L.A. schools magnet program has earlier deadlines
The Los Angeles school district’s popular magnet program has a new deadline for applications this year -- Nov. 16 -- because of the early start of the school year.
“Everything got moved up a month,” said Felipe Echávarri, a coordinator for Student Integration Services. “We want parents to be aware.”
Officials said families will receive automated phone reminders and an alert by postcard, but magnet-program brochures and applications are no longer mailed out. Those mailings ended last year, when the district switched to an online system.
Families without computer access can obtain paper applications, starting Monday, at schools, L.A. city public libraries and district headquarters. The application is available in Armenian, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Farsi, Tagalog and Vietnamese as well as English.
The school system has 172 magnet programs that enroll just over 59,000 students. More than 25,000 students failed to get into their chosen program and landed on a waiting list last year.