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Where is Willow Grove Elementary School (No. 25) located?
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Willow Grove Elementary School is in the southwestern
portion of the
Poway
Unified
School District
. The site is located west of Camino del Sur at the intersection of Via Inez and Via Azul
at 14727 Via Azul, San Diego, CA 92127.
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When is Willow Grove Elementary School scheduled to open?
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Willow Grove will open its doors to students for the first day of school on August 19, 2008 on site. |
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How do I determine
if my child will attend Willow Grove? |
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To find the school
your student will attend, the District has provided two references on their website to
assist you in finding the school your students will attend.
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Please use the school
boundary address lookup system by clicking
here.
Make sure to use the 2007-2008 school year when entering your address, your entire
house number, and just the first three letters of your street name: i.e., Avenida
de los Lobos would be entered as Ave. The system will locate your address and
provide different choices if there is more than one street address that is identified.
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To view the entire
boundary of the proposed school, please
click here. This will produce a color map of all elementary boundaries
within the District. Click on the area that is identified as Elementary School
No. 25 (reddish rose in color) and the boundary map will appear.
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My child currently attends another PUSD school and we live in the Willow Grove boundaries. May I decide to keep my child in their current school in 2008-2009? |
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All students who reside within the Willow Grove boundaries will be assigned to Willow Grove for the 08-09 school year. Current 4th grade students at other PUSD schools may opt to remain at their current schools. A letter will be sent to families of current 4th grade students asking them to declare their intent to either attend Willow Grove or remain at their current school. The declarations need to be made by March 1, 2008. Families with students in other grades in current PUSD schools may submit a transfer request by March 1, 2008. |
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If I choose to have my child remain at their current school and we live in the Willow Grove boundaries, will I be able to transfer him/her once Willow Grove moves to its new site mid-year? |
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No, students whose families choose to have them remain at their current PUSD school for 2008-2009 may not transfer to Willow Grove after it moves mid-year to its new site. |
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When is kindergarten registration? |
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Kindergarten registration will be February 28th, 2008 at the temporary Willow Grove office at Stone Ranch Elementary School, 16150 4S Ranch Parkway, San Diego. Registration will be from 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM in room H6. You may register on February 29 or any day thereafter between 8:30 and 3:00 until June 20th in room H6 at Stone Ranch Elementary School. |
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What about the optional area for Park Village Elementary School?
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The
optional attendance area for Park Village Elementary School is for students
currently residing in Torrey Highlands south of State Route 56
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For 2008-09 these students
may attend Willow Grove Elementary School
or Park Village
Elementary. |
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What will the school schedule be? |
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School will begin at 9:00 AM daily and dismiss at 3:20 PM on M, T, W and F. There will be an earlier dismissal on Thursdays at 1:40 PM. |
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Will there be an Extended Student Services (ESS) program? |
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Yes,
Willow Grove will be have an ESS program on site which will be open from 6:30 am to 6:00 pm. Registration for this program will take place Tuesday, June 3 beginning at 9:00 in the district ESS office. For further information, please call 858-748-0010 extension 2286. |
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When is enrollment for students in grades 1 – 5 who are not currently attending a PUSD school? |
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Enrollment for children who are NOT currently in a Poway School will be Monday, May 5, from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM at the temporary office at Stone Ranch Elementary School in 4S Ranch. Children who are already enrolled in a Poway School do not need to enroll again! For those who need to enroll, bring two proofs of residency, your child’s immunization card and original birth certificate. To download enrollment forms,
click on the following link. |
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Will there be a preschool? |
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Yes, there will be a Parent Participation Class for 3 and 4 year olds part day, and a Full Day Preschool Class. Look for registration and enrollment information for all District Preschool classes on the PUSD website at http://www.powayusd.com/teaching/sss/preschool/. |
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Will there be
an Extended Student Services (ESS) program?
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Yes, a shared ESS program for both Del Sur and Willow Grove will open
on the Del Sur campus on August 19, 2008, the first day of school. |
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How many students will attend Willow Grove? |
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The school will open with about 400+ students. |
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How will Willow Grove be staffed? |
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Teachers and other PUSD employees
from throughout Poway Unified School District will be given the
opportunity to apply for a transfer to Willow Grove. The
majority of teachers and staff will come from within the District. |
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Will school bus transportation be offered for Willow Grove? |
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Yes, school busing will be offered for Willow Grove as long as at least 50 students apply for bus passes. |
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What neighborhoods will have busing available? |
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Those neighborhoods south of Carmel Valley Road will be offered school bus transportation. The Transportation Department will post a map showing all Willow Grove bus stops on their website at by Friday the 6th of June. The Transportation website is located at
http://www.powayusd.com/admin/trans/. Once there, click on the area for bus stops at each site located on the right side of the screen, and then select the entry for Willow Grove. |
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How can I apply for a bus pass? |
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Applications will be mailed to all eligible families by the last week in June, or you may apply in person at the Transportation Department after the 1st of July. The Transportation Department is located at 13626 Twin Peaks Road. If you do not receive an application in the mail, and you live south of Carmel Valley Road, you can either come to the Willow Grove offices to get an application or download one from the Transportation website. |
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How much does a bus pass cost? |
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Fees have not increased this year, but you must buy a full round trip ticket to reserve a seat for your child on the bus. A yearly roundtrip bus pass will cost $399 and a semester roundtrip pass will cost $218. Free busing is offered to those families that qualify using the same criteria as the free lunch program. |
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Are students able to ride the bus if they pay cash? |
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Yes, but the cash option should be only used as an emergency. To encourage more parents to buy the full service, the cash fee has been raised from $2.00 per ride to $5.00 per ride. At that price you would be better off to buy the full roundtrip bus pass if you used the cash option only 40 days out of the 180 day school year. |
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Who can I
contact if I have questions about Willow Grove?
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Cindy De Clercq, principal of Willow Grove, can be reached at
cdeclercq@powayusd.com. Feel free to contact her with any questions or concerns. |
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