New Schools Like Frazier Send Out Acceptances

Apparently some new school acceptance letters are starting to arrive, and may be creating some confusion.  Writes one parent: "Just got an acceptance from Frazier. Application was due a few weeks ago. But it seems that, as a non-selective enrollment school, and being in the area it's in, it's going to be a rocky road for the first few years. What's the difference between the Frazier IB and Frazier Prep?"

As you may recall from last November, the 2 new Fraziers were approved by the Board (click below for descriptions).  Can you help her out in terms of the area, the non-selective issue, and the differences?

From CPS:

Frazier International   Baccalaureate Magnet School will be a K-8 performance school. Established   by the CPS Office of Academic Enhancement, which runs the district’s   International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years Program (PYP) magnet   schools, it will be a non-selective enrollment school and prepare students   for high school IB programs. It will also emphasize global citizenship   by promoting intercultural understanding and respect. The school will   open fall of 2007 at Frazier Elementary, 4027 W. Grenshaw. It will be   open to students from across the city through the magnet lottery process   but will also include a set-aside for neighborhood students.

Frazier Preparatory   Academy, established by Frazier Academy Design Team, Inc., a local   nonprofit board utilizing the management services of Mosaica Education,   Inc., will be a contract school serving grades K-8. The school   will prepare students for lifelong learning through the Paragon curriculum   in a multicultural learning environment and offer foreign language studies   and technology-based programs. The school has also developed strong   community partnerships with local North Lawndale organizations in order   to provide additional social supports to best meet the needs of all   prospective students. It will open fall 2007 at Frazier Elementary,   4027 W. Grenshaw.

Comments

Please correct if I'm wrong, but non-selective-enrollment means that test scores are not required for admission. However, if they are using a magnet lottery then didn't people have to apply by last December? The IB program is accredited by outsiders, so CPS can't monkey with it too much, but the Primary Years Program is the newest and least developed of the IB programs.

Frazier Prep is a charter run by Mosaica. If I were picking where to put my kid, I'd take the school with the IB program, hands down.

Frazier, as a new school, had a special application deadline which was March 1 I believe.

So if an acceptance letter comes in from CPS then that's for the IB not from the Prep Academy? (The letter simply said "Frazier").

Also, with the neighborhood set asides, what percentage does CPS set aside for the neighborhood?

Frazier Prep is a contract school- not a charter school.

I wonder if one of the Frazier offers free transportation and the other doesn't

[George Schmidt]

Four questions:

One. How many children were at the old Frazier?

Two. Where are they now?

Three. How many teachers were at the old Frazier?

Four: Where are they now?

[George N Schmidt]

Three days. No answer. No surprise.

Every time they close a school, it's "for the children," but they definitely don't want to follow up on what happens to the children from the school they've closed.

They've been doing this since Terrell, Dodge and Williams four years ago. One of the saddest things about that scam is that many of the younger children, at least, believe that if they just "study harder" they can save their schools. "I'll be good and everything will be OK..." is the belief system.

I have a photograph of one of the Bunche children standing next to Jitu Brown two years ago holding a sign saying "Please don't close Bunche school..." That little girl was telling everyone who'd listen that she was studying real hard and that she knew that everything would be alright because her school was really good and her teachers really cared about her...

Yeah. Right. Last Friday, once again, Arne Duncan talked about having the "courage" to close schools.

Has any organization asked the Consortium for the data or to do the study looking at what happened to the children from Bunche etc.?

[Meyawn]

I am considering Frazier IB for my son. He will attend fifth grade in the fall. He is attending a charter school now with a great curriculum (i think) and I fear changing him because of the acedemic part. I am transferring him because of the children there and other issues. Will Frazier IB be able to meet his academic needs?

[Meyawn]

I am considering Frazier IB for my son. He will attend fifth grade in the fall. He is attending a charter school now with a great curriculum (i think) and I fear changing him because of the acedemic part. I am transferring him because of the children there and other issues. Will Frazier IB be able to meet his academic needs?

[Frank Morgan]

For the IB program starting at grade 6 is it the 4th or 5th grade ISAT scores that are considered? Also if the student has scored in the 90+ percentile in previous years but say has an "off" day and has some scores in the 80 percentile range are they automatically disqualified even if they are local to the school from applying.