The Seacoast Charter School is a public school for students in grades 1-7. For more information about our school, please visit our web site at www.seacoastcharterschool.org or call us at (603) 642-8400.
No Tuition: Like other public schools, Seacoast Charter School is free for students who are New Hampshire residents.
School Visits: Parents of potential students are encouraged to make an appointment to meet with our Head of School. After this visit, parents may set up a time for their child to visit.
Applications: Applications are available at our web site or at the school. Our school is located at 13 Church Street, Kingston, NH 03848.
Lottery: If there are more applications than there are available places, a lottery will be held.
Application Deadline: Completed applications must be received by Friday, March 19th, 2010 at 1:00pm. Completed applications received after the deadline will not be eligible for the lottery.
Out of State Students: Each out-of-state student who attends will pay a tuition of $9000.
Lottery Time and Place: Wednesday, March 24rd, 2010 at 2:00 PM at the school. The lottery will be conducted by our Communications Director.
Lottery Guidelines:
Intent to Continue: In order to reserve a spot for the following year, all current students who will be continuing at the Seacoast Charter School must submit an “Intent to Continue” form by Friday, February 19th. If a student withdraws from SCS and subsequently wishes to return, the student will be considered a new student for admissions purposes and may be subject to the lottery, depending on vacancies.
Places: Prior to the lottery, the number of available places will be posted on our web site.
10% rule: Not more than 10 % of the resident pupils in any grade shall be eligible to transfer to a charter school in any school year without the approval of the local school board. (For example, if a town has forty 3rd graders, no more than four 3rd graders can be accepted to SCS from that town.)
Siblings of admitted students and children of employees: All siblings of admitted students and all children of employees of SCS who have completed applications by February 19th will be placed, prior to holding the lottery. (If there are more such students than there are places, or if a student does not meet the 10% rule, a “sibling/staff lottery” will be held. These students’ names will be drawn and be placed on the waiting list in the order in which they are drawn. If a space becomes available, but the student does not meet the 10% rule, their name will remain on the waitlist and the next eligible student will be accepted.)
Applicants: All names of remaining students who have submitted completed applications will be written on index cards and placed in a container. (Students who are applying with their siblings will have this information marked on their card.)
Drawing: As each name is drawn, the student will be admitted or placed on the waiting list, according to the criteria outlined above.
Admitted Students: If a student meets the criteria outlined above, he or she is conditionally admitted to SCS. An acceptance package will be mailed in the following week.
Siblings of admitted students: When a student is admitted, their siblings’ names are automatically drawn. If there is space, the siblings are admitted as well. If not, they will be placed on the waitlist.
Intent to Attend: Parents of admitted students should respond with the “Intent to Attend” form by April 9th to hold the space for their child. Sending districts will be notified at this time to allow them time to plan for the following year.
Waitlisted Students: If there is no longer space available or if the student does not meet the 10% rule, the student will be placed on the waitlist in the order that his or her name was drawn. If an opening occurs in a given grade, students on the wait list will be contacted according to their order on the waitlist. Students on waitlist who opt out of enrolling when space is available automatically surrender their spot on the list. Waitlisted students will be carried over each year. Waitlist status will be verified twice per year, once before the spring lottery and once in the fall.
Students who apply to SCS after the lottery date will be conditionally admitted only if space is available and they meet the appropriate criteria outlined above. If space is not available, they will be placed on the waitlist in the order that their completed application is received. If a student’s application is received after the start of the school year, they will be admitted if there is a space available.If there is no space available, the student will be placed on the waitlist.This student’s name will not, however, be carried over to the waitlist for the next school year.In order to be admitted for the following year, the student’s name must be entered into the lottery along with any other applicants.
Students with Individual Education Plans: Parents of students who are on IEPs will need to set up a team meeting with the sending school, SCS and themselves to determine if SCS is the right placement for the child.
Entrance Age Policy:
A pupil may enter grade one if his or her chronological age will be six on, or before, September 30th of the year of entering school.
A birth certificate must be presented upon registration.
Applications submitted for students whose birthdays occur after September 30th will be reviewed individually.The parents will need to meet with the Head of School to determine readiness before the start of school.This determination will be based upon:
Conversation with parents
Previous school records
Testing
A school readiness checklist
Applications will not be accepted for students who turn 6 on March 1 or later in the year they seek to begin first grade.
Incoming transfer students will be initially placed in accordance with the information forwarded by the sending District.Such placement is tentative and subject to reassignment by the Head of School.
Incoming transfer students in Grade 1 who arrive after the close of the first marking period will be initially admitted to Grade 1 if their chronological age will be six (6) before December 31st of the year of entering school and if previously enrolled in Grade 1 in another community and attending local schools only on a temporary basis (ten months or less). Such placement is tentative and subject to reassignment by the Head of School.
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