Satellite locations assist parents with paperwork

Additional sites will be available next week to list school choices and register children. Here are the times and locations.

Beginning Monday, parents will have additional opportunities to register their children for the 2004-05 school year or to fill out choice applications.

District officials will assist parents at several satellite locations from 9 a.m. until noon for four days leading up to the Nov. 1 application deadline and from 6 to 8 on three evenings. The two Family Education and Information Centers, at 3420 Eighth Ave. S in St. Petersburg and 1101 Marshall St. in Clearwater, will be open next week from Monday through Saturday.

"At this point in the game, we're looking to be very customer-focused with regard to relieving the wait time at the two centers," choice spokeswoman Andrea Zahn said. "Parents need to key in to the fact that this will be the most effective and best use of their time."

While many parents have continued to gather information at discovery nights and open houses, the time to fill out their paperwork has arrived, Zahn said. She encouraged parents of students who are new to the district, including kindergarteners, and those with incoming sixth- and ninth-graders who are not eligible for extended grandfathering to take advantage of the following opportunities.

10 a.m. to noon:

Dunedin Elementary, 531 Beltrees St.

Mildred Helms Elementary, 561 S Clearwater-Largo Road, Largo

Bay Point Middle, 2151 62nd Ave. S, St. Petersburg

Morgan Fitzgerald Middle, 6410 118th Ave. N, Largo

Tarpon Springs Middle, 501 N Florida Ave.

6 to 8 p.m:

Curlew Creek Elementary, 3030 Curlew Road, Palm Harbor

Walsingham Elementary, 9099 Walsingham Road, Largo

9 a.m. to noon:

Eisenhower Elementary, 2800 Drew St., Clearwater

Oldsmar Elementary, 302 W Dartmouth Ave.

Walsingham Elementary, 9099 Walsingham Road, Largo

Azalea Middle 1680 74th St. N, St. Petersburg

John Hopkins Middle, 701 16th St. S, St. Petersburg

6 to 8 p.m.:

High Point Elementary, 6033 150th Ave. N, Clearwater

Bay Point Middle, 2151 62nd Ave. S, St. Petersburg

9 a.m. to noon:

Fuguitt Elementary, 13010 101st St., Largo

Kings Highway Elementary, 1715 Kings Highway, Clearwater

Ponce de Leon Elementary, 1301 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Clearwater

Kennedy Middle, 1660 Palmetto St., Clearwater

Pinellas Park Middle, 6940 70th Ave. N

6 to 8 p.m.:

Dunedin Elementary, 531 Beltrees St.

John Hopkins Middle, 701 16th St. S, St. Petersburg

9 a.m. to noon:

Madeira Beach Elementary, 749 Madeira Beach Causeway

Safety Harbor Elementary, 535 Fifth Ave. N

Tarpon Springs Elementary, 525 Disston Ave.

Oak Grove Middle, 1370 S Belcher Road, Clearwater

10 a.m. to noon:

Meadowlawn Middle, 6050 16th St. N, St. Petersburg

- The Family Education and Information Centers will be open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Nov. 1. Because the deadline falls on a Saturday, parents can complete paperwork until 4:30 p.m. Nov. 3, and applications postmarked by midnight Nov. 3 will be accepted.

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