Enrollment Form

Registration & Enrollment:

• Registration: Students must have a completed enrollment packet, completed emergency cards, current immunization records*, birth certificate**, and proof of residency to be enrolled in kindergarten through 8th grade. Parents must notify Acorn Montessori School of any changes in their home address, work address, or telephone numbers.

• *Immunizations – Documentary proof is not required for a pupil to be admitted to school if one of the following occurs:

• The parent or guardian of the pupil submits a signed statement to the school administrator stating that the parent or guardian has received information about immunizations provided by the department of health services and understands the risks and benefits of immunizations and the potential risks of non-immunization and that due to personal beliefs, the parent or guardian does not consent to the immunization of the pupil. (waiver)

• The school administrator receives written certification that is signed by the parent or guardian and by a physician or a registered nurse practitioner that states that one or more of the required immunizations may be detrimental to the pupil’s health and that indicates the specific nature and probable duration of the medical condition or circumstance that precludes immunization

• A pupil may be admitted to or allowed to attend a school if the pupil has received at least one dose of each of the required immunizations prescribed pursuant to section 36-672 and has established a schedule for the completion of required immunizations.

• Homeless pupils have until the fifth calendar day after enrollment to provide proof of immunization.

• Although statute stipulates that immunizations or an exemption form are required for attendance; immunizations or an exemption form are not required for enrollment.

• **Within thirty days of enrollment the person must provide one of the following:

• A certified copy of the pupil’s birth certificate.

• Other reliable proof of the pupil’s identity and age, including the pupil’s baptismal certificate, an application for a social security number or original school registration records and an affidavit explaining the inability to provide a copy of the birth certificate.

• A letter from the authorized representative of an agency having custody of the pupil pursuant to title 8, chapter 2 certifying that the pupil has been placed in the custody of the agency as prescribed by law.

• Acorn Montessori Charter School enrolls all eligible pupils who submit a timely application, unless the number of applications exceeds the capacity of our program, class, grade level, or building.

• Acorn Montessori Charter School gives enrollment preference to pupils who are returning to the school in the second or any subsequent year and to siblings of pupils who are already enrolled in the school.

• Acorn Montessori Charter School may give enrollment preference to children who are in foster care or meet the definition of unaccompanied youth prescribed in the McKinney-Vento homeless assistance act (42 United States 15 Code section 11434a).

• Acorn Montessori Charter School may give enrollment preference to and reserve capacity for pupils as listed below: 

• Are children, grandchildren or legal wards of any of the following:

•         Employees of the school.

•         Employees of the charter holder. 

•         Members of the governing body of the school. 

• Are children of a member of the armed forces of the United States who either is on active duty or was killed in the line of duty.

• If remaining capacity is insufficient to enroll all pupils who submit a timely application, the Acorn Montessori Charter School will select pupils through an equitable selection process such as a lottery, except that preference shall be given to siblings of a pupil who is selected through an equitable selection process such as a lottery.

• Except as provided in subsections above, Acorn Montessori Charter School shall not limit admission based on ethnicity, national origin, gender, income level, disabling condition, proficiency in the English language, or athletic ability.

• Acorn Montessori Charter School may limit admission to pupils within a given age group or grade level based on capacity.

• Acorn Montessori Charter School may refuse to admit any pupil who has been expelled from another educational institution or who is in the process of being expelled from another educational institution.

• Transportation is provided on a first-come, first-served basis within 30 miles of the school campus.