Comments on: McCourt HS planners hunt for the perfect admissions policy http://gothamschools.org/2009/11/13/mccourt-hs-planners-hunt-for-the-perfect-admissions-policy/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Big Bill http://gothamschools.org/2009/11/13/mccourt-hs-planners-hunt-for-the-perfect-admissions-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-244329 Big Bill Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:33:26 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=27366#comment-244329 I am hopeful that the admissions planning committee includes discussions about how qualified students from the 5 boroughs will be included in the application process for this school. That way, someone like me, who grew up on the upper west side, but got priced out of the neighborhood, and who has been a committed public school parent for more than a decade, can send his kids there. I am hopeful that the admissions planning committee includes discussions about how qualified students from the 5 boroughs will be included in the application process for this school.

That way, someone like me, who grew up on the upper west side, but got priced out of the neighborhood, and who has been a committed public school parent for more than a decade, can send his kids there.

]]> By: Ellen http://gothamschools.org/2009/11/13/mccourt-hs-planners-hunt-for-the-perfect-admissions-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-235940 Ellen Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:53:50 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=27366#comment-235940 "If you do the outreach, but admissions policy isn’t equitable, then the kids don’t get in. And if you have the policy but not the outreach, then you don’t get the applicants that you’re looking for.” I am hopeful that the admissions planning committee includes discussions about how students with varying special needs...deaf or blind or physically challenged....will be included in the application process for this school. “If you do the outreach, but admissions policy isn’t equitable, then the kids don’t get in. And if you have the policy but not the outreach, then you don’t get the applicants that you’re looking for.”

I am hopeful that the admissions planning committee includes discussions about how students with varying special needs…deaf or blind or physically challenged….will be included in the application process for this school.

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