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Springfield Public School District Choice Profile for 2025-26 School Year
Springfield Public School District
139 Mountain Avenue
Springfield, NJ 07081
Union County
District grades: K-12
Approved choice grades: 9-12
Total number of students enrolled in district: 33
Choice parent information center phone number: 973.376.1025 x.5200
Name of program contact: Dr. Norman Francis, Jr.
Phone number & email of program contact: 973.376.1025 x.5200; nfrancis@springfieldschools.com
Website: www.springfieldschools.com
Choice Program
The Dayton Collegiate Academy (DCA) encompasses the development of intellectual, creative, and socio-emotional growth potential of identified high school gifted students. Eight graders interested in participation in a challenging learning environment will apply to the accelerated Dayton Collegiate Academy. To add rigor to their schedules, the selected cohort of students will be enrolled in advanced placement courses starting their freshmen year. Additional opportunities include selection of advanced placement courses, academic contest and competitions, interest groups and cubs, as well as leadership activities.
Choice Seats Availability
The purpose of the chart below is to inform parents of choice seat availability before the application deadline. After the deadline, the information will be outdated.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.
District Notes About Choice Seats Availability
Freshmen:
AP Art History (Humanities Pathway) or AP Science Principles (STEM Pathway)
DCA Freshman English Honors
World History Honors
Sophomores:
AP English Language (Selection of additional AP courses)
Juniors:
AP English Literature, AP Statistics (Selection of additional AP courses)
Seniors:
Senior Seminar (Selection of additional AP courses)
Maximum Number of New Choice Students that can be Enrolled: 14
Specialized Choice Program Name: Dayton Collegiate Academy
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Grade |
Seat availability per grade |
| K | Not Available (no waitlist will be developed) |
| 1 | Not Available (no waitlist will be developed) |
| 2 | Not Available (no waitlist will be developed) |
| 3 | Not Available (no waitlist will be developed) |
| 4 | Not Available (no waitlist will be developed) |
| 5 | Not Available (no waitlist will be developed) |
| 6 | Not Available (no waitlist will be developed) |
| 7 | Not Available (no waitlist will be developed) |
| 8 | Not Available (no waitlist will be developed) |
| 9 | Available |
| 10 | Full (waitlist will be developed) |
| 11 | Full (waitlist will be developed) |
| 12 | Full (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. |
No |
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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. |
No |
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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. |
No |