CLASSES ARE WEEKS AWAY FROM THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR... BUT SOME PARENTS STILL DO NOT HAVE A PLACE TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN. THEY SAY A NEW SYSTEM DESIGNED TO MAKE ENROLLMENT EASIER IS MORE OF A HASSLE. WDSU REPORTER CASEY FERRAND IS LIVE IN STUDIO WITH MORE ON THEIR FRUSTRATIONS. SOME PARENTS HAVE BEEN TOLD THERE ARE NO SPACES AVAILABLE AT THE SCHOOLS THEY WANT TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN ... OTHERS ARE BEING ASSIGNED TO SCHOOLS CLEAR ACROSS TOWN. PARENTS SAY THEIR PATIENCE IS WEARING THIN. At this point they can send her to any school. I just need a school. i just need to start buying uniforms. FRUSTRATIONS ARE GROWING FOR ROBIN HAYWOOD... AS SHE SEARCHES FOR A PLACE TO ENROLL HER 3RD GRADE DAUGHTER. it's a delay and you don't know where your kid is going and then they'll still be marked absent they'll still have those days that they've missed from school. HAYWOOD SAYS SHE USED THE ONE APP ONLINE RESGISTRATION SYSTEM TO APPLY IN EARLY JULY. AFTER VISITING THE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER AT OSBORNE ELEMENTARY... SHE WAS TOLD TO EXPECT A LETTER IN THE MAIL LAST WEEK... SHE HASN'T RECEIVED ONE. and they said if you haven't received a letter, your child was placed on a waiting list because the schools were full. this school full too, every school you ask them about they're full SHANTELL FIELDS'S THRID GRADER WAS ACCEPTED AT A RENEW CHARTER SCHOOL... BUT IT'S NOWHERE NEAR HER HOME. my oldest daughter, I stay in the east, they got her going all the way across st. charles to go to school. that is too far that is out her district. I don't want her going all the way uptown. if i stay in the east why she can't go in the east? SHE BEGAN APPLYING IN JANUARY AND AFTER REPEATED TRIPS TO THE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER ... SHE HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO CHANGE THE SCHOOL ASSIGNMENT. I've been doing this!. so that's why I don't understand why my children not in a school that I picked for them already. RECOVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICIALS SAY BECAUSE THERE ARE NO LONGER ATTENDANCE ZONES, FAMILIES NOW HAVE ACCESS TO SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. ONEAPP ASKS FAMILIES TO RANK THE SCHOOLS THEY WANT TO ATTEND IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE. THE ENROLLMENT PROCESS HONORS A FAMILY'S CHOICE FIRST AND STRIVES TO PLACE ALL STUDENTS AT ONE OF THEIR TOP-CHOICE SCHOOLS. IF THEY DON'T GET IN THERE... PLACEMENT WILL BE DETERMINED BY LOTTERY. IN THE LOTTERY PROCESS, SOME APPLICANTS, LIKE SIBLINGS OF CURRENT STUDENTS, MAY RECEIVE PRIORITY. OFFICALS SAY THE LAST ROUND OF SCHOOL NOTIFICATIONS BEGAN LAST WEEK AND LETTERS ARE ON THEIR WAY TO FAMILIES. CAMILLE? FAMILIES THAT HAVE YET TO RECEIVE A LETTER CAN EMAIL ONE- APP-@ R-S-D-L-A-DOT-NET OR VISIT A FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER FOR HELP.
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