Champaign students have new high school alternative

CHAMPAIGN – A brand-new school is being built from the ground up on North Randolph Street. Not the bricks-and-mortar kind of building, but a program with a new way of helping students learn.

The Champaign school district's Academic Alternative Academy is preparing to open for high school students who want a nontraditional setting. Its 60 students will begin registration next week, and they'll be moving from Centennial and Central high schools to the small brick building, formerly used by the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District, at 815 N. Randolph St.

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