The Community Roots School Enrollment Information

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• Attend an observation and orientation meeting between October and January to make sure our program is consistent with your family’s beliefs and philosophy concerning education.
• Submit an application before the deadline via email or through the mail to our administrative offices.
  • Currently enrolled students and siblings: before March 1
  • In-district applicants: March 31
• Applications postmarked after March 31 will be offered enrollment on the basis of availability or will be added to the waiting list after the lottery (when applicable) has taken place.
• If your child is offered enrollment, you will receive an Enrollment Packet prior to the first day of classes.

• A lottery will be held for any classrooms with more applicants than available spaces.
• The lottery will be conducted by April 15, if necessary, at The Community Roots School or another specified location.
• Currently enrolled children are not subject to the lottery. Siblings of current students will be automatically enrolled unless there are more siblings than available spaces.
  • If necessary, siblings will be in the lottery as a separate group.
  • If one sibling is chosen in the lottery, all other siblings will be given preference if spaces are available.
• Each round, the lottery will draw one name for each participating classroom in order of descending age (i.e. oldest to youngest) until all spaces are filled.
• The lottery will be conducted by an impartial third party.
• The lottery is a public meeting and you are welcome to attend.

We welcome visitors by appointment only. Please contact the Director to schedule a classroom visit.

Given time without distraction or disruption, Montessori classrooms develop into normalized environments where children are absorbed in their work and confident of their ability to engage in learning either in small groups or alone. If observers and visitors come into the classroom before the children have learned to attend to their own work, the children will most certainly respond to the stimulation of observers and the very atmosphere that the observer has come to see will not exist.

Visitors must sign in at the office, wear/display a “Visitor” badge at all times, and have an escort while on-site for the safety of the children and staff.

• A child is eligible for first grade if age six by September 1.
• Application Policies:
  • Applications can be submitted throughout the year in person, via email, or by mail.
  • Applications will be dated when received.
• Missed Deadlines:
  • In-district applications received after the deadline will be offered enrollment or placed on the waiting list on a first come, first served basis.
  • Out-of-district applications will be placed on a waiting list until August 1. Available spaces will be offered after this time.
• Out-of-District Applicants:
  • If space is available, The Community Roots School may admit students who do not reside in the Silver Falls School District (SFSD).
  • Out-of-district students may only be accepted by The Community Roots School if in-district student enrollment is insufficient to fill the classrooms.
  • Out-of-district students who attended The Community Roots School during the previous school year and out-of-district siblings will receive preference before new in-district student applicants.
• Special Education Students:
  • The Community Roots School will register and enroll students without regard to their status as special education students if the student's IEP team determines that the school is an appropriate placement.
  • For a out-of-district special education student, ORS 338.165 shall apply. The Community Roots School and the school district of the student shall be responsible for the provision of special education services.

The Community Roots School admits students regardless of race, color, sex, and national or ethnic origin.