T-S-T BOCES offers a variety of programs in Alternative Education.

The T-S-T Community School provides programs for students in Middle and High School levels who are seeking a local or Regents diploma, or a General Equivalency Diploma.  We also have a GED class located at Tompkins-Cortland Community College, for students who are prepared to learn in a college setting.

These programs are COSERS 404; 405; and 406. Applications are made to the T-S-T Community School through the home school district's Guidance Office; students who are classified by the Committee on Special Education must go through the CSE.

The Lighthouse Program provides a short-term, intensive therapeutic setting for students who are experiencing a mental health crisis.  The class serves no more than six students at one time, and provides academic support as well as counseling services with the goal of assisting the student and family to transition back to the home school or to a more appropriate setting.

Lighthouse is COSER 403.  Applications are made through the Lighthouse liaison in the student's school. 

T-S-T BOCES also provides academic support to students in the Adolescent Unit at Cayuga Medical Center. This program is COSER 403.