Admissions and Enrollment Process

I’ve listed out the details for our proposed admissions and enrollment process that was explained in the Admission and Enrollment post.

1. The Academy board sets the capacity of the program, class, grade level, and building.
2. The Academy board sets the content and format for the admission application.
3. The Academy board sets the start and end date for admission application submission.
4. The Academy board decides on the format for the following email notifications sent to parents.
   1. Admission application submitted successfully.
   2. Student has been placed on the waiting list. There was a lottery for their class and they were not selected.
   3. Student has been accepted for enrollment.
5. The application is posted to the web site.
6. The application is submitted by the parents/guardians of prospective students after the start date.
7. The application is removed from the web site after the end date and applications are no longer accepted.
8. Our school management software application performs the following tasks
   1. Generates class enrollment lists based on age.
      1. If the number of applicants exceeds the capacity of a class, students are selected through an equitable lottery selection process.
      2. The following students are waived from the lottery process and automatically added to the enrollment list
         1. Children of founders, staff, and board members.
         2. Were enrolled in the school in the prior year.
         3. Have siblings who are presently enrolled in the school and who were enrolled in the school in the prior year.
   2. Places students on a class waiting list if a lottery occurred and they weren’t selected.
   3. Sends enrollment accepted and waiting list emails to parents.