Dear Parent or Guardian:

Thank you for your application(s) to the magnet school(s) for entry of your child to kindergarten in September 2007.

At the districtwide Magnet Meeting held on December 6, 2006 and at orientation meetings held at the elementary magnet schools, we emphasized that "the chief purposes of the magnet schools are to assist in managing enrollment and racial balance while providing educational options" (Stamford Board of Education Policy #5117.2). Therefore, we conduct a "controlled" lottery and place restrictions on the admission of students from selected elementary schools to the magnet schools.

For September 2007, kindergarten admission to the magnet schools will be restricted for Majority/Minority students. Specifically, restrictions will affect Majority students from Hart, K.T. Murphy, Rogers, and Stark. Restrictions will affect Minority students from Newfield, Northeast, and Roxbury. The lottery drawing will reflect these restrictions to meet district needs.

We invite you to the lottery drawing which will be held on Friday, March 16, 2007 at 1:30p.m. in the fifth floor Board Room of the Government Center. If you attend the lottery drawing, you will receive your child's lottery number(s) at that time. If you are not present for the drawing, please call the Research Office during the week of March 19-23 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. and speak to Pam Fox (977-4750) or Carol Zezima (977-4198) to obtain your child's lottery number(s).

Letters of invitation for the magnet elementary schools will be mailed home by March 31. Parents will have until Monday, April 16 to reply by phone or letter.

A summary of key lottery dates is described on the back of this letter.

We are proud of all Stamford's elementary schools and wish your child and family a wonderful elementary school experience.


Sincerely

(signed Judith Singer)

Judith Singer, Ph.D.
Director of Research