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Framingham outlines kindergarten registration, dual‑language priority and assignment timeline
Summary
Framingham Public Schools staff walked families through registration steps, the controlled school‑choice order (dual language priority, sibling preference, home‑district), lottery rules, key deadlines and waiting‑list rules — assignment notices due by June 5 and orientation June 15.
Framingham Public Schools staff explained the steps families must complete to register incoming kindergarten students, how the district assigns seats and key deadlines for the upcoming school year.
Mikail Nevice of the Department of Student Registration said families must complete a phone registration appointment, submit required documents and, if a home language other than English is reported, schedule a state‑mandated language proficiency test. After registration, families are sent a school choice form; if that form is not returned by the deadline (given as Wednesday, May 13), a child is not entered into the kindergarten assignment process.
“Once everything is done, you're going to receive that your child's school assignment notification is going to come through an email and that's going to be sent by Friday, June 5th,” Nevice said. The email will include a welcome packet with orientation dates and details; kindergarten orientation is scheduled for June 15.
Nevice summarized the district’s controlled school‑choice assignment order: first priority goes to applicants to the dual‑language bilingual programs (Brophy, Potter Road and Harmony Grove, with Brophy noted as an entirely dual‑language school), then to sibling preference (space permitting), then to home‑district preference, and finally to other choices. He said lotteries will be used when program requests exceed available seats.
Waiting‑list rules differ by program: dual‑language waiting lists remain active through the start of second grade; standard general‑education waiting lists remain active through Sept. 30, 2026. Nevice urged families to respond promptly if contacted about a waiting‑list opening and to notify the district if they will not use an assigned seat so it can be offered to another family.
The presenter repeatedly directed families to the district’s kindergarten web page for required documents, transportation procedures, school profiles and tour sign‑ups, and invited parents to visit schools and ask staff questions at registration tables after the session.
