AAPS Offers School of Choice Openings

The AAPS board has voted to approve school of choice (SOC) openings for the 2013-14 school year. For the past three school years, the board has approved offering SOC with limited number of openings. Under the limited option, a school district can only open an application window for 30 days. The vote came at the board’s March 13, 2013 meeting.

The district is offering 40 seats in kindergarten; 40 seats in grade 1; 10 seats each in grades 2 through 5; and 50 seats in grade 6 for the 2013-14 school year. These numbers are consistent with what was offered last school year.

New for the 2013-14 school year, the board also decided to add 25 seats at Skyline High School.

The board voted to approve the SOC offerings with a April 8 to May 7 application window. This is an earlier window than last year. The 2012-13 window was April 16 through May 16.

This brief was filed from the board room of the Ann Arbor District Library in downtown Ann Arbor at Fifth and William. A more detailed report of the meeting will follow.