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There are a variety of local options to educate your child, and in some instances where and which school your child will receive their education. Please view the following choices below.
Public Schools
Definition: An elementary or secondary school in the United States supported by public funds and providing free education for children of a community or district.
The most common location where children attend school. Two-thirds of military families live off post and attend public schools.
- Often bound by districts.
- Transportation is provided.
- Large variety of extra-curricular activities.
- Must follow No Child Left Behind.
Cumberland County Schools Governed Choice Program
We have so many choices in our lives, we choose where we shop, where we live, and where we work. However, until the 1998-99 school year, there were hardly any choices available regarding the education of our children while attending public schools. The implementation of the Governed Choice program in Cumberland County Schools is a direct result of our responsiveness to our customers who clearly wanted a school system that offers a choice in where their children attend school. This is often known as magnet schools in other school systems.
- Not bound by districts
- Require an application process. GPA Requirements
- Must remain in good standing or student is transferred back to “home” school.
- Does not provide transportation if outside of school district.
Charter Schools:
Definition: A charter school is a school affiliated with a school district but is not subject to many of the same rules and regulations as a traditional high school in hiring faculty, and designing curricula and course offerings. As such, they offer individuality and opportunity to students whose educational interests and abilities are best met by a non-traditional environment
- Often not bound by districts. Require an application process – may not have GPA requirements
- May provide transportation for students.
- Class sizes may be smaller.
- May have activity fees. Fewer extra-curricular activities, clubs, and sports opportunities.
Charter Schools in the area include Alpha Academy (Fayetteville), CIS Academy (Lumberton), and Provisions Academy (Sanford). Private Schools:
Definition: Private schools are schools not administered by local or national government, which retain the right to select their student body and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students tuition rather than with public funds.
- Often tuition costs.
- Sports may be limited.
- May not follow No Child Left Behind.
- Sometimes transportation is offered.
- Possible smaller class sizes.
Home Schooling:
Definition: Homeschooling (also called home education and sometimes spelled home schooling) is the education of children at home and in the community, in contrast to education in an institution such as a public or parochial school. In the United States, homeschooling is the focus of a substantial minority movement among parents who wish to provide their children with a custom or more complete education which they feel is unattainable in most public or even private schools.
- Costs for textbooks.
- Costs for tests.
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