Vision Academy Charter School is open to all scholars to reflect the community it serves.
CURRENT SCHOLAR RE-ENROLLMENT
The re-enrollment process for current VACS students will begin on December 22, 2023 and end on January 2, 2024.
Current scholars will keep their seats in the school until they graduate, provided they submit a re-enrollment form before the assigned deadline.
Failure to submit a re-enrollment form by the deadline (January 2, 2024) will result in the student losing his/her guaranteed spot for the following school year.
Parents/guardians of current scholars should fill out a separate re-enrollment form for each student.
Siblings (i.e. blood siblings, foster siblings, step siblings, and adoptive siblings) of current students will have preference over other students (non-siblings) who enter the lottery.
LISTING OF ENROLLMENT PREFERENCES (IN ORDER)
- Returning VACS scholars
- Siblings of currently enrolled VACS scholars
- Children of the founding group and employees
- Scholars residing in the William Penn School District
- Scholars residing in school districts other than William Penn
NEW SCHOLAR APPLICATIONS
Parents/guardians can apply for the 2024-25 school year during “open enrollment” from July 21, 2023 until July 21, 2024.
Link to apply: https://vacharter.schoolmint.net/signup
Applications submitted between July 21, 2023 until July 21, 2024 correspond to the 2024-2025 school year (e.g. an application submitted in October 2023 applies to the 2024-2025 school year).
Information Requested on Application
- Biographical information of parent/legal guardian and scholar (name, D.O.B., etc.)
- Contact information (address, email, phone number, etc.)
- Other (current school, school district of residence, etc.)
If there are more applicants than available seats, the school will conduct a manual or electronic lottery to create a list of accepted scholars as well as a waitlist.
LOTTERY PROCESS, RULES, AND PROCEDURES
Lottery refers to the selection of applicant names by a random manual or electronic method. In order to be included in the lottery drawing, you must submit a complete and accurate application by the lottery deadline (February 15, 2024).
If the number of applicants is less than the number of seats anticipated to be available, no public lottery shall be conducted for that grade.
The lottery, if necessary, will take place on Thursday, February 15, 2024 at 5:00 PM.
Attendance of the lottery is encouraged, but not mandatory.
Only one lottery shall be conducted by a school to include all grades in which the number of applicants exceeds the number of expected seats available.
All applicants participate in the lottery.
Applicants are assigned a number on their application which will be used to identify applicants in the lottery.
Only applications received prior to the lottery (February 15, 2024) are eligible to participate in the lottery. Those who apply after this date will be placed directly on the waiting list.
The lottery will be open to all and will be easily understood and followed by all observers.
Scholars residing in the William Penn School District will have preference over scholars from other school districts. This rule ensures that charter schools serve the immediate surrounding community first.
WAITING LIST INFORMATION
VACS maintains a waiting list for all grades based on the lottery’s outcome.
Waiting lists renew after each lottery every year. Applicants must re-apply every calendar year to be assigned a spot on the waiting list (i.e. applications do NOT carry over to the next school year).
When a scholar is selected through the lottery, it means a scholar’s waiting list number has been reached, in which case, the parent/guardian will receive an email or notification congratulating them and requesting specific paperwork by an assigned deadline. If your child is on our waiting list, please be patient. We typically do not have a clear number of available spots until later in the summer.
All applications received after the initial or “open” enrollment period will be accepted on a “first-come, first-served” basis, but only after the waiting list generated by the lottery has been exhausted.
REGISTRATION PROCESS
All applicants offered a seat (i.e. those who are chosen are winners of the lottery) are required to affirmatively respond to an offer for acceptance within 5 days of being offered the spot and are also required to submit the requested paperwork by an assigned deadline (within 14 days of being offered the spot). Vision Academy will retract offers made to families who have not “accepted” the offer on School Mint within 14 days and who have not completed/submitted all necessary paperwork on School Mint within 14 days.
Once contacted by VACS, the parent/guardian will be required to provide the following documentation to begin registration:
- completed enrollment packet
- parent ID
- proof of student age
- two forms of proof of residency
- most recent immunization, physical, and dental records