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@HopefulDad- Reach out directly to the helpful GoCPS staff at gocps@cps.edu and they will be able to answer your question. Please report back their response if you can. It may have to do with a delay in syncing information or it could be a glitch. Worth contacting them directly, though. Good luck!
FYI, McPherson’s 5th grade is the first RGC cohort class in that school. The RGC program is phasing in after Coonley was phasing out their RGC program due to neighborhood overcrowding and the need to reclaim classrooms to keep neighborhood class sizes low. The McPherson RGC program will grow each year to serve K-8th but because that is their first RGC class, it may be on the smaller class size.
Here is the article from WBEZ from 7/10/24: https://www.wbez.org/education/2024/07/10/the-path-to-a-cps-test-in-high-school-often-begins-at-age-4-with-a-test-most-dont-know-exists?
This is the Zoom recording accompanying the Spring Notification Elementary slidedeck and around minute 32, it also talks about this year’s changes. https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/play/Cmjz8WjDJrDVy-O6zRgvTkKJa1vixjgPoJ8_lia5PEqXJlk_cbbzZx-7U8C7xQW_vXs115Y6C36WY3dS.xKhuQtYmGNamiJUd?accessLevel=meeting&canPlayFromShare=true&from=share_recording_detail&startTime=1743789922000&componentName=rec-play&originRequestUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Frec%2Fshare%2F5fuFu1dYpUQOkimwAnEO_uGggZlGS_mlHN3dQ3hN4E7VSDGcOsIrXQBF_hoObHCd.pkkBO7lq8c2PnnHJ%3FstartTime%3D1743789922000
Here is information on the Rolling Waitlist process: https://www.cps.edu/gocps/elementary-school/results/rolling-waitlist/
For choice programs, your student will remain on a waitlist for any program ranked higher than the one they were offered. Waitlists move until January and waitlist numbers can go up or down depending on priority categories (i.e. siblings for Choice programs are higher priority than unaffiliated students).Post Spring 2025 SEHS & Choice High School results in this thread: https://chicagoschooloptions.com/forums/topic/spring-2025-cps-hs-results/
Post Spring 2025 SEHS & Choice High School results in this thread: https://chicagoschooloptions.com/forums/topic/spring-2025-cps-hs-results/
Sign up for GoCPS trainings here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/HDoYbH1cSzOBJWD5jmJB6A#/registration
You cannot be on a Selective Enrollment Waitlist or see waitlist numbers at all if you accept an initial Selective Enrollment offer. You can ONLY be on a Selective Enrollment waitlist if you turn down your initial offer and join the Rolling Waitlist starting on 4/21/25. To avoid turning down a selective enrollment offer, you will need to accept the offered school and then do Principal’s Discretion to be considered for one of your other Selective Enrollment choices.
Principal’s Discretion (for SEHS only) https://www.cps.edu/gocps/high-school/results/principal-discretion/ is open from 3/19/25-4/4/25.
From the homepage at https://www.cps.edu/gocps/
The deadline for Selective Enrollment Elementary applicants who have not tested yet and need to request a resheduled date is Feb 2, 2025. Last day for Kindergarten SEES testing is Feb 21, 2025 and last day for 1st-8th grade SEES testing is Feb 16, 2025. Email gocpstestingteam@cps.edu or call 773-553-2060 to reschedule.The deadline for Selective Enrollment Elementary applicants who have not tested yet and need to request a resheduled date is Feb 2, 2025. Last day for Kindergarten SEES testing is Feb 21, 2025 and last day for 1st-8th grade SEES testing is Feb 16, 2025. Email gocpstestingteam@cps.edu or call 773-553-2060 to reschedule.
Tiers for 2025-2026 were set around when the application opened in Fall 2024. If you visit the school search tab https://www.cps.edu/gocps/gocps-school-search/ and turn on the CPS Tier overlay and click on a tier, you will see the language that confirms that:
“Valid for the 2025-2026 application process that takes place during
the 2024-2025 School Year.”
