Adelphoi Village is adding career training for students in its education program, which is being relocated to Specialty Outreach Services at the former Institute Hill School on First Street in Butler when it opens in the fall.

Butler City Council recently approved a zoning permit allowing Adelphoi to use three rooms as classrooms for the program.

Adelphoi is moving from its location on Cunningham Street, where it has been operating for about 20 years, and moving away from referring to the program as alternative education.

“We're going to call it a private school. We're getting away from the alternative education lingo. We're a private academic school,” said Douglas Carlquist, Adelphoi chief operating officer.

The program accepts students in grades six through 12 from the Butler Area, South Butler County, Moniteau, Karns City Area and Slippery Rock Area school districts who are not succeeding in regular education programs, he said.

This is an excerpt of an article that will appear in Sunday's Butler Eagle.