Fairfax County Public Schools is currently accepting applications for its elementary magnet school programs for Bailey’s Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences for students who, during the 2011-12 school year, will enter grades K-4 and for Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences for students who will enter grades K-6 during the 2011-12 school year. Selection for available magnet school spaces is based on a lottery.

Fairfax County Public Schools is currently accepting applications for its elementary magnet school programs for Bailey’s Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences for students who, during the 2011-12 school year, will enter grades K-4 and for Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences for students who will enter grades K-6 during the 2011-12 school year. Selection for available magnet school spaces is based on a lottery.

To be eligible for the magnet school lottery, students must be working at or above grade level in language arts and math and must demonstrate consistent positive interpersonal and school behaviors. Students entering kindergarten should have attended preschool during the 2010-11 school year.

An information night will be held for families interested in the elementary magnet school program at Hunters Woods on Tuesday, Feb. 8, at 7 p.m. at the school. An information night will be held for families interested in the elementary magnet school program at Bailey’s on Thursday, Feb. 10, at 7 p.m. at the school.