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2024-2025 Enrollment Information

Enrollment Process For New/Prospective Students

* SVA still has available enrollment spots for the 24-25 School Year. Please call our Family Liaison/Attendance Secretary Julie Alvarez at 707-744-1485.

SVA shall admit all students who wish to attend, and who submit a timely application; unless the SVA receives a greater number of applications than there are spaces for students. Students who are offered enrollment are required to provide registration information to SVA, including any student academic history, a release of records, student health, and emergency information to ensure that SVA is prepared to serve the student. Upon admission, students will be required to submit an enrollment packet which shall include the following:

List of requirements based on grade

2025-2026 Enrollment Information

Enrollment Steps
School Tours
School tours and info sessions usually take place a couple of times a year between January and March. Current school year tours for transferring families can be made by appointment by calling the office. Spanish interpretation is available upon request. To schedule a tour contact our Family Liaison/Attendance Secretary Julie Alvarez - [email protected]
Enroll Online
Shanél Valley Academy is a public school, free and open to all students. English language learners and students with disabilities are encouraged to apply. The application for 2025-2026 will be available beginning in January. The deadline will be March 15, 2025. If you are interested in applying for the current school year, please reach out to our Family Liaison/Attendance Secretary Julie at [email protected], or call the office (707) 744-1485.
Random Drawing
Applications received by the March 15, 2025 deadline will be included in our public random drawing, which will take place in April 2025 by Zoom. Exact date and time will be announced in advance. Attendance at the drawing is not necessary and does not impact chances of being selected. By the end of the random drawing, all applicants will either be offered an acceptance for the upcoming academic year or be placed on a waitlist for their grade. Please see additional information below.
Complete Enrollment Packet
Once the public random drawing has been completed, you will receive a notification to ACCEPT or DECLINE the offer. Students who are offered enrollment during the public random drawing are required to provide registration information to SVA, including any student academic history, a release of records, student health, and emergency information to ensure that SVA is prepared to serve the student.
List of requirements based on grade
Lottery Procedures (If Necessary)
Admission Procedures
SVA shall require students who wish to attend the Charter School to complete an application form by the announced deadlines. SVA will not require any monetary or other contribution as a condition for application, admission, enrollment, or participation in any of the Charter School’s required educational activities. Upon admission, students will be required to submit an enrollment packet which shall include the following:
1. Completion of Student enrollment form
2. Proof of Immunization
3. Home Language Survey
4. Completion of Emergency Medical Information Form
5. Proof of minimum age requirements
6. Release of records, including authorization for the Charter School to request and receive documents from the schools the student has attended or currently attends.
Founders Designation
Shanél Valley Academy recognizes the close partnership that is needed with parents and families in order to support our Charter School’s mission. During our founding stages, we have cultivated these partnerships with some residents and parents who have led and contributed to our community outreach efforts. The Founding Families admission preference is applicable to children of SVA’s Founders even if the children do not begin attending the Charter School until after the first year of the Charter School’s operation.
Public Random Drawing and Waitlist Procedures
If the number of students who wish to attend SVA exceeds the Charter School’s capacity, admission to SVA, except for existing students, are guaranteed admission in the following school year, shall be determined by public random drawing in accordance with the admission preferences specified below. Applications will be accepted during a publicly advertised open application period each year for enrollment in the following school year. Following the open enrollment period each year, applications shall be counted to determine whether any grade level has received more applications than availability. If the number of applications exceeds the Charter School’s capacity, a public random drawing for each grade level will be conducted. SVA shall offer admission preferences to the following students in the following order:

1. Children of current SVA teachers and staff and Founding Families
2. Siblings of students admitted to or attending SVA or graduates of SVA residing within the boundaries of the District.
3. Siblings of students admitted to or attending SVA or graduates of SVA residing outside the boundaries of the District.
4. Students who reside in the attendance boundaries of SVA
5. Students residing within the boundaries of the District
6. All other students who wish to attend the Charter School

SVA and the District agree to adhere to the requirements related to admission preferences as set forth in Education Code Section 47605(e)(2)(B)(i)-(iv). At the conclusion of the public random drawing, all students who were not granted admission due to capacity shall be given the option to put their name on a waitlist according to their draw in the public random drawing. This wait list will allow students the option of enrollment in the case of an opening during the currency school year. In no circumstance will a waitlist carry over to the following school year.
Additional Information
Families who submitted completed application forms prior to the deadline will be notified in writing regarding the date, time, and location of the public lottery, and rules for the lottery process, at least two weeks prior to the public random drawing date. Families do not have to be present to participate in the lottery. The lottery drawing will be held on school grounds or in a public space large enough to accommodate all who are interested. SVA will ensure that the lottery space is large enough to accommodate all who are interested. SVA will take all necessary efforts to ensure that the lottery process will be:

1. Public, transparent, and fair in its execution
2. Held in a public space large enough to accommodate all interested
3. Facilitated by an uninterested party charged with conducting the process Lottery spaces are pulled in order of grade level by the designated lottery official (appointed by the Principal). Separate lotteries shall be conducted for each grade in which there are fewer vacancies than pupils interested in attending. All lotteries shall take place on the same day in a single location. Lotteries will be conducted in ascending order beginning with the lowest applicable grade level. There is no weighted priority assigned to the preference categories; rather, within each grade level, students will be drawn from pools beginning with all applicants who qualify for the first preference category, and shall continue with that preference category until all vacancies within that grade level have been filled. If there are more students in a preference category than there are spaces available, a random drawing will be held from within that preference category until all available spaces are filled. If all students from the preference category have been selected and there are remaining spaces available in that grade level, students from the second preference category will be drawn in the lottery, and the drawing shall continue until all spaces are filled and preference categories are exhausted in the order provided above.

Our extensive outreach and recruiting efforts will ensure that the applicants and those in the lottery will reflect the demographics of the District.

The school does not discriminate against any student on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, immigration status, family military status, or disability. The school does not discourage a student from enrolling or seeking to enroll in the school for any reason, including, but not limited to, academic performance of the student or because the student exhibits any of the following characteristics: academically low-achieving, economically disadvantaged, English learner, foster youth, homeless, neglected or delinquent. The school shall not request a student’s records or require the parent, guardian, or student to submit the student’s records to the school before enrollment. The school shall not encourage a student currently attending the school to disenroll from the school or transfer to another school for any reason (except for suspension or expulsion). (Cal. Ed. Code Section 47605(d)(4)) If the charter school discourages enrollment, requires records before enrollment, or encourages a student to disenroll, a parent or guardian may submit a complaint to the charter school authorizer using the Charter School Complaint Form.