The class is offered as an optional program to high schools in the city and students attend only with the written permission of their parents.

An optional five-day residential program is available for students in grades 7 through 12.

Once a user's core applications had been installed, little room was left for optional programs and documents.

The University offers also programs of pre-university training and optional programs.

Without it, Nassau will be forced to cut optional programs like those for the elderly and youths, he said.

The various programs, though optional, are generally popular among students.

Pressure from international organizations forced the government to make the program optional.

"We had to make tough decisions on what the state was going to fund, and that was an optional program."

In addition to the standard enrichment class, optional programs are available.

Despite the self-directed nature of the school, some optional programs exist to provide a more traditional environment.