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Brooklawn Choice District Profile for 2024-25 School Year
Brooklawn School District
301 Haakon Road
Brooklawn, NJ 08030
Camden County
District grades: PreK through 8
Approved choice grades: PreK through 8
Total number of students enrolled in district: 260
Choice parent information center phone number: (856) 456-4039
Name of program contact: Samuel Rosetti
Phone number & email of program contact: (856) 456-4039 ext. 0 / srosetti@alicecostello.com
Website: www.alicecostello.com
Choice Program
The Brooklawn Public School District envisions a community of lifelong learners committed to working collaboratively to develop caring, competent and responsible citizens. The district's mission is to develop self-directed learners who can work cooperatively to become skillful, responsible decision-makers capable of navigating a rapidly changing world. The district believes that all students will achieve the New Jersey Student Learning Standards at all grade levels. To accomplish its mission, the district provides an integrated core of knowledge through a broad experiential program that fosters the joy of learning and challenges students to develop their talents. Opportunities for creativity and discovery are incorporated into a program that promotes self-assessment.
Choice Seats Availability
The purpose of the chart below is to inform parents of choice seat availability before the application deadline in early December. After the deadline, the information will be outdated.
The Department of Education limits the number of choice seats that each district can fill. The “maximum number of new choice students that can be enrolled” tells parents how many new choice students the district can enroll in the next school year. If more than the maximum number of applications is received, a lottery will be held and a waitlist will be developed. Waitlists will be developed for all approved choice grades even if no seats are currently available. NA indicates the district is not accepting choice applications for those grades.
Maximum Number of New Choice Students that can be Enrolled: 7
Alice Costello Elementary School
|
Grade |
Seat availability per grade |
| K | Available |
| 1 | Available |
| 2 | Available |
| 3 | Available |
| 4 | Available |
| 5 | Available |
| 6 | Available |
| 7 | Available |
| 8 | Available |
| 9 | Not Available (no waitlist will be developed) |
| 10 | Not Available (no waitlist will be developed) |
| 11 | Not Available (no waitlist will be developed) |
| 12 | Not Available (no waitlist will be developed) |
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District Choice Policies |
Indicate Yes/No/NA |
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The district accepts Tier 2 students (see definitions of Tier 1 and Tier 2 ). |
Yes |
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The district gives enrollment preference to choice applicants who have a sibling currently attending the choice district and who will continue to attend in the following school year, provided there are choice seats available in the choice-approved grades/programs and the students meet any program-specific criteria. |
Yes |
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The district gives enrollment preference to choice applicants who have completed the terminal grade of the sending district (i.e., students who attend a choice district with grades that terminate before 12th grade and have a natural progression to this choice district), provided there are choice seats available in the choice-approved grades/programs and the students meet any program-specific criteria. |
N/A |
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The district gives enrollment preference to resident students who move before the application deadline. If resident students move and file choice applications for the following year prior to the deadline, the district will give them enrollment preference (i.e., accept them after the enrollment preference students described in b. and c. above, but ahead of other applicants), provided there are choice seats available in the choice-approved grades/programs and the students meet any program-specific criteria. If the district has already reached its approved choice enrollment maximum, this preference will not apply. |
Yes |
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The district gives special consideration to resident students who move after the application deadline. Students in this situation may apply as late applicants and be added to the front of the district’s waitlist, provided the students will enroll in a choice-approved grade/program and they meet any program-specific criteria. No additional choice seats above the maximum will be approved by the NJDOE to accommodate these students. |
Yes |