The new admission applications for Newark Charter School are out, with one troubling feature removed and new ones added instead.
Can you find your utility bills?
The previous requirement that you authorize NCS to rummage through your school records pre-lottery is fortunately gone. But now you have to include a current utility bill with your application to prove your address, or the application is rejected with no recourse.
I had to show a copy of a utility bill and one additional bill (or document such as a rental agreement) that proved my address when I registered my daughter for kindergarten in our school district. I really don’t think this is unusual.
I am not saying it’s unusual.however, is it necessary? Should we do thing a certain way just because we always have? There is a chance to abuse this as a means test