The work experience career exploration program (WECEP), a junior high school alternative education program for potential school dropouts, was implemented at Ben Franklin Junior High School in the Fargo, North Dakota, school district during the 1975-76 school year. Patterned after vocational education cooperative work experience programs, WECEP is different in that it serves younger students ages 14 and 15 who are having problems in a traditional school setting. WECEP is concerned with helping disadvantaged students experience and appreciate work and education, rather than developing specific job skills. School credits are granted for both inschool instruction and for the part-time work experience. The well-received program experienced a high degree of success and will continue as a regular program in the district. To continue the success of the program's first year, three areas of concern should be resolved: A reliable and economic method of transporting WECEP students to job sites, a followup for these students into high school to help carry them through to graduation, and the concern felt by teachers in other subject areas about the special treatment given to WECEP students compared to students in the regular junior high program. About half of the report is comprised of WECEP materials such as student data forms and comments of employers, students, parents, and faculty. (MF)