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 As part of No Child Left Behind, all schools deemed High Priority are required to offer students the choice to attend another school in the district that is in Good Standing. Schools required to offer NCLB Choice are those classified as School Improvement 1, School Improvement 2, Corrective Action, Restructuring, or Reconstitution.
While many schools will not know their 2009-2010 status until state test scores are released in late July, the district knows some of the schools that will be required to offer another NCLB school of choice since the schools missed making Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) during the 2007-2008 school year.
**Schools must make (or miss) AYP two years in a row before moving into or out of Good Standing.** Students attending the 11 MNPS schools that were classified as High Priority for the 2008-2009 school year will receive letters (late February - March) explaining the NCLB choice options available to them. These 11 schools include: Napier Enhanced Option Elementary, Tusculum Elementary, Antioch Middle, Apollo Middle, Cameron Middle, Isaac Litton Middle, West End Middle, Wright Middle, Glencliff High, Hillsboro High, and Whites Creek High. Students accepting the NCLB school of choice will have school bus transportation provided by the district.
Also according to NCLB, students who attend a persistently dangerous school or are the victim of a violent crime while in their zoned school have the option to attend a different school within the district. MNPS has no schools labeled as persistently dangerous.
Students enrolled in a High Priority school who qualify for Free and Reduced Meals (FRM) are also eligible for Supplemental Educational Services (SES) in their zoned school. SES provides tutoring before or after school or on the weekends at no cost to the parent, but is not available at the NCLB school of choice. The tutoring is provided by state approved organizations outside of MNPS. SES can be provided at school, at home, or online. Some service providers also offer services at off-campus sites.
For those students zoned to schools that fall into High Priority status as a result of spring testing, letters will be mailed home after state test scores are released. State test scores will be released July 2009. |
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