“Schools of Choice” is a
program that allows students to attend school in a non-resident school district
within the intermediate school district (in our case, Wayne County) or in
another intermediate school district if it is contiguous, without having to
receive a written release from their resident school district. The program
operates in the following manner:
1. Each local school
board must adopt a resolution stating whether or not it will participate in
choice.
2. If a district chooses
to participate, then by the 2nd Friday in August, the district must notify the
public that applications will be taken during a specific 15-day period, and the
specific method for applying. After the closing of the 15-day application
period, the district has 15 days to determine which students may enroll.
District with unlimited positions available may enroll students through the end
of the first week of school. They must provide notice of the application process
and the period applications will be accepted (minimally 15 days long). No later
than the end of the first week, the district must notify the parents of
enrollment procedures and deadline dates.
For Second Semester
Enrollment:
Districts must publish grades, schools and programs that have available
positions not later than 2 weeks prior to the end of the first semester. They
may accept applications during the last 2 weeks of the first semester. Then
districts must determine by random selection, those students who may enroll and
notify parents and inform them of the enrollment procedures and deadline dates.
Outside of District
Applicants:
Districts may now accept applications and enroll students from contiguous
districts. All requirements and deadlines are the same as stated above. If the
out-of-district enrollee is a special education student, there must be a written
agreement with the resident district to provide for free appropriate public
education and an agreement on the responsibility of payment for associated
special education costs.
3. If the school district receives more applications than there are openings
available, the school district must have
a random drawing to determine which students will be allowed to attend.
Below is a list of school districts in Wayne County that are participating in
choice for the 2007-2008 school year. Parents wishing to enroll their children
under choice should call the participating district to receive specific
information on schools, grades and special programs that are available if they
have not seen this information in the newspaper.
