OneApp timeline shifted to better accommodate the district’s students, families, teachers and schools

NEW ORLEANS – (Nov. 22, 2019) – NOLA Public Schools (NOLA-PS) is notifying families that the Main Round of OneApp, the unified application process to enroll in New Orleans Public Schools, opens today Friday, Nov. 22, 2019 and closes Jan. 31, 2020. Closing the application a month earlier will allow us to deliver results to K-12 families sooner.

Families will be informed of their students’ placements during the month of March, which will also allow us to provide results from Round 2 sooner. Schools with additional admission requirements will continue to have an early deadline of Jan. 15, 2020.

The shift in the timeline of the OneApp process will also assist schools in facilitating record transfers, finalizing student rosters, and support transitions earlier than in previous years.

Through the OneApp platform, NOLA-PS provides students and families with the opportunity to choose a school that best suits their interests and needs through the centralized enrollment process. This speaks to the focus named in the district’s outlined vision that every student receives a high-quality education that fosters his or her individual capabilities.

Families need to submit a OneApp application for the 2020-2021 school year if their student meets any of the following criteria:

• The student is new to New Orleans or new to public schools
• The student is seeking to transfer from their current school to a new school for the 2020-2021 school year
• The student is in a transitional grade, meaning their current school does not offer their expected grade next school year

Families who would like to remain at their current school should not submit a OneApp application.

Parents are also reminded that applying earlier in the Main Round does not increase their likelihood of assignment. However, OneApp does offer priorities for student placement based on additional factors, including the school enrollment of a student’s sibling and their geography in relation to the school.

Before submitting an application for next school year, NOLA-PS encourages families to research school choices. To assist in this process, NOLA Public Schools provides several resources:

• School profiles: K-12 schools and Early Childhood school profiles provide information on school location, grades served, school performance and extracurriculars. Visit www.enrollnola.org to filter the school options, click “Find” and select whichever criteria is important to your family in selecting a school.

• The School Guide: The School Guide offers a print version of schools’ online profiles, and includes how performance data is calculated, citywide data and more. Hard copies are available at Family Resource Centers. There are three Family Resource Center locations:
• Mahalia Jackson located Uptown at 2405 Jackson Ave. 
  
• IDEA Oscar Dunn located in New Orleans East at 12000 Hayne Blvd.
  
• OPSB Central Office located on the Westbank at 2401 Westbend Pkwy.  
  
  
• Guidance for Families: These additional online video and interactive resources are available on EnrollNOLA’s website and can assist you in making smart school choices, filling out an online application and more. Find them here.

Families that do not participate in the Main Round are welcome to participate in the second round of OneApp, which is scheduled to open one week after the Main Round results are released.

Want to understand how OneApp works? Please read answers to Frequently Asked Questions or send an email to oneapp@nolapublicschools.com for help!

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ABOUT NOLA PUBLIC SCHOOLS: NOLA Public Schools is the public school district for Orleans Parish, which includes the district’s elected school board, known as the Orleans Parish School Board and the district’s administration led by NOLA Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Henderson Lewis Jr. NOLA Public Schools currently oversees 78 public schools. For more information, visit www.nolapublicschools.com. For updates, follow NOLA Public Schools on Facebook @NOLAPublicSchools, Instagram @nolaps and Twitter @NOLAPSchools.

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