Save these dates
By Times staff
© St. Petersburg Times
published September 15, 2002
Sept. 16: Choice applications available in Family Education and Information Centers. Magnet and fundamental school applications are already available from family centers or the school where you are applying.
Sept. 16: Special attendance permit applications are available. They can be turned in any time, but they will not be considered until after the choice application process is complete.
Oct. 1: District would like declaration of intent back, although it's not due in school officials' hands until Dec. 13. (Mail it back to the district in the postage-paid envelope the district provided.)
Oct. 15: Magnet and fundamental school applications due to the schools where you are applying. The district prefers the applications be returned in person, though they can be mailed. If they are mailed, the school must receive them by Oct. 15; applications postmarked Oct. 15 will be too late.
Nov. 10: Letters mailed to families notifying them whether they were accepted into a magnet or fundamental program. If you're on a wait list, you will learn your number on that list.
Nov. 20: Deadline for deciding whether you want to accept a place in a magnet or fundamental school.
Dec. 13: Choice applications due in person to a family center. (If you haven't applied by this date, you will be placed in a school after all other students have been placed.)
January 2003: The district will send letters to parents, letting them know where their students have been assigned.
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Interested in visiting a school to get first-hand information?
Attend a discovery night or take a school tour.
Need information to navigate choice? Visit or call:
Family Education and Information Center at PTEC
3420 Eighth Ave. S, St. Petersburg
552-1595
Hours: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Thursday
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Friday
FEIC at Robinson Challenge
1101 Marshall St., Clearwater
298-2858
Hours: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. , Monday through Thursday
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Friday
Sept. 18 community meeting
7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Clearwater High School
540 Hercules Ave.
Sept. 19 community meeting
7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Boca Ciega High School
924 58th St. S, Gulfport
Sept. 23 community meeting
7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Palm Harbor University High School
1900 Omaha St.
Oct. 5 magnet and high school showcase
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Crossroads Mall, corner of U.S. 19 and Roosevelt Boulevard
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www.pinellas.k12.fl.us
(follow links to choice plan)
School Search 2003Private school listing
Dressing up schools to attract parents' tastes
Bus service a first for fundamental schools
Controlled choice: question and answers
One zone, many choices
Middle schools tout themes to attract students
Special interests, needs met at charter schools
Education centers guide students toward vocations
Some parents handle the teaching
Magnet schools offer specialized education
'Choice' schools are big part of new landscape
MEGSSS students to get more choice
4 partnership schools offer another choice
Busing not expected to change much
Kids with disabilities may opt for vouchers
'Career academies' target vocations
Not all waiting lists work the same
Elementary parents get more to choose from
How are schools graded?
Save these dates
Different programs are heart of choice
Preferences add further intricacies to application
Another choice option: private school
Requests for special attendance permits are expected to plunge
Administrators analyze special education locations, needs
Preparation can make shopping for school a cinch
Understanding the chart
This year, you must choose
Here's how to get started
For one mother, it's location, location
Choice plan presents challenges for parents
Current students have edge in choice plan
After Dec. 13, choices narrow
Choice adds confusion to newness
Each decision is a piece of data
A magnet application's journey
Computer program to help schools reduce crowding
If not Clearwater, then maybe it'll be Palm Harbor, or even Largo
After studying options, family waits for lottery
The calm before the storm
More to decision than A, B, C, D, F
Considering schools in the works? Look to principals
3 new south Pinellas schools to feature special programs
Frustration mounts over need to choose at all
Didn't get first choice? Other options await
Choosing right school means investing time
Next step: finding out if you made right choice
Special-needs students await word on programs
Public schools may offer family more
Student sets sights on military
Family finds flexibility in homeschooling
Elementary schools list
Middle Schools list
High schools list
Bus service a first for fundamental schools
A straight answer is their top choice
A parent's painful choice
Seeking a 'friendly feeling'
