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The Monday, February 8, 2010 Board of Education Budget Work Session and Public Hearing are cancelled.

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Title I Department

7600 Jefferson Avenue - Suite C
Landover, MD 20785

Phone: (301) 925-2384
FAX: (301) 925-2399

 

Public School Choice

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  • Public School Choice is a critical component of No Child Left Behind (NCLB). The program offers students that are enrolled in  Title 1 schools in need of improvement an opportunity to attend another school.
  • Title 1 is required to make choices available to all students in qualifying schools.
  • Students who are enrolled in Title 1 schools are eligible to transfer to another school if their school has been identified as in: (1) school improvement; (2) corrective action; or (3) restructuring.

 

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Public School Choice (PSC)

2009-2010

1. The number of students eligible for Public School Choice this year is 5,991.

2. The number of students who participated in Public School Choice in previous years are as follows:

School Year

No. of Sending Schools

No. of Receiving Schools

Total Students Transferred

No. of  Students Eligible 

2007-2008

24

22

640

13,088

2008-2009

16

19

377

9,039

2009-2010

12

13

468

5,991

3.  The list of available schools to which students are eligible for Public School  

          Choice transfer:

Sending Schools

Receiving Schools

Buck Lodge MS

Benjamin Tasker MS
Martin Luther King Jr. MS

Charles Carroll MS

Benjamin Tasker MS
Samuel Ogle MS

Nicolas Orem MS
William Wirt MS

Benjamin Tasker MS
Martin Luther King Jr. MS
Glenridge ES (6th Only)

Thomas Claggett ES

Doswell E. Brooks ES
Longfields ES

Templeton ES

Gladys N. Spellman ES
Glenridge ES

Ridgecrest ES

Adelphi ES
Chillum ES

Thomas Stone ES

Chillum ES
Gladys N. Spellman ES

Judge S. Woods ES
Robert Gray ES

Kenmoore ES
Oakcrest ES

Carmody Hills ES

Oakcrest ES
William Paca ES

Gaywood ES

Glenridge ES
Kingsford ES