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March 26, 2010

High school admissions letters on their way, after all

by Maura Walz, at 5:40 pm

Eighth-graders who have been waiting since Wednesday to find out where they will go to high school can breathe a sigh of relief — the letters are on their way, Chancellor Joel Klein just announced.

Admissions letters will be mailed to all students beginning this evening.  Although a State Supreme Court ruling today found that 14 high schools slated for closure must remain open, the Department of Education didn’t assign any incoming freshman to those schools, Klein said in a statement.

About 8,500 eighth-graders listed one of the 14 schools among their choices in applying to high school. Klein said that if the city loses its appeal and the schools end up remaining open next year, students will be able to elect to attend one of them.

Klein’s full statement is below the jump:

Statement by Chancellor Klein on the Distribution of High School Acceptance Letters

“Beginning tonight and continuing through the weekend, we will be sending out high school acceptance letters to students’ homes. We anticipate that by mid-week all students will have received their letters.

“No students were initially matched to schools that were slated for phase-out. Depending on the outcome of the appeal of the judge’s decision, those schools might accept new students. As a result, students who applied to those schools will also receive a letter stating that, should the schools remain open, they may select one of them.”

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  • anony

    This HAS to be a violation of the spirit of the judge’s decision, which specifically prohibits the DOE from prohibiting enrollment in the so-called phase out schools. Admitting students to another of their 2nd, 3rd, 12th choice school and then including one line offering them a chance to later switch to one of the “phase-out” schools as a token gesture showing that they’re not prohibiting enrollment is ludicrous — and the exact same sort of arrogant attempt to skirt the rules in writing the EIS’s that led to the judge’s decision.

  • Ruth

    I’d like to know how many of the teachers at the schools that are slated to phase out are sending their own children to these schools? If the schools are good enough for other people’s children to attend, as says the UFT, then I’d like to know how many children of UFT members attend. Could someone find that out?

  • Michael M.

    Ruth,
    Allow me to help you make your point:
    How many Tweed bigwigs have their kids in ANY Public School — even the ones NOT slated for closure?

  • I noticed that…

    Ruth, Allow me to add to MM’s comment, too. If I live in Westchester county, and I teach in the city, am I allowed to have my children attend NYC public schools? So I think you need to realize that many of the teachers do not live within the 5 boroughs and the ones who do have their children in NYC Public Schools.

    Since you raised the issue, I assume you plan to send your child(ren) to one of the 19 schools that are NOT closing. BTW, those are great schools. Why do you give them a visit, talk to the teachers and students who attend, and find out for yourself the wonderful service their provide.

    Thank you MM for your comments.

  • Michael M.

    I’m sorry, but it’s not so simple.

    IF (big if) some of these 8,500 who MIGHT have otherwise been MATCHED to one of the 19 closing schools got assigned to some other school, it’s quite possible that such would DISPLACE some OTHER student out of a desired slot.

    Giving those 8,500 a chance to back out of the current match to return to one of the 19 will NOT undue that “domino damage.”

    Poppycock. Utter, brazen, poppycock.

    What, I ask, is the Judge’s reaction to DOE’s decision?

    Time for some CONTEMPT charges.

  • Michael M.

    Back atcha, INT. ;- )

  • Sarah

    No one is speaking aloud about the prospective of the actual children of NYC who had to bear through this tiring process. Everyone is sooo focused on trying to get the truth and the inside scoup, when the truth and the real feelings are the ones of the 8th grade seniors. All this useless debating of how this admissions process should have resulted, does not mean a thing if it’s not words from the children (8th graders). People can be so selfish and heartless at times, but I guess you cannot blame them; we all starve for truth – even when its right before our eyes (I’m just saying, from an actual 8th grader herself).

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