Displaced Sac City elementary students stay closer to home
lkalb@sacbee.com
PUBLISHED SATURDAY, APR. 27, 2013
Hundreds of students at schools soon to close in the Sacramento City Unified School District have pushed for transfers to nearby schools rather than pursue the most sought- after campuses in the district, open enrollment data show.
And most students, regardless of whether they were affected by school closure, were successful in getting their first or second choice through open enrollment, district officials say.
Spokesman Gabe Ross said the district will mail letters to families on Monday notifying them of student placements. Registration at new schools is scheduled for May 13 to 24.
Nearly 2,300 students were enrolled this year at seven campuses that the district will close in a bid to cut costs. Those campuses are Washington, Maple, Collis P. Huntington, Fruit Ridge, Joseph Bonnheim, Mark Hopkins and Clayton B. Wire.
The district assigned students displaced by closure to new campuses. The receiving schools for Washington students, for example, are William Land and Theodore Judah. And the receiving schools for Fruit Ridge are Father Keith B. Kenny and Oak Ridge.
But 469 children in school closure areas opted instead to choose their own schools through open enrollment, a total that includes entering kindergartners. They received priority over