Student Enrollment Process
IMPORTANT NOTICE: The Pre-Enrollment process for new students for the 2010 - 2011 school year will begin on Monday, March 1, 2010. Pre-enrollment forms will be available starting on March 1st. Completed forms must be returned to the School's Main Office later than Noon on Friday, March 19, 2010.
--> Admission Policy
--> Re-Enrolling Existing Students Each Year
--> The Wait List & When it Expires
--> Deadline for Incoming Transfer Students
--> Pre-Enrollment for New Students
--> Enrollment Preference
--> Public Lottery
--> Finalizing Enrollment
Admission Policy
The Board of Trustees of Bear Creek Community Charter School understands the importance of establishing fair and equitable criteria for student admission and shall fully comply with the Pennsylvania Charter School Law regarding admission policies and procedures, as well as all other applicable state and federal provisions.
Re-Enrolling Existing Students
Students currently attending Bear Creek Community Charter School will have the opportunity to re-enroll for the next school year by accurately completing and returning the required Student Re-Enrollment Form by the deadline provided. Students whose parents who fail to return an accurate Student Re-Enrollment Form by the posted deadline will not be guaranteed enrollment
for the upcoming school year and will be required to participate in the pre-enrollment process with new students seeking admission to the school.
Waiting Lists
At the conclusion of the Spring enrollment process and after all available enrollment slots (seats) are filled, wait lists will be created and maintained for each grade. The initial wait list will be created randomly as part of the public lottery. Following the lottery, additional students will be added to the wait lists on a first come/first served basis.
When a slot becomes available in a grade, the parents of the first student on the wait list will be contacted and given three calendar days to accept the position. Acceptance is determined by the parent completing and hand delivering an accurate Pre-Enrollment Form to the school office within three business days of being notified by the school. If the enrollment slot is declined, if
no response is received or an accurate Pre-Enrollment Form is not hand delivered to the school office within three business days of being notified, the enrollment slot will be forfeited and the next student on the wait list will be contacted. Once all vacant enrollment slots for each particular grade and section are filled, enrollment will be closed.
Enrollment Deadline for New Students/Transfers In
As part of the the annual Spring enrollment process, a deadline will be established for which no new students will be accepted (transfers in) for the current school year, and the wait list for the current school year shall expire. The enrollment process begins anew each year.
Pre-Enrollment of New Students
Parents of new students interesting in enrolling at Bear Creek Community Charter School will be given the opportunity to participate in an annual Pre-Enrollment Process. The date preenrollment begins and ends will be determined by the school administration each year and will be posted in the school office as well as on the school’s web site. Parents of students
interested in enrolling in the school must complete and return an accurate Pre-Enrollment Form by the deadline provided by the school.
Enrollment Preference
Any child who is qualified under applicable state law is qualified for admission to Bear Creek Community Charter School. Bear Creek Community Charter School is an equal opportunity educational institution. As permitted by the Pennsylvania Charter School Laws, Bear Creek Community Charter School will give preference in enrollment to the following categories of students, in the following order:
- Returning students (re-enrollment of existing students by posted deadline);
- Children of parents who actively participated in the development (prior to the school receiving its charter) of the charter school (also known as Founder’s List);
- Siblings of currently enrolled student;
- Students residing in the school district in which the charter is located (Wilkes-Barre Area School District);
- Students residing outside the school district in which the charter school is located (all other school districts within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania).
Public Lottery
In the event the number of applicants for any given grade or section exceeds the number of enrollment slots (seats) available, the school will accept students by a random selection process. The school will grant enrollment preference according to the aforementioned criteria. A public lottery will be held, as necessary, to determine enrollment. The date, time and location of the public lottery will be posted at the school, on the school’s web site, and in a newspaper
of general circulation at least one week prior to the lottery being held. A neutral party will conduct the lottery on behalf of the school. The school will notify applicant parents within 30 days of the lottery with the outcome as to whether their child has been accepted or has been placed on a wait list.
Finalizing Enrollment
The Bear Creek Community Charter School will host at least one parent workshop to provide information regarding the school to new parents as well as finalize student enrollment. Attendance by at least one parent of each new student at a parent workshop shall be a mandatory component in the enrollment process. Students whose parents fail to participate in a parent workshop will not be guaranteed enrollment and will lose any preference in
enrollment.
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