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Denver Public Schools' new school choice system stressing out some parents - The Denver Post

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Denver Public Schools' new school choice system stressing out some parents

POSTED: 01/01/2012 01:00:00 AM MST
By Yesenia Robles
The Denver Post

Denver Public Schools is rolling out a new school-choice process that centralizes school enrollment, and parents are feeling the stress of learning the new ropes.
An auditor will release an evaluation of the district's process this spring, but for parents already making school choices, the improvements and shortfalls of the process are coming to light.
"The process is still not entirely clear to me," said Tracy Edwards- Konkol, a parent of a fifth-grade daughter in the market for a middle school.
Edwards-Konkol just went through the old enrollment process this past fall with her sixth-grade son.
"Last year, I wasn't as stressed as I am now," she said. "Or worried about where my child will


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