FYI For Summit Upper Level Students
So I did figure out something (and who knows, maybe this was very apparent to others but I did check with Tracy Libros in Enrollment), that the Summit 8,9,10th graders (now) will get a pretty good bump into whatever comprehensive high school they want.
The reason is that Maier's amendment says for any over enrolled school that they apply for (after they receive their letters of assignment and if they reject the assignment), the first 2 tiebreakers (sibling, then reference/region) apply and THEN the priority placement they get from being displaced.
Well, there is no reference/region for high school; the whole city is the region. So for those Summit students, after the siblings get in, they are next in line. And since there is no school that will fill its entire freshman class on siblings that means they pretty much get whatever they want. That means Roosevelt, Ballard or Garfield.
For people who wanted an alternative experience, it's not much but it does allow them a lot of choice.
The reason is that Maier's amendment says for any over enrolled school that they apply for (after they receive their letters of assignment and if they reject the assignment), the first 2 tiebreakers (sibling, then reference/region) apply and THEN the priority placement they get from being displaced.
Well, there is no reference/region for high school; the whole city is the region. So for those Summit students, after the siblings get in, they are next in line. And since there is no school that will fill its entire freshman class on siblings that means they pretty much get whatever they want. That means Roosevelt, Ballard or Garfield.
For people who wanted an alternative experience, it's not much but it does allow them a lot of choice.
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For people who wanted an alternative experience, it's not much but it does allow them a lot of choice.
tie breakers of distance don't apply for high school?
Quoting an October post of Charlie's ( 28th),
By the way, about 360 of the 1484 students who live closer to Garfield than any other comprehensive high school attend an alternative program. That's 24% of them.
Im wondering what the 360 students who live within distance to Garfield will do, if their alternative is not available.
I;m also wondering- if allowing students who have been bumped from their previous buildings/programs, who are given a small advantage of being assigned a choice, before the general lottery , includes for example the 83 students who had an IEP at Summit K-12.
( somehow I think I already know the answer)
Here's the language directly from the amendment:
"A. Which students would be eligible for this priority? Students reassigned to a different school for next year due to Board action on the capacity management recommendations, specifically:
• T.T. Minor (K-4th grade students eligible, priority for any school requested)
• African American Academy (K-7th grade students eligible, priority for any school requested)
• Cooper (K-4th grade students eligible, priority for any school requested)
• Meany (6th -7th grade students eligible, priority for any school requested)
• Summit K-12 (K-11th grade students eligible, priority for any school requested)
Is there some reason I'm missing why you think the Summit K-12 students with IEP's wouldn't be included?