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Fayetteville High selected for Tennessee Direct Admissions pilot to send automatic acceptances to qualifying graduates
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Fayetteville High School will participate in a statewide pilot that will automatically send admission letters from participating colleges to qualifying graduating students, officials said Sept. 9.
Fayetteville High School will participate in the Tennessee Direct Admissions pilot, Fayetteville City Schools Director Eric Jones told the Board of Mayor and Aldermen on Sept. 9.
The pilot will automatically generate admission letters in November for graduating students who qualify for participating institutions. Jones said more than 50 institutions across the state are participating, including community colleges, trade schools and four-year universities such as Lee University and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
"This is a pilot program where our graduates who qualify for any of the universities that are participating...they will automatically be granted admission to the school," Jones said. He added that the letters will allow students to see a wider range of options and that, after receiving acceptance letters, students would need to submit a reservation to claim a spot at any school that admits them.
Jones said the program could broaden students' awareness of postsecondary options and help them access schools they might not have previously considered. He said the district is one of a relatively small number of participating high schools in the state and described the opportunity as significant for Fayetteville students.
Ending Jones closed his report after noting the positive start to the school year and the pilot participation; no board action was required or recorded on the pilot at the Sept. 9 meeting.
