Lottery Admission Results
S-17: Admission and Lottery Policy
Subject to the additional restrictions set forth below, the School may enroll any student who resides in the school district in which the School is located.
The School does not discriminate in the admission of students to the school based on race, creed, color, handicapping condition or sex.
Upon admission of any handicapped student, the School will comply with all federal and state laws regarding the education of handicapped students.
The School shall not give any preference to students based on intellectual ability, measures of achievement or aptitude, or athletic ability.
The School will not offer or provide incentives to parents of prospective students.
The School will not admit students that exceed the capacity of the school’s programs, classes, grade levels or facilities.
If the number of applicants exceeds the capacity of the School’s programs, classes, grade levels, or facilities, students shall be admitted by lottery from all those submitting applications before the due date, except preference shall be given to students attending the school the previous year, to siblings of students enrolled in the School, and to students who reside in the district in which the school is located. When required, the lottery will be conducted in the following manner:
- The entire lottery process will be open to the public and will be videotaped. A representative of the School’s charter school authorizer may be present at the lottery, and a recording of the lottery will be submitted to the School’s charter school authorizer.
- Each applicant will be assigned a number.
- The numbers will then be drawn at random.
- The first number drawn will be the first new applicant placed on a permanent waiting list and so on until all numbers are drawn.
- The school may separate lottery and waiting lists for each grade or age grouping.