Savannah-Chatham public schools 2014 choice transfer deadline looms | savannahnow.com

Unhappy with your neighborhood school? Plans for specialty school admission fall through? Worried your child will languish on long charter school wait lists? Public school parents still have some last minute options.

Since the passage of the Public School Choice Bill in 2009, Georgia House Bill 251, dissatisfied public school parents have been allowed to transfer their children to a different school within their local public school system as long as there is space available and the parent provides transportation. Savannah-Chatham public school parents have until 4 p.m. July 12 to request transfers to the following 2014 Choice Transfer Schools:

• Elementary Schools: Port Wentworth, Shuman, Spencer, Thunderbolt;

• Middle Schools: Hubert, Mercer, West Chatham Middle;

• K-8 Schools: East Broad Street School, Georgetown;

• High Schools: Beach, Johnson, School of Liberal Studies at Savannah High, Groves, Windsor Forest High.

Transfer request forms are available at the Savannah-Chatham Schools Central Office at 208 Bull St., the Housing Authority of Savannah and any Live Oak Public Library branch.

State Sen. Buddy Carter, R-Pooler, a Groves High graduate, was among the local legislators who helped pass the school choice legislation four years ago. He said providing choice gives all children access to strong schools, and it causes public schools to compete and raise academic performance levels.

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