Two popular local magnet schools are revising their admissions process, making it no longer necessary for parents to set up camp for days outside the buildings.
Administrators from Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences and Chattanooga School for the Liberal Arts, will get input from parents, central office staff and other schools on how to admit students next fall.
In the past, the schools have enrolled students on a first come, first served basis. Every year, kindergarten parents would camp outside CSAS for about a week, in an effort to secure a spot for their child.
School officials said there will be announcement when a new admission process has been selected.
Kelli Gauthier covers K-12 education in Hamilton County for the Times Free Press. She started at the paper as an intern in 2006, crisscrossing the region writing feature stories from Pikeville, Tenn., to Lafayette, Ga. She also covered crime and courts before taking over the education beat in 2007. A native of Frederick, Md., Kelli came south to attend Southern Adventist University in Collegedale, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in print journalism. Before newspapers, ...
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