No Child Left Behind

School choice, AYP 2007-08

Frequently Asked Questions

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Where can I find my school’s results?

Specific school AYP results can be found by contacting the school’s principal or on the the ASD Web site at www.asdk12.org/NCLB/AYP/.

What are the consequences of my school not making AYP?

All schools that don’t make AYP are required to notify parents and submit a school improvement plan. Parents are highly encouraged to be part of the process to create the school improvement plan.

Title I schools that don’t make AYP have additional consequences.

ASD Title I schools that are in an NCLB school improvement status of Level 3 or higher must offer public school choice and the district must pay for transportation for the students who choose to transfer.

Here is a list of the ASD’s 2008-2009 public school choice locations and each location’s designated receiver schools:

Title I School*	Receiving school(s)
AVAIL	Frontier Charter	OR	Polaris K-12
Chinook Elementary	Campbell Elementary	OR	Lake Hood Elementary
Fairview Elementary	Lake Hood Elementary	OR	Turnagain Elementary
North Star Elementary	Lake Hood Elementary	OR	Turnagain Elementary
Ptarmigan Elementary	Muldoon Elementary	OR	Wonder Park Elementary
Tyson Elementary	Mt. View Elementary	OR	Russian Jack Elementary
Williwaw Elementary	Inlet View Elementary	OR	Kasuun Elementary
Willow Crest Elementary	Inlet View Elementary	OR	Lake Hood Elementary
*Click on a school name for a comparison of the receiving schools.

Airport Heights, Lake Otis, Nunaka Valley and Tudor, as the only Level 2 Title I schools for the 2008-09 school year, are scheduled to participate in year three of a US Department of Education flexibility program that offers supplemental educational services (free tutoring) to eligible students instead of offering public school choice.

AVAIL, Chinook, Fairview, North Star, Ptarmigan, Tyson, Williwaw and Willow Crest will be offering both public school choice and supplemental educational services in the 2008-09 school year.

As approved by state authorities, Whaley will offer supplemental educational services instead of public school choice because it is a unique program that is not duplicated elsewhere in the district; thus, school choice is not an available option for students attending Whaley locations.

My child attends a school that must offer choice. Can I pick any school I want?

No. According to NCLB, the district decides which schools will be offered as receiving schools. See chart above for eligible receiver schools.

If I choose to transfer my student, when are applications due?

August 15, 2008. Turn applications in to your child’s home school prior to the deadline. The school staff is to fax the form to the ASD Director of Accountability on the day that it is received.

Can I choose to keep my student at the neighborhood school?

Yes. Your school is working hard in partnership with parents to make sure that each and every child receives an excellent education.

If I choose to transfer my student to one of the district-selected schools, how will transportation work?

The district will provide transportation to approved students in Title I schools that are in an NCLB school improvement Level of 3 or higher (see details and exceptions above). In most cases, at least one bus stop will be at the home school. If the home school is a walking school, it will be the only bus stop. In some other cases, stops will be established in neighborhoods. If you choose to transfer your student, the ASD student transportation office will notify you regarding where and what time your child would meet the bus. In many cases, the ASD cannot finalize transportation details until after the August 15th deadline because transportation staff is waiting to learn where all approved student applicants reside.

Will the receiving school have all the same programs my current school has?

Not necessarily. Title I schools receive extra funding and often have more staff in the areas of Bilingual Education and Indian Education. Also, though Title I schools have breakfast programs, not all receiving schools do. Several Title I schools also have 21st Century Community Learning Center programs for students. That is not true of all schools. For specific information on the programs offered at each school, please see the Information on School Choice sheet provided at your neighborhood school, at the district’s information desk at 5530 East Northern Lights Blvd., or on the district’s Web site at www.asdk12.org/NCLB.

If I apply for transfer to one of the two receiving schools, is my student guaranteed a transfer to that school?

Seats may be limited if the number of requests exceeds health and safety limits for the school. The law requires that priority go to the lowest achieving, low-income students. In that situation, if your student were not eligible for your first choice school, you would be contacted and given the option of the other school if it had seats remaining.

What happens with parents who move into a Public School Choice boundary area after the August 15th application deadline?

If seats are available at a parent’s preferred receiving school, the parent would also be offered the option to transfer the student until September 5, at which point staffing for our schools is complete based on student numbers and the public school choice application period must necessarily close for the 2008-09 school year.