• 2023-2024

     

    ELEMENTARY APPLICATION PROCESS

     

    SCHOOLS BANNER

     

  • Buffalo Public Schools is a district of "Choice" with 42 elementary schools that offer families a wide variety of educational programs designed to meet the academic interest and needs of students. The Schools of Choice process maximizes choices for parents and their children by enabling them to choose from any school in the District. Families have the option to apply to a school down the street from their home or anywhere in the city that they are eligible for and where seats are available.

     

    OPEN BANNER

     

    WHO SHOULD APPLY?

     

    * New students to the district

     

    * Returning to Buffalo students after being withdrawn

     

    * The window for Current BPS students closed on December 9, 2022.

     

     

    Steps to the Elementary Application Process

     
step 1

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    Application Information

    In this section you will learn:

    • Application Guidelines
    • Age Requirements
    • Preferences: Sibling, Proximity Community Schools, and Attendance Boundary

     

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step2

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    Learn about BPS Elementary Schools and Programs:

    • Schools and Program Codes to which your child is eligible to apply
    • School's address
    • Uniform Policy
    • School's start and end times
    • Program Code Glossary

     

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step3
what happens

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    Apply for school year 2023-2024:

     

    APPLY IN PERSON

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    NEW OR RETURNING STUDENTS ONLY 

     

     

     

     

     

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    Result letters will be mailed to families Spring 2023 for applications submitted on or before December 2, 2022 December 9, 2022.

    NOTE: ALL ASSIGNMENTS CARRY A ONE-YEAR COMMITMENT