Expanded Options Program

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The Expanded Options Program helps students get a head start on college, at considerable savings, while they are still in high school. Under an agreement between Lincoln County School District (LCSD) and Oregon Coast Community College (OCCC), eligible and admitted LCSD juniors and seniors may take OCCC college courses at the College or online and receive simultaneous college and high school credit.  Interested persons should contact their high school counselor at Taft, Newport, Toledo, or Waldport High School.

Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible for the Expanded Options Program, LCSD juniors and seniors must be:

1) in good standing;
2) sixteen years of age or older;
3) not yet graduated from high school; and
4) college-ready and able to benefit from an adult, college-level learning environment.

Placement Testing Required for All Expanded Options Applicants

Eligible students must take OCCC’s College Placement Test (COMPASS) at their earliest convenience to determine college readiness. At the time of the testing appointment, students must provide a testing voucher available from the student's high school counselor.  Please call 541-867-8501 for an appointment.

 

Expanded Options Applicant Recognition of Expectations
Applicants to the Expanded Options program (and their parents) recognize that:

• Academic freedom is part of the college learning environment
• Academic integrity is expected
• A college learning environment is by its nature adult-oriented
• Grading is a faculty responsibility
• Library and internet use is not censored
• Students are responsible for their learning and conduct

Expanded Options Registration Procedures

After being referred for placement testing and receiving a testing voucher from their high school counselor, Expanded Options Students may call 541-867-8501 to schedule an appointment to take the placment test.  Expanded Options sudents will then take their placement test scores to their high school counselor and discuss their course selection options and, if appropriate, receive an Expanded Options application packet.  Once admitted to Expanded Options, students register for college courses at OCCC during normal registration periods.  After students have finalized their schedule for a term, they must return the completed Expanded Options packet to the College.  Please review the Advising/Registration Guidelines for Expanded Options Students for more information.  Expanded Options students may enroll during Fall, Winter, and/or Spring term, subject to LCSD approval.   (Note:  LCSD will only reimburse OCCC for the cost of college-level courses numbered 100 or above and will not pay for any Summer term courses.)  Please see to the current class schedule for general registration information.

 

 

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