ENROLLMENT

Will my child get into PACE?

Like most Charter Schools, PACE Academy has a limit to how many students can be admitted. Each grade level at PACE Academy only has 32 available spots. If PACE receives 32 or fewer applications for a specific grade, all students will be admitted. However, if more than 32 students apply for a specific grade, a weighted lottery will occur.

PACE Academy will open its annual lottery every year on February 1st. It will close on the last day of February, and the drawing will occur approximately 2 weeks after the closing date.

ANNUAL LOTTERY OPENS

FEB 1ST, 2025

Weighted Lottery Process

During the Charter application process, PACE Academy defined several criteria to ensure that we can fulfill our mission to serve students with dyslexia, Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) in reading or other documented reading difficulties. To meet this goaur Board of Directors established three priorities that can add weight to a student’s individual lottery application: No Priority, Single Priority, and Double Priority.

Child does not have a diagnosis or dyslexia/Specific Learning Disability in reading. Child may have other diagnoses such as: ADHD, autism, speech delay, etc. Child may not have any educational issues.

If your child has a diagnosis other than dyslexia or Specific Learning Disability (SLD) in reading, or does not have any educational issues at all, your child may enroll in PACE as long as no other students with reading struggles are on the waiting list for the school.

Our charter application was written to ensure that children with a primary educational issue of dyslexia or reading struggles would have first priority for the school.

Child has a diagnosis of dyslexia or Specific Learning Disability (SLD) in reading or has proof of reading struggles as the primary concern.

If your child’s name is selected for the lottery, you will have 2 weeks to provide proof of the following:

  • Diagnosis of dyslexia by a licensed psychologist.
  • IEP with Specific Learning Disability in Reading
  • 504 with accommodations for reading struggles
  • RTI/MTSS documentation for reading struggles
  • Screener documenting characteristics of dyslexia (may be done by PACE if requested and completed prior to 2-week deadline).

A child will have double priority if he/she meets the requirements for Single Priority category AND one of the following:

  • A sibling enrolled in the school (must share 1 common parent by birth or legal adoption)
  • A parent employed by the school
  • A parent on the Charter Planning Committee

If a child has double priority, he/she will automatically be enrolled in PACE Academy.

Documentation of diagnosis of dyslexia or SLD in reading must be provided within 2 weeks of the lottery drawing, or the student will be placed at the bottom of the waiting list.  

Enrollment Steps

Register for the Lottery

In March each year, a special public meeting will be held via zoom to draw names for the lottery. It is recommended for Parents to attend this meeting, but is not required. Parents will be notified their child’s name was selected if they cannot attend the meeting.

Parents will have 2 weeks to accept the child’s seat and complete the registration process. If the registration process is not completed within 2 weeks, the student’s name will be dropped to the bottom of the waiting list and an alternate will move up.

Provide Documentation

Send documentation of dyslexia, specific learning disability in reading, or struggles with reading to PACE Academy. Documentation includes the following but is not limited to: IEP, 504, Evaluation by licensed Psychologist, MTSS/RTI documentation, report cards, MAP scores, state assessments, student work samples, teacher recommendations and/or a completed screener given by PACE.

Complete the Enrollment Application

The Enrollment Packet will consist of the following: Application, Proof of Residency, Immunizations, Media Release, and the Home Language Survey.

If this is the student’s first time in public school, the packet will also include: Records Release, Birth Certificate, Family Volunteer Form, Student Health Information, and Recent Academic Information (if available).

Attend Open House

Attend Open House to get to know your new teachers before the start of the school year!

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