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The Allentown School District’s AEDY (Alternative Education for Disruptive Youth) Program at the William Penn Building is a short-term education placement for students meeting one of the six identified qualifications of “disruptive youth” per PDE. Students have individual behavior goal(s) based on the reason for referral and receive small group counseling and instruction per AEDY guidelines. Students return to their home school is coordinated once they meet the established goal. Placements are reviewed every 45 days.    

The Allentown School District’s AEDY Program at the William Penn Building meets the behavioral needs of identified students with a comprehensive alternative education program. The school offers an educational placement system that moves students through short-term academic and behavioral interventions before placing students back into their home schools as they meet the established exit criteria.