July 5th Deadline For Parent/Guardian Responses On Public School Choice

Parents and guardians of students who participated in the Prince Street Title I School Choice program by attending another elementary school for the 2011-12 school year have until July 5 to commit to placement for the next school year, now that Title I School Choice is no longer in effect.

A student living in the Prince Street Elementary attendance area who attended another school last year under Title I School Choice can either return to Prince Street for 2012-13, or can continue to attend the Public School Choice school attended last year, with parent transportation. A student can continue to attend the choice school through the school’s highest grade, as long as the parents provide transportation.

The U.S. Department of Education granted Maryland a waiver from certain requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act, including Public School Choice for students attending Title I schools that do not make Adequate Yearly Progress targets for two straight years.

The Title I School Assignment Request form must be filled out and returned by July 5 to Sandra Drummond, Title I Supervisor, Wicomico County Public Schools, 101 Long Ave., Salisbury, MD 21804. Forms not received by July 5 will result in students returning to Prince Street Elementary.

For information about the Public School Choice Program, please contact Sandra Drummond at 410-677-4518, or Susan Jones, Director of Elementary Education, at 410-677-4496.