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Alternative to Suspension Courses for Substance Use
These programs provide students with the option of completing a fully online 3.5-hour course if they have
been suspended for alcohol, tobacco, vaping, or other drugs. By completing one of the two online courses,
students suspended for substance use can hold up to three days in abeyance of a five-day suspension.
Students with a tobacco, nicotine, or vaping infractions completed the Tobacco Prevention Program’s Youth
Tobacco Education Course, focusing solely on tobacco and vaping products. Students with infractions for
alcohol or drugs completed the District’s AOD course, which contains information about alcohol, marijuana,
prescription drugs, e-cigarettes, and addiction.
In FY22, 337 Palm Beach County students completed the AOD course with 1,011 days held in abeyance, while
1,117 Palm Beach County students completed the Tobacco Prevention student course with 3,351 days held
in abeyance. The total student impact is 1,454 students served, with 4,362 suspension days saved.
Neglected Group Homes Educational Supports and Services

The Safe Schools tutorial program provides after-school tutoring and mentoring for students who reside
in neglected residential group homes scattered throughout Palm Beach County. The primary goal of this
program is to provide quality supplemental academic support to increase academic proficiency and close
the achievement gap between neglected and non-neglected students. District-certified part-time teachers
serve as tutors utilized researched-based instructional materials, current student data, and effective learning
strategies to help students excel academically.

Nearly all group home students have faced significant trauma, while some are also extremely transient.
These two challenges can greatly impact educational progress, and the tutorial program operates with these
students’ unique needs in mind. The tutors utilized evidence-based tools designed to improve the academic
performance of at-risk and highly-mobile students as well as analyzed educational data to help identify and
ameliorate specific skill deficits.

The structured tutoring program focuses on skill remediation, computer-assisted instruction, mentoring,
and homework assistance. Each group home operates differently, but the missions are similar in offering
comprehensive programs and ongoing residential treatment. The tutorial program is flexible, adaptive, and
works in partnership with eligible neglected facilities to provide quality educational service to meet the varied
needs of these students.

FY22 Data:

Š Served three (3) neglected residential institutions throughout Palm Beach County: Children’s Home
Society, Place of Hope, and Children’s Place at HomeSafe.
Š Serviced ten (10) group homes within the three institutions, including four (4) therapeutic group
homes.
Š Over 184 students resided in the neglected group homes.
Š Over 142 students participated in after-school tutoring.
Š Ten (10) District-certified teachers served as tutors.
Š 27% of students in the negelected group homes have withdrawn from the District due to new
placement.

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