What's more, the principals listed for some schools were wrong. More accurate information can be found by going directly to the individual St. Paul school's own home page. Though it's slow to get updated, the St. Paul district's Web site is a good place to learn how to select a good fit for your child and how to work through the district's complicated system of assigning schools. There's a school selection checklist and a list of questions to ask when choosing a school. Other sites go beyond that by linking their site to others.
Schools also use the Web to direct people to the more traditional sources of information.
Both districts also mail information to parents. The St. Paul district is mailing out its annual School Choices and Services Catalog to every resident in St. Paul this week. Sherry Holloway said. So last week the Burnsville couple paid a visit to get a sense of what the students were like and get a feel for the school. Questions that could just as easily be answered another way.