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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
Academic Centers are part of the CPS Selective Enrollment Elementary School (SEES) application. Notifications for those will go on the GoCPS portal on April 27 and 1st round decisions are due by May 11. Typically schools like Whitney Young and Lane do not have second round offers.
Lots of helpful links to cutoff scores and Principal’s Discretion at this post: https://chicagoschooloptions.com/spring-2018-cps-high-school-offers/
CPS Elementary (Open Enrollment, SEES, Magnet) & Preschool (Mayer, Suder, Drummond & Inter-American) will go out via the GoCPS portal on April 27, 2018. First round decisions due May 11, 2018. https://go.cps.edu/
Article from WBEZ regarding which elementary schools send the most kids to SEHS. Also mentions that Payton has about 1/3 of its freshman class from non-CPS schools. They have a search tool to see what percentage of a school’s 8th grade class was accepted to the different types of SEHS. Not sure how “accurate” it is, but you can check it out at the end of the article. https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/which-cps-elementary-schools-send-the-most-kids-to-top-high-schools/f8a51e7d-dcc5-42f5-ba24-1c357f0204a0
Principal’s Discretion (which is only available for one of the 11 Selective Enrollment High schools that should have been on your child’s original application) will open on April 9 and close on April 20. The packet itself should be available on March 30.
SEHS cutoff scores should also be posted on 3/30/18. Here are cutoff scores: https://www.cps.edu/AccessAndEnrollment/Documents/CutoffScores_SEHS_2018-2019.pdf
CPS has added a page with a plethora of information regarding how, why, where, when, etc they will release information for High School notifications. The new GoCPS single offer application for one selective and one non-selective offer is definitely more confusing than in the past. On top of that, they are adding “Second Rounds” this year, although extremely popular programs will not dip into second rounds, we suspect.
Check out the extremely detailed videos and info on https://go.cps.edu/selection/high-school.
Round 1 Offers
MARCH 30, 2018
Round 1 – Offers PostedAPRIL 13, 2018
Round 1 – Accept/Decline DeadlineAPRIL 18, 2018
Round 1 Waitlist Process Opens48 HRS AFTER OFFER POSTS
Waitlist Accept/Decline Deadline
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Round 2 Applications
APRIL 30, 2018
Round 2 OpensMAY 4, 2018
Round 2 ClosesRound 2 Offers
JUNE 1, 2018
Round 2 – Offers PostedJUNE 8, 2018
Round 2 – Accept/Decline DeadlineJUNE 13, 2018
Round 2 Waitlist Process Opens48 HRS AFTER OFFER POSTS
Waitlist Accept/Decline DeadlineVideo from Chicago Tonight w/interview from Inspector General. https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/02/22/cps-watchdog-pervasive-problem-enrollment-some-district-schools
