Ruth Bader Ginsburg Elementary is home to Vancouver Public Schools’ first fully dual-language Spanish/English choice school and boasts a culturally rich environment.
What are the benefits for your child becoming bilingual, biliterate and bicultural?
Who can apply?
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is one of our first two elementary choice schools with no “neighborhood school” boundaries. Interested incoming kindergarten students across the district are encouraged to apply.
Transportation will be provided for students who live in the VPS district.
What is the selection process and timeline?
Timeline
Students who have applied for the RBG Spanish/English Dual-Language school of choice will begin getting notified by May 10, 2024, and will be required to accept or decline by May 17, 2024.
Selection Process
RBG uses a blind lottery system for student acceptance.
Related to this lottery, the Vancouver Public Schools board approved a new equity-based selection policy for choice schools and programs of choice during their Feb. 14, 2023 meeting. The rationale for the policy change states: “The district’s magnet program policy and procedure are revised to reflect the board’s goal of providing enrichment and equity in choice schools and programs for all students.”
Based on this, the selection process for all programs of choice, secondary and elementary, will allot a designated number of openings based on the student’s neighborhood school’s population size and factors of that school community. This selection process is an effort to assure the enrollment within programs of choice mirror those of the district.
Dates to know
Contact us
Sarah Flynn
Principal, Ruth Bader Ginsburg Elementary School
360-313-3100
Sarah.Flynn@vansd.org