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Important Information to Know Before Enrollment
Step 1: Online Application
Online Application-Completed by Parent/Guardian
Complete the online application for your 7th -12th grade student. This should take approximately 20-30 minutes. You will need to upload your student's birth certificate and updated immunizations to the application. Please make sure you have these documents available. Upon submission, the application is electronically sent to our registrars at our Central office for processing. Enrollment is not complete unless your student's birth certificate and up-to-date immunization records are received. ** If you are unable to upload your documents to the application, you may email them to enrollment@excelsior.com, or bring them into the school site you are seeking enrollment.
**Students who qualify under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act and Foster Students have the right to immediate enrollment without delay if they are unable to provide immunization records or birth certificate. Students receiving Special Education Services are exempt from providing immunization records. Court orders must be provided (as needed) regarding changes in custody (legal or physical), educational rights, or restricted contact with the student.
**California law, as outlined in the California Health and Safety Code Sections 120325-120375, requires children to be fully immunized before entering certain facilities, including school. Students who do not have up-to-date immunizations can proceed with enrollment, however, will not be permitted to come to campus. Students can opt to enroll with incomplete immunizations and will be enrolled into all Independent Study courses.
Step 2: Application Confirmation
Application Confirmation- Completed by Central Office Registrars
Within 2 business days of submitting your application, you will receive a confirmation email from our records department confirming your application is complete, has been processed and will include important information regarding the final step of enrollment (Step 3). Please check your junk or spam email to ensure you do not miss this important information.
If your application was submitted and is missing information, you will receive a call from our registrars within the 2 business days of submission notifying you of any information or documents needed. You will also receive a follow up email which outlines the information missing and instructions detailing how to resubmit the completed application as applicable.
Step 3: Enrollment Intake Appointment
Enrollment Intake Appointment- Completed by School Site with Parent/Guardian
Your student’s school site will contact you via phone within 1 business day of receiving your successful application confirmation email from the records department to schedule your Enrollment Intake appointment. The Enrollment Intake appointment will serve as the student’s orientation meeting at the school site and will allow parents/guardians to finalize enrollment by providing valid identification and signing Excelsior’s Written Learning Agreement. The Enrollment Intake appointment will also provide your student with their class schedule and all materials and information needed to ensure your student’s success here at Excelsior!
If you have any questions regarding the enrollment process or the documents needed, please contact our registrars at (760) 245-4262 select option 4 for the District Office, then option 2 for the Records department or email enrollment@excelsior.com. Office hours are Monday through Friday from 7:30am-3:30pm.
To learn more about specific programs, classes, sports or clubs available at a school site please visit our website at excelsior.com and select the school in the upper right hand side, or contact the school directly at (760) 254-4262.
Immunization Requirements
Completion of online enrollment requires parents/guardians to provide verification of up-to-date immunization records to the central enrollment registrars. Proof of immunization records can be uploaded directly into the online application located on the "Student Documents" page. Immunization records can also be emailed to enrollment@excelsior.com or you may bring in the records to the Central office Records Department located at 15505 Civic Dr. Victorville CA 92392.
Office Hours: 8:00am- 3:00pm
Students will not be enrolled unless their immunization record is submitted and is up to date.
*Students who qualify under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act and Foster Students have the right to immediate enrollment without delay if they are unable to provide immunization records. Students receiving Special Education Services are exempt from providing immunization records.
Expulsions
If you are expelled for any offenses listed in §§48915(a)&(c), you may not enroll in school in another district during your expulsion period (§48915.2). You may only enroll in a county community school, juvenile court school, or community day school (§48915.2(a)). If you are expelled for any other offense, you can enroll in school in another district during your expulsion period. You or your parent/guardian must inform the new district that you were expelled from your previous school and the governing board shall hold a hearing to determine whether you pose a continuing danger to other students or school employees (§§48915.1(a)&(b)). The governing board may decide to deny enrollment, permit enrollment, or permit conditional enrollment in a regular school program or other educational program (§48915.1(d)).
Enrollment/Disenrollment Notice
Charter schools are not allowed to discourage a pupil from enrolling or seeking to enroll in the charter school because the pupil exhibits any characteristics such as students with disabilities, academically low achieving, English learners, neglected or delinquent, homeless, socially economically disadvantaged, foster youth, or based on nationality, race, ethnicity, or sexual orientation. Charter schools are not allowed to request a pupil's records before enrollment or encourage a child who is enrolled in a charter school to disenroll or transfer to another school. A parent, guardian, or pupil (18 years or older) may file a Charter School Complaint Form to the authorizing entity if they suspect the charter school is in violation of Education Code Section 47605(e)(4).
Lottery Enrollment Process Directly From our ECS Charter Petition
- ELEMENT 13: ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS
- I. APPLICATION AND ENROLLMENT PROCESS
- A. MCKINNEY VENTO HOMELESS ASSISTANCE ACT
- B. EVERY STUDENT SUCCEEDS ACT
ELEMENT 13: ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS
“ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL, IF APPLICABLE.” [REF. ED. CODE § 47605.6(B)(5)(M)]
Admission to Excelsior shall be open to any resident of California who wishes to attend the school, as outlined in Education Code § 47605.6(e)(2)(A). Excelsior shall not discriminate on the basis of the characteristics listed in Education Code Section 220, including actual or perceived disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic that is contained in the definition of hate crimes set forth in Section 422.55 of the Penal Code or association with an individual who has any of the aforementioned characteristics.
Excelsior will be an open enrollment, tuition-free public school with no specific requirements for admission (e.g., minimum grade point average, test scores, discipline records, etc.). Excelsior will enroll all pupils who wish to attend to the extent that space allows.
I. APPLICATION AND ENROLLMENT PROCESS
The goal of the admissions policy of Excelsior is to attract, enroll and retain at Excelsior students representative of the rich diversity from the surrounding communities. Excelsior will recruit a diverse student population, including low achieving and low-income students, and will abide by all state and federal laws regarding admissions. Our recruitment plan is designed to achieve a racial and ethnic balance among our pupils that is reflective of the general population residing within the target community of San Bernardino County. Excelsior will be nonsectarian in its programs, admissions policies, employment practices and all other operations.
The school will establish an annual recruiting and admissions cycle, which shall include reasonable time for all of the following: (1) outreach and marketing, (2) orientation sessions for students and parents (conducted in English and Spanish at times that are convenient for families), (3) an admissions application period, (4) an admissions lottery, if necessary, and (5) enrollment.
As a charter school, Excelsior is a school of choice, and may have more students interested in attending the school than there are spaces available. If the number of students who wish to attend the school exceeds the openings available, entrance shall be determined by single random public drawing in accordance with Education Code §47605.6(e)(2)(B) and all applicable federal requirements.
Students who are currently enrolled and siblings of students who are currently enrolled shall be exempt from the lottery.
In accordance with applicable law and federal guidance, the following groups of students will receive preference in the lottery:
- Children of the school’s founders, facilitators, and staff not to exceed 10% of total enrollment.
- Students who reside in the County
No other admissions exemptions or preferences will be assigned. The Excelsior Board may review and revise this preference policy as necessary for the well-being of the school.
In order to be eligible for enrollment in Excelsior, students must meet all applicable laws and regulations regarding enrollment in a public charter school, including immunizations, age at time of enrollment, no concurrent enrollment with a private school that charges tuition and no enrollment during a period of expulsion from another school.
In order to be included in the admissions lottery (if a lottery is necessary), families must submit an application form. A copy of Excelsior’s Admission Application Form may be found in Appendix G. Application materials will be made available in English and Spanish. The enrollment period will be advertised in English and Spanish through flyers, posters in prominent locations throughout the community, during informational meetings for parents, and announced on the school’s website. Excelsior also may advertise through local media as the school’s budget permits.
Open enrollment will take place from January 1 through the last Friday of March of the same year. All interested families will be required to submit a completed Admissions Application Form directly to the school before 4:30 p.m. on the date of the annual deadline, which will be clearly indicated on the form and in all communications and notices (websites, flyers, etc.) regarding admission to the school. Submitted Admission Application Forms will be date- and time-stamped and student names will be added to an application roster to track receipt. Families who apply after the enrollment deadline will be added to the wait list in the order the applications are received.
Following the open enrollment period, applications will be counted to determine if any grade level has received a number of applications that exceed available seats. If the number of students who have applied for any grade exceed capacity as of the date of the application deadline the school will hold a single public random lottery to determine enrollment for the impacted grade level. In the event that the school has not received sufficient enrollment forms to fill to capacity at any grade level, all applicant families will be offered enrollment and additional spots will be filled on a first come, first served basis. All families who have applied for admission will be advised by email or phone of any changes to the date and time for the public random drawing.
Public notice will be posted regarding the date and time of the public drawing once the deadline date has passed. Notice will include an explanation that parents/guardians do not need to be present at the lottery, but may attend if they choose to do so.
The Principal and at least one other school employee will conduct the admissions lottery as a public event to ensure that lottery procedures are fairly executed. Explanation also will be provided to ensure that parents/guardians understand that the lottery numbers are just one step of the process, and that the school must also calculate spaces for those who are exempt from the lottery (e.g., currently enrolled students and siblings).
The lottery will occur within 60 days following the close of the open enrollment period. The lottery will be conducted at a time that is convenient for a majority of interested parties and will be open to the public. The school will inform parents of all applicants and all interested parties of the rules to be followed during the lottery process, location, date and time of the lottery. The school will choose a date and time for the lottery (either on the weekend or after 6 pm on a weekday) so that most interested parties will be able to attend. The lottery will be held at the school site if the school facility can accommodate all interested parties.
Admissions Application Forms, the manual record of all lottery participants and their assigned lottery numbers, and other lottery-related documents will be physically filed on campus, and lottery results and waiting lists will be readily available in the school’s main office for inspection upon request. Each applicant’s admissions application will be kept on file for the academic year with his or her assigned lottery number in the school database and on his or her enrollment application.
Students who are offered spots will be asked to complete an Enrollment Packet (Appendix G) to secure their spot. School staff will be available to assist families in completing this paperwork if needed.
The random public lottery determines applicants’ wait list status. Those who apply after the lottery deadline are added to the end of the lottery waitlist in the order they are received. Vacancies that occur during the school year will be filled according to the wait list. When an offer occurs during the school year, families will be contacted in the order of the wait list and will be given 48 hours to decide whether or not to accept a space at the school. In the event that no such wait list exists where the space is available, the space will be made available on a first come, first served basis to the next interested family at the appropriate grade level.
The wait list for the current school year remains active until Excelsior’s admissions period commences for the following year. Applications are only valid for the current year. Applicants must reapply for the lottery annually if the school is unable to offer them admission for the current year.
Excelsior reserves the right to modify the enrollment process and preferences to comply with the requirements of the federal PCSGP in any year in which Excelsior receives these funds. All lottery policies and protocols may also be revised as deemed necessary by the Board of Directors. Such changes will not be deemed a material revision of the charter.