FORT SMITH -- The Fort Smith School District is accepting applications for students who want to participate in the School Choice Program.
The program authorized by the Arkansas General Assembly in the Public School Choice Act of 2015 allows parents to apply for their child's admission to participating school districts other than the one in which they reside.
The Fort Smith School District will accept eligible students from other districts under this program during the 2020-21 school year, the district said in a news release. Application forms are available at the Office of the Director of Student Services, Fort Smith Public Schools, 3205 Jenny Lind Road, Fort Smith, Ark. 72902-1948.
No application may be accepted beyond the May 1 deadline.
Parents may indicate a school preference, although assignments will be made on the basis of both space and program availability. Secondary school choice students entering the Fort Smith School District will be assigned to Darby Junior High School, Northside High School or Southside High School.
Elementary students will be assigned to schools with spaces available.
Applicants will be notified of their acceptance or rejection by July 1. Students residing outside Arkansas or who are currently expelled from school for a drug or weapon violation are ineligible for participation.
State Desk on 02/25/2020