Regional School Choice Office

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Regional School Choice Office

• My Education. My Choice.

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What is the Regional School Choice Office?

• Formed in May 2008 as part of the
• Sheff Stipulated Agreement.

• A historic partnership with Hartford Public
  School, CREC, and the State Department of
  Education.

• One stop for Magnets, Open Choice, Vo-Ag, and
  Technical Schools.

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What are the educational opportunities?

• Open Choice
• Magnet Schools
• Vocational Agriculture Centers
• Technical Schools

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Open Choice Program

• If you are a Hartford resident, you
• can apply for an Open Choice
• seat in a suburban school district
• in the greater Hartford area.

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Magnet Schools

• Hartford Host Magnets
• CREC Magnets

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Magnet Schools
Elementary Middle Schools

• Breakthrough Magnet School (Pre K 8)
• The Charter School for Young Children on Asylum
  Hill (Pre K K)
• International Magnet School for Global
  Citizenship (Pre K K)
• Kinsella Magnet School of Performing Arts (Pre K
  8)
• Montessori Magnet School (Pre K 6)
• Montessori Magnet School at Annie Fisher (Pre K
  6)
• Noah Webster MicroSociety Magnet School (Pre K
  8)
• Reggio Magnet School of the Arts (Pre K K)
• University of Hartford Magnet School (K 5)
• Hartford Magnet Middle School (6 8)
• Two Rivers Magnet School (6 8)

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Magnet Schools
Middle High Schools

• Capital Preparatory Magnet School (6 12)
• Classical Magnet School (6 12)
• Metropolitan Learning Center (6 12)
• Public Safety Academy (6 12)
• Sport Medical Sciences Academy (7 12)
• Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts (9 12)
• Greater Hartford Math Science Academy (9 12)
• Great Path Academy (10 12)
• Pathways to Technology Magnet School (9 12)
• University High School of Science Engineering
  (9 12)

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Technical Schools

• Computer-Aided Drafting
• and Design
• Automotive Collision Repair
• and Refinishing
• Automotive Technology
• Carpentry
• Culinary Arts
• Electrical

• Electromechanical
• Technology
• Manufacturing Technology
• Hairdressing and Barbering
• Information Systems
• Technology
• Heating, Ventilation and Air
• Conditioning

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Technical Schools

• A.I. Prince Technical High School
• E.C. Goodwin Technical High School
• Howell Cheney Technical High School
• Vinal Technical High School

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Vocational Agriculture Centers

• Vocational agriculture centers provide
• educational programs in the field of
• agriculture and related occupations.
• These occupational areas may include
• aquaculture, animal and plant science,
• agricultural mechanics, agri-business, food
• science, biotechnology and the environment.

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Vocational Agriculture Centers

• Suffield Vocational Agriculture Center

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How to apply to any of these options?

• Just One Application!!!
• Application deadline is February 17, 2009
• You can apply at RSCO Office or online at
• www.ChoiceEducation.org

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Where and when to apply?

• Applications available in early November
• Applications may be submitted to the Regional
  School Choice Office
• Applications may also be submitted online at
  www.ChoiceEducation.org or at www.MagnetEducation.
  org
• We strongly recommend you wait to apply until you
  have visited all the schools

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How to get in?

• Lottery (Notification March 9 13, 2009)
• Sibling Preference
• Must have a sibling in school at the time of
  enrollment
• Open House Preference (Hartford Host Magnets
  Only)
• Must attend a magnet school open house
• Rankings for example, was the school your 1st,
  2nd, 3rd choice?

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Regional School Choice Fairs
Saturday, November 15, 2008 Time 1000 a.m.
1200 p.m. Location Classical Magnet School 85
Woodland St, Hartford, CT Tuesday, December 9,
2008 Time 600 p.m. 800 p.m. Location Rawson
Elementary School 280 Holcomb St, Hartford,
CT Saturday, January 10, 2009 Time 1000 a.m.
1200 p.m. Location Learning Corridor
(HMMS) 53 Vernon St, Hartford, CT