Elementary students can also apply for magnet schools or programs here. Magnet schools offer unique, schoolwide curricula. JCPS also may consider boundary lines for Butler and Male traditional high schools, according to a new student assignment plan. Your child's wait-list number will not . JCPS School Choice. The motion passed in a unanimous vote during a special meeting at the JCPS Van Hoose Center on Wednesday evening. Let's give families a chance to attend the same magnet elementary school to support family engagement and give schools a chance to build and sustain relationships with families, especially since JCPS already gives preference to twins and multiples. The Early Childhood curriculum supports the districts vision for students to be ready to thrive and succeed in Kindergarten and beyond. Late magnet applications are not included in the wait list and will be reviewed based on building capacity and program need. Transportation may not be provided. JCPS Siblings. When she brought this up to the district's student assignment office, Schirmer said she was told if she wanted the two boys to be in the same elementary school, she could pull her older child from the magnet (after five years there) and apply for a transfer to the kindergartner's traditional school. It is the parents responsibility to, inform the school or the JCPS Student Assignment Office if the, If my child is offered placement, how long will I have t, repared to accept or decline placement if con, to respond to the school office, excluding weekends and school holidays, to accept, or decline placement. In a six-part series " Magnetic Pull ," The Courier Journal digs deep into the Jefferson County Public Schools magnet program, laying bare a system that creates "haves" and "have-nots" by. If all seats in a program are filled, no additional applicants will be offered placement from the wait list. p+c5U# h"C">$&C.C 0V:AE #+A<8QL,M UJ`X^[mXRRc`@R})y$^ln~MU&4LA`X8! The posted wait lists will identify the next wait list number to be contacted if a program seat becomes available. If the magnet schoolsuse selection criteria and the student was rejected based on "program at capacity," the magnet school cancontact families to offer a seat ifseats become available. Elementary magnet school families can be divided between magnet schools and cluster schools depending on the results of the random lottery. "We do not have sibling preference in our magnet school policy," JCPS spokesman Mark Hebert wrote to The Courier Journal. stream
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Stay connected with Westport and JCPS through our direct messaging systems. Any applications submitted after the deadline are considered late applications. " Unfortunately, our magnet schools program was set up opposite of that, which was to give a place where exclusivity happens that has become all too segregated.". Y2PW7djbM_o%YhD}
!K$eoC?Yt7r"KdoJxoI,EVUvwo This has created family challenges with drop off, pick up, busing, parental involvement, and navigating multiple school schedules and administrations. JCPS offers an Early Childhood program for children who will be 4 years old on or before August 1st and qualify based on household income and/or special needs, and children who turn 3 years old on or before August 1st and have an Individual Educational Program (IEP). If no email address was, provided, parents will be contacted by phone. Its an equity issue providing slots for siblings would decrease access for other students across the district to get into the magnet program for which they have applied.". JCPS Elementary Magnet Schools no longer have sibling preference. Automatic Sibling Preference. p5k?h:k,;;',`_PWw{~j~-?$l.KARI^1TH^. By placing obstacle after obstacle, many families working very hard to meet their basic needs under difficult circumstances will never consider these elementary magnet schools to be an option.". Catonsville Center for Alternative Studies, Cromwell Valley Elementary Regional Magnet School, George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology School, Northwest Academy of Health Sciences School, Patapsco High School and Center for the Arts, Emergency Notifications, School Closings, and Delays, School Zone Chart and Contact Information, Board Policies and Superintendent's Rules, Request to Examine Financial Disclosure Statements, Informational Summaries and Transcripts 22-23, Informational Summaries and Transcripts 21-22, Informational Summaries and Transcripts 20-21, Building and Contracts Committee Meetings 21-22, Building and Contracts Committee Meetings 20-21, Substitute Teaching Employment Opportunities, Frequently Asked Questions about the Magnet Programs Wait List. The start time changes Jefferson County Public School leaders hope to implement next year could create more barriers to entering the district's coveted magnet schools for some families, according to a petition urging changes to the magnet admissions process. JCPS Gives No Sibling Preference. Magnet programs that use a lottery selection process have a limited number of seats. If you have questions, regarding magnet schools or programs please email askoptionalmagnet@jefferson.kyschools.us. The student transfer application may take 15-20 days to process. To tell us about a new child in family, you can use our Registration system. Accessibility Statement Jefferson County Public Schools. As of November 4, 2022, wait lists for all programs have expired. Report abuse . 4 0 obj
For more information, please contact the JCPS Office of School Choiceat (502) 485-6250 or email JCPSSchoolChoice@jefferson.kyschools.us. Unless you inform schools that you want your child to be r, other wait list(s) until you are offered a seat, or until the wait list is no longer active. National education experts have documented the problems with JCPS' magnets and recommended reforms to give poor and minority students greater access, but the district has ignored nearly all of. Instituting diversity targets that are more reflective of the district's student population for magnet schools and magnet programs; Ending magnet schools' ability to exit, or kick out, students; Streamlining the application process, with admissions lotteries moving from school control to central office; Consolidating some magnet programs into one campus, while expanding other programs to become full-school magnets. If your student is on a wait list, please be sure to inform the BCPS Magnet Program staff of any change in email address or phone number. What does the wait-list number mean? Siblings will then have a greater likelihood of remaining together. The petition focuses on siblings of elementary age when one child has gained entry into a magnet and the other is put on a waitlist. JCPS Magnet/Optional Program Lists 36-37 JCPS Magnet/Optional Program Maps 38-40 5 Quality Data 41 FRL Student Performance: Proficiency Rates 42 When more applicants apply for a program than there are seats to accommodate them, a random lottery selection process is used to fill the available seats and create a wait list for the program. Although the school district offers online learning through the Pathfinder School of Innovation while some students are isolated, one parent told WAVE 3 News she does not think the district considers the struggles families go through with kids learning at . ?TR-$`**
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KDE preschool program guidance clearly states that districts may accept students who do not qualify for state preschool only if space is available. The JCPS Office of Optional and Magnet Programsprovides information on specialized schools and programs at all grade levels. Sarah Schirmer, who created the petition, addressed board members during their February meeting, saying she has a fourth grader at a magnet that he loves and an incoming kindergartner who has been placed on the school's waitlist - No. The Student Assignment Office will continue. <>
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If you submitted an EnrollJeffco application for your student (s) during the Round 1 enrollment window, we are reaching out to let you know that Round 1 results are coming soon. In speaking with JCPS Student Assignment and JCPS School Board Members, we do not have their support for automatic sibling preference because it reduces equity in the open lottery; sibling waitlist preference is the compromise. Equally as important to school success is engaged and involved parents. You will need this number when checking, Every family will receive a letter to let students know what their position on the wait list is and the instructions for, accessing the wait list system. 0% found this document useful, Mark this document as useful, 0% found this document not useful, Mark this document as not useful, Save Frequently Asked Questions-Magnet Wait Lists For Later, Magnet programs have a limited number of seats. Access Wait List Status You may register and apply to schools and programs here. Seven schools had over a 1% drop in graduation rates: Atherton Ballard Butler Doss Moore Southern Western Moore, Doss and Western's rates were below the overall JCPS graduation rate of 83.5%.. Siblings will then have a greater likelihood of remaining together. For now, just register like you are a new family. impossible to predict how many, if any, applicants may decline a placement offer. The wait list status link for all programs will be posted on the JCPS Student Assignment website, by mid-February. Magnet Schools of America highlighted barriers to bolstering diversity at JCPS magnet programs in a 2014 report to the district, such as inconsistent and opaque selection criteria and lackluster . If magnets seats become available, students will be notified via email sent to the parent email address listed on the application. JCPS Elementary Magnet Schools no longer have sibling preference. Diversity in our magnet schools is imperative to school success. 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