sambapink

My daughter is starting 8th Grade next week and her last year in Middle School.. I have no idea when or how I am supposed to apply for High School.. Is it done through the middle school like the UK, or do I have to do it independantly?

Lord Lionheart

Okay you're taking the piss now But it just so happens that you have come to the right place. I'm pretty sure UGA crew may be able to provide some considerable input on this issue

penguinsix

Summer/Fall of the year prior, usually.

Some school districts start high school in grade 9 (most), some in grade 10. You should just call the high school for your area and ask.

sambapink

I know the bloody cheek of me to keep asking questions - I went through a bit of a draught of asking questions, so I thought i'd come back with avengence!! - I asked a couple of 'moms' and they kinda looked at me blankly - both their kids already have places at the High School because their brothers went there...

Anyway sod off you.. do you know or not..?

meauxna

Are you talking about some special school? You don't have to apply to go to the average public high school. You attend the one that serves your residence.

This is the internet version of a blank look.....

another bloody yank

Do mean public or private?

sambapink

I just mean High School.. normal public school... In the UK we have to apply to the school we want our child to go to.. whether its in our catchment area or not. So does my daughter automatically just get a place there? What if i want to try and get her into another school out of our 'catchment' area?

I'm not having a blonde moment , honest

Rete

Of course she can. She knows everything about everything and is a clone of Ray ... never wrong (maybe)

Lord Lionheart

I'm far too young to have kids that old

sambapink

So am i...

Rete

Easiest way to get the correct answer for your school district is to call your board of education.

Here in Yonkers you can pick and choose your high school if the racial quota has not been filled. This is white quota as well as black quota. Also there are two technical high schools so you have to pass tests in order to go to them. However, those tests are given the year before your last year in Middle School.

Lord Lionheart

I thought they could be adopted looking at your photos

jumping doris

We just have one high school that serves our township and, unless you want to go private, thats where you go in 9th grade. For us it is just an automatic move and we don't "do"anything. We get to go to a "moving to high school" talk and the kids get to go and look around at the end of 8th grade.

Here , you can't go to another high school unless you move into it's area. As the schools are funded by our property taxes , you have to live in the town to use the schools and they are very strict about it.

sambapink

Awww fank you But sadly I have the scars to show for them...



Thanks for replies.. I just assumed that it would be a long protracted serious of forms and testing and all sorts.. I'll call the school district

meauxna

Oh yeah.. we had that talk! They warned us about getting 'trashed' (stuck upside down in a garbage can) and the 9th Graders trying to give us pot.


Like they'd give it away....