Options Secondary School

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Options Secondary School
Address
3250 Palm Ave San Diego , CA 92154 USA
Information
Type	Public high school, alternative style
Motto	"A School Within A School"
School board	Sweetwater Union High School District
School district	Sweetwater Union High School District
Superintendent	Moisés G. Aguirre
Principal	Moena Santee
Staff	8.31 (FTE)[1]
Grades	7-12
Enrollment	111 (2018-19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	13.36[1]
Color(s)	Blue and White
Mascot	Wolf
Website	http://oss.sweetwaterschools.org

Options Secondary School (Commonly known as The Portal), is located in San Diego, California on the Montgomery High School campus. It is run under the "Alternative Education" division of the Sweetwater Union High School District, which also runs the Independent Studies program.^[2] It has a small campus and a low ratio of students to teachers, in some cases, no more than twenty students in a class.^[3]

The school operates on a bell schedule from 12:10 PM to 6:06 PM, with three periods a day. Period one is from 12:10 to 1:52, followed by a thirty-minute lunch period. After this, the second period begins at 2:27 and runs until 4:09. After a ten-minute passing period, period three finishes the school day, from 4:19 to 6:06.

The school opened with the original mission to cater to those with "individual learning styles", in keeping with its original name, "Sweetwater Academy for Individual Learning Styles." It was designed for those who didn't fit in at other schools, based on learning plans.

In May 2012, it was decided that the name of the school would be changed to "The Portal: A Learning Community", much to the chagrin of the students. Most students who have attended since before the 2012–2013 school year still refer to the school as "Sails".^{[citation needed]} The district has tried several times to shut the school, to no avail. After Prop 32 passed in November 2012, the district received funds from taxes to upgrade and renovate campuses, as well as educational technologies. Some form of loophole prevented the school from acquiring grants that other campuses received.^{[citation needed]}