Also applies for school with failing grades with the amount of taxes we pay my child should be able to go to any school in nj but i guess it will be private school after charter i did have a child graduate from ap and montclair but she had to work her butt off coming from ap --- AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Denise, > > As I understand the No Child Left Behind Act, there are situations > where a child has the right to elect another school. In addition to > performance, another is if they suffer an act of bullying. > > Usually it is to another school within a district. So if a child > wants to switch from Bangs Avenue School to Thurgood Marshall, he > can. > > The problem arises when there is no other school in the district, > like the Middle School or High School. > > Under NCLB Act, Asbury Park is supposed to have an inter-district > agreement with another town. Those are voluntary though, so you can > not force the other district to enter one. > > Anyone care to wager that our Board of Education has not even > inquired of another district to make such an arrangement? Anyone? > > When there is no such inter-district agreement, the child is > supposed to be offered other alternatives, such as intensive > tutoring and home-schooling. > > As to your other question, I believe your child can audition for Red > Bank Regional's music program. If you live in AP, I don't thing > your school has administrators to help the child like the other > schools do. > > Oakdorf mention that Red Bank Regional is not great school. It > isn't if you look at the school report card. > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Denise" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > If a child attends a Title I school that has been designated by > the > > state to be in need of improvement or unsafe, parents can choose > to > > send the child to another public school. Districts must let > parents > > know each year if their child is eligible to transfer to another > > school, and districts must give parents at least two transfer > schools > > to choose from. Additionally districts must pay for students' > > transportation costs, giving priority to low-income, low-achieving > > students if there are not enough funds available to pay for all > > students. > > > > At the last board meeting when a parent asked about sending their > > child to another school based on the No child left behind act. > > > > As quoted by the commissioner > > "The Dept. of Education can not force other school district to > take > > on students from Asbury Park it has to be by choice of the other > > school district" > > > > So if what your saying about the students from Avon and the > various > > other towns in the AP district is true. If my child was in AP > High > > school and I wanted to send my child to Red Bank Regional I should > > have no problem or once again is it a set criteria? > > > >
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