ENROLLMENT WILL BEGIN SOON FOR INCOMING 6TH & 7TH GRADE STUDENTS!
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS based on TN charter school law: 49-13-106.
The prospective student population shall be:
(A) Students who were previously enrolled in a charter school;
(B) Students who are assigned to, or were previously enrolled in, a school failing to make adequate yearly progress, as defined by the state's accountability system, giving priority to at-risk students;
(C) Students who, in the previous school year, failed to test proficient in the subjects of language arts/reading or mathematics in grades three through eight (3-8) on the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program examinations;
(D) Students who, in the previous school year, failed to test proficient on the gateway examinations in language arts/reading or mathematics
WHAT DO WE OFFER?
Freedom to Explore
- College Visits
- Monthly Field Trips
- Community Circle
Freedom to Achieve
- Rigorous Instruction
- Double Periods of Reading & Math
- College Preparatory Curriculum
Freedom to Succeed
- After school tutoring
- Classes in Core Values
- Seamless Path to College
Applications will be accepted on a first come, first serve basis. If we receive more applications than slots, an enrollment lottery will be conducted in compliance with the Tennessee Public Charter Law. TCA 49-13-113
LOTTERY GUIDELINES
If a lottery is to be conducted the following guidelines will apply:
1. The lottery will be public and open to all eligible applicants. It will not rely on computers and will be easily understood and followed by observers.
2. The lottery will be conducted by a designated person who is unaffiliated with Freedom Preparatory Academy Charter School, and who has no relative applying.
3. Only applications that have been deemed eligible and received by the close of the business day, August 3, 2009 will be eligible to participate in the lottery.
4. All eligible applications received after August 3 will not receive lottery numbers.
5. Eligible applicants will receive notification in writing with their lottery ID number, date, time, and place of the lottery.
6. Lottery ID numbers are non-transferable.
7. On the day of the lottery, the Lottery Designee will check to assure that all eligible applicants’ lottery numbers are on a lottery device (i.e. small ball, object, paper).
8. All eligible applicants are verified for preference prior to generating lottery labels (i.e. All siblings are properly linked and verified, etc).
9. Preferences shall be announced at the lottery (i.e the daughter of an instructor).
10. All objects with the lottery ID numbers will be placed in a container.
11. Only the Lottery Designee will draw ID-numbered objects from the lottery container.
12. The lottery will be recorded in the order in which the students are drawn by writing the selection number on a numbered board as they are drawn. For ease of recording, once selected, the numbers are recorded by grade level as indicated on the label.
13. At the conclusion of the drawing, linked preferences will be processed to establish the admission order allowing for sibling preference.
14. When a linked ball is drawn, both numbers (sisters, twins) are recorded on the appropriate board. The other linked ball will be disregarded when pulled by verifying that their number has already been recorded.
15. For verification purposes, the board will be photographed after all numbers have been exhausted.
16. The board will be re-photographed after all linked preferences have been adjusted accordingly (not to exceed 10% or 8 seats of our total enrollment).
17. The school administrator will generate offers of registration that will be mailed the day following the lottery.
18. The remaining students are assigned to the waiting list by grade in the order that their lottery number was chosen.
CLICK BELOW TO DOWNLOAD THE 2012-2013 ENROLLMENT APPLICATION FOR FREEDOM PREPARATORY ACADEMY
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9694593/FPA%20Enrollment%20Application%202012-20...
