For many home buyers, particularly those with children, a major criterion when purchasing a new home is the proximity to schools within the community.
Therefore, if you want your children to attend a certain school in School District #23, it is best if you reside within the catchment area for that particular school.
The Student Placement Regulations state that priority will be given to students in the following order:
- Catchment area students who, in the previous year, attended the school
- Catchment area students who, in the previous year, attended the school
- Catchment area students who, in the previous year, were ‘placed’ by the district in a different school
- Siblings of catchment area students
- New catchment area students
- Siblings of non-catchment area students currently enrolled in the school
- Non-catchment area students who request to attend the school which is other than their catchment area school
- Non-district area students
- International students
For a map of the catchment areas for School District #23, click on Catchment Area Maps.
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