Admissions
800.02 Admission Policy for Howard Street Charter School
The official Admissions Process will begin in January of each year for enrollment in HSCS during the fall of the same year.
Admission to HSCS is open to all students who reside in the Salem-Keizer School District. Because of space and enrollment limits, HSCS will give preference to students from inside the S-K District. Out of district students will be admitted only if space is available after waiting lists are exhausted.
No 6th grade student will be admitted to HSCS unless an application was completed during the admissions process. No 7th or 8th grade student will be admitted in September of each school year unless an application was on file by the admissions deadline for that year. If there are not enough applications by the first deadline, a second deadline may be established by the Board of Governors.
If more students apply for 6th grade admission than can be accommodated, admission will be decided through a lottery system after waivers are granted. Waivers from the lottery will be granted to the following incoming students who have applied for admission:
- Applicants who WILL HAVE A SIBLING* enrolled in HSCS at the time of attendance.
After waivers have been granted and the lottery conducted, all applicants will be placed on a list in order of their lottery number. The list will be submitted to Salem Keizer School District Student Services for review of students with Individualized Education Plans (IEP). If a student with an IEP accepts a position at Howard Street and the student's IEP team recommends that the student not be admitted to Howard Street due to inappropriate placement, that student will not be accepted until the team deems placement is appropriate. At that time, the student will be placed first on the waiting list and admitted if a vacancy in that grade becomes available. The list will be kept for two years, and students will be called if and when an opening in their grade occurs.
If more than one student from a family applies for admission in the same year, all siblings will be admitted if one sibling is granted admission through the lottery process. This applies to same grade admission e.g. twins, or upper grade admission for an older sibling.
Students will not be enrolled at HSCS on a part-time basis.
Withdrawals
When a student withdraws voluntarily from HSCS to attend another public school, private
school or be home-schooled, the student relinquishes his/her place on the enrolled list.
If the student changes his/her mind, they may ask to reenter, but his/her name will be
placed at the bottom of the waiting list for that grade.
When a student withdraws involuntarily for medical reasons, that student maintains his/her place on the enrolled list until the end of the current school year.
* For this admissions process, sibling is defined as "one of two or more individuals having one common parent."