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Application Window for PK, 6th, and 9th Grades: November 9, 2020 – January 29, 2021
First day to submit an application to Choice Schools & Programs for the 2021-22 school year. Apply online at www.saisd.net/apply or by phone at (210) 554-2660 starting November 9.
Offers are announced February 10, 2021
Applicants will receive notice of their status via email, text, and a mailed letter beginning Wednesday, February 10, 2021. All applicants who submitted an application before the close of the Round 1 application window will be notified by Feb. 16, 2020.
There are two offer statuses an applicant may receive: Offer or Waitlist
DEADLINE TO ACCEPT AN OFFER: February 26, 2021
Applicants who receive a Round 1 offer to a Choice School or Program must accept their seat by February 26, 2021. if no action is taken, the seat will be forfeited to an applicant on the waitlist.
Applicants on the waitlist should take no action at this time.
Registration Opens on March 1, 2021
Window opens for all students to register/re-enroll for the 2021-22 school year.
Beginning March 1, families may register online in Frontline, at the school, or by phone at (210)554-2660 during business hours (Mon.-Fri. 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM). Se habla español.
Offers from Waitlist Announced Beginning March 1, 2021
Waitlists are cleared and offers are announced on an ongoing basis until seats are filled. Waitlisted applicants typically have 2 business days from notification date to accept an offer.
Application Window for Round 2 Opens: March 24, 2021
Submit an application for select Choice Schools & Programs that still have seats available for the 2021-22 school year. Apply online at www.saisd.net/apply or by phone at (210)554-2660.
Application Window for Round 2 Closes: April 16, 2021
Applicants must submit their applications no later than April 16, 2021 to participate in the Round 2 lottery.
Families may still apply for select schools and grades after this deadline.
Round 2 Offers Announced Beginning April 28, 2021
Round 2 applicants will receive notice of their status via email and/or text beginning
Wednesday, April 28, 2021.
There are two offer statuses an applicant may receive: Offer or Waitlist
A lottery will be conducted for PK4, 6th, and 9th grade.
The names of prospective Kinder, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 10th and 11th grade students may be added to existing waitlists at any time by completing the application online at www.saisd.net/apply or by phone at (210) 554-2660 starting November 9.
No. If there are less applications than seats available, no lottery is conducted and all students are accepted. If there are more applications than available seats, a lottery is conducted, offers are made for the number of seats available and the remaining students are waitlisted.
The Lottery Process– This is a blind, computerized process conducted at the district level. At ALA, we have a lottery for PreK 4 (66 seats), 6th grade (24 seats), and 9th (20 seats). Below is the distribution of the seats for each lottery.
Siblings have priority in grades that have a lottery. At ALA, lottery grades are PK4, 6th, and 9th grade. The number of seats for siblings cannot exceed 25% of the available seats. Out of our available 120 PreK, 6th, and 9th grade seats, siblings could take 30. Siblings not admitted through the sibling lottery are placed in the general lottery.
If you would like to be considered for sibling priority, an application must be completed online, the currently enrolled sibling information must be stated on the application and continue enrollment at ALA for the 2021-2022 school year.
Siblings only have priority during lottery years. The names of siblings who apply to any other grade level will be added to the waitlist.
If your son or daughter does not get accepted through the lottery process, they are placed on a waitlist. That waitlist carries over until they receive an offer or the waitlist reaches a lottery grade, which would be 6th and 9th grades. Students on the waitlist will automatically be placed in the 6th and 9th grade lottery. A new application DOES NOT need to be submitted. A new lottery will be run and a new waitlist will be generated for these grades.
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