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ALternative school is a seperate classroom type area in the school district. Basically it's a room where the students are not allowed to talk, interact get up or anything. The teachers send the assignments, the students read the assignments and do them quietly. They are not allowed to speak. They have their meals brought to them, they eat in the room. Some schools actually have dividers/blinders between students so they cannot even see another person. They have no breaks/recess. They get one batroom break in the morning, and one after llunch.
There are often students from multiple grades and campuses in one room.