One thing about the term "alternative school" is that it's already being used for institutional schooling situations that are alternatives to traditional situations.
I was in EOP - Educational Opportunities Program - in high school. It was basically an alternative to traditional high school, and was referred to as "alternative school" by some.
I took half my classes with EOP instructors, in one big area, with the same students. I took the other half of my classes at the regular high school but we also had the option of doing a kind of junior internship for credit at some job in town during those hours. EOP was a closed environment, you took your EOP classes in the morning or afternoon, all hours run together, and it was a very cool community feel and without it I might have quit school. It was absolutely alternative and absolutely unrelated to anything at home or parent directed.
So I am just wondering if these types of alternatives are included in the general idea of educational choice, or not, or if I am just muddying the waters further.