New South Whidbey alternative school hosts open house


May 15, 2012 · Updated 2:10 PM 

The South Whidbey School District wants parents and students on the South End to take a look at the new South Whidbey Academy, a K-12 alternative school.

South Whidbey Academy will be housed in the former South Whidbey Primary Campus on Maxwelton Road. The academy will be separated into three programs. The Explorer Program is for students from kindergarten to fifth grade. The Discovery Program is for sixth to eighth grade  students. The Pathways Program will replace the Bayview School with high school students between ninth and 12th grades.

The open house is at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 17 at the South Whidbey Primary Campus, located at 5476 S. Maxwelton Road.

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