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Update on Jones Prep Plan

10 Jun

Jones College Prep continues to consider various architectural and enrollment plans including the addition of up to 300 neighborhood students, which would move total enrollment to 1,200. Click here for more information.

Selective Enrollment Admissions Scores Reach Record Levels

27 May

The scores needed to attend one of Chicago’s nine Selective Enrollment High Schools rose yet again this year, with the average score of an admitted student increasing by 10 points. According to Matthew Greenberg, partner of educational services firm SelectivePrep, “Average admissions scores at the top Selective Enrollment High Schools have reached record levels. Straight […]

SelectivePrep Principal Discretion Notes

09 Mar

A recent Chicago Sun-Times article, Too much power to principals?, (February 24, 2009) discusses how many parents are uninformed about this new procedure and unhappy over its apparent lack of objectivity. In March 2009, SelectivePrep asked parents for their opinions and experience with the new principal discretion guidelines. To read more, click here.129.88 KB

New Rules For Calculating Absences

05 Mar

Selective Enrollment High Schools have recently changed their admissions policy to allow up to three excused 7th grade absences without penalty. To read more, click the link below.  http://www.selectiveenrollment.org/apps/news/show_news.jsp?REC_ID=79374&id=0