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WELCOME to the wonderful world of Gold Seal Programs and Schools of Choice. There’s something for everyone.
Think Aviation, Cybersecurity, Cosmetology, Fine Arts, STEM, and Early College High Schools, and P-TECH, just to name a few. Early College High School students can graduate with their college associate degree, tuition-free!
Your child belongs here – in a Fort Worth ISD Gold Seal Program or School of Choice!
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Find the education pathway that matches your college and career goals!
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Key Dates
2024-2025 Choices Application Closes
Sunday, January 7, 2024 at 11:59 p.m.
Choices Applications may open again in the spring depending on availability of unfilled programs and wait lists, on a first-come, first-served basis.
General Information
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How to Apply
If you have more than one child, complete an online application for each child applying for a Program of Choice or School of Choice. A working email address is required to complete the online application. The email address should be a family email address that is checked regularly. It cannot be a student’s FWISD email address (stu.org) assigned to them by the district. Falsifying information on the Choices application will invalidate it, and the student’s application will be excluded from the selection process.
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Lottery
Admission is based on a computer-generated selection process. Students will be given the following weighted ranking order during the lottery process as determined through Board Policy:
GOLD SEAL PROGRAMS OF CHOICE
- Students living in the school’s attendance zone
- Siblings of resident students who are concurrently enrolled in the school’s Program of Choice
- Children of resident District employees
- Students living in the District but outside of the attendance zone
- Children of non-resident District employees
- Students living outside of the District
GOLD SEAL SCHOOLS OF CHOICE
- Siblings of resident students who are concurrently enrolled in the school
- Children of resident District employees
- Students living in the District
- Children of non-resident District employees
- Students living outside of the District
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Waiting List
Students not selected to their first choice will be placed on a waiting list for their first choice unless the first choice is Arlington Heights Dance, YWLA or I.M. Terrell VPA. If applicants to these programs are not identified as eligible through the screening process, they will be placed on the waiting list for their second choice if not assigned to their second choice.
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Transportation
Transportation is provided to in-District students.
- Elementary Schools of Choice (SOC) and Programs of Choice (POC) bus stop locations will be at elementary school campuses.
- Middle school SOC and POC bus stop locations will be at middle school campuses.
- High school SOC and POC bus stop locations will be at middle school campuses.
Bus routes are determined by students’ home address only. Transportation is not provided for before or after school activities or extracurricular activities.