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The Transition Options Program (TOPS) operates Mondays through Thursdays, from late morning to early evening. The majority of students served are upperclassmen who are credit deficient in meeting the requirements for a high school diploma.

TOPS provides three program options for students to make up credits, categorized as follows:

Diploma: Program for students who have 6.0 or fewer credits remaining to meet high school diploma requirements. Transition: Program for students who need an alternative opportunity for a short time and transition to another option or return to their home school. Credit Recovery: Individualized credit-by-proficiency opportunities.

Additional Credit Recovery Options:

Site-based Credit Recovery: Using PLATO and credit-by-proficiency, students are able to complete credit recovery at their site school. Arrangements are made through their site school.

Outreach Recovery Program (ORP): ORP is a three week credit recovery program offered by Miller Education Center to non-graduating seniors during the summer.

A GED preparation program is offered through MEC. One teacher and a support staff member provide GED pre-testing, GED counseling, and preparatory work. The District will pay for in-district students to take their GED test. GED prep runs Monday-Thursday.

Connect is a work readiness and GED prep program for youth ages 16-21. The program focuses on out of school youth who require job skills and who have not earned a high school diploma. Three classified case managers provide oversight, orientations, and instruction.

The Hillsboro In-School Program (HIP) is a program funded by a federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA) grant. The program identifies at-risk youth in the district’s four high schools and within the MEC programs and provides on-going incentives and support. Students receive work readiness training, financial supports, and academic counseling. Three classified case managers plus staff at the four high schools oversee the program. HIP also offers a summer program for youth.

PEARL is a program for expelled 8^th graders and high school youth. The PEARL program runs for three hours every morning. Students at PEARL are provided with individualized education opportunities, meet with an intern counselor and participate in Social Responsibility Training. Instruction is provided by a TOPS teacher and a support staff member.

Washington County Summer Jobs: SJP is a summer program offered at MEC through Work Systems, Inc., and the Dept. of Labor. Federal grant funds are used to place students in summer jobs, to provide work readiness training, and to allow for credit recovery. The program is open to students from throughout Washington County.