High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Gordon Parks High School is a public alternative learning center in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The school, founded in 1991, was originally called the Saint Paul Area Learning Center. The school was named Unidale Alternative Learning Center for several years, after the local strip mall it operated in; this was often shortened to ALC Unidale. In 2007, a permanent building was built for the school and it was renamed. The school serves high school aged students who are categorized under "at-risk" criteria or are far behind in graduation. The school is the largest of seven alternative day school programs that are run by the Saint Paul Public Schools district.