However, beginning in the Fall of 2021, ACE Academy underwent a redesign. Many of these students were at risk of not completing high school or dropping out for a variety of reasons. Of those students, 65% or 405 of the 620 students, did so ahead of their peers in the regular school programs. A replacement building was provided for the middle school and, in doing so, ACE Academy was able to occupy the building on Knox Bridge Highway in July, 2014.īuilding upon these program strategies, in the school years from 2012 to 2021, ACE Academy successfully graduated 620 CCSD students. In the summer of 2014, ACE Academy relocated from the Holly Springs location to the former Marie Archer Teasley Middle School facility. This name change fully supported the belief that ACE Academy better reflected the uniqueness of this excellent program, the opportunities of choice provided to CCSD students of the Cherokee County School District, and its potential position within the concepts postulated for the future of the Cherokee Academy Initiative.
Petruzielo, the Superintendent of Schools for the Cherokee County School District, that the school’s name be changed from CrossRoads HS/MS to ACE (Alternative Choices in Education) Academy. It was recommended in August, 2012 by Dr. the Cherokee County School District began developing and implementing the Academy Initiative to enhance school choice within and throughout the district.CrossRoads HS/MS was positioned to be instrumental in the further development and expansion of truly alternative education delivery program choices and,.CrossRoads HS/MS had developed far past the initial conceptualization and continued to provide a proven record of success.the State School Board Rule establishing the Crossroads Alternative Education Program was replaced with the Alternative Education Program State Board Rule, which was much more inclusive of other educational delivery model choices.As such, CrossRoads HS/MS was the first CCSD high school to provide students the choice of German as a foreign language option. expansion of choice in curricular offerings in response to student needs and interests.opportunities for attendance recovery and,.student mastery of the content material as the determining factor in awarding course credit, rather than instructional contact time.initial credit and credit recovery options to meet state and local graduation requirements.choice of textbook and computer based instructional units.choice of alternative instructional delivery models (both teacher-directed and student-directed instruction).enrollment of volunteer students, middle grade (6-8) students, and in specific circumstances, students with disabilities.As a result of these shifts in law, funding and policy, many Georgia school districts began reorganizing their alternative education program options and changing the names of their (original) CrossRoads academies to reflect more localized initiatives.Īlthough, from its inception, CrossRoads HS/MS primarily provided a disciplinary alternative setting for high school (9-12) students, its curricular and operational programming evolved to provide the following educational components: Then, in 2010, the State School Board adopted a revision to the Alternative Education Program Rule (160-4-8-.12) to expand the following types of curricular programs into its definition: Attendance Recovery, Credit Recovery, Disciplinary Program, Early College, Evening School, and Open Campus. However, Georgia’s A+ Education Reform Act (2000) later eliminated the Crossroads grants and funding for alternative education programs was folded into the State’s Quality Basic Education (QBE). Beginning with a staff of four and two students, CrossRoads HS/MS developed into a premier alternative school program in the state of Georgia and the Southeastern region. Many Georgia school districts receiving these grants incorporated “Crossroads” into the name of their education centers established for these purposes…including the Cherokee County School District with the opening of CrossRoads HS/MS (1996). In 1996, the Cherokee County School District was awarded a F97 grant to establish an alternative school to serve the county’s established schools.
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