State and local guidelines require charter schools to hold a lottery whenever the number of applicants exceeds capacity. The state guidelines prioritize students living within the boundaries of the authorizing district. If The Classical Academies host a lottery, applicants will be selected based on the lottery results, per these established priorities.
Admissions
Thank you for your interest in our program! The Classical Academies have no tuition fee to attend and open to all students in San Diego, Orange, and Riverside Counties, regardless of school boundaries. There are no district transfers required to attend. New families should plan to attend a New Student Open House held each February. If you are interested in enrollment during the school year, please fill out an interest form here.
Lottery
Equal Opportunity and Access
The Classical Academies do not discourage students from enrolling or seeking to enroll for any reason, including, but not limited to because the applicant exhibits any of the following characteristics: disabilities, academically low achievement, English learners, neglect or delinquency, homelessness, economic disadvantage as determined by eligibility for any free or reduced-price meal program, foster youth, nationality, race, ethnicity, or sexual orientation.
Charter School Complaint Notice
California Education Code Requirements
California Education Code (EC) Section 47605(d)(4) states the following:
A charter school shall not discourage a pupil from enrolling or seeking to enroll in a charter school for any reason, including, but not limited to, the academic performance of the pupil or because the pupil exhibits any of the following characteristics:
• Academically low achieving
• Economically disadvantaged (determined by eligibility for any free or reduced-price meal program)
• English learner
• Ethnicity
• Foster youth
• Homeless
• Nationality
• Neglected or delinquent
• Race
• Sexual orientation
• Pupils with disabilities
• A charter school shall not request a pupil’s records or require the parent, guardian, or pupil to submit the pupil’s records to the charter school before enrollment.
• A charter school shall not encourage a pupil currently attending the charter school to dis-enroll from the charter school or transfer to another school for any reason (except for suspension or expulsion).
This notice shall be posted on a charter school’s Internet website, and a charter school will provide copies of this notice (1) when a parent, guardian, or pupil inquires about enrollment; (2) before conducting an enrollment lottery, and (3) before dis-enrollment of a pupil.
Complaint Procedures:
To submit a complaint, visit here. Complete the Charter School Complaint Form and submit the form to the charter school authorizer, electronically or in hard copy.
San Diego County Office of Education
6401 Linda Vista Road
San Diego, CA 92111
communications@sdcoe.net
(858) 292-3500