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If a family started at a school solely because they proved their residency and then moved out of residency, then they typically cannot stay at that school after they move. If they were awarded a spot via the GoCPS lottery or selective enrollment process, then they can stay at the school they were offered a spot no matter where they live in Chicago. Sometimes upper grades or less crowded grades can ask the principal if there is room for their students to stay, so there may be a case by case basis to stay.
CPS doesn’t reveal where they get their content, but you can search up sample questions from OLSAT, CogAT or NNAT as a place to start.
Two entities better equipped to answer this are http://www.testprepchicago.com and https://www.thecriticalthinkingchild.com/.
Prescott School https://prescottparents.com/ has a few remaining spots available for students entering grades 2, 3, 5, and 7th on a first-come first serve basis. For more information, please email Clerk Tiara Collum at tccollum@cps.edu or Asst Principal Amanda Malsch at ajmalsch@cps.edu. Test dates for non-CPS students wanting to apply to 5th-9th grade programs for Fall 2020 should visit https://go.cps.edu/nweamap and sign up for NWEA Map testing. From the website:
“For students who did not attend a CPS school during the 2018-2019 school year, will not be enrolled at a CPS school for the 2019-2020 school year, and will be applying to any of the aforementioned schools for grades 5-9 for the 2020-2021 school year, the NWEA MAP will be offered free of charge at multiple locations around the city.
The test will be offered on September 21-22, 2019, September 28-29, 2019, and October 5-6, 2019. In order for students to be scheduled to test, the registration form must be received by the Office of Access and Enrollment no later than August 30, 2019.
Your child cannot be considered for any school with minimum NWEA MAP eligibility requirements if he/she does not take the NWEA MAP that is administered by the Chicago Public Schools system.”
Registration Form & FAQs are Here.
For Non-entry years, it should be listed as a “general” waitlist so your waitlist number is for any opening in that grade. Tiers are only applicable to entry years of magnet or selective enrollment (citywide) programs. Tiers do not come in to play for neighborhood, magnet cluster or open enrollment spots, just a general waitlist (but siblings and sometimes staff do have their own lists).
Their nearest neighborhoods are predominantly Tier 3 or Tier 2 or Tier 1.
Hancock is located in a Tier 3 area with Tier 2 nearby. Lindblom is in a Tier 2 area with Tier 1 nearby, and Brooks is in a Tier 3 with Tier 1 across the street and Tier 2 nearby.
Check out https://go.cps.edu/search and turn on search filters like “high school”, “selective enrollment” and then the geographic map overlay for “CPS tiers”.
Newberry is a magnet school and for the K entry year, there can be up to 6 waitlists: Sibling, Proximity, Tiers 1-4 (each). Then for upper attrition years they only have Sibling & General waitlists.
Lots of good information here: http://mayermagnet.org/lsc/inspector-general-report/
There is a Community Forum with CPS Leadership
Thursday, April 25th, 2019 at 6:30pm @ Mayer Gymnasium“Please join us for a Community Forum with CPS Chief of Education LaTanya McDade to discuss the Chicago Board of Education’s Inspector General report regarding Mayer’s programming. We will have a brief presentation followed by a Q&A session.”
Check out the reply regarding AC 2nd Rounds at https://chicagoschooloptions.com/forums/topic/spring-2019-academic-center-cutoff-scores/
There are usually no Round 2 offers for the most selective Academic Centers such as Whitney Young & Lane. In the past, a few of the others may have offered 2nd rounds but those two typically do not, and sometimes depending on yield rates, Kenwood, Lindblom & Taft do not.
It’s definitely worth a visit as Bennett is putting some great resources in to their new upper school. Their head of upper school came from Parker and has a strong vision for the curriculum and is well supported in executing it from administration. They have planned partnerships with both corporate and academic partners for outside resources, internships and mentoring. The build-out is finishing up so you can see the facilities soon but it will take a few years to grow in to a full high school so first families will be helping to influence the program as it matures.
You will have a chance to visit the school before you need to accept or decline your offer. Definitely visit and ask any questions there. LaSalle is a language academy magnet school, so they offer 4 languages taught 4-5 days/week and your child should be able to pass out of at least first year HS level (if not higher) for that language. Lincoln Elementary offers a foreign language but does not teach it as many times per week.
For preschool to early elementary parents interested in learning more about the Selective Enrollment Elementary School (SEES) testing & admissions, there are two upcoming seminars to consider attending:
4/27/19 @ 10am-12pm at IIT by The Critical Thinking Child & Chicago School GPS: RSVP here.
5/2/19 @ 7-8:30pm at Bubbles Academy by NPN & Chicago School GPS: RSVP here.
What school are you waitlisted for? For SEHS, there is the Principal’s Discretion process that is still very competitive but may be worth a shot. For Choice schools, you may see if there is availability in a subsequent round. For all types, there may be an opportunity to transfer in 10th grade.
