Students must be able to keyboard at least 30 words per minute to graduate. Certain students must take life skills classes and teen parents must take both life skills and parenting classes. MSAS students run their own credit union and an employment service which helps place students in jobs in the community and at school. They also participate in the day-care center. Even the custodian spends half her time training students to do custodial work.
All teachers serve as advisors.
They track attendance and call students who do not show up for school. Teachers spend the entire day, including lunchtime, with students. MSAS has helped 20 other schools set up similar programs and hosts an annual alternative schools conference. Email Webmaster Tel.