My oldest starts this year. We got a letter in October explaining the process. The local schools did open days/evenings in Oct/Nov. I believe they said to put three options. The applications had to be in by mid Jan 12th I think then we heard in April. More than one of the schools said that it doesn't matter when you do the application it's not first come, first served so no rush to submit it. Hope that helps
In our county the process doesn’t start until November
I think they open next week.