FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

• ADO stands for Additional Diploma Options

• CBCR stands for Competency-Based Credit Recovery

• GEDO-2 stands for General Education Diploma Option #2

• HSED stands for High School Equivalency Diploma

• RAL stands for Racine Alternative Learning

Successful completion of this program earns you a high school diploma from your boundary high school at the end of the school year in June or after Summer School in July. 

5th/6th year students and Challenge Academy students who graduate in the Fall semester may be able to receive an RUSD High School Diploma (not from the boundary school) in January.

Absolutely! This is highly encouraged by staff. Doing so will help you complete your requirements sooner, increase the chances you will complete the program before the school year ends, and can improve your overall learning experience by taking Career Academy and elective courses aligning with your interests and career goals after high school.

This depends on both your diploma pathway and your program location.

Attendance requirements will vary depending on the pathway a student is following, what location the student attends at, and on what requirements a student needs to complete. See the pages for each program for more details.

• Competency-based Recovery, GEDO2 and HSED programs all operate on a base schedule of 15 hours per week. Days per week attended and timeframes will vary by location and student-specific requirements.

• Each pathway has graduation requirements related to attendance and participation. See those programs' pages for more information.

• Challenge Academy is a residential program, so while academic instruction occurs about 15 hours per week, students will live on-site during the 5 1/2 month residential phase and complete other activities such as physical training outside of the 15-hour instructional times.

No. If you have met the district credit requirements in any of the four subject areas prior to joining, you are exempted from any work solely related to that subject. Any other requirements completed prior to joining also do not need to be completed again.

Students in GED Option 2 must pass at least one GED test, even if the student meets the district criteria in all four subject areas.

Students who complete all program requirements early will be offered time to take elective courses aligning with their interests and post-high school goals. Program requirements for mandatory attendance will not apply at this stage. Students turning down this option will be given release time for the remainder of the year.

Diplomas would be received at the end of the school year in June regardless of a student's choices following completion of their diploma pathway.

All high school students in RAL, and all students completing the Competency-Based Credit Recovery pathway at their boundary high schools, are able to attend prom at their boundary school as long as they meet that school's requirements. The same is true for all other extracurricular activities including Varsity Sports.

Students who do not complete the program within the school year can complete it in Summer School. If it has not been completed by the end of Summer School then a meeting will occur with the student and staff to discuss progress and future enrollment.

Yes. Students who graduated from Challenge Academy are still considered Racine Unified students, therefore they can enter the GEDO2 program and convert their HSED into an RUSD Diploma upon completing all program requirements. 

Students who enter the 5.09 HSED program directly but are eligible for a high school diploma will be enrolled in Racine Unified, even if they were not previously students in the district.

The best way is to see your Counselor. Your Counselor will have the referral form for you to complete, and will be able to forward the completed form to the appropriate staff members. At that point, we will contact you to arrange the next steps for enrollment, including a literacy screening assessment which DPI requires for entry in these programs.