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Larchmont Charter School - West Hollywood

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ENROLLMENT INFORMATION

Thank you for your interest in Larchmont Charter School - West Hollywood!

All charter schools are public, tuition-free, and non-religious. Enrollment in the school shall be open to any resident of the state of California.

ENROLLMENT PROCESS

For the 2012-2013 school year, we will be accepting Request for Enrollment Forms for a new class of Kindergartners and we will also be adding students to our waiting lists for grades 1-6, between November 1, 2011 – February 22, 2012.

Step 1: Touring Our School

Prospective parents are invited to attend any one of the group tours listed below. You DO NOT need to RSVP for the tour that you wish to attend.

Tours will begin with time to walk through the classrooms and then a discussion of our curriculum, instruction, and the lottery process. There will be time after the presentation for questions with the Principal, Assistant Principal, and parent representatives.

Tours are intended to accommodate adults only. Please do not bring children.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST TRANSLATION SERVICES IN SPANISH OR KOREAN FOR YOUR TOUR, PLEASE CALL CINDY AT 323-656-6418.

Tour Dates:

1. -Saturday, November 12, 2011 • 9:00-11:00am
   

2. -Saturday, December 10, 2011 • 9:00-11:00am
   

3. -Saturday, January 7, 2012 • 9:00-11:00am
   

4. -Saturday, January 21, 2012 • 9:00-11:00am
   

5. -Saturday, February 4, 2012 • 9:00-11:00am
   

6. -Saturday, February 11, 2012 • 9:00-11:00am
   

All tours will be conducted at Larchmont Charter School - West Hollywood, at our Primary School Campus, which is located on the site of St. Ambrose Church - 1265 North Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90046. Our entrance is on Fairfax just south of the intersection of Fairfax and Fountain. We are on the west side of the street. You may park in the parking lot in the spaces in the middle of the lot or directly adjacent to the school. Please DO NOT park in the spots adjacent to the church – those are reserved for church members only. If the lot is full, there is ample street parking – please read the parking restriction signs.

Step 2: Request for Enrollment Form

In order to enter the Larchmont Charter School - West Hollywood (LCW) pool of applicants, you must submit a paper copy of the Request for Enrollment Form prior to our deadline of Wednesday, February 22, 2012. This form must be in our hands by 4:00 p.m.

Request for Enrollment form scan be download and printed from this website in English, Spanish, and Korean beginning on November 1, 2011. Copies are also available for pick up in the LCW office.

        Download Request for Enrollment in English here

        Download Request for Enrollment in Korean here

        Download Request for Enrollment in Spanish here

        Income Eligibility Guidelines for Free and Reduced-Price Lunch Program

***Please note that it is not mandatory to take a tour before requesting an Enrollment Form.

Step 3: Lottery

Here is how the lottery works:

If the number of students requesting enrollment exceeds the openings available, entrance, except for the existing

students of LCW and the understated priorities, shall be determined by random public drawing (also known as a lottery) in accordance with Education Code §47605(d)(2).

LCW offers priority enrollment for certain groups of applicants. No person shall be subject to discrimination on the basis of sex, gender, sexual orientation, ethnic group identification, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, or disability.

Please note that if you are extended an offer for enrollment through a priority area, you will need to provide supporting documentation in the enrollment packet to accept the enrollment offer. A verification of your priority will be done prior to finalizing your child’s enrollment. 

If your child was offered enrollment via a priority area and LCW deems that the child does not qualify, your child will be placed on the waiting list. 

LCW Priority Enrollment process includes:

Priority One: Siblings of Currently Enrolled Students – Students whose sibling was enrolled during the 2011-2012 school year

Priority Two: Founding Parents – The children of Founding Parents who were identified during the founding years of our school. Please note, all founding spaces are now full and no new Founding Parents will be added.

Priority Three: Free and Reduced Price Lunch Eligibility – Students whose families qualify, based on current income level, for the Federal Free and Reduced Price Lunch Program

Priority Four: General Enrollment – Students of all other families

Within one week of the lottery, letters will be mailed to those families receiving an offer of a space at LCW.  Those families will have approximately three (3) weeks to respond and accept or turn down the space offered.  Any spaces that become available will be offered to the next family on the waiting list until the class is full.

Lottery Date:

The public enrollment lottery for the 2012-13 school year will take place on Saturday, February 25, 2012, from 9:00 to 11:00 am. It will be held at our Primary School Campus at 1265 North Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90046.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION

What is the minimum age for admittance to kindergarten in California?

According to the California Department of Education, the Kindergarten Readiness Act of 2010 (SB 1381) changes the required birthday for admission to Kindergarten.

A child needs to be five (5) by:

…November 1, 2012, for entry into Kindergarten in the fall of 2012

…October 1, 2013, for entry into Kindergarten in the fall of 2013

…September 1, 2014, for entry into Kindergarten in the fall of 2014, and each school year thereafter.

LCW will adhere to these state guidelines in all situations.

Enrollment for our sister school - LCS

Please note that Larchmont Charter School - West Hollywood (LCW) and Larchmont Charter School (LCS) are two

separate, though related, schools. In order to be a part of the LCW enrollment pool you MUST submit the LCW Request for Enrollment Form to the LCW office according to the instructions above. The two pools of applicants will not be shared between the schools. Families are welcome to submit enrollment requests to both schools, but must follow the two separate processes to do so.

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