Siblings of students currently enrolled in Downtown Value School and students related to Downtown Value School staff have priority on the waitlist and will be offered a space before other applicants during the lottery. However, siblings of students currently enrolled who apply after the lottery is held will be placed at the end of the waiting list after non-siblings.
For example, the incoming Kindergarten class for the 2016-2017 school year has ** applicants that are siblings of students that are already enrolled at Downtown Value School. Those siblings have already been placed at the top of our enrollment list and within two weeks will be receiving a letter of acceptance offering them an enrollment slot for the following school year.
The remaining ** Kindergarten applicants will have their names placed in the lottery to determine their spot on the waitlist. The first name drawn will be given the first slot after all priority list applicants. All subsequent names drawn will be placed on the waitlist accordingly.
Each Kindergarten class at Downtown Value School for the school year will have 21 students. Between the two classes there will be 42 Kindergarten students total. Assuming that all siblings offered a spot are enrolling, that will leave about ** spaces for non-priority list students assuming there are no retentions in Kindergarten. Because retention numbers have not yet been determined, we will only be sending letters of acceptance to the first 10 students on the non-priority wait list until final grades are submitted at the end of June.