Dear OTA Parents and Prospective Parents: If you received an acceptance offer letter for for child or children for the 2012-2013 school year at Old Town Academy you must reply by Friday, May 25 at noon to reserve your child or children’s place. If we do not hear back from you by that date and time your place will be offered to the next student on the waiting list. Notes:
- If you have a current OTA student and have not received an admissions offer it may be because your email was not available or correct. Please contact the office if you have a current OTA student, filled out your intent-to-reenroll, and yet did not receive an offer letter.
- If you have already emailed us to accept your admissions offer, you will receive a confirmation email by TODAY. (If you have not yet received a confirmation email do not panic, they are still going out. We will attempt to contact any family with missing confirmation emails by phone today before their place is given to a waiting list student.
Thank you for your patience during the lottery process,
–The OTA Admissions Team
6th Grade Students – “Camp Fox Outdoor Ed Trip to Catalina”
There has been some confusion among current OTA parents and guardians about the lottery: If I already filed an “Intent to Re-Enroll” form why was I entered in the lottery? Why am I receiving an acceptance letter now?
Here is the explanation:
- OTA follows federal guidelines for running our Charter School lottery; and under the guidelines all students go into the lottery.
- Current students get a lottery number (Why? The lottery number allows us to sort any siblings on our wait lists) and then get an automatic exemption and an acceptance letter.
- All students who receive an acceptance letter have until May 25th, at noon to confirm they plan to attend OTA and reserve their spot for the 2012-2013 school year. OTA will have waiting lists in all grades but 8th, so it is very important that you respond by May 25th to reserve your child’s spot.
Thank You for Your Support of Old Town Academy.
— The OTA Admissions Team
PS look in the subject line of your email to see what grade your child is being accepted into:
Based upon the lottery results, a spot in the above-listed grade for the 2012-2013 academic school year has been reserved for your child.