Visalia Unified school first to receive this distinction from state

VISALIA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The California Department of Education has recognized 2 non-traditional schools successful the Visalia Unified School District for their enactment supporting at-risk students, the schoolhouse territory announced connected Monday.

According to officials, the California Department of Education honored Creekside Community Day School and Sequoia High School arsenic "Model Community Day Schools (MCDS)" and "Model Continuation High School (MCHS)," respectively.

Visalia Unified says Creekside is the lone schoolhouse successful Tulare County to person the MCDS favoritism from the state. The schoolhouse focuses connected providing students with a 2nd accidental and aboriginal reinstatements for students maintaining precocious world standards and completing indispensable assemblage work hours.

Sequoia High School, according to the schoolhouse district, "helps students find an alternate way to earning their diploma" and it's 1 of 2 schools successful the region to person this designation.

Both schools volition beryllium recognized astatine the CCEA Plus 2025 State Conference successful April.