Saint Paul Public Schools
From:
Anne Carroll
Date:
Jun 06 19:10 UTC
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The short explanation is that we are no longer keeping waiting lists in
place at schools for months into the school year basically because 1) once
students settle into their new school they rarely change even if a slot
becomes available where they were waiting; and 2) it bolixes up the
placement process for kids who move into the district after the beginning of
the school year. Concurrently, the district decided to keep a few slots open
at schools from the beginning of the year to account for both natural
movement and in-migration, rather than having some overfull and others
under.
That does not mean that there are not still sometimes grade-level capacity
issues at particular schools, however, which is what the poster experienced.
In many cases those get sorted out by the beginning of the school year; the
Placement Center and school principal are the best sources of information
and guidance for individual families.
-- Anne Carroll, SP Bd of Ed
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Anne R. Carroll
Carroll, Franck & Associates
Strategic planning, public involvement, and communications
1357 Highland Parkway
St. Paul, MN 55116 USA
Phone: 651-690-9162
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(School Board: 651-690-9156 or www.annecarroll.org)
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