First week of Batch 1 student assignments numbers are in
Lee County Public Schools has begun its annual Batch 1 student assignment process. Families with students who will be entering kindergarten, moving from fifth to sixth grade, eighth to ninth grade or who are new to the district must choose their school choice for the next school year.
Batch 1 started on Monday, Jan. 26 and in the first week, the numbers are encouraging. A total of 6,130 applications were processed during the first seven days of Batch 1. Of those applications, 2,905 were done via the online option for families who currently have students enrolled in Lee County Public Schools and will be changing schools next year.
The breakdown for the first week’s applications was: 1,773 (including 637 online) for the East Attendance Zone; 2,038 (including 976 online) for the South Attendance Zone and 2,319 (including 1,292 online) for the West Attendance Zone.
Batch 1 continues through Friday, March 13. Families need to know that the student assignment process is not first-come, first-served. Rather, it is a lottery system so the family who submitted an application on the first day has the same chances of getting their first choice of school as the family who submits an application on the last day.
Facts surrounding student assignment for 2008/09:
– Nearly 92 percent of families received their first choice of school; of those who did not (around 300 families) they were offered to move to their first choice after the 20th day of school and only 10 percent agreed,the others chose to remain at the school they were assigned
– Approximately 72 percent of families did not choose the school that is closest to their home.
Information provided by Lee County Public Schools