Three schools provide smaller settings, personalized instruction, and supportive relationships:

• Mount Vernon Middle School
• Mary Phillips High School
• SCORE Academy

Application process
Staff from your child’s base school, usually a counselor or intervention teacher, will begin the application process. Contact your student’s counselor for more information.

One school and two programs serve students eligible for special education services.

• Bridges Program
• Longview School – middle and high school combined
• Selected Evening Programs

Application process
 Students access Longview and Bridges through their Individualized Education Program (IEP) team. Contact your student’s IEP case manager for guidance.

Middle and high school students may be reassigned to an ALP instead of long-term suspension.

• Connections Academy Middle School
• River Oaks Middle School
• SCORE Academy
• Infinity High School Program

Application process
The superintendent may assign a disciplinary reassignment after a serious violation of theWCPSS Code of Student Conduct. Parents cannot request placement in these programs.

Transportation is provided for:

• Bridges
• Longview
• Connections
• River Oaks
• Mount Vernon
• Mary Phillips
• Infinity
• Selected evening programs

Yes. All programs award credits that count toward promotion and graduation.

No. Alternative schools and programs are part of the Wake County Public School System and are not charter schools.