Some schools, both
charter and district, tell families that the school may not
be a
good «
fit»
for their
child or that the school simply doesn't offer the special education programs or services their
child needs.
It
is a complex system
for parents to navigate, involving two separate lotteries: the Hartford Public Schools (HPS) lottery
for HPS district schools, HPS
charter schools, and Hartford magnet schools, and the Greater Hartford Regional School Choice Office (RSCO) lottery
for Open Choice schools and RSCO magnet schools.Parents must navigate this incredibly confusing and stressful lottery process with the hope of securing a quality education
for their
child, yet even before tackling the lottery process itself, interested parents must undertake the time consuming process of determining which schools in the system
are the
best fit for their
children.