Below is an excerpt from the Liberty Common School Handbook that addresses our enrollment policy.

ENROLLMENT POLICY

Per the Admissions Process defined in our charter application and contract with Poudre School District (PSD), Liberty Common School (LCS) will not make any distinction on account of disability, race, creed, color, gender, national origin, religion, or ancestry of any student who seeks admission. Furthermore, admission will be offered publicly to Kindergarten through 9th-grade students with an effort to invite all families in the Poudre School District to carefully review the LCS Charter and enroll their children if the parents value the school’s philosophy and educational offering.

Vacancies exist whenever the number of students enrolled in class is below that class’ capacity. As vacancies occur, those vacancies will be filled using a lottery system (subject to the exceptions listed in section d below). Seventh-, eighth-, and ninth-grade students will be eligible to fill a vacancy after participating in a conference between the student, parent, Headmaster and/or Dean of Students to discuss curriculum, required levels of performance, dress code, rules, and other expectations. Admission will be formally granted to the student at the discretion of the Headmaster.

The following lottery enrollment procedure will be implemented:

a) Parents of potential new students must complete a Lottery Pool Form, at which time their child’s name will be added to the appropriate grade-level Enrollment Pool. Potential students may be added to the Enrollment Pool at any time during the year.

b) When a vacancy occurs during the school year, that vacancy may or may not be filled at the school’s discretion. If LCS chooses to fill the vacancy and has more applicants in the Enrollment Pool than spaces available, the spaces will be filled by lottery among those students currently in the Enrollment Pool.

c) To be included in the Enrollment Pool for the initial enrollment for the upcoming school year, parents must complete the Lottery Pool Form. Open enrollment for incoming Kindergarteners will be held in January. This lottery determines the initial enrollment for the upcoming school year.

d) Enrollment priority may be given to the following students:

• Students who have registered at LCS as of December 31, 1998 per the Admissions Process defined in the LCS charter application and our initial contract with PSD
• Siblings of enrolled students
• Children of LCS employees
• Students who reside within Poudre School District (as per Charter Contract, page 4, lines 138-140)

Students are not officially enrolled until all paperwork is complete and turned in to the front office including a current Emergency Contact form.