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Admissions Process

We are honored to have you choose Williams Academy. Williams Academy, like other charter schools in North Carolina, operates as a public school, funded by taxpayer dollars, but with added independence. When demand exceeds available seats, all charter schools must use a lottery system to determine enrollment.

Admission to our school is based on the following:

Eligibility

Students must be at least age five by August 31st of the application year.

Maximum Enrollment

Maximum enrollment is dependent on our facility’s capacity, collectively bargained class sizes, and other factors. Annually, the board will determine and approve the enrollment maximum based on these factors.

Deadlines

Applications for the upcoming school year must be submitted no later than 4:00 PM on the last Friday in May.

Preferences

  • Siblings of currently enrolled students receive first preference on open slots (K-8). Siblings include children within the household wherein caretakers have legal guardianship.
  • Children of staff receive second preference on remaining open slots (K-8), not to exceed 10% of the total school population.
  • If there are more applicants by the deadline than remaining open slots, a lottery will be held.

Lottery Process

  • If there are more applications by the deadline than remaining open slots, a lottery will be held.
  • On the first Monday in June, a computer program will randomly assign collected applications to open slots. Remaining applications are added to a waitlist in the order drawn.
  • The guardian who submitted the application will be notified by email after the lottery has been conducted.
  • Once notified of an offered open slot, the guardian has 5 business days to confirm acceptance. After that deadline, the slot is offered to the next application on the waitlist.

Click here to view the complete Admissions Policy and Lottery Process.

Admissions Application

Fill out our online form to begin the admissions process.

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