Despite the many 'alternative' schools and programmes in the United States designed to redirect the lives of at-risk youth, the majority of these in fact serve to isolate and segregate. This challenging book presents a comprehensive plan for those interested in creating truly alternative educational programmes for this group. John Kellmayer outlines the key characteristics of alternative programmes, describes alternative models and explains how to implement and manage these programmes. He also provides strategies on how to empower teachers, involve students in their own education and evaluate...

The Mouse in the Microwave tells the story of a county-wide alternative high school for chronically disruptive and disaffected students that in 1986 John Kellmayer was hired to establish on the campus of Atlantic-Cape Community College, about fifteen miles east of Atlantic City. The Mouse is the story of young people who had been written off by society. For many of these students, happiness was a mirage, unapproachable, like a pool of water that you see at the end of a long stretch of highway on a hot and humid summer afternoon. The alternative school students were racing to devour the...

Robot Mania is the third book in the children's series, The Adventures of the Batty School Kids. The series, written by Dr. John Kellmayer, New Jersey school district superintendent and professor, is designed to teach important life lessons in a fun and humorous manner. Robot Mania is written for students in the 8-12 year old range.