Booker T. Washington High School
& Edison Preparatory School
Ninth-Grade Admission Rules and Regulations*
Governing School Year 2006-2007
*Note: These
Rules & Regulations are in addition to those published in the
“School-to-School Transfers” pamphlet which also apply. The
pamphlet is available at any Tulsa Public School and on the
website at: http://www.tulsaschools.org/transfers.shtm.
I.
Residency Requirements
A.
All
applicants must be bona fide residents living within the
boundaries of Tulsa Public Schools (TPS) at the time of
application. A bona fide resident is defined by the legal
address and domicile of both the applicant and his/her
parents/guardians upon the application date with the following
exceptions:
B.
Any
applicant who is on an approved out-of-district transfer into
a TPS school for the first semester of the application year
and for the year immediately preceding the application year
will be considered as an in-district applicant.
C.
Any
applicant, who can produce a contract to purchase or construct
a home within the boundaries of TPS on or before the
application due date, shall be considered a resident for the
purpose of competing for admission. The occupancy date
must be clearly documented as prior to the school year for
which the application is filed. Proof of occupancy must
be provided immediately upon relocation. Failure to provide
such documentation and/or failure to occupy the premises as
planned shall be just cause for revoking any admission
offered. Proof of residency shall include, but not be limited
to, copies of utility bills in the name of the parent/guardian
specified and billed to the address as listed upon the
application form.
D.
Other
interested applicants whose residence is outside of the
boundaries of TPS will be considered for admission only after
all eligible TPS resident students have been offered admission
and only if space remains available.
E.
No
applicant, regardless of residence, will be offered admission
unless and until he/she has been qualified for admission
through the admissions process.
II.
Applications
A.
Due Date:
The application
is due to the Office of Public Schools of Choice at the
Education Service Center, 3027 South New Haven (Near the
intersection of 31st Street and Harvard) by
February 25, 2005.
Applications may be submitted using one of the following two
approved methods:
1.
Applications must be hand delivered prior to the close of
business on the specified due date (4:30 PM); or,
2.
Postmarked
no later than the specified due date and mailed to the address
specified.
B.
Forms:
Applications must
be submitted using the official forms provided through the
Office of Public Schools of Choice.
C.
Receipt
Receipt of
applications shall be documented by the return of the required
postage paid, self-addressed postcard included in the
application packet.
D.
Completed
Applications Required:
Incomplete
applications as of the due date, including those without the
required postage paid self-addressed postcard, will not be
considered.
IIIII.
Admission Preference
A.
Siblings: There is no admissions preference for siblings.
B.
Employee Preference: There is no admissions preference for
employees’ dependents.
C. BTW
Historical Area:
Any
eligible resident (see Section I) applicant residing in the
historical BTW area, upon qualification, shall be offered
preferential admission status to BTW. Such applicants shall
be considered prior to all other applicants.
D. Carver
Middle School Students:
Any
eligible resident (See Section I) applicant from Carver Middle
School, upon qualification, shall be offered preferential
admission status to Booker T. Washington based upon a timely
and completed application. Such applicants shall be given
their first choice for the high school experience (Booker T.
Washington or Edison). Such applicants shall be considered
subsequent to historical BTW area students, but prior to the
consideration of any other interested applicants.
E. Wilson
Middle School Students:
Any eligible
resident (See Section I) applicant from Wilson Middle School,
upon qualification, shall be offered preferential admission
status to Booker T. Washington based upon a timely and
completed application, and shall be given their first choice
for the high school experience (Booker T. Washington or
Edison), provided that:
1.
The
applicant has successfully completed a foreign language
sequence of courses at Wilson, and/or
2.
The
applicant has successfully completed the required mini-project
for the International Baccalaureate Middle School Program.
All Wilson
applicants shall be considered subsequent to applicants from
Carver applications but prior to the consideration of other
interested applicants.
F. Middle
Schools other than Carver or Wilson:
A resident
(See Section I) applicant from any other middle school shall
be eligible for admissions to Booker T. Washington & Edison
High School. All such applications shall be considered
subsequent to the consideration of qualified applicants from
Carver Middle School and Wilson Middle School.
IV. Number Admitted
A.
Booker T.
Washington High School:
Booker T.
Washington High School shall admit approximately 312 students
to its freshman class. Vacancies created by attrition at the
upper grades MAY BE filled at the discretion of
the school’s principal.
B.
Edison
Preparatory School:
Edison
Preparatory School shall admit approximately 120 students to
its freshman class whose place of residence is outside
of Edison’s
attendance area.
There are no restrictions on the numbers of students who may
be accepted into the Edison program who live within its
attendance area. Vacancies created by attrition at the upper
grades MAY BE filled at the discretion of the
school’s principal.
V. Qualifications for Admission
Minimum criteria
for admission are as follows:*
*NOTE:
Admission teams shall have the authority to admit a maximum of
10% of any entering class who are TPS residents and not
otherwise qualified. These admissions decisions are to be
based upon extenuating circumstances or conditions as
determined by the admission teams and approved by the
principal.
A.
The
successful completion of a middle school program through
eighth grade or its equivalent.
B.
Superb
attendance: No more than 5 absences during the application
year and no more than 10 absences during the year immediately
prior to the application year.
(NOTE:
Students with medically documented chronic/serious illnesses
or other extenuating circumstances leading to excessive
absences may be considered on a case-by-case basis. Such
documentation must be provided in writing by the
parents/guardians and included with the application packet.)
C.
Excellent
behavior: Suspensions out of school during the application
year or during the year immediately prior to the application
year may preclude consideration for admission.
D.
Scores at
the thirty-fifth percentile or above on both the reading and
mathematics components of the most current standardized
academic measurements typically available (or their
equivalents) AND grade point averages at or
above 2.50 on a 4.00 scale for the first semester of the
application year and for the year immediately preceding the
application year.
5. An Admission
Recommendation Form prepared and signed by a minimum of three
(3) faculty/staff at the applicant’s current or most recent
school who have knowledge of the applicant’s potential for
success.
(NOTE:
The Admission Recommendation Form is contained within the
application packet and must be submitted with the application
in a sealed official school stationery envelope.)
VI. Quadrant Distribution
For BTW, approximately 60% of
the entering 9th grade class shall be composed of eligible and
qualified students who reside in Quadrants I and II. The
balance (40%) shall be selected from eligible and qualified
students who reside in Quadrants III and IV.
VII. Admissions
Process/Procedure
Qualified
applicants shall be rank ordered by the admission team from
most qualified to least qualified and offered admission to the
school of their first choice until such time as there are no
seats available.
(NOTE:
Applicants who decline an offer of admission to their first
school of choice are
NOT
eligible for further admission consideration.)
Qualified
applicants for whom space is not available at the school of
their first school choice shall then be offered the other
school for admission consideration until such time as all of
its available seats have been filled.
VIII.
Acceptance
of Admissions
Qualified
applicants may choose to decline an offer of admission to a
school not their first choice and wait for space to open at
their first choice. However, if they decline placement at one
of their other choices, there is no guarantee that an opening
will, in fact, occur at their first choice. If no opening
occurs, the child will be placed at the school in whose
attendance area the parent resides.
Students who
accept an offer of admission to the school not their first
choice forfeit any subsequent placement at their first
choice in the event that space opens.
