Will high school acceptance letters be delayed?
Long-awaited "main round" high school acceptance letters to 8th graders MAY be delayed, according to a report in today's Daily News.
The letters with high school matches,due to be delivered to students on March 24, are being held up by court order because of a lawsuit against the Department of Education by the NAACP and the teachers union. The lawsuit charges that the DOE acted illegally in moving to close 19 schools.
According to the Daily News, "Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Joan Lobis ruled Tuesday to temporarily ban the city from making the matches, since their process isn't factoring in the closing schools and isn't matching kids with them. "
The court is encouraging both sides to work together to resolve the issue and the DOE is allowed to go ahead and prepare to send out letters -- just not send them - yet.
For thousands of anxious 8th-graders and their parents, a longer wait to receive confirmation of where they will be attending school next year means more nail-biting.
Are you among the 86,000 or so families awaiting acceptance letters? How do you feel about the delay?
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