COMMUNITY SCHOOL LOTTERY PROCEDURES

REQUIRED STEPS IN THE LOTTERY PROCESS FOR 1st – 6th GRADES 

• January 13, 2010 parents attend the mandatory Information Night at 7 PM at Community School. This is the only time that Lottery Forms are available and accepted. Hereafter, the date for this yearly meeting will be posted on our website at www.lwsd.org each September.
• Complete and sign the Lottery Form and Family Commitment Agreement and turn them in to the registration table at the mandatory Information Night.
• January 15 – February 2, 2010 parents attend a Morning Tour (classroom observation) and an Afternoon Tour (observing parents and/or students teaching). Parents must call the school at 425-936-2395 after the Information Meeting to schedule. A selection of tour dates will be available. No reminders are sent and failure to contact the school will result in your child’s Lottery Form being removed from the process.
• You must attend the Information Night and two tours in the spring of the desired entrance year. When the Lottery Form/Family Commitment Agreement are received and the above Information Meeting and two visits are completed, the student is placed in the lottery.

LOTTERY PROCESS

(Specific dates for the yearly lottery will be posted on our website at www.lwsd.org each September.)

• February 5, 2010. A blind, computer-generated lottery process takes place. Only applicants who have completed all of the above criteria will be included in the lottery. Typically, most or all Community School vacancies occur in the first grade.
• February 16, 2010. Acceptance/wait list notification letters are sent to families.
• February 23, 2010. Community School must be notified in writing of your intention to accept or deny admittance.
• May – June, 2010. Mandatory Student Visits (Specific dates to come.)
• June 2, 2010. Mandatory New Parent Orientation
• Once enrollment is met, remaining students are placed on a wait list in lottery order.
  • If an opening occurs, students are called in lottery order using their original number as no new numbers are generated.
  • If no opening occurs, current year wait list families will be contacted with a letter of intent to remain on the wait list. Students who wish to remain on the wait list for the next year’s class will follow the instructions from the letter.
• If a student accepts placement at another Choice School the student’s name is removed from our process.

The above dates are subject to change pending the ’09 – ’10
Lake Washington School District calendar.

The above lottery procedure is aligned with the
Lake Washington School District.