Registration and Student PlacementPete Gaynor, Acting Chief Operations OfficerDr. Jose Gonzalez, Director of Student PlacementBernie Luger, III, Operations Management Intern to the Chief of Staff

Purpose• To update the Providence

School Board and the public about current status of registration, recent improvements and short-term projections.

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Agenda• Projected Enrollment• Improvements• Modernization• Policy Changes• Questions

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Projected Enrollment

As enrollment increases over the next 10 years by over 1000 students, we will be challenged to find adequate classroom space. 4

Improvements

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Kindergarten Registration• We wanted a robust, transparent

process that parents could trust.– We met with our Oversight Committee to get

input about what we could do better.– We made changes:

• We hosted eight kindergarten registration seminars.• We offered the Achievement First Mayoral Academy

on our own choice forms.• We increased transparency.

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Kindergarten Registration• The results of our efforts were

encouraging:– We had 200 more families register this year

than last year.• That’s 200 more families that were able to

exercise choice about where their student would attend school.

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Kindergarten Registration• 75% of our families who registered on time got their first choice school.

• 95%+ of our families got one of their four choices.

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Modernization

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Modernization• Our Vision

– We want a “one-stop shop” where families can do all of their school business.• Registration• Food Service• Special Education• English Language Learners

– We want modern technology to help us provide a higher level of service to our families.

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Modernization• What Has Happened

–New Web Portal for School Assignments• What’s Going to Happen Soon

–New Student Information System is coming

–New Phones are on the Way• What We Are Planning

–Computerizing the registration process–Moving to scanned documents

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Policy Changes

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Policy Changes• We have been working with the

Oversight Committee to look at changes in the way we do business.– We want to be more responsive to families’

needs.– We want families to have quality school

choices regardless of their zip code.– We want to evaluate students’ needs and

place them in appropriate programming before the student enters the school system.

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Policy Changes

We continue to work with the Oversight Committee and expect

to have policy change recommendations by the end of

summer.

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Questions

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