General Admissions and Enrollment Information
Who is eligible to enroll, and how do applications, lotteries, waiting lists, and re-enrollment work?
Admission and enrollment of students shall be open to persons who reside within the geographic boundaries stated in the school’s charter and who are eligible for admission based on lawful criteria identified in the charter and in state law. Additionally, as allowed by Chapter 12 of the Texas Education Code, LTS may admit a child of a school employee regardless of whether the child resides in the geographic area served by LTS. The total number of students enrolled in LTS shall not exceed the number of students approved in the charter or subsequent amendments. Total enrollment may further be limited by LTS based on occupancy limitations, code compliance, and staffing requirements as deemed necessary.
In accordance with state law, LTS does not discriminate in its admissions policy on the basis of sex; national origin; ethnicity; religion; disability; academic, artistic, or athletic ability; or the district the child would otherwise attend.
Submission of Applications and Admissions Lottery
Students wanting to attend LTS must submit an application during the school’s open enrollment period, which is designated by the school administration. Applications for admission are available at any campus or district office and online through the LTS website.
If fewer applications than spots available are received, students will be offered admission on a first-come, first-served basis. If LTS receives more applications than it has spots available in any grade level, it will conduct a random lottery. Each applicant selected during the lottery (up until all open seats are filled) will be offered admission. Once all enrollment spots have been filled by the lottery, the lottery will continue, and applicants will be placed on a waiting list in the order in which they are drawn. If a vacancy arises before the commencement of the next school year, the individual on the waiting list with the lowest number assignment will be offered admission and then removed from the waiting list.
If an application is received after the application period has passed, the applicant’s name will be added to the waiting list behind the names of the applicants who timely applied.
Families offered an enrollment seat will be sent a registration packet with instructions for registering. Families must complete and return the registration packet by the published deadline in order to secure enrollment. If an enrollment offer is declined or if you do not complete the registration packet by the established deadline, your child’s seat will be offered to the next potential student on the waiting list.
Exceptions to Lottery Process: Federal guidelines permit LTS to exempt from the lottery students who are already attending LTS; siblings of students already admitted to or attending LTS; and children of LTS’s founders, teachers, and staff, so long as the total number of students allowed under this exemption constitutes only a small percentage of LTS’s total enrollment.