REVISED 9/2008

Adult School Options

Currently Connecting Waters Charter School has agreements with two Adult Schools to allow our students to attend courses while enrolled with CWCS. These schools are Turlock Adult School and Manteca Adult- Lindbergh alternative. These programs offer many courses primarily for adult students age 18 and older; some courses may be available for students aged 16 years and older. Eligible students may take courses as long as they comply with the below policies.

If the schools have classes available, they will notify us with information before the sessions begin, and will provide credits and grade reports for the courses taken. Here is the current information for Turlock Adult School. If they have space available,  Lindbergh will be sending information the second week of December for classes beginning in January. ESes may fill out the signed authorization form and obtain any appropriate required approval if indicated.

Attendance Credit
Students enrolled in

Adult School courses must adhere to the following Attendance policy:
The student must be enrolled in 20* units or more per semester in CWCS (not counting any community college, ROP, or Adult School units).

*Students are required to enroll in at least 25 credits a semester with CWCS, however, if they are taking an adult school class and plan to receive at least 5 credits (on their CW transcript) from that course, they may enroll in only 20 units of CW classes.

Writing the Learning Record

No grades or units may be assigned for any course not listed on the learning record.  

Writing learning records for a student attending Adult School classes is not any different than any other learning record and follows the same general guidelines for writing any other high school learning record:

  • Learning records will include descriptions of the major objectives covered and activities used within each assignment period.
  • The documentation of learning should include content of what is learned but not where it is learned.
  • Specific textbook titles or chapter numbers may be mentioned but are not mandatory.
  • The amount of time that learning took place or the dates that learning took place for any activity does not need to be stated.
  • Any references to religious content must be in the context of the study of world religion.
  • A learning record can include nontraditional learning as well as traditional.
  • The learning record can include teacher comments.
  • A properly written learning record should provide a record of student progress which may be used to support the life goals of that student.

The information presented on the learning record should be organized and professionally presented.

Adult School Textbooks

If the book must be purchased, it will have to be ordered directly from the publisher if they are a CWCS vendor. Parents should get the complete book name, ISBN, price, and publisher’s name. Texts ordered directly from the publisher will usually arrive within 4-6 weeks. Books may also be ordered by the ISBN from Border Books, although this option may take extra time. Parents may also choose to spend their personal funds to purchase the books, but no reimbursement will be given.

Adult School Fees and other costs

Instructional funds cannot be used to pay for any fees charged by the school.