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Assignment
100
How old do children need to be in order to register for K2 for the 2013-2014 School Year?
What is 5 by September 1, 2013?
100
What is Countdown to Kindergarten?
A program to help support families with navigating the BPS registration and transition process.
100
What is Fields Corner Children Thrive?
What is a neighborhood wide school readiness initiative to ensure all children have the opportunities and support they need to enter kindergarten ready for success in school and beyond?
100
Students who live in the same house AND have the same guardian.
What are sibilings?
100
This is the time when first round registrants learn about their assignments.
What is late March?
200
When does the first round of registration start for the 2013-2014 school year?
What is January 3, 2013?
200
What is School Preview Time? The time of year when each schools hosts a open house for prospective familes.
The time of year when each schools hosts a open house for prospective familes.
200
Who can enoroll in Fields Corner Children Thrive?
Who are Dorchester Families with children under 5 years of age?
200
Who are students who qualify for transportation?.
Students who attend a school further than 1 mile from their home.
200
Name the two elementry indistrict charter schools for 2013-2014.
What are Dudley St. Neighborhood School and UP Academy?
300
What 4 documents do you need in order to register?
What are: 1) a child's birth certificate. 2)A parent ID. 3)2 proof's of address. 4)the child's updated immunization record.
300
What are Registration Information Sessions?
What are the events that BPS hosts in the fall for families to learn about the nuts and bolts of the registration process.
300
What website can you visit to get up to date kindergarten transition year information?
300
1 mile radius.
What is the walkzone priority for elementry students?
300
What are the 3 assignment priorities?
What are Round, Sibling and Walkzone?
400
North, East and West Zone.
What are the three assignment zones?
400
What is the website you can visit to recieve a personlized list of school options.
400
Newcomer Assessment and Counseling Center
What is the department that evaluates possible English language learners?
400
Queing system
What is the reccomended dates families are encouraged to register so that they don't have to wait?
400
What is the time we allow waitlist families to decide on a new assignment opportunity (from late August through January only)?
What is 24 hours?
500
Can BPS administratively assign children to a school that was not selected?
Yes if the child will be 6 or older by December 31, 2013.
500
What is the maximum number of schools a family select?
What is all of the schools the family is eligible for?
500
What is the benefit of preregistering online using BPS Express?
What is a shorter wait time to finalize your registration at the Family Resource Center?
500
Who has to complete the Home Language Survey?
Who is anyone registering for school for the first time?
500
What is the school year any new proposed changes to the assignement process will go into effect?
What is 2014-2015.
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