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Student Assignment Plan 2005-2006
Proposed Amendments for School Board Vote November
3
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Topic of
Proposal Motion |
Description |
Submitted
by/
Recommendation # |
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Waitlist
Declare preference
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Parents can declare a preferred waitlist school
that is other than their first choice school. Students may only be
on one waitlist.
Current policy: If a student is not
assigned to the first choice school, they are automatically put on
a waitlist for that school. |
Staff #1 |
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Waitlist
Dissolve October 1
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Dissolve waitlists for all schools on October 1,
2005.
Current policy: Waitlists dissolve on
November 1. |
Staff #2 |
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Tiebreaker
Integration
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Suspend the use of the integration positive
tiebreaker.
Current policy: The integration
tiebreaker is suspended pending the outcome of a lawsuit. This
action continues that suspension. |
Staff #3 |
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Mandatory
mitigation
Queen Anne/Magnolia
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Queen Anne and Magnolia residents who receive a
9th grade mandatory assignment, after selecting at least three
schools, will be assigned to the comprehensive high school nearest
their home.
This is a new provision.
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Director Lilly
#1
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Mandatory
mitigation
Queen Anne/Magnolia
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Queen Anne and Magnolia residents who receive a
9th grade mandatory assignment, after selecting at least three
schools, will be moved to the top of the waitlist of their highest
choice comprehensive high school.
This is a new provision.
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Director Lilly
#2
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Tiebreaker
Sibling legacy
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The sibling tiebreaker will apply for six years
(similar to elementary schools) for all grade levels.
Current Policy: A student gets priority
to attend a school that his/her sibling attends during the current
school year and will continue to attend in the next school
year. |
Director Lilly
#3
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Tiebreaker
Special Preference
Laurelhurst to Eckstein
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Students from the Laurelhurst reference area
applying to 6th grade at Eckstein will receive a special tiebreaker
preference (after region and before distance)
This is a new provision.
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Director Wall
#1
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Tiebreaker
Distance to
TOPS |
Distance will be applied as a tiebreaker to 20%
of the open kindergarten seats after siblings have been assigned to
TOPS.
This is a new provision.
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Director Wall
#2
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Tiebreaker
Special
Preference AE#2 & Orca toSalmon
Bay
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Continues the special preference for 5th grade
AE#2 and Orca students to be assigned to sixth grade at Salmon Bay.
(The tiebreaker applies after region and before lottery)
Current policy: This special program
preference is set to expire this year and would not be in effect
for 2005-2006. |
Director Wall
#3
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