One Newark: Update

One Newark Enrolls

Attention Families:

Please note that One Newark Enrolls applications were due Friday, February 28th and are no longer available. 

Families who completed applications for their students will be notified of their school matches in April by mail, by logging into www.newarkenrolls.org, and through their current schools.  School match letters will also include information about school registration.

Students who did not participate in this application round but who need a school placement or want a new school for the 2014-2015 school year will have the opportunity to apply in a second application round (Round 2) which will open in May.  Please note that only schools with open seats will be available in Round 2.

Thank you to those families who have exercised school choice for your child by submitting a One Newark Enrolls application.  We look forward to informing you of your school matches in April.

This means that if you  or your caregiver missed this round...you must wait until May to apply to be enrolled  in a school by Fall 2014 or else you will be assigned to your neighborhood school. At a recent meeting held by state officials for NPS education stakeholders (such as school leaders and leaders for groups of schools), I heard both One Newark Initiate supporters and more skeptical folks talked about how the One Newark plan was unfolding. All participants agreed that parent enagagement was the number one element lacking from what they actually see going on. In light of that, how many parents actually made this deadline? How will parents and their children who missed the deadline be affected? 

By the way, I love the little Thank-you-to-those families-who-have-exercised-school-choice-for-your-child note that thanks the involved parents, who did not miss the deadline, for their effort. It reminds me of discipline strategies that positively reinforce behavior one desires to see in someone. For instance, when I passed out tests to my ninth grade class, I would say, "Thank you for listening and thank you for not looking at your test until I've instructed you to do so." Ick...especially when applied to free thinking adults in a community...it sounds condescending at best.