Pennsylvania Association for Learning Alternatives (PALA)
PO Box 201
Quakertown, PA 18951
Co-Chairs: Elizabeth Quigley (Quig) and H. Robert Marquet, Jr. (Bob)
Voice Telephone: (215) 538-1687 Evenings (Quig)
Voice Telephone: (215) 443-0280 Day for Quig or 717-891-0482 for Bob
Email: PALAQuigley@aol.com or bobm@iu12.org
Mission Statement: To optimize educational opportunities which are appropriate and equitable for all students; to provide people interested in options in education with a network to provide for the comprehensive education of students; to create and encourage the development of alternatives in education.
International Association for Learning Alternatives (IALA)
6 West 5th Street #700
St. Paul, MN 55102
Voice Telephone: (651) 223-2875
Fax: (651) 224-8328
Coordinator: Cathie Hartnett
Web Site: http://www.learningalternatives.net
Mission Statement: To Lead, Promote and Support Learning Alternatives and Choice Options
IALA Board
Chair: Wayne Jennings, Minnesota
Assoc. Chair: David Lehman, New York
Ray Morely, Iowa
Elizabeth Quigley, Pennsylvania
Secretary-Treasurer: Lynn Vincent, Michigan
Bob Wiley, Washington
Irv Zisselman, Georgia
National Alternative Education Association (NAEA)
Edsel Erickson
Safe Schools Coalition, Inc.
PO Box 1338
Holmes Beach, Florida 34218-1338
Voice Telephone: (941) 778-6652
Fax: (941) 778-6818
Email: ssc@tampabay.rr.com
Or
Dennis L. White [Research Review, Planning and Improvement]
Hamilton Fish Institute on School and Community Violence
The George Washington University
2121 K Street NW, Suite 200
Washington, D.C. 20037-1830
Voice Telephone: (202) 496-8491
Fax: (202) 496-6244
Web Site: http://www.hamfish.org
Mission Statement: To enhance the quality of alternative education so as to reduce the number of youth who are at high risk of expulsion, suspension, or dropping out of school; and to return out-of-school youth to school or to otherwise engage them in work and educational activities that increase their chances of becoming productive and healthy citizens.
