Please Note the Following:
545A
Rev. October 2021
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1) Priority of placement in the requested school will be based on a lottery if applications exceed
the space available at the requested school.
2) If admitted, a student is expected to continue at the requested school until graduation.
3) To return to the home school by address:
a) Regular Programs: Student must apply through Optional Attendance to return to the home
school.
b) Specialized Programs: If the Specialized program does not meet the student’s needs, the
student is free to return to his/her home school at an appropriate intake opportunity without
reapplying through the Optional Attendance process
c) Alternative Schools: If the Alternative school does not meet the student’s needs, the student is
free to return to his/her home school at an appropriate intake opportunity without reapplying
through the Optional Attendance process.
IMPORTANT DATES FOR SCHOOL ADMISSION BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 2022
(a) Optional Attendance forms will be made available on the first Monday of November.
Applications may be submitted to the school after Monday, November 1, 2021 and up until,
but no later than Friday February 11, 2022.
(b) A lottery, if necessary, will be held the first week of March 2022.
(c) Parents/guardians will be informed of acceptance or non-acceptance between February 22,
2022 and Friday, March 4, 2022. No offers of admission can be made prior to February 22,
2022.
(d) Parents/guardians must inform the requested school of their acceptance of the offer by
Friday, March 25, 2022.
(e) No student will be admitted into an elementary school through Optional Attendance after
Friday, April 1, 2022.
Note: It is the parent/guardian’s responsibility to deliver this application to the school(s) to which
they are applying.
Notice of Collection
The Toronto District School Board (the “TDSB”) collects, uses, retains, and shares personal information for the purposes of planning, administering, and
delivering its educational programs and services. The purpose of this collection is to provide the information needed to offer admission to students applying
from outside the assigned attendance catchment area should pupil spaces be available in the school. The collection, use and disclosure of personal
information for these purposes are expressly authorized under the authority of sections 36(1), 39(1), 49(4)(5) and 58(5) of the Education Act, R.S.O. 1990,
c.E.2. as amended and its regulations The information is retained in accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act,
R.S.O. 1990, c. M. 56. This information will be shared with the school administrator, office assistants, school Superintendent of Education, School Council
chair(s) and local Trustee in order to administer the above noted purposes. Questions about this collection should be directed to the school principal.
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