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Winfield Township School District Choice Profile for 2024-25 School Year
Winfield Township Board of Education
7 ½ Gulfstream Avenue
Winfield, NJ 07036
Union County
District grades: PreK–8
Approved choice grades: K-8
Total number of students enrolled in district: 142
Choice parent information center phone number: 908-486-7410
Name of program contact: Cassandra Rivera-Searles
Phone number & email of program contact: 908-486-7410, ext. 1133; csearles@winfieldschool.org
Website: www.WinfieldSchool.org
Choice Program
The Winfield School District believes that every child has a unique profile of strengths and abilities. As every child is an individual, their strengths may lie in the area of intellect, creativity, leadership, and/or artistic endeavors. In keeping with the vision of the district, the school choice program allows Winfield School to become more culturally diverse by opening doors to students from different communities. In all areas of study, students are provided with opportunities for success with attainable goals designed to meet the NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards as well as the Common Core State Standards, where applicable. Core subject areas as well as participation in Physical Education, Art, Music, and Spanish are areas of focus. 21st century learning is an area of focus with technology such as Google Apps for Education, Chromebooks, laptops, and projectors being integrated into all subject areas. For students in need, our Child Study Team helps in developing Individual Education Plans. Occupational Therapy and Speech services are also available for those students who demonstrate those needs. Our extra-curricular and co-curricular activities give students the opportunity to be on the student council, participate in inter-scholastic sports, develop the yearbook, and lead the student safety patrol. Our focus is on developing the whole child and each of our programs supports that focus.
Choice Seats Availability
The purpose of the chart below is to inform parents of choice seat availability before the application deadline in early December. After the deadline, the information will be outdated.
The Department of Education limits the number of choice seats that each district can fill. The “maximum number of new choice students that can be enrolled” tells parents how many new choice students the district can enroll in the next school year. If more than the maximum number of applications is received, a lottery will be held and a waitlist will be developed. Waitlists will be developed for all approved choice grades even if no seats are currently available. NA indicates the district is not accepting choice applications for those grades.
Maximum Number of New Choice Students that can be Enrolled: 3
School Name: Winfield Township School
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Grade |
Seat availability per grade |
| K | Available |
| 1 | Available |
| 2 | Available |
| 3 | Full (waitlist will be developed) |
| 4 | Full (waitlist will be developed) |
| 5 | Full (waitlist will be developed) |
| 6 | Full (waitlist will be developed) |
| 7 | Full (waitlist will be developed) |
| 8 | Full (waitlist will be developed) |
| 9 | Not Available (no waitlist will be developed) |
| 10 | Not Available (no waitlist will be developed) |
| 11 | Not Availalbe (no waitlist will be developed) |
| 12 | Not Available (no waitlist will be developed) |
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District Choice Policies |
Indicate Yes/No/NA |
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The district accepts Tier 2 students (see definitions of Tier 1 and Tier 2 ). |
Yes |
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The district gives enrollment preference to choice applicants who have a sibling currently attending the choice district and who will continue to attend in the following school year, provided there are choice seats available in the choice-approved grades/programs and the students meet any program-specific criteria. |
Yes |
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The district gives enrollment preference to choice applicants who have completed the terminal grade of the sending district (i.e., students who attend a choice district with grades that terminate before 12th grade and have a natural progression to this choice district), provided there are choice seats available in the choice-approved grades/programs and the students meet any program-specific criteria. |
N/A |
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The district gives enrollment preference to resident students who move before the application deadline. If resident students move and file choice applications for the following year prior to the deadline, the district will give them enrollment preference (i.e., accept them after the enrollment preference students described in b. and c. above, but ahead of other applicants), provided there are choice seats available in the choice-approved grades/programs and the students meet any program-specific criteria. If the district has already reached its approved choice enrollment maximum, this preference will not apply. |
No |
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The district gives special consideration to resident students who move after the application deadline. Students in this situation may apply as late applicants and be added to the front of the district’s waitlist, provided the students will enroll in a choice-approved grade/program and they meet any program-specific criteria. No additional choice seats above the maximum will be approved by the NJDOE to accommodate these students. |
No |