A traditional program is just what it seems, a series of instructions that run one after the other.

Younger audiences often find them more intriguing than traditional programs.

Most of all, how will students and parents take to the idea of schools that do not offer traditional programs?

"Maybe after doing it for 20 years you could get a pass on that traditional program," Valentine said.

Special education costs between two and three times the amount of traditional programs.

In 2010, the traditional program would be forced to compete with private plans.

The traditional program involves taking two terms (fall and winter) for four years to complete a degree.

She said it had become increasingly difficult to set up traditional programs in areas "where people are working at two jobs to make ends meet."

The traditional program works on a lottery system where you are given an equal chance as everyone else to get your student into the school.

The cost, at $5,000 a month, is a fraction of traditional residential programs.