The UCS Alternative Learning Center, or ALC, is an

alternative school An alternative school is an educational establishment with a curriculum and methods that are nontraditional. Such schools offer a wide range of philosophies and teaching methods; some have strong political, scholarly, or philosophical orientati ...

located in

Sterling Heights, Michigan Sterling Heights is a city in Macomb County of the U.S. state of Michigan, and one of Detroit's core suburbs. As of the 2020 Census, the city had a total population of 134,346. It is the second largest suburb in Metro Detroit, and the fourth ...

. The school serves students in grades 9– 12 who are unable to attend a traditional high school in the school district. The center also operates as the district's summer school location. District students can either graduate directly from the ALC, or can use the center as a means of improving attendance or Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) scores, or to regain lost credits to graduate from one of the traditional high schools. The ALC is a Title I school under the

Elementary and Secondary Education Act The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was passed by the 89th United States Congress and signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on April 11, 1965. Part of Johnson's "War on Poverty", the act has been one of the most far-re ...

Demographics

During the 2020-2021 school year, the ALC had a total enrollment of 148 students. Approximately 72% of the students were male, and 28% were female. Over 75% of the enrolled students were eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunch under the

National School Lunch Act of 1946 The Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (79 P.L. 396, 60 Stat. 230) is a 1946 United States federal law that created the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) to provide low-cost or free school lunch meals to qualified students through ...

References

Public high schools in Michigan Schools in Macomb County, Michigan Alternative schools in the United States {{Michigan-school-stub