LA media reports the new Open Enrollment debate
Here are the highlights of what is being said around LA about LAUSD’s new Open Enrollment plans A few take aways. We shouldn’t have to debate how many student are or have been enrolled in LAUSD, this should be easy to find information on LAUSD’s website. Depending on the story Daily Breeze pegs current enrollment...
What happens after you apply?
You submitted your LAUSD Magnet/ PWT/ PSC/ Romero Transfer Act/ Charter school application(s), now what? No matter what type of school(s) you have applied to, all schools must follow the same rules when accepting students. If the school you applied to has fewer kids apply than seats available, every kid gets in. If the...
A new style of Magnet Map 2012-13
HopeChangeChoices.org is excited to bring back the Magnet Map. Unfortunately Google has prevented us from creating our traditional style of Magnet Map. Google has given us a new, richer, tool called a fusion table. You now have the ability to set filters to help you select just the schools you want to display. Here is the...
What are your Choices winter edition 2011
School choice for the 2012-2013 school year is almost over. November and December are the most important months for school choice in LAUSD. Magnet, PSC, PWT, and Romero Transfer Act all end in December. Many charter schools will have closed their application window as well. I hope this section helps you launch your search. Magnet...
Changes to LAUSD Choices Application for 2012-13 school year
The biggest change in Chocies (LAUSD Magnet program) this year isn’t any new school, its the application itself. The Choices Application is online. The paper option still exists, but there are two online application options that we think can cover 100% of all parents. It’s not intuitive but HCC is always here to help you...
HCC’s list of top Schools in Los Angeles (part 1 of 3)
We’re doing for LA schools what US News and World Report does for America’s Colleges. We are ranking LA schools from number 1 to dead last. Okay that’s not true. But it does lead to a few questions that we are breaking into a 3 part series. First why do you want to choose a...
Magnet Time
The Magnet School, Permit with Transport, and Public School Choice application is getting mailed home now. There are lots of changes for the better so lets highlight a few. The list of schools has been redesigned for easy reading. English Version. Spanish Version. Local District Magnet Fairs for LD 3 and LD 4. Both are...
What Happens Next?
“So I applied to a magnet school. Now what happens?” If you submitted your magnet application by the deadline, you should be receiving a letter this month to confirm that LAUSD has received your application. If any information needed to be corrected on this form, you will have the opportunity to correct it and...
Magnet Myths
See how smart you are about Magnets. Magent Myths from rustum jacob on Vimeo.
How To Apply to a Magnet High School
This video focuses on How to Apply to a Magnet School. We created this from the viewpoint of a parent at Cochran MS trying to send their child to a Magnet High School. As you will see from the video; it is important for a parent to apply to Magnet schools in 6th grade (if...
Why a Magnet High School?
Why go to a Magnet High School in LAUSD? Here are a few reasons why: Why Magnet Schools from rustum jacob on Vimeo Download Choices Video (English)
What does the Choices Brochure Look Like?
here it is: Here is the link to the full brochure 2009-2010 Choices Brochure (English) 2009-2010 Folleto Opciones (En Español) And here is a link to the TV special
