{"id":1603,"date":"2011-12-06T13:15:10","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T18:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cssp\/?p=1603"},"modified":"2011-12-11T13:23:01","modified_gmt":"2011-12-11T18:23:01","slug":"draft2-open-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cssp\/2011\/12\/06\/draft2-open-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"School Choice &#8211;&gt; Interdistrict &#8211;&gt; OPEN CHOICE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a id=\"internal-source-marker_0.3906337725929916\" href=\"http:\/\/www.choiceeducation.org\/hartford-region-open-choice-program\">Open Choice[1. \u201cRegional School Choice Office for the Greater Hartford Region,\u201d CT State Department of Education, 2011, http:\/\/www.choiceeducation.org\/hartford-region-open-choice-program.]<\/a><br \/>\nThis part of the choice program in Hartford focuses specifically on racially integrating schools in the city of Hartford as well as the suburbs. \u00a0To begin research on the way Open Choice works in Connecticut, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sde.ct.gov\/sde\/lib\/sde\/pdf\/rsco\/Choice_Brochure_English.pdf\">brochure that the Regional School Choice Office (RSCO) offers[1. \u201cOpen Choice: Knowledge Through Diversity\u201d (Greater Hartford Regional School Choice Office, 2010), www.sde.ct.gov\/sde\/lib\/sde\/pdf\/rsco\/Choice_Brochure_English.pdf.]<\/a> helps parents start the application process.<br \/>\nThe way it works is that for no extra cost to the families, students have the ability to go to a city public school in Hartford if they live in the suburbs, and students that live in the city are able to go to suburban public schools as well. \u00a0Transportation is available to get the students to a location that is generally further away from their homes than their local school, and the program has been successful in providing opportunities for participating students to continue on to four-year colleges. \u00a0All children in the Hartford Public School district are able to take advantage of the Open Choice program; \u201ccurrently,over 1,300 Hartford Open Choice students attend school in 28 suburban districts.\u201d<br \/>\nIf you are a parent living in a Hartford suburb and you want your child to attend one of the many Hartford Public schools within the city, you need to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.choiceeducation.org\/javascript\/tiny_mce\/plugins\/filemanager\/files\/RSCOLotteryApp2012-13_English.pdf\">download the application form[3. \u201cRSCO Lottery Paper Application\u201d (Greater Hartford Regional School Choice Office, 2011), www.choiceeducation.org\/javascript\/tiny_mce\/plugins\/filemanager\/files\/RSCOLotteryApp2012-13_English.pdf.] <\/a> and fill it out according to where you live, and where you want your child to go to school. \u00a0Once the application is completed, it can be submitted to the RSCO and the student\u2019s name is placed in a lottery. \u00a0If their lottery number is chosen, the student will have their choice of public schools in the city and suburbs of Hartford. \u00a0If the student is not chosen, they will be placed on a wait list until room opens up. \u00a0If the student\u2019s lottery number is not chosen, the RSCO urges families to re-apply to the Open Choice program every year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open Choice[1. \u201cRegional School Choice Office for the Greater Hartford Region,\u201d CT State Department of Education, 2011, http:\/\/www.choiceeducation.org\/hartford-region-open-choice-program.] This part of the choice program in Hartford focuses specifically on racially integrating schools in the city of Hartford as well as the suburbs. \u00a0To begin research on the way Open Choice works in Connecticut, the brochure &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cssp\/2011\/12\/06\/draft2-open-choice\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">School Choice &#8211;&gt; Interdistrict &#8211;&gt; OPEN CHOICE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cssp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1603"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cssp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cssp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cssp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cssp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1603"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cssp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2019,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cssp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1603\/revisions\/2019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cssp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cssp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cssp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}