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It’s the latter: An entry year student (Kindergarten for Disney) living within 1.5 miles (proximity range) of the school is eligible for the proximity lottery for that entry year only. No guarantee of a spot but puts them in a pool for 40% of Kindergarten seats still open after siblings are slotted. Rising Kindergarten siblings are guaranteed a spot only if there are fewer siblings than spaces available in that entry year.
Information was released for rising non-CPS 8th graders interested in applying for choice CPS high schools for Fall 2019-2020 entry. https://cps.edu/sitecollectiondocuments/gocps/GoCPS-NWEA-NonCPSRegistration.pdf
Currently families can apply to half and full day CPS based preK programs for 3 and 4 year olds (age by Sept. 1) at the http://chicagoearlylearning.org/ website. Tuition is based on income.
Tuition based programs are still handled by each school, and more info can be found at https://cps.edu/Schools/EarlyChildhood/Pages/Tuition-basedpreschool.aspx.
The four tuition free CPS PreK programs (Drummond, Suder, Mayer & Inter-American) will be open for applying when the http://www.go.cps.edu application opens, typically the first Monday in October to the 2nd Friday in December for spots the following Fall.
Apparently more and more school based programs are offering full day (7 hour) options for families, and Mayor Emanuel also announced his plan for free full day 4 year old preschool for all. Not sure how funds will magically appear for that, but it was put out there!
https://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/mayor/press_room/press_releases/2018/may/UniversalPreK.htmlYes, sibling preference can work in both directions, as long as the first child will continue to be a student the following year when you are applying for other child. It is all space dependent, of course, but siblings are the first priority for magnet schools.
CPS typically publishes updated tier info on Oct 1st of each year. The reason why some tiers do change (up or down) is because CPS’s goal is to have the same number of school aged children in each tier, so in areas where families are moving in or aging out, the # of school aged children will change.
More detailed info on CPS Tiers can be found at http://cpstiers.opencityapps.org/ or https://cps.edu/sitecollectiondocuments/gocps/GoCPS_Tier_Process_web.pdfThe above post was just for informational purposes. Please refer to the phone number to call if you want to contact Bronzeville Classical directly. Sorry if it was confusing. This forum was created to share information about schools and get the word out about school options, so the info was shared here but this forum is not affiliated with the school. Good luck on your school search!
Bell has added a Kindergarten SEES class this year, as Coonley did not have room to keep RGC K in their program. This year Bell has both a complete K and 1st grade Regional Gifted Center class to seat. Next year only the K class will be the entry year and 1st grade will only be attrition spots, if any.
This year Coonley is only taking attrition spots for 1st grade (oftentimes school don’t know if anyone is leaving a grade until summer).
It appears it may be a “first come, first serve” situation because it says families will find out if they have a spot or if they are on the waitlist. You can choose up to two spots but you have to rank them, apparently.
From FAQs:
When will I know if my child is placed at our preferred preschool site?
You will know whether your child is offered a seat or is on a site’s waitlist immediately after submitting the application on the next screen, and through an email notification. See below for more information on next steps.How is it decided who gets an offer and who is on a waitlist?
Priorities for offers include preferences for our city’s highest-needs families: low income families, students with disabilities, students in temporary living situations, foster children, and more. While there may be seats available at a given program, one family may meet priority qualifications and receive an offer for a seat, but another family may not and would be placed on the waitlist for that site.Another way to “see” a school is to visit it during a play, concert, community or sporting event. Check the school’s calendar and see if there is anything coming up. Oftentimes events like plays or musicals are usually open to the public but do charge admissions fees.
SEHS Cutoff scores for 2018-2019 freshmen
https://cps.edu/SiteCollectionDocuments/gocps/GoCPS_Cutoff_SEHS_2018.pdfSome helpful FAQs from CPSOAE regarding Magnet programs and waitlists: http://cps.edu/AccessAndEnrollment/Documents/FAQs_MagnetSchools_2018-2019.pdf
Since you listed this under “private high schools”, there is the Chicago Academy for the Arts which draws students from the suburbs as well as the city. And many high schools can have robust music, drama and visual arts programs, along with strengths all across a curriculum. Look into visiting or shadowing schools to see about their arts offerings.
For public schools, definitely check out programs like Senn, Lincoln Park and Curie fine & performing arts for their audition or portfolio based admissions options.
Transfers can and do happen for Selective Enrollment high schools, but whether a school offers the opportunity varies year to year, and how many spots varies as well. It is possible, though!
Jones has typically had a very clear process, although this year’s applications closed already. Here are some of their FAQs for future reference: https://www.jonescollegeprep.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=123382&type=d&termREC_ID=&pREC_ID=609650
Whitney Young also has the process on their website with a deadline of May 4th: https://www.wyoung.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=199357&type=d&termREC_ID=&pREC_ID=615661
