If You Want to Transfer Your Child under NCLB, Get that Request In
I was reading the Spokane newspaper
and it was stated that for Spokane's school district, the deadline to
request a transfer to a new school under NCLB is August 26th. So I wrote to SPS to ask what their deadline is. Here's the answer I received:
Parents have to request a transfer by the first day of school by 4 pm. They will then be sent an application with their PSC options.
That PSC is "Public School Options" and here is the form you must submit to ask for it. Understand, this form I'm linking is a request for the PSC form, NOT the actual form.
Note - only via mail or fax (which seems not-so-helpful); I would suppose you could also submit it in person.
Transportation would be provided but:
- your new school may not have services your old school did and the district does not have to provide them
- transportation would end if that new school did not meet AYP (annual yearly progress) under NCLB
For more information about Public School Choice, please call 206-252-0852.
Parents have to request a transfer by the first day of school by 4 pm. They will then be sent an application with their PSC options.
That PSC is "Public School Options" and here is the form you must submit to ask for it. Understand, this form I'm linking is a request for the PSC form, NOT the actual form.
Note - only via mail or fax (which seems not-so-helpful); I would suppose you could also submit it in person.
Transportation would be provided but:
- your new school may not have services your old school did and the district does not have to provide them
- transportation would end if that new school did not meet AYP (annual yearly progress) under NCLB
For more information about Public School Choice, please call 206-252-0852.
Comments
ALL high schools failed? Every single one? I somehow thought center school might have made it.
And, ALL middles schools failed? Every single one??
And, all k8s failed? Every single one??
But, at the elementary school level, 3% 'didn't fail? Does translate into basically 2 out of the 60 or so k5s?
So, one has to be Lincoln APP, which is a program not a school.... so that leaves ONE SINGLE school, a K5, that everyone is eligible to transfer to WITH transportation?
.... Is it North Beach? West Woodland? Schmitz Park?
Please, will someone find out THE school and post? Then everyone can transfer!
--LET'S GO!
- North-end Mom
-confused
Rules are rules; let's not let the District use the 'diffuse and confuse' tactic sprinkled with the 'let's hide the facts and run out the clock' strategy.
Everyone, if you are so inclined, transfer away to THE passing school, whatever it is. Put the needs of your child first and act accordingly.
Please, someone confirm which are the passing schools, then, parents shall be free to exercise their choice.
LET'S GO
Confused, the letter does say "should a school be available." So there could be a school or two that isn't failing, that doesn't mean they can/will put everyone into them.
Also, Title I schools that made AYP but are at capacity do not have to accept additional students. [FYI - This is per NCLB and state policy. SPS may have different policy in this regard.]
Also, high schools do not typically receive Title I dollars from the district; therefore, they are not Title I schools and are not held to the NCLB consequences. NCLB sanctions, etc. only apply to those schools that receive Title I dollars. Non-Title I schools are still identified as making AYP or not --- they just don't have to deal with the sanctions, etc.
--- swk
If there are no schools in your child's district, or in surrounding districts able to accept your PSC students, the district must notify
parents that:
• There are no alternative schools.
• The school and district are taking specific measures designed to address the problem of struggling
learners.
And here's here's an explanation of why we're receiving such late notice. (Randy Dorn requested a waiver of the usual requirement that parents be notified 14 days before the start of the school year.)
By NCLB's logic, the Seahawks "failed" as a football team last year, not just because they didn't win every game, but because they didn't score a touchdown on every drive. That's NCLB in a nutshell folks.
WSDWG
Chicago
"NCLB is a complete farce, designed to destroy public school systems and divert dollars to private schools, testing and tutoring companies. It's judgment that a school has "failed" is completely arbitrary and false."
I agree. REALLY hate that my kids are caught-up in the public ed. system during this time.
Now, we can all watch our children take a brand new test- Smarter Balanced.
My HS student came home upset because they "tested" a final exam. My child stated that test material wasn't covered in class. I checked-in with the teacher and the teacher wanted to get a "look" at the test. So, our children took a final exam so the teacher could get an advance look at the test. The teacher ended up grading on a curve. My child that received a 64% on the final ended up with a 93%. There is SOOOOO much wrong with this.
I'm really feeling sick.
Btw. SPS website says you can indeed tranfer to another failing school.
Ergo
And, the use of the term "failing" - which I regret having used above and which I have avoided using for years - does not appear in NCLB. There are two distinctions in regard to which students have Public School Choice. First, there is the determination of whether a school made AYP. Second, there is a determination regarding whether a school is in a Step of Improvement. A school needs to not have made AYP for two consecutive years to get into a Step of Improvement.
So, all students in a Title I school that is in a Step of Improvement may transfer with free transportation to a school in the district that is not in a Step of Improvement. There might be a school that did not make AYP in 2013-14 that is not in a Step of Improvement because this is the first year they did not make AYP. Students would be eligible to transfer to this school (assuming they have capacity, etc.).
--- swk
Ergo
What occurred this morning was the public release of the scores and AYP calculations. Districts had those scores and AYP calculations prior to this morning.
--- swk
I've heard that letters are being sent out to parents to transfer (like only 2 weeks before school starts to decide!) but the transfer options really aren't any better than the school their child is already assigned to so what's the point? Does anyone have any experience with this?
Thanks!
Samantha