Georgetown Alternative Program (G.A.P.)502 County Road 104
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Combining Discipline and Education to Help Students Achieve Success
The Georgetown Alternative Program is the Discipline Alternative Education Program for GISD students in grades 6-12. Students are placed in the G.A.P. for violating the secondary schools' Student Code of Conduct. These students may be affected by factors including drugs, alcohol, inability to function in the traditional school environment, family issues, academic difficulties, or emotional difficulties. The G.A.P. seeks to provide these students with an environment that promotes positive decision-making, self-discipline, positive social skills, and improved academic performance.
The Georgetown Alternative Program began in 1996, and it incorporates both a military style discipline component and an educational component. The military component addresses student discipline, character building, decision-making, and self-control, while the educational component concentrates on improving academic skills and performance. Students wear uniforms and receive:
- Leadership and social skills training
- Service learning instruction/projects
- Emphasis on teamwork (parents/guardians, staff, students)
- Discipline instruction
- Daily behavior documentation
- Counseling
- Drill and ceremony training
- Physical training
- Constant supervision
- High degree of structure
- Positive behavioral supports
- High expectations for success
- Academic instruction in core areas and some elective courses
- Low staff/student ration (2:12)
- Small group instruction
The G.A.P. also offers two other prevention intervention programs to GISD students who have exhibited patterns of misbehavior, prior to a possible placement in the G.A.P.:
Prevention Intervention Training (P.I.T.) - 5 day program from 4:00-5:00 PM involving intensive social skills training and physical training. Students who complete this program can erase a demerit from their discipline records (up to 2 demerits maximum.) The P.I.T. program is offered semi-weekly at secondary campuses throughout the school year.
GAP Orientation Program – offered 1 to 2 times per month throughout the school year. This program is designed as an early intervention/prevention measure for students who have just begun to exhibit signs of misbehavior or students who are unable to attend the PIT after school. GAP Orientation is a 3 hour program at the GAP facility from 7:45 – 11:15 a.m. and consists of an overview of the GAP and the code of conduct, followed by intensive social skills training and physical training. Students can erase a demerit from their discipline record by completing this program (at the sending administrator’s discretion).
The GAP also offers ½ hour tours for students and parents/guardians at the request of their administrator (tours are subject to availability of the GAP staff). Tours are available for students in grades 4-12. A GAP tour consists of viewing of the facility and brief introduction to the program. See your campus administrator for more information.
* See your secondary school’s campus administrator for
more information regarding the above mentioned programs.
