[Bishan] Primary Schools

[yipee]

ya. phase 2b. balloting for ATS starts <1km this year. 48 fighting for 37 seats. Worth a fight?

[vicki]

yipee:

what would you do in this situation:

- eligible for ATS due to clan association. Live within 1 km but still need balloting.
- also eligible for KCPPS. guaranteed seat because did PV work.
take a chance at ATS or KCP? HELP!

Go for KCPPS - a bird in hand is worth more than 2 in the bush.

But in any case, registration over liao.

[tankee]

End of Phase 2B


School \\ Vacancy \\ # Registered

Ai Tong School 37 56
Catholic High School 9 48
Guangyang Primary School 65 0
Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary School 66 16

[JonC]

pokemon:

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Plus Point- the psle cut off point for their sec is 235 this year (if im not wrong), just in case your child only get 1pt below the cut-off and if you are a pv who comply to school 'recall', mayb sch will be more willing to help.

Is it 235 or 230? I thought its 230 for this year P6 to next year Sec 1.

Or you mean last year P6 to this year Sec 1? I thought its 225?

Wah, how you know about the 1 point?

What about if the person PV 6 years just because of being Kaypo and no obligation, how many points?

[smurf]

rejoice137:

smurf:

I totally agred with that! why ask for PV when the seats are not even enough? are they hoping for less catholic or less community leaders? I dun understand lor.


anyway, I think we are staying put at SJIJ, dun want to go thru balloting.

I believe when the parents signed up as pv, they know it is not guarantee. I am sure there are children going Chs via pv. If do away with pv, it will not be fair to those non-catholic students.

I dunno...but I feel that doing PV is similar to exploiting. wasting people time and still not guarantee a place? If the sch wants to accept PVs, at least make sure that the seats are not too many if the sch is very popular? not too much to ask for right?

[MMM]

rejoice137:

smurf:

I totally agred with that! why ask for PV when the seats are not even enough? are they hoping for less catholic or less community leaders? I dun understand lor.


anyway, I think we are staying put at SJIJ, dun want to go thru balloting.

I believe when the parents signed up as pv, they know it is not guarantee. I am sure there are children going Chs via pv. If do away with pv, it will not be fair to those non-catholic students.

I agree with Smurf on this. I suppose you don't need PV to be fair to non-catholic. Grassroot is another option.

My kids' school don't accept PV and it is a religious school. My ex-teacher told us that as demand has always been greater than supply, they don't want to accept PV as they don't want to disappoint parents who signed up as a PV and create unnecessary demand when there is only so much places they can offer.

Maybe CHS should rethink their PV policy.

[Gingerbread Man]

Hello Smurf! Got the letter and orientation on 3 Nov. We will be out of town then. Ya, it’ll be fun if our boys are in same class. Do u live in Bishan? Schoolbus to n fro?

[bigfoot]

I agree CHS should limit the no of PV or totally do away with it. I’m sure they can find parents volunteer in their parents support group. I’m Catholic living within 1 km of CHS. I can’t even consider CHS looking at the odds. I have to go elsewhere.

[smurf]

I'm still considering schoolbus, my boy dun want to take schoolbus, cos he said he will be turning round and round just to reach a destination.


I think I should be bringing him to sch to and fro.

[phankao]

JonC:

pokemon:

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Plus Point- the psle cut off point for their sec is 235 this year (if im not wrong), just in case your child only get 1pt below the cut-off and if you are a pv who comply to school 'recall', mayb sch will be more willing to help.

Is it 235 or 230? I thought its 230 for this year P6 to next year Sec 1.

Or you mean last year P6 to this year Sec 1? I thought its 225?

Wah, how you know about the 1 point?

What about if the person PV 6 years just because of being Kaypo and no obligation, how many points?

Zero points lah - for being Kaypoh. Sec school can gain extra points one meh? Ok - that's subject to the principal, but I don't think so lenient. I know active PVs whose boys didn't make cut-off to chs sec and sent them to international schools. Even boys who DSA'd thru CCA but didn't make a 220+ also didn't get to make good their DSA offer in the end. ;(

Yah, isn't the cut-off for affiliated CHS pri boys set at 230 for this coming year?