Explanation of Lottery process

Open House

LGCS Open House events will be are scheduled as follows:

January 24, 2013 6:00-7:00 pm
January 29, 2013 9:00-10:00 am

February 14, 2013 9:00-10:00 am
February 26, 2013 6:00-7:00 pm

March 13, 2013 9:00-10:00 am
March 15, 2013 6:00-7:00 pm

Our Lottery for the 2013-2014 school year will take place in April 2013. Please contact the school office at (718) 284-1480 for further information.

How our Admission Lottery will work

On April 17th Lefferts Gardens Charter School will hold its annual lottery drawing at the school, located at 601 Parkside Avenue, between Bedford & Rogers Avenues. The Process will begin at 6:00 pm. Student applicants and their families are welcome to attend. Your presence at the lottery is NOT required for your child to be selected in the lottery.

Prior to the Lottery

Lefferts Gardens Charter School has made a determination of each student’s residence being In-District or Out-of-District, based on our check of home addresses provided on each application. In-District means that your family’s home address is listed in District 17, the district for LGCS. If our determination appears incorrect, the applicant must contact us by mail or e-mail (see contact details on page 2) by May 1, 2013.

On Lottery Day

All applications that were received by April 2, 2013will be included in the lottery. Lottery numbers will be assigned first to In-District Applicants and second to Out-of-District Applicants. Seats will be offered in the following way:

• All siblings of current LGCS students will be offered a seat for September 2013in advance of the lottery.
• On Lottery Day, we will conduct the drawing to offer seats to new applicants. Each applicant will be assigned a lottery placement number, in the order that their names are drawn.

 

Each lottery card has the following information written on it:

As seen above, the card shows the child’s first and last name, an application # (which is a number that we assigned to each application) and a space for entering the applicant’s lottery number. Immediately after each card is drawn, an LGCS staff member will write the lottery placement number into the box and the card will then be placed into our official lottery binder.

Following the Lottery

Each applicant will be informed of the lottery number assigned to his or her application by standard letter and by e-mail, if an e-mail address had been provided. The letter will also tell you if the applicant has been accepted to LGCS or is being put on the Wait List. Letters containing this information will be sent to families within 72 hours of the lottery.

All admitted students must provide proof of residency no later than May 1, 2013. If this information is not provided by May 1st, your seat will be released to the next student on the Wait List. Acceptable proof of residency includes:

• A residential utility bill (gas or electric) in the resident’s name is issued by National Grid, Con Edison or the Long Island Power Authority.
• Document on letterhead from federal, state or city agency- for example, Social Security, NYC Housing Authority or Human Resources Administration- which states home address.
  All documents must be dated within 60 days of submission to LGCS.
• An original lease agreement, deed or mortgage statement for the residence (of any date).
• A current property tax bill for the residence or a water bill for the residence which must be current at the time of submission.
• A water bill for the residence valid within the last six months

IF SUBLETTING OR RESIDING IN A HOME WHERE THE PARENT IS NOT A LEASE-HOLDER:
You must provide a notarized “Address Affidavit” signed by both the primary leaseholder and the parent affirming that the family is residing in this home, and submit one of the forms of proof above that shows the leaseholder’s name.

The following are NOT acceptable forms of proof of address:

• Cable bill
• Medical or insurance card
• Driver’s license
• Phone bill
• Letter from an employer

All admitted students must provide proof of residency no later than May 1, 2013. If this information is not provided by May 1st, your seat will be released to the next student on the Wait List. Acceptable proof of residency includes:

For all admissions/lottery questions or concerns PLEASE CONTACT:

Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Phone: 718-284-1480
Postal Service: Lefferts Gardens Charter School
601 Parkside Avenue, 4th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11226