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School District Five details rezoning and school-choice lottery; district to issue Feb. 26 placement updates
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Ross outlined the district's rezoning and magnet/choice lottery process, said a $9.6 million federal magnet grant supports choice placement, and staff will publish updated seat assignments following the Feb. 26 acceptance/decline period.
School District Five superintendent Dr. Ross told the board on Feb. 23 that the district is continuing a multi-step redistricting and school-choice process that includes a random lottery, an acceptance/decline window, and a subsequent preference placement phase for siblings, employees and certain programmatic needs.
At the meeting Dr. Ross described how the lottery itself is run “randomly” and said the district will not apply sibling or staff preferences during the initial random selection. "A lottery does not have preferences," he said, adding that the…
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