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Kenzie Kolnowski, a junior at Alternative Choices for Educational Success Academy, is pictured with her son, Miles McNeal, Friday at McRae Park in Alpena.
ALPENA Current and former students of Alpena Public Schools’ alternative high school are concerned the program will not be as successful if it’s relocated to Alpena High School this fall.
Samantha Wheeler, who graduated from Alternative Choices for Educational Success Academy in 2009, said relocating the academy is “a horrible idea.”
Wheeler said she bounced between several school districts when she was younger and found high school to be “one big clique.” In high school, she ended up skipping class and had physical fights with other students.