Magnet applications will be available in the McLean Office, Magnet Office and online @ www.magnet.usd259.org  beginning Tuesday, January 3, 2012. On January 3, you can fill out your magnet application on-line. To do so, you need a Parent Assist Account. If you enrolled on-line this August, this is the same username and password. Please call us at the office if you want us to set up an account for you. If you are applying for more than one child, you need a separate application for each child. 

The deadline date for applying for all elementary magnets, middle magnets and Northeast Magnet is Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 4:45PM. The applications will need to be received in the Magnet Admissions Office no later than the deadline date to be included in the initial lottery selection for the fall. School offices will not be held responsible for turning in magnet applications for parents or students. The magnet school selections are currently scheduled for the middle of April. Parent notification is scheduled for the end of April. Applications received in the Magnet Admissions Office after March 14^th will be placed on a waiting list.

 

The 23rd annual Choices Fair will be held on, Thursday, March 1, at Century II Exhibition Hall from 5:00PM-8:00PM. All magnet and alternative programs will be represented. Everyone is invited to attend.