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Admissions Procedures 2008-2009
Paul Cuffee School admits a new class of Kindergarten students each year
(usually 45-48 students) and accepts applicants in the other grades if
openings occur. Acceptance is based on a lottery and siblings are given
preference.
Overview
Requirements / Eligibility
Students Who Are Admitted
Waiting List Applicants
Applications
Overview
The Paul Cuffee School
is a public charter school open to students residing in Providence, R.I. We
offer grades K-8 and anticipate an expansion to eventually reach K-12 when
funding and the appropriate facility is secured. Until the high school is
ready, eighth grade students and their families will receive guidance with
next school placement.
In accord with
Rhode Island Law, students are admitted to the school by lottery. Charter
Schools in Providence are also required to have a student community which
reflects the rich multiculturalism and racial diversity of Providence.
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To be eligible
for admission:
1. Any child of
school age who is a resident of the city of Providence may apply for
admission to the Paul Cuffee School.
Students must be 5
years old on or before September 1st, 2008 to be admitted and enrolled into
Kindergarten and 6 years old on or by September 1st, 2008 to be admitted and
enrolled into 1st grade.
2.
Parents/legal guardians must complete and submit the one-page student
application form by March 7, 2008 for the 2008-2009 school year.
3. Enrollment preference will be given to applicants whose siblings are
enrolled in the school. When a lottery takes place, siblings will be
admitted first if space is available. Where a waiting list exists for a
particular grade, siblings will be placed 1st on the waiting list.
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Students Who Are Admitted
• We will
mail acceptance letters and an enrollment contract to you following
the lottery. The enrollment contract will need to be signed and
returned to the Admissions Office within fifteen business days after
the postmarked date on the notification letter. Please remember
that the enrollment contract must be signed by students and
parents/legal guardians. After confirmation is received, the
following documents will be requested:
1. Proof of
Residency in Providence
2. Birth Certificate
3.
Health/Immunization Records
4. Special
Education (IEP/504) Records, if applicable
5. Last Report
Card and/or Prior School Records
6. Student
Information Forms
7. Home Language
Survey
8. Authorization
to Release School Records Form
• If we do not
hear from you within fifteen days, we will make every attempt to
contact you before the deadline. If the above mentioned forms have
not been returned by the deadline, the student’s admission space may
be given to the next eligible student on the waiting list. Parents
who will not be available at the home address listed on the
application form during the notification period should contact the
Paul Cuffee School to make arrangements for communication.
•
Students must attend the “Welcome and Screening Day” in May (date to
be announced). This will enable the school to plan for the
2008-2009 academic year. If you are unable to attend, please
contact us before that day or your child’s spot may be given away.
• Students
must
attend the new student orientation in August (date to be announced).
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Waiting List Applicants
• Students
who apply to the school but are not successful in gaining enrollment
through the lottery will be placed on the waiting list in the order
that they were drawn in the lottery.
• Parents/legal
guardians of wait-listed students will be mailed a form to confirm
whether or not they wish for their child to remain on the active
waiting list for the 2008-2009 school year.
• Parents/legal
guardians will have approximately one month after the postmarked
date on the notification letter to return the form to the Admissions
Office. If we do not hear from you, and if no form has been
returned by the deadline, the student will be removed from the
waiting list. Parents are responsible to notify the school of
any address change during the notification period.
• In
accordance with Rhode Island Department of Education enrollment
guidelines for charter schools, waiting lists will not be carried
over from year to year. Each year, a new lottery of all applicants
- those on the previous waiting list as well as all new applicants -
will be conducted. Applicants still on the waiting list must
reapply to the school to be eligible for the lottery the following
year.
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Applications
Paul Cuffee School is no longer accepting
applications for the 08-09 school year beginning in September 2008. Applications for the 09-10 school year will be available in January
2009.
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