HELPFUL LINKS
The Department of Education’s (DOE) website is a good place to start for information about the process: http://schools.nyc.gov/ChoicesEnrollment/High/default.htm
Family Welcome Centers can be a terrific source for info and support: https://www.schools.nyc.gov/enrollment/enrollment-help/family-welcome-centers
Or call the DOE at: 718-935-2009
There’s also the NYC Find a School at: https://www.schools.nyc.gov/find-a-school which helps you locate schools by zone, borough, admissions method, and more.
You can look at DOE Quality Reports: https://www.schools.nyc.gov/about-us/reports/school-quality
You can check out individual school Fair Student Funding percentages at: https://www.nycenet.edu/publicapps/Offices/FSF/OverviewReports.aspx
Information about how matches are made:
DOE info page: https://www.schools.nyc.gov/enrollment/enroll-grade-by-grade/how-students-get-offers-to-doe-public-schools/random-numbers-in-admissions
and info videos presented by a NYC public school parent:
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n-bvvD6ZEc&feature=youtu.be
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqmgymzxVKM&feature=youtu.be
An article by a parent about decoding DOE lottery numbers: https://medium.com/algorithms-in-the-wild/decoding-the-nyc-school-admission-lottery-numbers-bae7148e337d
For FOIL requestions (scroll to the bottom: https://www.schools.nyc.gov/about-us/leadership/legal or, email: FOIL@schools.nyc.gov
Helpful and pretty realisitc school reviews (don’t get sucked into the comments): https://insideschools.org/
Subscribe to the DOE Newsletters of your choice (the high school admissions one can be helpful): https://www.schools.nyc.gov/connect
Stay connected with the DOE:
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NYCSchools
twitter: http://twitter.com/NYCSchools,
You can also be in touch DOE high school experts at: (718) 935-2399 or email HSEnrollment@schools.nyc.gov.
NYC-SIFT is a helpful parent run tool: https://nycsift.com/index.phtml
And there’s Applying to High School, a crowd-sourced info/conversation Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/480785616356239