{"id":70,"date":"2018-08-23T16:26:09","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T23:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kern.org\/alted\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2026-08-10T17:33:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T17:33:31","slug":"community-schools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kern.org\/alternative-education\/community-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"

Community School is a year-round public school program operated by the Kern County Superintendent of Schools. Since 1987, Community School has worked closely with local school districts, the probation department, and the courts of Kern County to serve students with unique educational needs. The program takes an individualized approach to supporting students, with an emphasis on academic achievement and social emotional growth.<\/p>\n

Enrollment in a Community School is restricted to the following groups:<\/p>\n

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  1. Expelled students<\/strong>, including students who are temporarily enrolled while awaiting an expulsion hearing following a recommendation for expulsion.<\/li>\n
  2. Students referred by a School Attendance Review Board (SARB).<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Students referred by the probation department.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. Students whose parents or guardians have requested enrollment and received approval from the district.<\/strong> Voluntary enrollment may occur only when space is available and the district determines that enrollment in Community School will promote the student\u2019s educational interests. A parent or guardian of a voluntarily enrolled student may rescind the request for placement at any time, at which point the student is entitled to immediate re-enrollment in their district of residence.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Community School is a year-round public school program operated by the Kern County Superintendent of Schools. Since 1987, Community School has worked closely with local school districts, the probation department, and the courts of Kern County to serve students with unique educational needs. The program takes an individualized approach to supporting students, with an emphasis […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-70","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kern.org\/alternative-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kern.org\/alternative-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kern.org\/alternative-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kern.org\/alternative-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kern.org\/alternative-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/kern.org\/alternative-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9592,"href":"https:\/\/kern.org\/alternative-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70\/revisions\/9592"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kern.org\/alternative-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kern.org\/alternative-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}