Why did Ericsson become Northrup Elementary?
From:
Glenn Austin
Date:
May 01 18:33 UTC
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As someone in the neighborhood who just went through the school choice process,
I would contend that it is still very similiar to an "apply and hope you get
in" process. Even thouh there are no requirements, often times more people
apply for the "better" schools than there are spots for and you go into a
lottery with no gurantees you'll get your choice. To make things more
difficult, in some schools a lot of the spots are pre-filled by kids who have
siblings already at the school. During our school visit at Northrup, Dr. Alvig
gave us a very high percent for this upcoming year.
As an example, friends of ours did not get any of their choices when results
came in and were for a time left in limbo and now are going to wind up at
school that will not have busing available for them and is not walking
distance. Also, through friends in the school system, we have heard that some
community schools, your "gauranteed" school if you are not in an open area, had
more people from that community apply than there were spots for. So, for even
some of those family it has become an "apply and hope you get in" situation,
even though there was supposed to be a "gurantee".
For more info on school choice go to:
http://schoolchoice.mpls.k12.mn.us/Completing_a_School_Request_Card2.html