A school staff member representing Desert Oasis Continuation High School said the campus serves students who are behind in high‑school credits and typically receives transfers around age 16, most often when students are in 11th grade. "If there's a student who by the end of tenth grade is already behind in credits or deficient in credits, that is the perfect time" to seek a transfer, the staff member said.

The staff member said Desert Oasis meets each student with counselors who develop individualized plans to identify the classes students need to graduate or to return to their previous high school. "As soon as they come to us, our counselors meet with our students, each individual student, identify their plan for success," the staff member said.

School representatives said the program includes career‑technical education (CTE) classes to provide career awareness and readiness. "We also offer CTE courses here… so we have barber and beauty as one of the CTE courses that we offer. And we also have cybersecurity, which is a very popular CTE course," a second school staff member said.

Staff described the campus culture as intentionally welcoming. "Everyone here is very welcoming, very nice. We want to make sure that the students feel comfortable first," the second staff member said, adding that the main purpose is to help students graduate. Staff also said some students attend Desert Oasis temporarily to recover credits or raise grade‑point averages so they can return to schools named Central or Southwest, or to finish high school and pursue careers.

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The presentation emphasized that attendance at Desert Oasis is intended as an academic opportunity rather than punishment. "It is not a punishment to come to Desert Oasis High School," one staff member said. The speakers urged counselors and parents to consider the school as an option when students become credit‑deficient.