No. 138    Institute for Learning

  Date:   April 11, 2001
  To:   Principals and Vice Principals
  Subject:   Choice List For 2001-2002 School Year
  Department  and/or  Persons  Concerned:   Principals, Vice Principals, Secretaries, and Enrollment Personnel
  Due Date:   For the 2001-2002 school year
  Reference:   District Procedure No. 6127
  Action  Requested:   Review, notify parent(s), and enroll students as required by district process
 

Brief Explanation:

  Under separate cover sites will receive their first Choice wait list for the 2001-2002 school year. Beginning April 16, 2001, sites may also view their list online. To access your list, see the guide for Using Enrollment Options Reports also being sent to you under separate cover. The Choice wait list has been randomized, ranked, and sorted by grade level in the following order. Students should be accepted in the order of the list.
 
  1. Secondary schools only: Continuing and/or articulating Choice students from an elementary or middle feeder school. No application required. These students are not included on this list, but have been articulated in the district client/server to their secondary Choice site.
 
  2. Applicants between October 1, 2000, and March 15, 2001, have been randomized and sorted by grade level in the following order:
 
   
  • Siblings of concurrently enrolled Choice students
  • Single track, year-round, or traditional calendar change
  • Specialized course or training
  • General request
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  3. Applications after March 15, 2001, will be added to future lists (for the 2001-2002 school year) in date and time order.
 
  4. Out of District students (an Interdistrict Attendance Permit must be completed).

Please note the following:

Specialized Course or Training

A student who has been given a Choice priority for "specialized course or training" is required to take the specialized course or training for which they received the priority. Students enrolled with a specialized course priority may remain at the school as a Choice student as long as they remain enrolled in the special course or course sequence. Choice students enrolled for specialized courses are to be coded in the district client-server as CH2. It is important to note that the Choice program does not provide specialized course priority for various athletics programs nor carry athletic eligibility. Students desiring athletic exceptions should contact the director of Educational and School Services for rules and regulations (Ref. Procedure 4172). Students requesting specialized course priority will be randomized for the specialized course list and for the general request list in case the specialized course is not offered.

Out-of-District Students

State legislation stipulates that students who reside out-of-district may not displace a district student. Students who reside out of the district must file an Interdistrict Attendance Permit to attend a school in the district. Approval of the Interdistrict Attendance Permit does not guarantee enrollment in a particular school, even if the student formerly resided in the school’s boundaries. Out-of-district students must also apply through Choice or Magnet to be enrolled at a particular school. Please be aware that out-of-district students will always be the last priority, even as names are added to subsequent Choice lists.

If you have any questions, please call the Enrollment Options Office at (619) 725-5672.
 

Patricia Trandal
Program Manager
Integration Services, Reporting, and Enrollment Options


APPROVED:

Mary Hopper
Executive Officer to Chancellor