: an elementary or secondary school with a nontraditional curriculum
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The two alternative schools will now move into the former Satchel Paige Elementary School rather than the Knotts location.—Maria Benevento, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026 Ten employees who help facilitate transition to and from alternative schools also would have their roles eliminated.—Kathryn Muchnick, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Mar. 2026 The school district reduced the expulsions to a year for six of the teenagers and permitted them to enroll in alternative schools.—Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026 The school then served as a public high school for Black students and, after desegregation, as an alternative school.—Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for alternative school