Category Archives: Frequently Asked Questions

What Do I Have to Do to Re-Enroll My Child? Please Submit “Intent to Re-Enroll” Forms By March 2

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A number of parents or guardians have asked what they have to do to ensure their already enrolled OTA students will have a place in next year’s class. Here are some notes we hope will clarify things:  

  • Students who are already enrolled in OTA do not need to reapply or complete the new-student enrollment forms, but their parents or guardians must complete and submit an Intent to Re-Enroll Form by Mar 2, 2012. (Even if you completed a Prop 39 Intent to Enroll/Re-Enroll form in Nov we will need an updated form for the 2012=2013 open enrollment period)
  • Students who are already enrolled and whose parents or guardians complete and submit the Intent to Re-Enroll Form by Mar 2, 2012 are guaranteed a place.
  • Decisions on whether a class is full (and lottery conditions apply) will be made based on a a census of Intent to Re-Enroll forms so please do not fill in an Intent to Re-Enroll form if you think your child will not be attending OTA next year!

Based on current enrollment and inquiries we anticipate lottery situations in every grade (K-8) next year. So please get your forms in by March 2.

Thank you for your cooperation!

OTA Volunteers- Please Check Your TB Test

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Dear OTA Volunteers:
Please check your TB test date. If you need to update your test– or take one for the first time– you can do so at these local centers. Please return the TB certificates to the office.

  • San Diego County Health & Human Services: 3851 Rosecrans St. 619.692-8600 [No tests on Friday]
  • Urgent Care and More: 3434 Midway Dr # 1002, San Diego, CA 92110-4924 (619) 225-6200 [Open 7 days a week]

Note: TB Tests are good for four years so you do not need to be tested every year.

School volunteers must be have both a Livescan background check and a Current TB test with a negative result.

Frequently Asked Questions 6: Do Kindergarteners Need a Physical?

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Yes, Kindergarten students need | Si, los niños necesitan:

  1. A Report of Health Exam for School before they report to school;
  2. Required Immunizations before they report to school (click for list of immunizations for Kindergarten and Seventh Grade)
  3. An Oral Health Assessment and Waiver Form by May 31 of their Kindergarten year. (Oral Health Assessment and Waiver Form – Spanish)

The regulations are below — forms for you to take to your pediatrician or dentist are downloadable through the links as pdfs (in English and Spanish)

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Frequently Asked Questions 5: Do I need an Inter-District Transfer?

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If your child currently attends a school outside of San Diego Unified School District and is attending Old Town Academy next year then, yes: you will need to request an Inter-District Transfer so his or her former school can release your child’s records to Old Town Academy.

–The OTA Team

The School Mailing Address for use on the forms is:

Old Town Academy
2120 San Diego Ave
San Diego, CA 92110

The Old Town Academy phone number will be: 619-574-6225

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Frequently Asked Questions 3: Why Uniforms?

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Why Uniforms?

The goal of the OTA uniform policy is not to prevent students from expressing their style but to help them concentrate, while they are in school, on academics and on long-term goals–not to mention helping them get up and out the door every morning. On the weekends and on in-school free dress days they will have many chances to break out of the restrictions of the uniform, or in OTA’s case, the multiform, guidelines.

What Do Students Think of Uniforms? Many (secretly) Like Them

Ask students what they think of uniforms and–if they are in front of other students–you will often get a laundry list of complaints. Ask students (who already go to a school with uniforms) privately what they really think and you are more likely to hear something like this:  Continue reading →