Living in a Charlotte home with children will require that you place your child into an education program or a public school system. Alternately, you could home school them, if that is your choice. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District will assign your child to a school depending upon where they live. Alternate choices are available for parents when deciding their child’s education path, like a magnet school that has a specialized curriculum.
According to the federal law known as ‘No Child Left Behind’, children have the liberty to attend another school within their district if it is higher in performance than the school they are attending. Sometimes when your workplace is in an area that is closer to another school district, it is necessary to transfer your child into a different district. There will be an application process to complete for the transfer and each individual school district will have their own set of regulations. If the transfer request is denied however, you can appeal the decision. Most often, the denial will come because of space limitations.
Charter school enrollment, on the other hand, is not necessarily governed by boundaries of location. You can place your child into a charter school without state regulations, if there is adequate space available. Magnet schools will sometimes have an enrollment process that is quite competitive and will require the child to pass an entrance exam. Other magnet schools may allow enrollment by using a lottery system or a combination of the lottery and an exam.
In the school district of Charlotte-Mecklenburg, there are six separate geographic learning communities with a seventh area that is called an achievement zone. The CMS district strives for excellence in education and performance, which is the purpose of reshaping the communities. There are many choices for your child’s education when moving to a new town. Real estate experts like Katie Gray can help you find your new Charlotte home in an area with the best elementary and high school according to your preferences.
Call Katie today at 704-560-9699 or email katie@katiegrayhomes.com and she will help you find your new home within the Charlotte-Mecklenburg district.
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