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Placement Offers & Periods

School Placement Offers

A placement period is a round of assignment processing, which you can request.  You must submit an application to participate in any of the placement periods. Forms are available at the Educational Placement Center or on the district website. A placement offer is an assignment to a particular school. After we process applications, we will make a placement offer according to the key dates in the enrollment cycle. (If you applied by January 27, 2012, your placement offer will be available on March 16, 2012.)

After the initial offer, you have the opportunity to participate in any of the placement periods to receive a higher choice school. 

After the initial placement offer, we recommend that you register to secure enrollment at the school site.  Even if you accept a placement offer, you can still choose to seek  a higher choice school during any placement or waiting pool period.

In order to secure enrollment, you must go to the school and register by bringing your placement letter and proofs of birth and residency by the deadline date stated on the letter.  If not, the placement will be cancelled and the seat will be made available to other students.

August Waiting Pool Period

Beginning on June 4, you may submit a request for any school that does not have openings at the time, but may have openings later. You may list ONE SCHOOL as a waiting pool school.

Requests to participate in the August Placement process will mean that the student will relinquish their previous assignment to accept the higher choice school. There will not be an opportunity to decide between a previous and the new placement. 

After school starts, students who have not notified the school or do not enroll within the first three days of school will be withdrawn and those seats will be available for other students.  Students who have requested higher choice schools will be included in the assignment process for openings as listed for the August placement period at this point in the enrollment cycle.

Any placement offer that is accepted during the August placement period will be the final offer and the student will not be included in any other placement runs for any other schools.

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