The Positive Alternatives to School Suspensions (PASS) program attempts to reduce out-of-school suspension at the secondary level in order to obviate the negative consequences of truancy and interrupted learning. Alternative intervention strategies include the following: (1) isolation from regular classes for varying periods of time; (2) preventive counseling; and (3) parental contact. PASS was implemented in three high schools where the majority of suspensions had occurred. Attention was given to the disproportionality of suspensions of minority students. Typically PASS schools have improving suspension rates. Even during periods when suspensions are not reduced, violent behavior is. The most prominent recommendations, based on recognition that intervention strategies are worthwhile, are as follows: (1) prevention should be a major objective in improving discipline and school climate; (2) school climate should be monitored to help determine the appropriate use of PASS resources; and (3) PASS should be expanded to selected schools where the suspension rate is higher than the district average, rising, or not being addressed by other programs. (LHW)