El Camino High School (Rohnert Park)
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| Principal | Beth Smith | |
| School type | Public (Classified as an Alternative School) | |
| Founded | 1975 | |
| Location | Rohnert Park, California | |
| Enrollment | 150 | |
| Faculty | 6 | |
| Campus surroundings | Suburban | |
The school serves students 16 year olds and over who prefer or need an alternative to the comprehensive high school setting. Most students arrive with credit deficiencies and transfer to El Camino throughout the school year. About 50-60 students graduate each year, with another 20 to 30 returning to Rancho Cotate High School to graduate with their own class. About a dozen students complete their secondary education each year by passing the California High School Proficiency Examination or the G.E.D. Test.
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[edit] History
El Camino High School first opened in 1975 as part of the San Antonio High School, but quickly faced issues of size and location. After the Cotati and Rohnert Park School Districts where united; El Camino was moved to a larger campus in Rohnert Park. For its first 16 years of operation El Camino was in a temporary, rented facility. In 1991 the facility was moved to a more permanent location within Rohnert Park along with the other alternate schools. In 2002, declining enrollment forced the Richard Crane Elementary School to shut-down, and in 2003 all the alternate schools moved to the closed down campus reopening it with the name Richard Crane Alternate Education Center.
[edit] Campus
El Camino High School along with two other schools share a campus designed for an elementary school. There have been no plans to upgrade the campus to better support it's new student type.
[edit] Students
[edit] Ethnicity Breakdown
| 59% | White |
| 23% | Hispanic or Latino |
| 4% | Asian |
| 2% | African American |
| 3% | Pacific Islander |
| 1% | Native American |
| 8% | Other Classification/Declined to State |
[edit] Faculty
El Camino has six fully credentialed, full time teachers, two full time campus supervisors, and a part time staff of between 3-5 office attendents, as well as a full time counselor.
[edit] Curriculum
There are four methods of earning credit:
- Challenging courses: Students who have taken but failed a course may study and then take challenging examinations to pass the course.
- Traditional courses: Students attend courses and earn credit by demonstrating mastery of the curriculum.
- Contract assignments: Students who are attending regularly and working in class may do additional projects and assignments outside of class by arrangement with the teachers.
- Work experience: The school offers a work experience program in which on the job experience, together with guidance counseling earns elective credit for our students.
[edit] Curriculum
El Camino offers many services provided by a normal high school as well as services designed for its unique setting.
- A Computer lab
- School Yearbook
Classes offered:
- Math
- English
- US/World History
- Art
- Computers
- Economics
- Government
- PE
- Science
