Admissions

CRITERIA FOR REFERRAL/ADMISSIONS

All students should go through the SST process prior to being referred to Mt. Vernon. If students are suspected of having special education needs, this referral and subsequent evaluation should occur prior to a Mt. Vernon referral. Once SST has determined that a Mt. Vernon referral is appropriate, the referral packet is submitted to our school. At that point Mt. Vernon will schedule an intake session with the base school to discuss and review the referral and identify goals and objectives upon acceptance. If accepted, students are scheduled for an orientation/admission session within one week. The student's parent is required to attend the orientation/admission session. Our current acceptance rate is approximately 90 percent.

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SERVICES AVAILABLE

Our school emphasizes strengthening the basic skills. The following courses are individualized to meet the needs of each student: Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, Health & PE, and Career Technology Education. Academic remediation is available for students in the areas of Math and Reading. Student- to- teacher ratio is no more than 10:1. In addition to teaching staff, Mt. Vernon has a full-time principal, counselor, psychologist, social worker, and two office support staff. A daily point sheet is used to provide feedback to students and parents. A contingency management system is designed to allow students various privileges and rewards based on weekly average ratings on the point system.

SUPPORT SERVICES FOR RETURNING STUDENTS

Once accepted, students are admitted to Mt. Vernon for the remainder of that school year. At that time Mt. Vernon staff meets with base school representatives to discuss the student's progress and plan for the student's placement during the next school year. If students have been responsive to Mt. Vernon as an intervention, they are often allowed to return to our school if problems re-occur after returning to their base school.