Admissions

Vista Charter Public Schools

WE TRANSFORM THE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE

 

Vista Condor Global Academy

 

2025-2026 OPEN ENROLLMENT WINDOW November 12, 2024 - January 17, 2025

 

The Last date to submit a Lottery Form is: 1/17/2025

 

Lottery Date: 1/21/2025

Lottery Time: 3:00 PM

 

We invite you to submit a student enrollment lottery application to enroll your child in the 2025-2026 school year. After we receive all lottery forms, on 1/21/2025 the Student Information System (PowerSchool) will conduct the lottery electronically for all our schools simultaneously.

 

Parents and guardians are welcome to be present at the Vista Condor Global Academy’s main office (Address: 2609 West Fifth Street, Santa Ana, CA 92703) or follow the lottery procedure and results, or they can follow the process online on the parents’ enrollment dashboard.

 

For your child to be entered into the lottery, your lottery form must be received during November 12, 2024 - January 17, 2025. The lottery form must be submitted online to our SIS system through one of the following links:

 

English:  https://enrollment.powerschool.com/family/gosnap.aspx?action=200003895&culture=en

Spanish: https://enrollment.powerschool.com/family/gosnap.aspx?action=200003895&culture=es

Korean: https://enrollment.powerschool.com/family/gosnap.aspx?action=200003895&culture=ko

 

The above mentioned links will be available on November 12^th, 2024 at 12:00 AM through January 17^th, 2025 at 11:59 PM

 

 

If you need any help completing the form or creating your parent enrollment account, please contact the school office by phone (714) 988-2719) or visit the school office.

Address: 2609 West Fifth Street, Santa Ana, CA 92703

 

Our office staff is ready to help you set up your parent enrollment account and complete the lottery form in person or by phone.

 

Parents/guardians should keep a copy of the confirmation email or a printout of the submitted form until the lottery day.

 

Roxanne Allessandro, Principal

(714) 988-2719

rallessandro@vistacharterps.org

 

 

 

Vista Condor Global Academy

LOTTERY PROCEDURES

 

 

All TK-5th new students:

Parents/guardians may complete an electronic lottery application during the open enrollment window.

 

Incoming Transitional Kindergarten and Kindergarten grade students:

If on 1/17/2025 fewer than 75 lottery applications are received, parents/guardians will be notified of their child’s acceptance and invited to complete the online enrollment registration form.

If on 1/17/2025, more than 75 lottery applications are received, an electronic enrollment lottery will be held on 1/21/2025, at 3:00 PM by PowerSchool Enrollment Application. This process will randomly select 75 students to be enrolled. Students not selected for the first 75 seats will be placed on a waiting list and contacted for enrollment if and when any seats become available.

 

Incoming 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades students:

If on 1/17/2025, the combined number of previously enrolled students and new lottery forms is less than 75, parents/guardians of new students will be notified of their child’s acceptance and invited to fill out an enrollment-registration form.

If on 1/17/2025, the combined number of previously enrolled students and letters of intent are more than 75 at each grade level, an electronic enrollment lottery for incoming students will be held on 1/21/2025 at 3:00 PM by PowerSchool Enrollment Application. This process will randomly select students to be enrolled to fill the remaining open seats after previously enrolled students are confirmed.

 

LOTTERY PROVISIONS

Students who are currently enrolled are exempted from the lottery.  Vista Condor Global Academy offers the following enrollment priority in the lottery:

  

Vista Condor Global Academy Admissions preference shall first be extended to pupils currently attending the charter school and pupils who reside in the Santa Ana Unified School District except as provided for in Education Code section 47614.5.

Other preferences may be permitted by the chartering authority on an individual school basis and only if consistent with the law. As such, VCGA proposes to extend an additional admissions preference to siblings of already enrolled students, which preference shall only be extended after the first two preferences noted above are extended.

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Students not selected for the remaining seats will be placed on a waiting list and contacted for enrollment if and when any seats become available.

 

Please contact Dr. Collin Felch, Deputy Superintendent, to address any questions at (650) 888-2030 or cfelch@vistacharterps.org or contact the school office at (714) 988-2719.

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After we finish the lottery process, parents can enroll their children in the remaining available seats (if any) on a first-come, first-served basis. Please follow the school website for our enrollment registration announcement.

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Vista Charter Public Schools do not charge tuition, are non-sectarian in admission policies, programs, and all other operations, and do not discriminate against any student, parent, community member, or employee based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, or disability. Vista Charter Public Schools are schools of choice, and parents may choose to send their children to a different school in the area.  Parents can obtain additional information regarding enrollment procedures by contacting our authorizer:

 

Orange County Department of Education

200 Kalmus Dr, Costa Mesa, CA 92626

Phone: (714) 966-4000 - Fax: 714-432-1916

 

If you have questions regarding the charter schools enrollment process, you can also contact the California Department of Education - Charter Schools Division by phone at 916-322-6029 or via email at charters@cde.ca.gov

 

EDUCATION CODE SECTION 47605(D)(4) COMPLIANCE
Information for Parents:

Charter schools are not allowed to discourage a pupil from enrolling or seeking to enroll in a charter school because the pupil exhibits any characteristics such as students with disabilities, academically low-achieving, English learners, neglected or delinquent, homeless, socially economically disadvantaged, foster youth, or based on nationality, race, ethnicity, or sexual orientation.  Please review the information on the Charter School Complaint Notice web page using the following link.

https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/ch/cscomplaint.asp

You can download a copy of the complaint form and notice from HERE.