How does the lottery work?

A lottery is required if we accept federal grant money to help start the school. First, we will fill all grades with students of founding families and teacher’s families. (A founding family provides more than 60 hours of volunteer work between now and next spring). Next, we will fill the highest open class. For the first year, we will fill the fifth grade class first. If there are more potential students than openings, we conduct a lottery. The lower grades then will be filled with the siblings of the students added in the preceding higher grade if there are slots available. We then proceed to the next grade that follows, conduct a lottery if necessary, fill the lower grades with siblings, and repeat the procedure until all grades are filled.