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Kenilworth School District Choice Profile for 2024-25 School Year
Kenilworth School District
426 Boulevard
Kenilworth, NJ 07033
Union County
District grades: Prek-12
Approved choice grades: 7-10
Total number of students enrolled in district: 1,500
Choice parent information center phone number: 908-276-5936 Ext. 1513
Name of program contact: Lisa Casamento
Phone number & email of program contact: 908-276-5936, Ext. 1513; lisa_casamento@kenilworthschools.com
Website: www.kenilworthschools.com/parent_resources
Choice Program
The Kenilworth Public School’s Choice program is open to students in Grades Seven (7) through Ten (10) each school year. Our programs at the David Brearley Middle-High School provide all students with a small, personalized, and caring educational environment in a superior educational facility. In addition to our special education and general education programs, we also offer students the option of an accelerated academic program through the Kenilworth Scholars’ Academy for those who meet the necessary academic requirements. Please visit the website to see the list of program requirements at: https://www.kenilworthschools.com/parent_resources/interdistrict_choice_program
Our comprehensive educational program includes Core, AP, and Honors courses as well as Virtual HS courses utilizing the web. We are a small but outstanding Union County School District assisting each student to reach his/her maximum potential.
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 After the deadline, the information will be outdated.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: 32
School Name: David Brearley Middle-High School
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Grade |
Seat availability per grade |
| K | Not Available (no waitlist will be developed) |
| 1 | Not Available (no waitlist will be developed) |
| 2 | Not Available (no waitlist will be developed) |
| 3 | Not Available (no waitlist will be developed) |
| 4 | Not Available (no waitlist will be developed) |
| 5 | Not Available (no waitlist will be developed) |
| 6 | Not Available (no waitlist will be developed) |
| 7 | Available |
| 8 | Available |
| 9 | Available |
| 10 | Available |
| 11 | Not Available (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 ). |
No |
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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. |
No - Unless sibling was enrolled prior to 19-20 SY |
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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. |
No |
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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. |
Yes |
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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. |
Yes |