• Application Process

    The 2021-2022 School Choice application process requires families to rank applications in order of preference. Parents may apply to a combination of 10 School Choice transfers with no more than 5 being Magnet programs.

    The first application you complete will automatically become your rank 1 school by system default. The second application you complete will become your 2nd ranked choice and so forth. Families will need to place schools in order of preference by placing “1” next to the most desired program, “2” next to the second highest ranked choice, and so on.

    Applicants have until midnight on November 6, 2020 to re-arrange school rankings. The order schools are ranked have absolutely no impact on the lottery. All students will enter the lottery pool for the schools in which they have both applied and qualified. It is very important that you think carefully about your ranking, because if your child is accepted to a program, any lower-ranked choice will be removed, see examples below.

    Example 1:

    Rank:

    School:

    What Happened in Lottery:

    What Parents See:

    Rank 1

    School A

    Wait List

    Wait List

    Rank 2

    School B

    Not Qualified

    Not Qualified

    Rank 3

    School C

    Accepted

    Accepted

    Rank 4

    School D

    Accepted

    ** Dropped **

    Rank 5

    School E

    Wait Listed

    ** Dropped **

     

    Example 2:

    Rank:

    School:

    What Happened in Lottery:

    What Parents See:

    Rank 1

    School A

    Accepted

    Accepted

    Rank 2

    School B

    Not Qualified

    ** Dropped **

    Rank 3

    School C

    Accepted

    ** Dropped **

    Rank 4

    School D

    Accepted

    ** Dropped **

    Rank 5

    School E

    Wait Listed

    ** Dropped **

     

    Example 3:

    Rank: School: What Happened in Lottery: What Parents See:

    Rank 1

    School A

    Not Qualified

    Not Qualified

    Rank 2

    School B

    Accepted

    Accepted

    Rank 3

    School C

    Accepted

    ** Dropped **

    Rank 4

    School D

    Accepted

    ** Dropped **

    Rank 5

    School E

    Wait Listed

    ** Dropped **
     
    The big advantage to this system is that it will greatly reduce the number of students who remain on wait lists waiting for others to make up their mind where to send their students. A large number of students (and parents) will learn much sooner where they will be going to school the following year, reducing the stress that this process has caused. The statistical chance of being accepted at your top priority school has not changed.