Our Purpose and Operation
Purpose of the DOC
Students that have violated California Education Code 48900.c can legally be expelled. Merced Union High School District (MUHSD) is providing a program for students which may serve as an alternative to expulsion. MUHSD’s District Opportunity Center (DOC) is a no cost, 4 consecutive day, 9am-330pm drug and alcohol intervention program.
How the DOC Operates
Each day, time is allotted for students to maintain their academic schedule. Individual academic instruction is provided by a MUHSD credentialed teacher in the DOC. Time is also allotted each day for students to participate in a variety of drug, alcohol, and tobacco education and intervention lessons. These lessons will consist of group activities, computer interactive lessons, speaker presentations, and intensive individual intervention facilitated by MUHSD’s Intervention Specialist. Drug, alcohol, and tobacco intervention curriculum utilized by the DOC is researched-based and found effective for MUHSD’s student population. Curriculum tools have been gathered from publications by the University of Southern California’s Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, as well as, the University of Texas’s MD Anderson Cancer Center Department of Behavioral Science. If you have any further questions please contact us at 385-6429.
Students that have violated California Education Code 48900.c can legally be expelled. Merced Union High School District (MUHSD) is providing a program for students which may serve as an alternative to expulsion. MUHSD’s District Opportunity Center (DOC) is a no cost, 4 consecutive day, 9am-330pm drug and alcohol intervention program.
How the DOC Operates
Each day, time is allotted for students to maintain their academic schedule. Individual academic instruction is provided by a MUHSD credentialed teacher in the DOC. Time is also allotted each day for students to participate in a variety of drug, alcohol, and tobacco education and intervention lessons. These lessons will consist of group activities, computer interactive lessons, speaker presentations, and intensive individual intervention facilitated by MUHSD’s Intervention Specialist. Drug, alcohol, and tobacco intervention curriculum utilized by the DOC is researched-based and found effective for MUHSD’s student population. Curriculum tools have been gathered from publications by the University of Southern California’s Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, as well as, the University of Texas’s MD Anderson Cancer Center Department of Behavioral Science. If you have any further questions please contact us at 385-6429.