, Wabash, Wayne and White Counties. Five strategic goals have been identified for this project:
(1) Delivering two comprehensive optional education programs in the northern (Mill Shoals) and southern
(Harrisburg) tiers of the ROE #20 area; (2) Providing specialized intervention services to at-risk adolescents in high
school and to elementary students needing individual attention; (3) Formulating a region-wide group to address the
needs of elementary-level at-risk adolescents likely to exhibit behaviors requiring pre-high school remediation; (4)
Collaborating with the region’s social service agencies to provide comprehensive community-based interventions for
at-risk adolescents with problems not being met through the region’s schools; and (5) Establishing a region-wide
feasibility task force to explore bringing all of the region’s at-risk youth together in one school complex.
Several initiatives have been identified for the ROE #20 TAOEP. These initiatives will be: utilize the PBIS network
and the three-tier Response to Intervention model, establish two intensive learning centers, employ life coaches, and
increase the number of interventionists.
Program Sites: Mills Shoals Learning Alternative Branch School and Harrisburg Learning Alternative Branch School
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ROE #24 Grundy/Kendall TAOEP Program
ROE #24 Grundy/Kendall
Christopher Mehochko, Regional Supt.
1320 Union Street
Morris IL 60450
Phone: (815) 941-3249
Contact Person:
E-mail:
[email protected]
Meghan Martin
7700 Ashley Rd
Morris IL 60450
Phone: (815) 416-0377, ext. 1102
Counties Served: Grundy, Kendall
Program Description
The Grundy/Kendall Regional Office of Education provides supplemental and optional education services to the
students enrolled in the 18 school districts within Grundy and Kendall counties. Major emphasis is placed on
connecting the student to the school community, as well as the community at large, and to increase positive
interaction between truant youth and trusted adults. Program staff has worked to foster a truly collaborative
relationship between students, their families, school personnel, and existing community institutions.
The supplemental services portion of the grant employs two caseworkers who work directly with school personnel to
identify and support youth that remain truant despite numerous school-based interventions. Caseworkers provide a
variety of attendance interventions to referred youth. Over the past three decades, these measures have demonstrated
effectiveness through increased student attendance rates.
The optional education portion of the grant employs a teacher, a classroom aide, a mental health counselor, and an
employment coordinator. Referred youth will attend Premier Academy, the alternative school. They will benefit
from a full day academic program, life skills training, mental health groups and individual counseling, career
building, college planning, and other services as needed.
Type of Service Offered: Truant Intervention (Supplemental Services), Optional Education/Alternative
Students Served: Chronic Truant, Truant, Potential Dropout and Dropout
Program Sites: Premier Academy, Morris Campus
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ROE #26 Fulton/Hancock/McDonough/Schuyler STAY-IN
ROE #26 Fulton/Hancock/McDonough/Schuyler
John Meixner, Regional Supt.
Macomb IL 61455
Phone: (309) 575-3226
Contact Person:
Lori Bilbrey
Macomb IL 61455
Phone: (309) 575-3226, ext 1042
Counties Served: Fulton, Hancock, McDonough, and Schuyler
Program Description
The newly consolidated Regional Office of Education #26 provides a truancy prevention/intervention and alternative
education program to the 18 school districts in Fulton, Hancock, McDonough, and Schuyler Counties. Our goal is to
provide a truancy intervention and alternative education program designed to reduce the dropout and absenteeism
rates and increase overall academic performance.
Services provided through our truancy intervention component include truancy casework for underachieving
students referred for high rates of absenteeism. An optional education program is offered to grades 9-12 through
four alternative schools. These four alternative high schools provide a setting where credits can be generated toward
graduation. Students attaining credit may graduate from their home district. A credit recovery option, utilizing the
TAOEP statewide curriculum (Edgenuity) is also offered, allowing students to earn academic credit.
Program staff work cooperatively with school staff, students, and parents/guardians to prepare an Individualized
Optional Education Plan (IOEP) for each student participating in the program. Outcome-based learning objectives
address an increase in attendance and goals that show gains in achievement level, grade promotion, improvement in
academic grades, credits earned and/or completed, grade promotion, and standardized test score increases that are
compatible with the home school district’s local learning outcomes.
Program Sites: Academy for Secondary Education, Macomb; Hancock County Academy, Carthage; Spoon River
Academy, Canton; McCall Academy, Canton
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ROE #26 Fulton/Hancock/McDonough/Schuyler TAOEP Professional Development
ROE #26 Fulton/Hancock/McDonough/Schuyler
John Meixner, Regional Supt.
Macomb IL 61455
Phone: (309) 575-3226
Contact Person:
Joni Deems
Macomb IL 61455
Phone: (309) 575-3226 Ext. 1034
Website: http://www.roe26.net/taoep/
Program Description
The professional development project provides leadership and support to local TAOEP programs through the
delivery of professional development services, programs, and technical assistance activities, including:
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Assessing the professional development needs of persons working with TAOEP on an ongoing basis.
Providing direct training, technical assistance and other professional development opportunities.
Developing and publishing an annual directory of ISBE-funded TAOEP programs located throughout the State.
Coordinating the oversight of the Edgenuity On-line Curriculum and providing technical assistance on an asneeded basis.
 Administering the electronic listserv and world wide web site (http://www.roe26.net/taoep/)
 Coordinating TAOEP administrators meetings held throughout the year.
 Collaborating and coordinating activities with other entities serving youth at-risk.
Type of Service Offered: Professional Development
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ROE #28 Bureau/Henry/Stark Assisting Children in Education (ACE)
ROE #28 Bureau/Henry/Stark
Angie Zarvell, Regional Supt.
107 South State Street
Atkinson IL 61235
Phone: (309) 936-7890
Website: www.bhsroe.org
Contact Person:
Kim Sellers
107 South State Street
Atkinson IL 61235
Phone: (309) 936-7890
Counties Served: Bureau, Henry and Stark Counties
Program Description
The Bureau/Henry/Stark ROE provides a comprehensive program that addresses attendance issues in a 3 county
area. The program focuses on prevention, intervention, and remediation services, as well as systematic change
through integrated school improvement efforts. The Bureau/Henry/Stark ROE’s TAOEP initiative relies on
established community partnerships to provide access to vital resources, which link students with unmet needs to the
community services designed to meet those needs, building upon personal responsibility, academic success, and life
skills in order to prevent future truancy and dropping out of school. Preventing students from developing attendance
habits with an adverse effect on educational success is the initial strategy. Early identification in the progression of
problematic attendance occurs through the process of referrals coming from school staff, parents, and social service
agencies. Data gathering and assessment of student needs with invited parental involvement increases the potential
for success.
Students with attendance problems who are credit deficient and identified as a dropout, chronic truant, truant or
potential dropout may be given an opportunity to enroll in Edgenuity courses in order to assist districts as they
struggle to prevent dropouts and prepare students for post-secondary education and workforce readiness.
Program Sites: ROE #28, Atkinson, IL
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ROE #30 Alexander/Jackson/Perry/Pulaski/Union TAOEP Program
ROE #30 Alexander/ Jackson/ Perry/ Pulaski/Union
Donna Boros, Regional Supt.
Jackson County Courthouse
1001 Walnut Street
Murphysboro IL 62966
Phone: (618) 687-7290
Contact Person:
Jaime Lodge
1001 Walnut St.
Murphysboro IL 62966
Phone: (618) 687-7290
Counties Served: Alexander, Jackson, Pulaski, Perry, Union, Franklin, Williamson, Johnson, and Massac
Program Description
The TAOEP Program is a cooperative effort to serve truants and chronic truant in grades K-12 through interventions
to improve academic performance and poor attendance patterns. SPIRITS (Specialists in Prevention, Intervention,
and Remediation Truant Services) team members provide and coordinate multiple diagnostics and interventions,
including wrap around services to facilitate the successful completion of the students’ Individualized Service Plan
(ISP). The TAOEP program also includes an alternative optional education classroom for middle school students at
risk of academic failure and/or failure to attain the level of education of their peers. Alternative classrooms provide
direct instruction and online learning that focuses on core academic classes as well as career exploration and social
services to promote student engagement in the learning process and success toward college and career readiness,.
An Individualized Optional Education Plan (IOEP) guides the formative assessment of student progress in attaining
academic, behavioral, and attendance goals. The overall TAOEP program coordinates with local school districts and
community resources to support improved student attendance, achievement of academic success, and social/
emotional health.
Program Sites: Jackson, Perry Franklin, Williamson, Johnson and Massac
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ROE #31 Kane Truancy Prevention Program
ROE #31 Kane
Patricia Dal Santo, Regional Supt.
28 N. First Street
Geneva IL 60134
Phone: (630) 232-5955
Website: www.kaneroe.org
Joshua Axelsen
28 N. First Street
Geneva IL 60134
Phone: (630) 444-2967
Counties Served: Kane
Program Description
The Kane County TAOEP is a coordinated effort between all of the local school districts, local governmental
agencies, community agencies, and the Regional Office of Education.
TAOEP receives referrals from our local schools, community agencies, local government agencies, and private
citizens. Each individual case receives multiple program options that include, but are not limited to, youth outreach
services (school visits, home visits, educational monitoring, advocacy, individual counseling, family counseling, and
community agency referrals). Case management, court liaison, prevention education and intervention education are
key components of the program.
All grade levels are served with intensive prevention/intervention services targeting truant and chronic truants. An
Individual Service Plan is developed and includes a diagnostic profile highlighting student needs, case management,
goal setting, connection to the community resources and services, advocacy, supportive parental involvement
including home visits, individual, family and group counseling and continual reinforcement to meet the challenges
and provide successful outcomes.
Program Sites: All schools within county.
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ROE #32 Iroquois/Kankakee I-KAN Attendance Assistance Program
ROE #32 Iroquois/Kankakee
Dr. Gregg Murphy, Regional Supt.
189 East Court Street, Suite 600
Kankakee IL 60901
Phone: (815) 937-2950
Email: [email protected]
Contact Person:
Website: www.i-kan.org
Michelle Fitts
189 East Court Street, Suite 600
Kankakee IL 60901
Phone: (815) 937-2952
Counties Served: Iroquois and Kankakee
Program Description
The I-KAN Attendance Support Program has one overall goal - to keep students in school until graduation. To that
end, two components have been established to provide supplemental services, through I-KAN Attendance Assistance
Program (AAP), and Optional Education, through the Students All Learning Together Program (SALT). These
programs serve 19 school districts in Kankakee and Iroquois counties with a total population of approximately
24,048 kindergarten-12th grade students, over 1,720 teachers and 76 building principals.
The I-KAN AAP provides case management services to approximately 775 K-12 students. Through partnerships
with over 100 entities, including government and community-based agencies, the needs of students, schools, and
families are addressed. I-KAN AAP is a referring agency to the C&A LAN to assist chronic truant students. An
additional strategy to assist chronic truants is the I-KAN Truancy Review Board (TRB). The initiative is done in
partnership with the judicial system, numerous public agencies, school administrators, and parents.
SALT serves 180 students in grades 9-12 in two counties. Strengthening the academic skills of referred students to
meet the Illinois Learning Standards is a major focus. The SALT academic sessions are complemented with
vocational training, independent study, volunteer community service activities, career planning, and/or credit
recovery options.
Program Sites: Students All Learning Together (SALT) I - Kankakee County
Students All Learning Together (SALT) II—Iroquois County
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ROE #33 Henderson/Knox/Mercer/WarrenProject ADEPT
ROE #33 Henderson/Knox/Mercer/Warren
Jodi Scott, Regional Supt.
105 North East Street, Suite 1
Monmouth, IL 61462
Phone: (309) 734-6822
Contact Person:
Jodi Scott
105 north East Street, Suite 1
Monmouth, IL 61462
Phone: (309) 734-6822
Counties Served: Henderson, Knox, Mercer and Warren
Program Description
The Henderson, Knox, Mercer and Warren County Regional Office of Education #33 has developed a communitybased program plan with the primary objective of keeping students in the classroom so that they may realize
educational benefit and ultimately achieve career success. The Alternative Directive Emphasizing the Prevention of
Truancy (Project ADEPT) will serve four counties in the area through prevention, intervention, remediation, dropout
retrieval and systematic change components. Prevention involving attendance incentives and age-appropriate
activities will be offered to all K-5 students to reinforce the importance of regular school attendance. Intervention,
remediation, dropout and credit retrieval activities will serve students/families identified by referrals. These services
will be tailored toward the needs of the individual as outlined in the student’s IEOP. Systematic change targeting
regional attendance policies will also be pursued. Through these efforts, the A.D.E.P.T program hopes to promote
goal/oriented achievement among students and to provide them with the academic skills necessary to realize their
dreams.
Program Sites: ROE #33
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ROE #34 Lake PASS (Positive Alternative Student Services)
ROE #34 Lake
Roycealee Wood, Regional Supt.
800 Lancer Lane - Suite E-128
Grayslake IL 60030
Phone: (847) 665-0590
Website: www.lake.k12.il.us
Monika Schwander-Lottermoser
19525 West Washington St.
Grayslake IL 60030
Phone: (847) 223-3400 Ext. 224
Counties Served: Lake
Program Description
Regional Office of Education #34 provides comprehensive, dropout prevention and truant intervention (supplemental
services) programs for students in schools with the highest truancy and dropout rates. Services are provided to
students from grades 1-12 with special emphasis on preparing them for the workforce. Emphasis on the No Child
Left Behind Act, Illinois School Improvement Planning, Education-to-Careers Initiatives and Illinois Learning
Standards. Specifically, students and community will benefit from creating a seamless web of community support
through sustained, coordinated planning and program implementation.
1. Casework - ATD provides assessment, casework, personal counseling and referral services for 400 chronic
truant students resulting in improved attendance.
2. Attendance Groups - Schools that have a high number of referrals will be targeted for an Attendance Group. Stu
dents with 15 plus absences will be selected to participate in goal setting, life skills, decision making and study
skills.
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ROE #35 LaSalle/Marshall/PutnamAttendance Awareness and Optional Education
ROE #35 LaSalle/Marshall.Putnam
Christopher B. Dvorak, Regional Supt.
119 West Madison, Rm 102
Ottawa IL 61350
Phone: (815) 434-0780
Contact Person:
Dr. Sandra Blanco
119 W. Madison, Rm 102
Ottawa IL 61350
Phone: (815) 434-0780
Counties Served: LaSalle, Marshall, and Putnam
Program Description
The program will serve three counties: LaSalle, Marshall & Putnam.
For the attendance awareness program, the focus is providing intervention & remediation services to potential
dropouts, truants, and chronic truants in grade K-12 & to increase their attendance & improve their academic
achievement, with the long term goal of high school graduation. Services to referred students include coordination
with families & schools, educational assessment & students/family counseling. Each student’s individualized
Optional Education Plan may include referrals to school sponsored tutoring/counseling programs, to appropriate
social service agencies, Edgenuity Credit Recovery Program, Regional Work Study Program & Optional Education
program.
Evaluation will include the number of students & their attendance & academic (credit recovery) goals. The
philosophy of this program continues to be that the most successful avenue to reduce absenteeism & increase
graduation rates are comprehensive with intervention early in the child’s school career when attendance concerns
present themselves & to facilitate consistent parent/community involvement with supportive & safe environments.
Interventions are tailored to the individual.
The Optional Ed Program is for those who would flourish in a self contained classroom.
Program Sites: All school districts in LaSalle, Marshall, and Putnam Counties (except LaSalle-Peru Township)
IL Valley Community College, Ottawa
Optional Education Program, Peru
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ROE #39 Macon/Piatt Futures Unlimited
ROE #39 Macon/Piatt
Matthew Snyder, Regional Supt.
1690 Huston Drive
Decatur IL 62526
Phone: (217) 872-3721
Website: www.maconpiattroe.org
Contact Person:
Ed Boehm
250 East William Street
Decatur IL 62523
Phone: (217) 429-1054
Counties Served: Macon and Piatt
Program Description
Futures Unlimited Alternative School has served the at-risk youth of Macon/Piatt counties for the last 39 years.
Futures Unlimited helps at-risk students who are significantly behind in credits and have had problems attending
school in the past. Futures Unlimited is the only alternative school in Macon/Piatt counties that allows students to
graduate in an accelerated manner. Futures Unlimited operates through the Macon/Piatt ROE and provides an
optional education for many students.
The mission of Futures Unlimited is to serve at-risk students and their families by providing an opportunity for
education and guidance through various community based-programs. Our students have the opportunity to earn their
diplomas in a timely manner by utilizing an Individualized Educational Plan in a personalized atmosphere; thus
building academic and social skills needed for a successful life and becoming a productive member of the
community.
Program Sites: Futures Unlimited
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ROE #40 Calhoun/Greene/Jersey/Macoupin TAOEP Program
ROE #40 Calhoun/Greene/Jersey/Macoupin
Michelle Mueller, Regional Supt.
201 W. Exchange
Jerseyville IL 62052
Phone: (618) 498-5541
Website: www.roe40.com
Chad Hoesman
201 W. Exchange
Phone: (618) 498-5541
Counties Served: Calhoun, Greene, Jersey and Macoupin
Program Description
Delivery of service includes four following methods:
Counselors, mentors, social workers, and tutors work to remove barriers that prohibit successful school completion
by providing interventions before truancy becomes chronic.
If middle and high school absenteeism becomes chronic, students may be placed in the RTPP (Right Track Pull-out
Program) which is a minimum of six weeks. Students will attend a special program at one of the two alternative
education and concentrate on removing attendance barriers so they may return to their regular classrooms.
An Optional Education program is provided at two sites for drop-outs and potential drop-outs who want to return to
school to earn credits or take GED classes.
The TAOEP Truancy Review/Advisory Board meets regularly and provides support to those who are experiencing
excessive absenteeism through contact with parents, probation officers, and the court system.
District superintendents in all four counties believe in the TAOEP grant and rely on it for continued support.
Program Sites: Brussels, Calhoun, Carrollton, Greenfield, North Greene, Jersey, Carlinville, Greene, N. Mac, Northwestern,
Southwestern, Bunker Hill, Staunton, Gillespie, Mt. Olive, Carlinville
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ROE #41 Madison Madison County TAP
ROE #41 Madison
Robert Daiber, Regional Supt.
157 North Main - Suite 438
Edwardsville IL 62025
Phone: (618) 296-4530
Contact Person:
Andrew Reinking
157 North Main Street - Suite 438
Edwardsville IL 62025
Phone: (618) 296-4642
Counties Served: Madison County
Program Description
The Madison County Truants Alternative Program (MCTAP) emphasizes a holistic approach to reduce the problems
of truancy through school and community networking. The MCTAP provides remediation, intervention, and support
services to at-risk and truant youth through the assistance of a Truancy Review Board which is brought together by
the Project Coordinator to review truancy cases where local school personnel efforts have not been effective. An
Individualized Truant Alternative Plan containing diagnostic, intervention, and remediation services is developed by
the Interagency Resource Group for each referred student.
The second component is the Truancy Court Diversion Program that is designed to help students and families
establish regular school attendance without the necessity of filing a Truant Minor In Need of Supervision Petition
with the county courts. This diversion program involves the family coming before a truancy judge for judicial
admonishment and additional services if deemed appropriate. The third component, when all other interventions
have failed, is access to the truancy court at the county level.
Program Sites: Madison County ROE
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ROE #45 Monroe/Randolph
Right Track Truancy Prevention (RTTP)
ROE #45 Monroe/Randolph
Kelton Davis, Regional Supt.
107 East Mill St.
Waterloo, IL 62298
Phone: (618) 939-5650
Contact Person:
Gertie Eshom
107 East Mill St.
Waterloo, IL 62298
Phone: (618) 939-5650
Counties Served: Brown, Cass, Morgan, and Scott
Program Description
Right Track Truancy Prevention (RTTP), the Truants’ Alternative and Optional Education Program offered by the
Monroe/Randolph Regional Office of Education, is a collaborative effort among the ROE, Monroe and Randolph
county public schools, parents, Perandoe Special Education District, local support and law enforcement agencies.
The shared vision is to diminish and prevent chronic truancy and dropout by providing expedient and appropriate
interventions and supports for students who are showing academic, behavioral, cognitive and/or effective at-risk
indicators. Right Track Truancy Prevention program accentuates prevention, intervention, and remediation for
truants, chronic truants, and potential drop outs.
The RTTP staff delivers school support in the areas of data collection, at-risk identification, appropriate intervention,
monitoring and mentoring for students who are identified as at risk or currently displaying behaviors that lead to
dropping out of school. Interventionists work directly with the students, school counselors, mentors, family, and
community resources to identify and deliver support needs and options.
As a last resort, truancy tickets, Truancy Review Board, and court proceedings are administered should student,
family, school and community efforts fail in redirecting the student to the “right track”.
Type of Service Offered: Supplemental, Optional Education
Program Sites: Valmeyer, Waterloo, Chester, Perandoe, Coulterville, Prairie Du Rocher, Red Bud, Sparta, Steelville
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ROE #47 Lee/Ogle/Whiteside Dropout Intervention System
ROE #47 Lee/Ogle/Whiteside
Robert Sondgeroth, Regional Supt.
1001 West 23rd Street
Sterling, IL 61081
Phone: (815) 625-1495 Ext. 106
Website: www.leeogle.org
Janet Kacvinsky
1261 IL Rte 38
P.O. Box 55
Nachusa, IL 61057
Phone: (815) 284-7796 Ext. 2021
Counties Served: Lee, Ogle and Whiteside
Program Description
The Lee/Ogle/Whiteside Regional Office of Education (ROE 47) works closely with all schools in the area to
address the needs of all students. One need that is identified by all districts is that of non-attendance. Many issues
affect non-attendance and include disconnection from the school, problematic self-management skills, lack of
parental support for education, and need for individual attention to the matter. In an effort to address these, ROE 47
formed the ROE 47 Truants Alternative Program (TAP). ROE 47 TAP is a comprehensive truancy program which
focuses on prevention, intervention, remediation, and systematic change. The prevention phase works with our
schools to identify students who have irregular attendance patterns and to provide support to those students. The
intervention phase works with truants, chronic truants, and potential dropouts to improve attendance and promote
academic success. Remediation connects identified students to programs that offer credit recovery. ROE 47 TAP
will also connect potential dropouts to Alternative Learning Opportunity Programs within the 3 county area.
Systemic change will target school improvement by promoting methods for clear identification and referral
procedures and clear policies and procedures.
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ROE #48 Peoria Project Target
ROE #48 Peoria
Elizabeth Derry, Regional Supt.
Peoria County Courthouse
324 Main St., Suite 401
Peoria IL 61602
Phone: (309) 672-6906
Website: www.co.peoria.il.us/roe
Contact Person:
Elizabeth Derry
Peoria County Courthouse
324 Main St., Suite 401
Peoria IL 61602
Phone: (309) 672-6906
Counties Served: Peoria
Program Description
The Peoria County Regional Office of Education’s dual-program approach provides a continuum of services to
public school students in Peoria County identified as truant, chronic truant, potential dropout or dropout.
1. Project T.A.R.G.E.T has provided truancy intervention services for “truants” and “chronic truants” in grades K-8
for the past 30 years. Activities toward the general purpose of truancy prevention include home visits, courtrelated services, monitoring, and services referrals for students and families.
2. The Peoria Regional High School fills a service gap in Peoria County by providing an alternative education
program for drop-outs, truants, chronic truants, and potential dropouts in grades 9-12. Activities include
academic instruction, counseling, credit recovery, mentoring, life skills training, monitoring, and support for
parents.
Students Served: Truant, Chronic Truant, Potential Dropout and Dropout
Program Sites: Peoria County Courthouse, 324 Main St., Peoria, IL. Peoria Regional High School, Wildlife Prairie State Park,
3826 N. Taylor Rd., Hanna City, IL.
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ROE #49 Rock Island Prevention Services Program
ROE #49 Rock Island
Tammy Muerhoff, Regional Supt.
Moline IL 61265
Phone: (309) 736-1111
E-mail:
Contact Person:
[email protected]
Clayton Naylor
Website: http://www.riroe.com
Moline IL 61265
Phone: (309) 736-1111
Counties Served: Rock Island
Program Description
The Rock Island County Regional Office of Education (RIROE) collaborates with all Rock Island County school
districts to assist them in addressing the Illinois Compulsory Attendance (105 ILCS 5/25-1) school code requirement
that all children between the ages of 6 -16 attend school regularly. To achieve this goal, the RIROE Prevention
Services Truancy Program provides prevention and intervention services for youth who are truant, chronic truant and
potential dropouts. The goal is to support a collaboration network of RIROE Prevention Services Truancy Program
and community partners. The RIROE Prevention Services Truancy Program staff, school personnel, law
enforcement, court services and community social service agencies maintain and foster efforts to provide effective
and sufficient use of services to youth. The target population is youth identified as truant, chronic truants, potential
dropouts, and dropouts to achieve academic success leading them to becoming productive citizens of their
communities.
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ROE #50 St. Clair St. Clair County TAOEP
ROE #50 St. Clair
Susan Sarfaty, Regional Supt.
1000 South Illinois Street
Belleville IL 62220
Phone: (618) 825-3950
E-mail:
Contact Person:
[email protected]
Brad Harriman
Website: www.stclair.k12.il.us 1000 South Illinois Street
Belleville IL 62220
Phone: (618) 825-3946
Counties Served: St. Clair
Program Description
The program’s goals are to identify chronic truants, locate the students and their families, conduct formal hearings,
offer services to curb truancy, and follow the results of engaging families in appropriate services. TAOEP funded
services will support monitoring, counseling, home visits, family and student services. The general purpose is to
offer intervention efforts prior to students and parents being charged with compulsory attendance violations in state
court. Activities range from working with our school districts in resolving issues that lead to truancy at the district
level, the regional truancy board level, and finally the St. Clair County courts. District services include tutoring,
mentoring, after school assistance, academic counseling, credit recovery, monitoring, etc. County level outside
assistance is through social service intervention, substance abuse counseling, anger management, violence
prevention, family counseling, free or reduced legal assistance, homeless assistance, etc. Many students and their
families have successfully entered assistance programs while some have been summoned to court for failure to
comply with the recommendations of the St. Clair County Regional Truancy Review Board.
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ROE #51 Menard/Sangamon Sangamon County Learning Academy
ROE #51 Menard/Sangamon
Jeff Vose, Regional Supt.
Sangamon County Complex
2201 South Dirksen Pkwy
Springfield IL 62703
Phone: (217) 753-6620
Contact Person:
E-mail: [email protected] Shannon Fehrholz
2201 South Dirksen Pkwy
Springfield IL 62703
Phone: (217) 753-6620
Counties Served: Menard and Sangamon
Program Description
All students in Menard and Sangamon counties will be given an IOEP to outline the focus/services for each student.
Students in grades K-10 in Sangamon County and grades K-8 in District 186 considered to be truant/chronic truants
will receive attendance intervention, remedial and supportive services. All referred students will receive initial home
visits. The parent, school and student contact will continue on a regular basis throughout the school year. Services
are provided in collaboration with the community/school resources. SCLA serves truants, chronic truants, potential
dropouts and dropouts in grades 9-12 from Sangamon County schools at the Capital Area Career Center. SCLA
offers students the opportunity to attend the center’s vocational/technical programs and offers career counseling
services. Transportation is provided by each county school district. Unique features of SCLA include: small class
size, increased parental involvement, academic services, individual/small group instruction, behavior remediation,
academic counseling, attendance intervention, support services and transition services for return to the home school.
Program Sites: Sangamon County Learning Academy & Truancy Services to all districts in Sangamon County.
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ROE #53 Mason/Tazewell/Woodford Truancy and Credit Recovery Program
ROE #53 Mason/Tazewell/Woodford
Gail Owen, Regional Supt.
414 Court St., Suite 100
Pekin IL 61554
Phone: (309) 477-2290
Contact Person:
Gail Owen
414 Court St., Suite 100
Pekin IL 61554
Phone: (309) 477-2290
Counties Served: Mason, Tazewell, and Woodford
Program Description
The Truancy and Credit Recovery Program serving Mason, Tazewell, and Woodford counties, consists of two
programs.
1) The Truancy Intervention Program provides two case workers to serve students in grades K-12, families, and
school districts in Mason, Tazewell, and Woodford counties during the school year in accordance with TAOEP
guidelines. The goal is to serve 90 truants, chronic truants, and potential dropouts and their families improve
attendance, achieve promotion to the next grade level and to re-establish positive school habits and academic
success.
2) The alternative education program, known as ROE 53 Academy, provides an alternative high school education
for 60 dropouts, chronic truants, truants, and potential dropouts from Mason, Tazewell, and Woodford counties.
The rigorous curriculum offers credit recovery and meets graduation requirements for students. The online
courses are a basis for individualized learning, academic interventions, small group instruction, and tutoring. A
focus is placed on students and their requirements for a high school diploma.
An Individualized Optional Education Plan (IOEP) is created for students in each program and identifies student
objectives and measurements toward success.
Students Served: Dropout, Potential Dropout, Truant and Chronic Truant
Program Sites: Tazewell Alternative High School, Creve Coeur, IL Tazewell Truancy Program Pekin, IL.
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ROE #54 Vermilion Vermilion County TAOEP Program
ROE #54 Vermilion
Cheryl Reifsteck, Regional Supt.
200 S. College Street, Suite B
Danville IL 61832
Phone: (217) 431-2668
Website: www.roe54.k12.il.us Mark Janesky
200 S. College Street, Suite B
Danville IL 61832
Phone: (217) 431-2668
Counties Served: Vermilion
Program Description
The Truancy Intervention Program of Vermillion County will provide support services for students within the county
with the objectives of increasing student attendance, graduation rates, student promotion rates, and to intervene with
potential dropouts. The county is experiencing a greater number of truancy issues with much younger children. The
program will provide a caseworker that will work with approximately 460 students that are considered either truant
or chronically truant. The caseworker will provide students and parents with home visits, counseling services, some
transportation services, and also offer families access to numerous community support services, and will act as a
liaison between the court system, the schools, and the families.
Program Sites: Vermilion County ROE, Danville
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ROE #56 Will TAOEP Program
ROE #56 Will
Shawn Walsh, Regional Supt.
702 W. Maple St.
New Lenox IL 60451
Phone: (815) 740-8360
Contact Person:
E-mail:
[email protected] Scott Pritchard
Website: www.lincolnroe56.com 960 Royce Avenue
Joliet, IL 60432
Phone: (815) 774-8935
Counties Served: Will
Program Description
Lincoln School, the attendance center for Optional Education, offers optional education services to 50 eligible
chronic truants, truants, potential dropouts and dropouts in grades 6 through 12. The alternative school uses
Edgenuity as a base curriculum and works with cooperating school districts for further customizing. Certified
teachers and classroom aides complement this curriculum with direct instruction and community services. Support
services address the root causes of truancy and provide intervention in those areas most relevant to student success.
Students participate in employment preparedness and character building activities. The goal of the educational
program is to provide alternative educational experiences for students who have problematic attendance patterns.
These educational experiences are aligned with the common core and provide youth with the necessary skills to
become productive citizens.
The Will County ROE employs caseworkers who collaborate with the 29 school districts in the Will County. School
personnel and caseworkers collaborate to identify and support youth that remain truant despite school-based
interventions. Caseworkers provide a variety of attendance interventions after school based interventions are
exhausted. Emphasis is placed on connecting the student to the school and community to increase positive
interaction between truant youth and trusted adults.
Program Sites: Lincoln School
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District Programs
District Programs
Alton Community School District #11
Aurora East School District #131
Belleville High School District #201
Bloom High School District #206
Cahokia Community Unit District #187
Cairo School District #1
Carbondale Community High School #165
Carlinville CUSD #1
Century CUSD #100
Champaign CUSD #4
Chicago Public Schools #299
Community High School District #218
Decatur Public School District #61
East Richland Community Unit School District #1
East St. Louis School District #189
Edwards County CUSD #1
Eldorado Unit #4
Evanston/Skokie District #65
Galesburg Community Unit District #205
Gallatin County Community School District #7
Hamilton County Community Unit School District #10
Jersey Community Unit School District #100
LaSalle-Peru Township High School District #120
Lincoln Community High School District #404
Mt. Vernon Township High School District #201
PORTA Community Unit District #202
Quincy School District #172
Rockford Public Schools District #205
Round Lake Area Unit School District #116
Thornton Fractional District #215
Thornton Township High School District #205
Urbana District #116
Waukegan Community Unit School District #60
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Alton Community Unit School District #11 Alton Success Academy
Alton Community Unit School District #11
Dr. Kenneth Spells, Superintendent
1854 East Broadway
Alton IL 62002
Phone: (618) 474-2600
E-mail: kspells@altonschools,org Contact Person:
Website: www.altonschools.org
Kristie Baumgartner
1854 East Broadway
Alton IL 62002-9028
Phone: (618) 474-2600
E-mail: kbaumgartner@altonschools,org
Counties Served: Madison
Program Description
Alton Community Unit School District #11’s Truants’ Alternative and Optional Education Program serves at-risk
students in grades 9-12 at Alton High School. After conducting a needs assessment and gap analysis, four district
needs were identified to improve outcomes for students. Through the proposed program, Alton Success Academy
(ASA) will meet each of the previously identified needs. ASA will provide an evening school for 30 weeks (4 nights
per week 3 hours each night) during the program year where students may obtain high school credit, recover credits,
and earn college dual credit. District certified teachers will provide nightly instruction using a curriculum aligned to
the Illinois Learning Standards. Supplemental tutoring in reading and math will also be provided as an intervention
for students in math. Through the counseling department, students will also receive career coaching including
vocational course connections. Additionally, a truancy caseworker will provide truancy prevention and intervention
services by working closely with students, families, and court-diversion agencies. The expected major program
outcomes are to: increase attendance rates for targeted students while decreasing the number of chronic truants/
truants, increase graduation rates among targeted students through credit recovery and increase reading/math
achievement scores for program students leading to post-secondary success in college/career.
Students Served: Potential Dropout, Dropout, Truant, and Chronic Truant
Program Sites: Alton High School
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Aurora East School District #131 The Advantage Program (TAP)
Aurora East School District #131
Dr. Michael Popp, Superintendent
417 5th Street
Aurora IL 60505
Phone: (630) 299-5554
Contact Person:
Website: www.d131.org
Margo Schmitt
231 E. Indian Trail Rd.
Aurora IL 60505
Phone: (630) 299-7278
Counties Served: Kane
Program Description
The Advantage Program (TAP) serves students in West Aurora District 129 and East Aurora District 131 who are
pregnant students (either in their last trimester or following the birth of their child), and are potential dropout
students. Students continue their regular school curriculum with two critical advantages (1) a learning environment
that supports their special physical and personal needs and (2) an academic program customized to provide
individualized and small group instruction and to increase their likelihood of academic success and high school
graduation. TAP will operate in a District 131 facility for five hours daily during the school year. Approximately 60
students per year, 30 per semester, will participate in a structured schedule of core academic instruction and personal
development. Community partners teach parenting, life skills classes, and provide child care for the students’
babies. Services include counseling, health education, home visits, social and academic support.
Students Served: Potential Dropout
Program Sites: East Aurora High School Extension Campus
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Belleville Township High School District #201 Alternative Education
Belleville High School District #201
Dr. Jeff Dosier, Superintendent
920 North Illinois St.
Belleville IL 62220
Phone: (618) 222-8241
Website: www.bths201.org
Andrea Gannon
920 North Illinois Street
Belleville IL 62220
Phone: (618) 222-3723
Program Description
Alternative education began in BTHS #201 with a night school in 1976. It served 10 students and met 3 nights for
class. The night school has grown to over 200 students annually and classes are offered four nights per week. In
2012, BTHS #201 added an Alternative Day School program. This program started with 25, mostly freshmen and
sophomore level, who were at risk for school failure. The program currently serves 60 students. The two alternative
programs allow BTHS #201 to offer an array of options for students who struggle with truancy and at-risk behavior.
Alternative programs in BTHS #201 offer students small class sizes and individually developed educational
experiences. Social work, counseling, and outreach services help students build academic and interpersonal skills
needed for success. Programs offer vocational educational opportunities. The goal of the programs is to maximize
opportunities for our students to achieve high school graduation and be college or career read. The night school
graduates 80 students. Both programs offer a blended summer program and award over 2,000 credits/year.
Program Sites: Belleville Township High School West and East Campus
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Bloom High School District #206 TAOEP Program
Bloom High School District #206
Dr. Lenell Navarre, Superintendent
100 West 10th St.
Chicago Heights IL 60411
Phone: (708) 755-7010 Ext. 1123
Contact Person:
Website: www.sd206.org
Mariba Woods
100 W. 10th Street
Chicago Heights IL 60411
Phone: (708) 755-7010 Ext. 2114
Counties Served: Cook
Program Description
Bloom High School District #206, located in south Cook County, 30 miles east of Chicago, provides an alternative
program with 2 components. These programs cover the categories of recovery, retrieval, and intervention. Both
components serve over 190 students annually. The majority of these students meet low-income criteria and perform
below grade level on state academic assessments and have attendance issues.
Campus Centered High School (CCHS) is an evening school credit retrieval program for in-school students and
dropouts who are behind in credits needed to meet graduation requirements. The goal of CCHS is to assist students
in reaching their goals of high school graduation, and placement into a training program, post-secondary education,
military or job placement.
Each One Reach One (EORO) is an intervention program that provides identified at-risk, homeless, and CCHS
students with mentors. These mentors help students deal with critical issues by serving as a positive model and
keeping them engaged in educational and extracurricular activities on and off campus.
Students Served: Potential Dropout, Dropout and Truant
Program Sites: District 206
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Cahokia CUSD #187 CHS Alternative Education Program
Cahokia CUSD #187
Arthur Ryan, Superintendent
1700 Jerome Lane
Cahokia IL 62206
Phone: (618) 332-3700
Website: www.cusd187.org
Rick Jones
800 Range Lane
Cahokia IL 62206
Phone: (618) 570-7768
Program Description
The CHS Alternative Education Program is designed and is intended to provide an optional alternative education
program to at-risk high school students in Cahokia CUSD #187. In 2012-13, 52.5% or 527 of the 1061 CHS
students were chronic truants; 4.9% or 52 students dropped out of the traditional high school program; 68% of
students were low income. In 2013-14, there were 1005 students at CHS, of which 28% or 281 were chronic truants;
4.4% or 44 students were dropouts; 85% were low income. These high rates of chronic truancy, dropouts, and low
income continue today. A large percentage of students are behind in credits, standardized test scores are far below
state averages, and students are faced with personal, family, community, and other socio-economic circumstances
that make success in a traditional education setting extremely difficult or impossible for many. The program will
provide much-needed academic support and interventions, credit recovery, vocational training and opportunities, and
personal counseling and social services to provide a path to graduation, and to make it much more likely for students
to be college and career ready. Major goals and outcomes include: (1) the attainment of 2.5 credits/semester; (2)
reduced truancy/increased attendance rate; (3) improvement in student learning, performance, and outcomes.
Students Served: Potential Dropout, Dropout and Chronic Truant
Program Sites: Cahokia High School
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Cairo USD #1 Cairo Truancy/Intervention/Supplemental Services
Program (CTISP)
Cairo School District #1
Andrea Evers, Superintendent
4201 Sycamore
Cairo IL 62914
Phone: (618) 734-4102
E-mail:
[email protected]
Website:
www.cairoschooldistrict1.com
Contact Person:
Andrea Evers, Superintendent
4201 Sycamore
Cairo IL 62914
Phone: (618) 734-4102
E-mail:
[email protected]
Counties Served: Alexander
Program Description
The Cairo Truancy/Intervention/Supplemental Services Program (CTISP) is designed to address all aspects of
students attendance issues. The program has two overarching goals:
1. The CTISP coordinator will work with identified students and their families to determine variables that are
preventing attendance at school on a daily basis. Once variables are identified, efforts will be made to connect
the students and family with available social, medical, or academic supports so the student can freely and
actively participate in school. With a wrap-around approach, absenteeism will be significantly reduced. This
program will help each child reach his or her academic potential.
2. The CTISP coordinator will provide information and guidance to students and families regarding intervention
programs and other available resources to help develop adequate attendance patterns, enhance academic skills,
and promote the building of positive social skills.
With these goals as the foundation, CTISP will create an initiative where prevention will be accomplished by first
identifying the students who are truant, chronically truant, or at risk of dropping out. Intervention services for these
youth will be include parent meetings, counseling, mentoring, Positive Behavioral Intervention Supports, building
level supports, and referrals to community organizations and agencies. Other services, especially for potential
dropouts, will entail referrals to tutorial and credit recovery program.
Students Served: Potential Dropout, Truant, and Chronic Truant
Program Sites: Cairo Elementary School and Cairo Jr/Sr High School
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Carbondale Community High School District #165 Rebound
Carbondale Community High School
Stephen Murphy, Superintendent
330 S. Giant City Road
Carbondale IL 62902
Phone: (618) 457-4722 ext. 28
Website:
June Hickey
www.cchs165.jacksn.k12.il.us
205 North Oakland Avenue
Carbondale IL 62901
Phone: (618) 549-8232 Ext. 221
Counties Served: Jackson
Program Description
Carbondale Community High School Rebound offers a continuum of learning opportunities and supportive services
for retrieved dropouts. Rebound provides one truancy intervention service: high school credit coursework for
potential dropouts whose attendance problems and/or disaffection have resulted in credit deficiencies. Teacher
directed instruction is offered in nine week quarters plus a six week summer session. Our educational, support, and
transition components are strengthened by collaboration with area businesses and an extensive social services
network.
Rebound offers the following: (1) A comprehensive educational program for retrieved dropouts leading to secondary
completion (diploma or high school equivalency certificate); (2) Summer high school credit classes for potential
dropouts with credit deficiencies; (3) Supportive services to assist students in overcoming the barriers to success; (4)
Activities to develop leadership skills, teamwork skills, community service interests, and a sense of belonging; (5)
Transition assistance for post-secondary education, career awareness, and workplace entry.
Program Sites: Rebound at Carbondale Community High School
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Carlinville CUSD #1 TAOEP
Carlinville CUSD #1
Michael Kelly, Superintendent
829 W. Main St.
Carlinville IL 62626
Phone: (217) 854-9823
E-mail:
[email protected]
Website:
www.carlinvilleschools.net
Contact Person:
Elise Schwartz
18456 Shipman Rd.
Carlinville IL 62626
Phone: (217) 854-9849
Counties Served: Macoupin
Program Description
Carlinville Community Unit School District #1 provides supplemental services to students in grades 1-5 who are
characterized by multiple risk factors for dropping out of school. The National Dropout Prevention Center reports
that poor academic performance, low socio-economic backgrounds and frequent absences are the strongest
predictors of dropout risk. A potential dropout in Carlinville schools will be any student characterized by at least two
of these factors. Students experiencing one factor will be considered if apathy toward school, low motivation and
lack of parental support are additional areas of concern. The long-term goal of the program is reducing the dropout
rate through early intervention. The short term goals of the program are increasing academic achievement, improving
the attendance rate and creating positive relationships and connection with school.
In grades 1-5, Carlinville will provide students performing below grade level with supplemental reading and/or math
instruction for 30 minutes per day. Individual and/or group counseling, character education, an after-school program
and parental outreach activities will be supports provided to potential dropouts. Social-emotional learning and social
skills will be a focus of after school program activities, in addition to academics, physical fitness and experiences
outside of school (field trips).
Program Sites: Carlinville Primary School, Carlinville Intermediate School
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Century CUSD #100 PACE Cooperative
Century CUSD #100
Leslie Varble, Superintendent
4721 Shawnee College Rd.
Ullin, IL 62992
Phone: (618) 845-3447
E-mail:
[email protected]
Website:
www.centuryschooldistrict100.com
Contact Person:
Leslie Varble
4721 Shawnee College Rd.
Ullin, IL 62992
Phone: (618) 845-3447
E-mail: leslievar-
[email protected]
Counties Served: Pulaski
Program Description
The primary goal of the PACE Cooperative TAOEP Program is to motivate students toward regular attendance
resulting in academic success. All eleven schools within the three-county service area share the joint mission of
maintaining TAOEP classrooms within the area high school buildings. By doing so, TAOEP students are allowed
opportunities not only within the TAOEP classroom, but within the service school itself. Based upon high interest
surveys and teacher recommendations, students are allowed to integrate with the general education population for
some classes, allowing for the least restrictive environment. The Century and Egyptian site located in Pulaski and
Alexander County are K-12 districts. This allows both the Junior and Senior High students the opportunity to be
mainstreamed into the general education population. This is of great benefit to our students. This allows social and
emotional development, peer interaction, and the hope that each of these students fill in some of the academic gaps
and motivates each one to strive toward a better attendance rate and academic success. The Anna-Jonesboro site
allows 6-8 grade students to attend the site and 8th grade students that are truly high school age have been allowed to
integrate into the general education population as well.
Students Served: Potential Dropout, Dropout Truant and Chronic Truant
Program Sites: Champaign Community Unit School District #4 Schools.
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Champaign CUSD #4 TAOEP Program
Champaign Unit #4 School District
Orlando Thomas, Superintendent
703 S. New Street
Champaign IL 61820
Phone: (217) 351-3800
E-mail: thomContact Person:
[email protected]
Laurie Scott
Website:
www.champaignschools.org 703 S. New Street
Champaign IL 61820
Phone: (217) 351-3800
Counties Served: Champaign
Program Description
Champaign Community Unit School District #4’s truancy prevention program is designed to provide truancy
prevention and intervention services for truant, chronic truants and potential dropouts for all eligible K-12 students in
the district. The foundation for the program is Operation S.T.O.P. (Stop Truancy Outreach Program), a strategic plan
developed by Unit 4 leaders in collaboration with community partners representing a spectrum of health and social
services providers, local government and law enforcement, community members, parents, and the business
community.
The goals of the plan are to retrieve truant students, reconnect them to Unit 4 and community resources and reaffirm
the importance of education. The plan outlines three tiers of support to be provided to students and their families:
prevention, intervention, and credit retrieval or alternative placement. Check and Connect, an evidence-based model
of sustained basic and intensive interventions and academic support, provides the underpinning for the
implementation of the district’s truancy prevention program, the ultimate goal of which is to support student
achievement aligned with the Illinois Learning Standards at each grade level.
Program Sites: Champaign Community Unit School District #4 Schools.
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Chicago Public Schools #299 Attendance Improvement & Truancy Intervention
Chicago Public Schools
Office of Instruction and School Management
Attendance Improvement & Truancy Intervention
125 South Clark Street - 11th Floor
Chicago IL 60603
Phone: (773) 553-1543
Contact Person:
Website: www.cps.edu
Mary (Molly) Burke
42 West Madison St—Garden Floor
Chicago IL 60602
Phone: (773) 553-2937
Counties Served: Cook/City of Chicago Only
Program Description
CPS will operate 4 Re-Engagement Centers in high-need communities focused on the re-engagement of youth. CPS
will provide truancy intervention to potential dropouts and dropouts. Depending upon their needs, youth visiting the
Centers may be referred to services including school re-enrollment supports, life skills training, enrollment in online
credit obtainment programs, referrals to community services, monitoring and home visits, and/or personal and family
counseling.
Program Sites: Chicago Public Schools #299
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Community High School District #218 Delta Learning Center
Community High School District #218
Dr. Ty Harting, Superintendent
10701 S. Kilpatrick Avenue
Oak Lawn IL 60453
Phone: (708) 424-2000 ext. 2500
E-mail:[email protected] Contact Person:
Website: www.chsd218.org
MaLinda Majoch
10701 S. Kilpatrick Avenue
Oak Lawn IL 60453
Phone: (708) 424-2000 Ext. 2551
Program Description
The Community High School District #218 Delta Learning Center Program serves potential dropouts from the
District’s three comprehensive high schools. This alternative education program focuses on students with significant
attendance problems and credit deficiencies, along with the discipline and social-emotional issues that often
accompany poor attendance and failure to achieve high school credit. Direct instruction, online credit recovery
classes, and vocational, social-emotional, career-focused, and academic support services are provided at Delta
Learning Center. The program offers core academic classes as well as selected electives to promote student
engagement and future-focused motivation for learning.
Program Sites: Delta Learning Center, Community High School District #218
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Decatur Public School District #61 TAOEP Program
Decatur Public School District #61
Lisa Taylor, Superintendent.
101 West Cerro Gordo
Decatur IL 62523
Phone: (217) 424-3010
Website: www.dps61.org
Jodi Tull
601 North Church Street
Decatur IL 62522
Phone: (217) 330-6162
Counties Served: Macon
Program Description
Targeting 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students who historically may drop out, Decatur Public Schools identifies students
early and provides consistent interventions. Incorporating an Early Warning System (EWS) based on evidencedbased benchmarks, staff identifies students prior to the start of school, monitors throughout the year, and provides
supplemental and support services to remove the barriers to school attendance and success.
Students previously identified as TAOEP eligible continue in the program. Using attendance, behavior and credits
(grades) benchmarks, Priority 1 students, new to 6th, 7th, and 8th grade, meet EWS staff and set goals and sign
contracts to begin TAOEP services. EWS staff monitors Priority 2 students, meeting with them to discuss services
available should they choose to make a change in their determination to achieve district-established expectations for
promotion. Contracts, designed to access services such as tutoring, mentoring, and Edgenuity support to supplement
classroom instruction, provide the framework for success.
EWS staff, consisting of TAOEP Caseworkers, parent liaisons and teaching assistants, monitor students on a daily
basis providing parents with on-going updates, meets with students, families and staff, provides tutoring and support
services, and regularly updates contracts to provide students with the needed services to assure student growth and
achievement.
Program Sites: Thomas Jefferson Middle School; Stephen Decatur Middle School, Hope Academy, Harris Elementary, Franklin Elementary, Enterprise Elementary, French Academy, Durfee Magnet, Stevenson Elementary School
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East Richland Community Unit School District #1 TAOEP Program
East Richland Community Unit School Dist. #1
Larry Bussard, Superintendent
1100 East Laurel Street
Olney IL 62450
Phone: (618) 395-2324
Contact Person:
Website: www.ercu1.net
Larry Bussard
1100 East Laurel
Olney IL 62450
Phone: (618) 395-2324
Counties Served: Richland
Program Description
The consequences of not effectively educating our youth are felt beyond the school walls. In the working class towns
of Richland County, many of the students that we have educated over the years have historically remained in or
returned to the area to become adult members of the community. Thus, providing quality education and ensuring
student achievement serve as a direct investment in the community. Unfortunately, poor student attendance has been
a serious educational obstacle. Prior to institution of a TAOEP, the male graduation rate dipped as low as 57.3%.
Further research revealed that much of the failure could be attributed to truancy. This sobering data has served as a
catalyst for action. The implementation of a TAOEP has spearheaded much needed reform. The program combines a
carefully formulated truancy intervention program with an opportunity for dropouts and chronic truants alike to
receive credit retrieval. The TAOEP will orchestrate both new and existing legal enforcement, tutoring, counseling
and community-based services so that our students graduate and enjoy more career options. In so doing, this will
enrich and strengthen our community.
Students Served: Truant
Program Sites: East Richland High School, East Richland Middle School, and East Richland Elementary School
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East St. Louis School District #189 Education and Truancy Intervention Program (ETIP)
East St. Louis School District #189
Arthur Culver, Superintendent
1005 State Street
East St. Louis IL 62201
Phone: (618) 646-3009
Email: [email protected] Contact Person:
Website: www.estl189.com
Lawrence Tourijigian
1005 State St.
East St. Louis IL 62201
Phone: (618) 646-3192
Program Description
Educational services through the East St. Louis District TAOEP will be offered to eligible students with some form
of attendance problem. Students in grades 6-8 will receive prevention and intervention services. Intervention efforts
include a targeted approach to increase attendance and improve academic performance. To ensure that students in
need of the most assistance (due to the degree of their attendance problems) actually receive it, priority criteria have
been established for participation. Chronic truants will receive top priority, followed by truants, and then potential
dropouts.
Program Sites: Mason/Clark Middle School and Lincoln Middle School.
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Edwards County CUSD #1 TAOEP
Edwards County CUSD #1
David Cowger, Superintendent
361 W. Main Street, Suite 100
Albion IL 62806
Phone: (618) 445-2814
Website:
www.edwardscountyschools.org
Contact Person:
David Cowger
361 W. Main Street
Albion IL 62806
Phone: (618) 445-2814
Counties Served: Edwards
Program Description
Edwards County CUSD #1 has identified truancy as an area of concern for the district by conducting local needs
assessments with our community, consulting with the local law enforcement, judicial systems and the local Juvenile
Justice Council. The District’s stance is to become more proactive by providing more opportunities and resources to
youth and families of Edwards County. By doing so, we stand a better chance of reaching our educational goals of
these at-risk youth.
Three strategic goals are identified:
1. Provide a Truancy Interventionist who will provide specialized intervention services to the at-risk adolescents in
high school and provide the individual attention/intervention to those crucial years at the elementary level.
2. Provide a Truancy Interventionist who will work with families and develop specific plans of action to be
implemented in households identified as at-risk.
3. Provide a Truancy Interventionist that can provide one-on-one counseling to students identified as truants,
chronic truant and/or potential dropouts. They will develop individualized plans to assist and benefit these
students and provide tutoring opportunities to assist academic concerns which may contribute to attendance
patterns.
Program Sites: Edwards County CUSD #1
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Eldorado Unit #4 TAOEP
Eldorado Unit #4
Ryan Hobbs, Superintendent
2200 Illinois Avenue
Eldorado IL 62930
Phone: (618) 273-2881
E-mail:
[email protected]
Website:
www.eldorado.k12.il.us
Contact Person:
Ryan Hobbs
2200 Illinois Avenue
Eldorado IL 62930
Phone: (618) 273-2881
Counties Served: Saline
Program Description
The purpose of the program is to increase attendance rates at Eldorado High School in Eldorado. Eldorado High
School in the past had lower attendance rates and higher high school dropout rates of any school in any adjacent
county in Southern Illinois. The goals of our program are to raise the attendance and graduation rates and lower the
truancy rates. This is accomplished by using truancy intervention to offer services such as mentoring, home visits,
and coordinating services with other local agencies.
Program Sites: Eldorado High School
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Evanston CCSD #65 TAOEP Program
Evanston/Skokie District #65
Paul Goren, Superintendent
Joseph E. Hill Administration Center
1500 McDaniel
Evanston IL 60201
Contact Person:
Phone: (847) 859-8010
E-mail: [email protected] Joyce Bartz
Website: www.district65.net
Joseph E. Hill Administration Center
1500 McDaniel
Evanston IL 60201
Phone: (847) 859-8090
Counties Served: Cook, North Cook ISC
Program Description
The TAOEP program plan is comprised of three levels of intervention, each with the goal to support students in
achieving and maintaining good attendance. Each level is increased in intensity of contact, requirements, and
services offered to families. The program is coordinated and supported by one staff position and the Attendance
Social Worker. These positions are based in the targeted school sites and work closely with school administration
and teachers. The interventions are designed to approach families in a strength based manner and to engage parents
as partners in finding solutions while balancing the importance of school attendance for children. Non-participation
could result in a referral to the regional Truancy Officer as a last resort intervention. The format of the family
meetings in level 2 and 3 are very similar to a format used in child welfare known as a Child and Family Team
Meetings. These meetings seek to find supportive solutions for families by creating teams that include parents, the
child (if old enough), principals, teachers, therapists, clergy, and other key individuals whom are trusted by the
family. The meetings are led by a trained facilitator. The facilitator’s role is to lead the group in developing a plan
that addresses the root causes of chronic issues, is realistic, with a timeline and outlining each team member’s role in
the solution.
Program Sites: Chute Middle School, King Lab (K-8), Oakton Elementary, and Lincoln Elementary
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Galesburg Community Unit District #205 TAOEP
Galesburg CUSD #205
Bart Arthur, Superintendent
932 Harrison St. - PO Box 1206
Galesburg IL 61401-1206
Phone: (309) 973-2000
E-mail:
[email protected]
Website: www.galesburg205.org
Contact Person:
Jason Spring
1017 W. Dayton St.
Galesburg IL 61401
Phone: (309) 973-2003
Counties Served: Knox
Program Description
CUSD #205 Truants’ Alternative Program provides supplemental services to at-risk students in grades K-8 at seven
district schools via an Outreach Worker at each school.
Each Outreach Worker identifies a caseload of students with low attendance rates. Students targeted are the ones
most likely to significantly improve their attendance with the help of supplemental services. The Outreach Worker
coordinates or provides those services to the student.
Students Served: Potential Dropout and Truant
Program Sites: Gale Elementary, King Elementary, Steele Elementary, and Lombard Middle School, Nielson Elementary,
Silas Willard Elementary and Churchill Jr. High
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Gallatin County Community Unit School District #7 TAOEP Program
Gallatin Co. CUSD #7
Lucinda Schmitt, Superintendent
5175 Highway 13
Junction IL 62954
Phone: (618) 272-3821
E-mail:
Contact Person:
[email protected] Lucinda Schmitt
Website:
5175 Highway 13
www.gallatincusd7.com
Junction IL 62954
Phone: (618) 272-3821
Counties Served: Gallatin
Program Description
Our TAOEP goal is to improve the attendance of truant and chronic truant students in 1st—12th grade at Gallatin
County CUSD #7. We all know that truancy affects grades, creates low self-esteem, social isolation, and other
problems. We will accomplish our goals of improving attendance and passing classes and gaining credits by
providing a tutor to help them with their homework and gain confidence in their studies. This one on one help with
homework will be provided during their study hall or other appropriate time during their schedule. This person will
stay in contact with parents and teachers to make sure that our goals of improving attendance and grades is being
met. We will provide a truancy interventionist who will make home visits to see if there are any underlying
problems. They will work closely with the students, families, administration, teachers, social worker, and tutor to
help improve their attendance problem. We will provide a social worker to counsel students on why attendance is so
important, work on any social issues that they are having, help improve their self-esteem, and get them referred to
any additional agencies in the county, such as Egyptian Health Department, that can possibly help the students and
their families. The social worker will make contact with the truancy interventionist, tutor, teachers, administrators
and families so that we are all working together for the betterment of each student.
Program Sites: Gallatin County Community Unit School District #7
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Hamilton County CUSD #10 TAOEP Program
Hamilton County CUSD #10
Jeff Fetcho, Superintendent
109 North Washington St.
McLeansboro IL 62859
Phone: (618) 643-2328 Ext.
6102
Website: www.unit10.com
Contact Person:
Travis McCollum
1 Fox Lane
McLeansboro IL 62859
Phone: (618) 643-2328 Ext. 2129
Counties Served: Hamilton
Program Description
Hamilton County CUSD #10 will decrease truancy rates and increase graduation rates among our junior and senior
high school students. The following components are vital to the establishment and success of the program:
Truancy Support Team: This team will be comprised of Hamilton County CUSD #10 personnel. This team will be
responsible for program development, student selection, evaluation and monitoring of services.
Intervention Instructor: This individual will monitor students that have not successfully completed their required
coursework and are enrolled in the credit recovery program, collaborate with team members to develop service plans
and assist the assistant principal and guidance counselor in making home visits to identified truant students as well as
develop service plans for at-risk students.
Credit Recovery Program: Edgenuity will be available to students each hour as well as after school to enable students to stay on target for graduation.
After School Program: An after school program will be available to students that are not on track to graduate 3
days a week where students can access Edgenuity, and get support from the Intervention Instructor.
Summer School: Summer school will be offered in house using two certified teachers to monitor students and offer
instruction and support utilizing the Edgenuity software.
Program Sites: Hamilton County Jr/Sr High School
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Jersey Community Unit School District #100 TAOEP Program
Jersey CUSD #100
Lori Hopkins, Superintendent
100 Lincoln Street
Phone: (618) 498-5561
E-mail:
[email protected]
Website: www.jersey100.org
Contact Person:
Erica Smith
1101 S. Liberty St.
Phone: (618) 498-5527
Counties Served: Jersey
Program Description
The District 100 TAOEP provides truancy intervention and supplemental services for students in grades 6 through
12 enrolled in the district’s schools. It also provides credit recovery services for students who qualify and are
enrolled at Jersey Community High School. Those services are coordinated by the District 100 Attendance Mentor.
All students receiving TAOEP services are monitored for student attendance. Other services offered to TAOEP
students may include personal counseling, various family support services aimed at improving attendance, referrals
for social or academic services, and home visits. Students with low attendance may be required to attend a truancy
review board hearing with a parent/guardian.
High school students in need of credits to graduate may be enrolled in TAOEP to participate in credit recovery
program using an online curriculum.
Academic outcomes to be achieved by TAOEP students include passing classes, promotion to the next grade level,
earning credits, and graduation.
Program Sites: Illini Middle School, Jersey Community High School
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LaSalle-Peru Township High School District #120 Attendance Advocacy Program
LaSalle-Peru Township HS District #120
Steven Wrobleski, Superintendent
541 Chartres Street
LaSalle IL 61301
Phone: (815) 223-2373
Contact Person:
Stephanie Jeanblanc
Website: www.lphs.net
541 Chartres Street
LaSalle IL 61301
Phone: (815) 220-2782
Counties Served: LaSalle
Program Description
LaSalle-Peru Township High School offers a comprehensive program to provide academic, social, and vocational
support to students who are classified as truant, chronically truant, potential dropouts, or retrieved dropouts. Our
goals are to assist students to increase their attendance and improve their academic performance as they achieve a
high school diploma. A strong collaboration between students, school staff, community partners, parents, and educators provides a solid foundation for student success.
In the Attendance Advocacy Program, each student’s strengths and needs are assessed in order to determine which
interventions and educational resources would be most meaningful for the student. Students are connected to
community resources, mentoring opportunities, vocational exploration, and school-based services. Academic
enrichment opportunities such as tutoring, credit recovery courses, and summer school are considered for students
who are strug-gling academically. An optional education classroom is available to our students to provide a small,
structured, and individualized educational setting. In this setting, students complete self-guided online classes and
participate in in-teractive activities that sharpen their critical thinking skills. Social skills groups, personal
development projects, vocational exploration, and individual social work services are also included.
Program Sites: LaSalle-Peru Township High School District #120
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Lincoln Community High School District #404 Project LIFT
Lincoln CHSD #404
Robert Bagby, Superintendent
1000 Railer Way
Lincoln IL 62656
Phone: (217) 732-4131 Ext. 245
Contact Person:
E-mail:
[email protected] Janet Lovdahl
Website: www.lchs.k12.il.us
1000 Primm Road
Lincoln IL 62656
Phone: (217) 732-4131 Ext. 258
Counties Served: Logan
Program Description
Lincoln Community High School's Intervention For Truancy, Project LIFT, serves chronic truants, truants and
potential dropouts in a variety of ways. The Truancy Social Worker provides services which include but are not
limited to the following: recruitment of parents to work in partnership with the school; counseling services; referral
of students to tutors; “After School” to make up credit deficiencies for freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors;
flexible scheduling which allows for compacting the school day to meet individual student needs; experience related
work programs; and referral to appropriate community organizations and agencies.
“After School” online curriculum classes are one component of the program. Classes in English, Math, Social
Studies, and Science are offered on a regular basis and are taught by members of the LCHS faculty. Computer
courses including the institution of the Edgenuity program, allows students to work at their own pace without the
constraints of a traditional classroom setting. This format encourages program participants to take responsibility for
completion of the required material to earn course credit. “After School” allows students with credit deficiencies an
opportunity to get back on track in their attempt to earn a high school diploma. Program participants utilize “After
School” to complete course work in order to focus on a vocational or work program during the regular school day.
Program Sites: Lincoln Community High School
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Mt Vernon Township High School District #201 TAOEP Program
Mt. Vernon Township High School District #201
Michael Smith, Superintendent
320 South 7th St.
Mt. Vernon IL 62864
Phone: (618) 246-5908
Contact Person:
Website: www.mvths.org
Julie Littlefair
Mt. Vernon IL 62864
Phone: (618) 246-5751
Counties Served: Jefferson
Program Description
The MVTHS TAOEP program has the following program components that compliment existing school and
community programs:
 Social Workers -They counsel students, provide group and crisis counseling utilizing Life Skills
Training, make home visits, and keep parents informed.
 Truancy Support Team—This team is composed of MVTHS personnel and community agency
stakeholders. They are responsible for selecting participants, recommending services, monitoring, and
evaluating the program.
 Credit Recovery - OdysseyWare will be available to students each hour of the day as well as before,
after school, and in the summer to enable students to stay on target for graduation.
Program Sites: Mt. Vernon Township High school District #201
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PORTA Community Unit School District #202 TAOEP Program
PORTA Community Unit District #202
Matthew Brue, Superintendent
17651 Bluejay Road
Petersburg IL 62675
Phone: (217) 632-3803
Website: www.porta202.org
Matthew Brue
17651 Bluejay Road
Petersburg IL 62675
Phone: (217) 632-3803
Counties Served: Menard
Program Description
Truancy has been consistently cited by juvenile crime professionals as a predisposing factor in juvenile crime and as
a part of life for court-involved youths. Additionally, research has shown that high school dropouts enter the workforce with considerably less skills and with a higher propensity to live a life of poverty compared to their more educated counterparts. These realities can create tremendous financial and social burdens on a community. With these
thoughts in mind, a retrospective review of the PORTA CUSD #202 truancy problem, as well as the social and academic challenges facing the students in our community was performed. The sobering results suggest a school district
in need of truancy abatement services. To this end, we formulated a multi-faceted approach to the problem of
truancy, combining truancy prevention, intervention, remediation and alternative education services. In the process
of creating activities and organizing services for such an undertaking, we decided that an evidence-based approach
would maximize resources on research-proven and effective programs.
Program Sites: PORTA CUSD #202
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Quincy School District #172 TAOEP Program
Quincy School District #172
Dr. Cal Lee, Superintendent
1416 Maine Street
Quincy IL 62301
Phone: (217) 228-7158
Website: www.qps.org
Contact Person:
Carol Frericks
1416 Maine Street
Quincy IL 62301
Phone: (217) 223-8700
Counties Served: Adams
Program Description
Quincy Public Schools has developed a comprehensive program to provide academic, social-emotional, career, and
parent/guardian support to students who are truant and chronically truant, as well as those who have dropped out or
are at-risk of dropping out. The goal of the TAOEP program is to improve the academic performance and attendance
of students, as well as to enhance their sense of school connection. The students served within this program, in
grades 7-12, attend three sites: Quincy Jr. High School (Supplemental Services), Quincy Sr. High School
(Supplemental Services), QPS Graduation Assistance Program (GAP) (Optional/Alternative Education). The
Academic Services to be provided include academic counseling, tutoring, credit recovery program online
curriculum, and summer school academy. The Non-Academic Services to be provided include, health-related
services, home visits, life skills training, mentoring, monitoring, personal counseling, referral for social/academic
services, parent/family support services, and transportation. The Career-Related Services to be provided include
career service and work experience. TAOEP program services will ensure: 1). An Individualized Service Plan for
each student: 2). A Tutor and Family Liaison to monitor, coordinate, and provide needed services; 3). Edgenuity
course curriculum within school or extended-day or extended-year programming.
Program Sites: Quincy Public School District #172.
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Rockford Public Schools District #205 Rockford Attendance Initiative
Rockford Public Schools District #205
Dr. Ehren Jarrett, Superintendent
501 7th Street
Rockford IL 61104
Phone: (815) 966-3101
Contact Person:
E-mail:
[email protected]
Angela Hite-Carter
Website: www.rps205.com
501 7th Street
Rockford IL 61104
Phone: (815) 966-5251
Counties Served: Winnebago
Program Description
This program addresses chronic truancy, academic failure, and school engagement through interventions provided at
the high school level. We concentrate our efforts on 9th grade students during their transition phase and provide
identified students intense casework services. In addition, upper grade levels (10th, 11th and 12th grade) students
receive case work services based on previous years chronic truancy target percentages. Our objectives are to increase
attendance and academic achievement levels for all identified students within the chronic truancy framework.
Activities and services are:
1. Develop in-school support services which are aligned to community based social service interventions, i.e. students’/
family issues, social barriers and other domestic challenges.
2. All students identified will receive intervention and support services to assist themselves and their respective families.
3. Ensure identified students receive instructional support aligned to academic achievement within their respective
schools, during in-school tutoring opportunities, alternative learning site placements, and through community based
services.
Areas of concentration include identifying truancy causal factors, eradicating barriers to intervention, providing
students with career pathway decisions, coping skills, parent and academic support.
Program Sites: Auburn High School, East High School, Guilford High School, Jefferson High School
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Round Lake Area Unit School District #116 TAOEP Program
Dr. Constance R. Collins
801 Sunset Drive Court
Round Lake IL 60073-2999
Phone: (847) 270-9000
Website: www.rlas-116.org
Contact Person:
Eric Apgar
882 N. Nippersink Road
Round Lake IL 60073
Phone: (847) 270-9454
Program Description
RLAS 116 TAOEP project is to address the concerns of truancy by implementing policies and procedures that focus
on providing intervention strategies to assist students with improving their attendance and overall attitude towards
school.
Activities:
Teen Court—Teen Court is a volunteer program where the primary goal is to enable eligible students to accept
responsibility for their offense through participating in an alternative court process. The hearings are brought before
a volunteer attorney two times per month and tried by an attorney, who presides as judge, and a jury of peers.
Parent Journey—Parent Journey is an educational class for truant students and families. The class sessions are held
1 day per week for six weeks.
Outcomes:
Implemented district-wide truancy procedures that divide students into various levels of truancy based on severity
and chronicity of symptoms and additional factors.
Individualized Optional and Education Plan (IOEP) are developed for students receiving TAOEP services. The plan
identifies student strengths and weaknesses and established solution-focused goals that dictate how interventions will
be delivered.
Program Sites: Round Lake Area School District #116
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Thornton Fractional District #215 TAOEP Program
Dr. Creg E. Williams, Superintendent
1601 Wentworth Avenue
Calumet City IL 60409
Phone: (708) 585-2300
Contact Person:
Website: www.tfd215.org
Mike Fies
1605 Wentworth Avenue
Calumet City IL 60409
Phone: (708) 585-2388
Program Description
The purpose of the district’s TAOEP Program is to identify students that are at-risk of dropping out and provide
targeted, evidence-based intervention services that will improve students’ retention, promotion, and graduation rates,
decrease suspension rates, and increase the number of students who are college and career ready.
Our multi-faceted program includes the following: an alternative learning environment in a smaller setting (located
on our vocational center campus), a daily TAOEP intervention class that focuses on developing coping skills that
assist students with overcoming obstacles that interfere with school attendance, weekly group and individual
counseling, online credit recovery, and restorative justice training. This program offers rigorous academic
coursework and comprehensive non-academic supports that will help ensure that students obtain the skills they need
to successfully graduate from high school and pursue postsecondary education and employment opportunities.
Students Served: Potential Dropouts
Program Sites: Thornton Fractional Center for Academics and Technology, Thornton Fractional North High School, Thornton
Fractional South High School
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Thornton Township High School District #205 TAOEP
Leotis Swopes, Superintendent
465 East 170th St
South Holland IL 60473
Phone: (708) 225-4020
E-mail:
[email protected] Contact Person:
Website: www.district205.net Jerry Doss
465 East 170th St
South Holland IL 60473
Phone: (708) 225-4083
Program Description
Thornton Township High School District 205, serving over 4,887 students, implements a program to intervene with
potential dropouts and retrieve dropouts to facilitate their progress towards graduation. The district has a chronic
truancy rate of 15% compared to the state average of 9%, a dropout rate of 3.9%, and a low-income rate over 82.1%.
The program includes mentoring by truancy outreach professionals, academic assistance, credit recovery, Plato for
12th graders, parent consultation, and other efforts to assist students in staying in school and working towards high
school diplomas, including: Intervention and Prevention. Services for chronic truants and potential dropouts will
include counseling, tutoring, and parent involvement activities. Outreach professionals and program coordinator will
provide direct services, as well as linkage to other school and community services. Retrieval Counseling will be
provided to dropouts to examine a return to traditional education, or alternative options. The Individual Optional
Education Plan (IOEP) is monitored by program coordinator, outreach professionals, guidance counselors, program
counselors, teachers, students, and parents. The goal of the project is to increase student attendance, reduce the
dropout rate and increase high school graduation rate. This goal should, in turn, increase the graduation rate, an
important component of adequate yearly progress.
Students Served: Chronic Truants, Truants, Potential Dropouts
Program Sites: Thornridge High School, Thornton Township High School, Thornwood High School
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Urbana School District #116 Urbana Adult Education
Urbana School District #116
Dr. Don Owen, Superintendent
205 North Race St.
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: (217) 384-3600
Contact Person:
Website: www.usd116.org
Samuel Byndom
211 North Race St.
Urbana, IL 61901
Phone: (217) 384-3530
Counties Served: Champaign
Program Description
The TAOEP provided by Urbana School District 116 consists of two major parts, specifically the Urbana Adult
Education Center’s Storefront Academy, which provides an Optional Education program for high school dropouts
age 16-21 who will work to earn high school credit leading to their high school diploma or GED. Secondly,
caseworkers to provide supportive services in each Urbana school building. The TAOEP that we offer is the only
program that provides educational services for students age 16-21 who dropped out of traditional high school in ROE
#9. Furthermore, these students require flexible scheduling and additional support to successfully earn a high school
diploma or GED. Our program targets dropouts/potential dropouts and chronic truants. This program provides
supportive services to participants to achieve our objectives of improving attendance, college and career readiness,
and decreasing recidivism rates culminating in grade advancement and high school completion, which we understand
as the keystone to a successful program for TAOEP students.
Students Served: Potential Dropout, Dropout, and Chronic Truant
Age of Students Served: K-12
Program Sites: Urbana Adult Education Center; Urbana High School; Urbana Middle School; Martin Luther King Elementary; Prairie Elementary; Leal Elementary; Yankee Ridge Elementary; Wiley Elementary; Thomas Paine Elementary
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Waukegan Community Unit School District #60 Alternative Optional Education Center (AOEC)
Waukegan CUSD #60
Dr. Donald R. Batiste, Superintendent
1201 North Sheridan Road
Waukegan IL 60085
Phone: (224) 303-1010
Website: www.wps60.org
Grant A. Flink
1020 Glen Rock Avenue
Waukegan IL 60085
Phone: (224) 303-2860
Program Description
The mission of Waukegan’s Alternative Optional Education Center (AOEC) is to identify the social, emotional and
academic needs of our students and provide the appropriate support services and interventions to ensure their success
as students and citizens of our community. With this in mind, we have developed partnerships with the Lake County
Health Department, YWCA, College of Lake County, and other agencies to provide a wide range of services for our
students.
AOEC has several programs designed to improve the educational outcomes of District 60’s at-risk students. These
programs serve students in grades 6-12 who have experienced difficulties achieving academic success.
Both the middle school and high school programs target students who have fallen behind their peers academically
due to a variety of personal stressors. Both programs utilize a non-traditional, self-directed approach that combines
direct and computer-based instruction adapted to the needs of each student. The instructional and support staff at
AOEC maintain a communal learning atmosphere of mutual respect and cooperation with parents and the student
body. Additionally, the Saturday School and Summer School programs offer extra instructional time for students to
further their academic achievement.
Program Sites: AOEC/Stephens Center, Waukegan IL
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