Majority-to-Minority Update
June 4, 2015
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Majority-to-Minority
• New Process
– New Timeline:
• November 15 – January 15
– New Marketing Efforts
• Weekly advertisements during application window
• Parent meetings at all District High Schools
– New Recruitment Efforts
• Meetings to inform parents about Hampton Cove and
Goldsmith-Schiffman elementary schools
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In the First Round of Our M-to-M Application and Lottery Process 394 Students
Applied for an Majority-to-Minority Transfer
The Application Window for the Lottery
Process was From April 18 to May 18, 2015.
Students Offered an M-to-M Transfer
In the First Round Must Accept their
Transfer Offer by Midnight on June 5th.
We Are Currently Taking Applications
for Personnel Transfers. The Window
for Personnel Transfers Closes on June 19,
2015.
22%
18%
60%
Offered 1st Choice
Offered 2nd Choice/Waitlisted 1st
Choice
Non-Awarded
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37 Percent of Transfer Applications Were to Elementary Schools. 33 Percent Were to
High Schools. The Remainder Were to P8, Junior High, and Middle Schools
Huntsville High
Whitesburg P-8
Grissom High
Blossomwood Elementary
Jones Valley Elementary
Hampton Cove Elementary
Goldsmith Schiffman…
Chapman P-8
Huntsville Junior High
Mountain Gap P-8
Monte Sano Elementary
Hampton Cove Middle
Challenger Middle
Challenger Elementary
Weatherly Elementary
Williams Elementary
Chaffee Elementary
Ridgecrest Elementary
Farley Elementary
Morris Elementary
McDonnell Elementary
Columbia High
Williams Middle
Westlawn Middle
0
First Choice
Second Choice
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
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