Company Profile

Company Description:

Ombudsman Educational Services is a ChanceLight® company. ChanceLight, is the nation’s leading provider of behavioral health, therapy and education solutions for children and young adults. We change the direction of children’s lives by offering them the opportunity to create successful, independent futures.

Ombudsman Educational Services provides alternative education programs for high school students who have dropped out or who are at risk of dropping out of school.  A flexible schedule with morning, afternoon, and in some cases, evening sessions means students don’t have to choose between life and school. Ombudsman offers academic, social and behavioral support so that students earn their high school diplomas and are prepared to make positive choices about the future.

Ombudsman utilizes a number of research-based curriculum resources to deliver its instructional model. Initial and ongoing teacher-led instruction is tailored to ensure each student earns the necessary credits to arrive at graduation in accordance with his or her success plan. Ombudsman’s rigorous and relevant academic programs are accredited by AdvancED and aligned to Common Core and state-specific standards.

Ombudsman partners with more than 100 school districts in 14 states and operates more than 100 schools and programs for alternative education, credit recovery and dropout prevention and recovery.

Many public school districts partner with Ombudsman to provide alternative programs for credit recovery, dropout prevention and dropout recovery. Regardless of the reason they attend, 84 percent of middle and high school students successfully complete their enrollment at Ombudsman, graduate or return to their district school closer to or at grade level.