About the ESCLC Schools
Lorain
County Early Learning Center
The Lorain County Early
Learning Center is a PreK learning experience for children ages 3-5
whose parents would like them to receive a
developmentally-appropriate learning experience from quality
licensed, early childhood education professionals to assure
readiness for Kindergarten. All handicapped and
non-handicapped children are welcome to be enrolled. This
school facility is located at 12079 Lagrange Road, LaGrange, OH
44050 (440-324-3178) and enrollment is available at any time during
the
school-year.
Lorain
County Academy
The Lorain County Academy (LCA) is an alternative school
collaboration involving the Educational Service Center of Lorain
County, 12 Lorain County school districts, the Lorain County Joint
Vocational School, the County Juvenile Justice System, and 17 human
service agencies. Students in grades 7 through 9 may be referred to
LCA when they are in need assistance beyond what is provided in a
traditional school setting. In partnership with the family, home
school, and the community mental health agencies, LCA works to
support the social, emotional and academic needs of the students.
The LCA goal is to prepare students for a healthy, productive and
successful transition back to their home school and into adulthood.
The Academy is appropriate and meaningful for selected students
that are not achieving and/or behaving in a manner within the
regular school setting to be successful.
Lorain
County Virtual Learning Academy
The Lorain County
Virtual Learning Academy is an On-Line education program for
learners in grades 4-12 that allows them to learn at their own
pace, receive a structured home-schooling education, meet a
credit-recovery need, attend school from home, supplement their
regular school program with courses they cannot schedule at school,
achieve additional credits enabling them to qualify for early
graduation, receive remediation credit for previously failed
courses, or to access an academic alternative which meets an
individual need. Students remain enrolled in their School of
Residence and LCVLA costs are met by their School of Residence if
their school’s Guidance Counselor approves the LCVLA enrollment.
Students may elect to take LCVLA courses on their own or enroll in
the LCVLA full-time, and pay their own course-expenses. Students
are guided and their school-work evaluated by a licensed LCVLA
Education Professional (teacher holding an Ohio Teaching License
with fingerprint/background-check approvals).
Lorain
County Juvenile Court Residential Facilities Education Programs
Students are
placed in the education program in Detention Home, Stepping
Stone/Pathways or Turning Point upon facility-intake by juvenile
authorities or a responsible Lorain County agency serving children
& youth. Attending school is a facility-required activity
every week-day; 5-hours of direct-instruction is given daily to
each resident by a licensed, HQT education professional. If
the School of Residence or School of Enrollment
wishes to send & pick-up school-work this can easily be
accommodated. Otherwise, an Ohio Academic Standards
focused curriculum in Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies
& Technology is followed with the goal of experiencing gains in
grade-level achievement while in residence. Transcripts are
sent to the student’s School of Residence or School of
Enrollment upon release so that a smooth transition and
academic credit is accepted.
