Education Program
Chesapeake Juvenile Services Center Education Program provides appropriate educational services to school-aged children and youth residing at Chesapeake Juvenile Services Center. The mission is to provide students with quality instruction through a continuum of educational programs that promote achievement, character, the skills necessary to transition from the program with tools that enhance citizenship and lifelong learning.
The Education Program faculty includes a principal, an administrative assistant, 14 full-time teachers, and a part-time remedial teacher.
About the Education Program
- Provides educational services to students below the age of 18 residing in the facility with a minimum of 5½ hours a day of instruction
- Ensures that the educational services provided will allow the student to maintain and/or advance his/her current level of academic functioning and provides a smooth transition back to his/her previous setting
- Provides a system of ongoing communication, regarding the student's current educational performance, with the student, the parents/guardians, home school and appropriate community agencies
- Provides a continuum of program alternatives to meet the needs of each student and may include, if appropriate:
- Instruction and assessment in the Virginia Standards of Learning
- Basic education skills and remedial instruction
- Prevocational, vocational, and career education
- Preparation for high school graduation Preparation for Graduation Equivalency Diploma (GED) examination
- Special Education Services as directed by Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) and 504 Plans
- English Language Learner Services
- Complies with the following federal and state regulations:
- Code of Virginia
- Regulation Governing Special Education Programs for Children with Disabilities in Virginia, March 27, 2002
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act 2004, Place 108-446
- Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973