Required Steps in the Lottery Process for All Grades

• January 15, 2009: Parents attend the mandatory Information Night at 7 p.m. at Community School. This is the only time that Lottery Forms are available and accepted. Complete and sign the Lottery Form and Family Commitment Agreement and turn them in to the registration table at the mandatory Information Night. Note: the date for this yearly meeting will be posted on this Web site, along with the LWSD Web site, each September.



• January 27 – March 12, 2009: Parents attend a Morning Tour (classroom observation) and an Afternoon Tour (observing parents and/or students teaching). Parents must call the school at 425-827-0735 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.



• When the Lottery Form is 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 this Web site each September

• A blind, computer-generated lottery process takes place in the early spring. 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.



• Acceptance/wait list notification letters are sent to families.



• Community School must be notified in writing of your intention to accept or reject admittance.



• 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 or the Quest Program, the student’s name is removed from our process.



• June 3, 2009: Mandatory New Parent Orientation

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