Applying to an Affiliated Charter… Good luck kid
Many LAUSD parents were caught by surprise that Open Enrollment does not include affiliated charters*. I’ve spent the last few days going through the 40+ affiliated charter websites and calling some, trying to determine when they do have open enrollment windows. Personally I found the process aggravating. Some schools did a great job posting the...
Open Enrollment last Chance
Open Enrollment season started on Monday May 6th. Thank you to LAUSD’s Office of Planning and Demographics, they made it easy to make the following maps of all Open Enrollment options. Open Enrollment is your last chance to pick a school. Essential Tips 1. Over apply, you can apply to as many schools as you...
Open Enrollment is Open for business
Open Enrollment is your last chance at picking a school in LAUSD. Applications are available now. From their press release there are 270 schools participating and 9,000 seats to open. You can apply to as many schools as you want, even if you were already accepted and enrolled in another program. We’ll post more details...
School Choice news for March
Happening Now. Zone of Choice applications are due March 18th. If you live in a zone of choice, you know who you are. (ZOC website: http://zoc-lausd-ca.schoolloop.com/) The application is located here: https://zocapplication.lausd.net/App/Application.aspx SAS (School for Advanced Studies): The applications are out (http://www.lausd.net/lausd/offices/GATE/prog-opt-3.html) The Due date window is April 1st through 30th. Notification letters going...
LAUSD has a lot of school choice options.
LAUSD has so many school choice options, just listing and describing them desrves its own post. To make things a little more fun I put the presentation into a Prezi. Follow along like a power-point or pan around and zoom for more detail on a given topic. You'll need to do additional research to...
LAUSD School Choice Time Line
There are a lot of school choice options for LAUSD and lots of deadlines. Wouldn't it be great to get all school choice dates in a single place. I'm using a Gantt chart to give you a birds eye view over the major school choice programs. I'm going to be updating this as new programs...
LAUSD Open Enrollment 2012-13 Map and Lists
Open Enrollment is in progress. Open Enrollment is the last chance for LAUSD families to pick a new school for next year. For existing LAUSD families you can usually pick-up a pre-signed applciation from your neighboorhood school, you need a signature from an administrator at your neighborhood school as part of the application. The...
LAUSD Open Enrollment In Full Swing
Today marks the start of the Open Enrollment period. Between May 7 and May 25, families may apply to any of the schools listed on the LAUSD.net website (go down the right hand side, and look for the announcement and links. Transportation is not provided, but this is yet another option to choose the school...
LAUSD SAS map 2012-13
Applications are open for LAUSD School for Advanced Studies (SAS) for the 2012-13 school year. SAS programs are for students who have met or exceeded specific academic criteria. There are 181 SAS programs in LAUSD with 100 elementary schools, 50 middle schools and 31 high schools. We've created an updated map to complement the list...
School Tour Checklist
The HCC School Tour Checklist (beta 1.0) LAUSD SAS enrollment is going on now with many schools offering tours of their SAS program. (thank you Magnet Angel)
Visiting a school can leave you with a lot of questions, so we went ahead and put some of the most popular questions on a checklist for you. This...
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...
