Children enrolled in High Five must submit a School Request Card for kindergarten the following year. There are no automatic kindergarten placements. All request cards received by the deadline of January 15 are treated equally. Yes, if you live in an area of the city that has a guaranteed community school and you choose to attend that school. However, if you choose a school other than the guaranteed community school for your attendance area, you are not guaranteed a space at that school.
Some schools receive more requests than they have space.
Some community schools fill with students who live in the guaranteed attendance area and some magnet schools fill with students who live in the larger magnet attendance area. This is the time when most openings are available. Put your first choice school first on the request card. Your child's name will be placed in a waiting pool. If space opens up before or during the school year and your child's name is picked, you will be called and given the opportunity to enroll your child in that school.