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The Student Assignment Open Enrollment Period for the 2016-2017 school year will begin\u00a0Monday, January 11th,\u00a0and will run through\u00a0Friday, April 1, 2016. The Open Enrollment Period is for:<\/p>\nThe Student Assignment Open Enrollment Period for the 2016-2017 school year will begin\u00a0Monday, January 11th,\u00a0and will run through\u00a0Friday, April 1, 2016. The Open Enrollment Period is for:<\/p>\n
Any student entering Kindergarten, 6th or 9th Grade<\/p>\n
Students who are new to the District<\/p>\n
Currently enrolled students who would like to change schools for next school year<\/p>\n
On\u00a0Friday, January 8th,\u00a0pre-printed applications will be mailed to parents of Pre-K students attending Lee County Public Schools who are eligible for kindergarten for 2016-2017, as well as current fifth- and eighth-grade students\u00a0who currently attend a Lee County Public School. The pre-printed applications will\u00a0not\u00a0be provided to new students in the District or students currently attending a charter school.\u00a0 If families received a pre-printed application, they are strongly encouraged to apply online via the District\u2019s Web site (http:\/\/www.leeschools.net\/RegisterForSchool<\/a>).<\/p>\n Parents of children who will be five on or before\u00a0September 1st\u00a0should apply for kindergarten for the 2016-2017 school year. Parents need to register their child even if they have an older child already in school \u2013 assignments are not automatic.<\/p>\n Student Assignment utilizes a lottery system. A family who registers the first day of Open Enrollment has the same chance of getting a school as that of a family who registers the last day \u2013 it is unnecessary for families to stand in long lines when Open Enrollment starts. In fact, families are encouraged to continue to attend open houses and tour schools before completing their final school choice rankings. Dates and times for open houses are available online (http:\/\/www.leeschools.net\/openhousedates<\/a>) or by calling individual schools.\u00a0 Parents are invited to use the\u00a0\u201cFind My School\u201d<\/a>\u00a0tool to locate available schools in their subzone.<\/p>\n The following Student Assignment locations will be open between the hours of\u00a09 am\u00a0\u2013\u00a04 pm\u00a0for parents to register children for school:<\/p>\n Lehigh Acres Office, 1262 Wings Way Suite #207, Lehigh Acres, FL 33936 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Student Assignment Open Enrollment Period for the 2016-2017 school year will begin\u00a0Monday, January 11th,\u00a0and will run through\u00a0Friday, April 1, 2016. The Open Enrollment Period is for: Any student entering… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38267"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38267\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n(Located on Beth Stacey Blvd off of Homestead Rd. in the Community Health Association Complex)<\/p>\n