2018-19 Enrollment

Enrollment for the 2018-19 school year is now open. Click here to access the online enrollment form (preferred). If you cannot use the online form, you may download a paper form in English or Spanish, or pick up a copy in the school office. Forms are due no later than 4 p.m. Monday, April 2 to be considered for the 2018-19 enrollment lottery. The enrollment lottery will take place 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 10 at FGCS. Parents will be notified of lottery results by phone and email by Monday, April 16. 

Enrollment Process and Policy  / Proceso y Política de Inscripción

ENROLLMENT FOR THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR (2017-18): FGCS continues to accept enrollment applications throughout the school year and will enroll students on a space available basis. Please contact the school office at 503-359-4600 if you are interested in submitting an application for enrollment during the current (2017-18) school year or have any questions about enrollment about FGCS. Please carefully review all information on this page to make sure you understand our enrollment procedures before submitting an enrollment form. 

If you submitted an enrollment application for the current school year (2017-18) but your student was not offered a place, you must submit a new application for 2018-19. Applications do not carry over from one school year to the next.

New Student Application/Enrollment Process 

Forest Grove Community School, like all public charter schools, is a school of choice intended to offer a unique educational program. We strongly recommend that you spend time exploring this website and schedule a school tour to get a sense of how FGCS is different from other schools and whether it would be a good fit for your child.
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Click here to submit an online enrollment form for the 2018-19 school year.  If you are unable to submit an online enrollment form (preferred), you may submit a paper form, available for download in English or in Spanish, or in the school office. 

In addition to submitting an online or paper enrollment form, applicants must provide proof of residence in the Forest Grove School District in the form of a current utility bill to be part of the initial in-district lottery. You may bring your utility bill into the school office, mail it to FGCS, 1914 Pacific Ave., Forest Grove, OR 97116, fax it to 503-359-4622 or send it by email attachment to v.jares@fgcschool.org. Please make sure you receive confirmation from us that your proof of residence was received. 

Who May Enroll - Eligible Students

Our enrollment policy, dictated by state law, gives first priority to students residing within the Forest Grove School District. Applicants who want to be included in the enrollment lottery for in-district residents must provide proof of address in the form of a current utility bill. Students residing outside the District may apply for enrollment and be admitted if spaces are available after all interested District applicants have enrolled. Siblings of current students receive enrollment priority during the open enrollment period Jan. 15-April 3 only. Sibling applications submitted after the open enrollment period are treated the same as other applications.

Lottery

If there are more applicants than spaces available, state law requires that admission be determined by lottery. State law allows FGCS to give priority for admission to siblings of currently enrolled students.

2018-19 Enrollment Lottery: Parents may submit enrollment applications during the open enrollment period from January 15 to April 2, 2018 (application forms are due no later than 4 p.m. April 2). Students who submit enrollment applications during this time make up the lottery "pool." The lottery will take place at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at FGCS. Parents and students are not required to attend, but the lottery is open to the public. Parents will be notified by phone or email by April 16, 2018 about whether their students have a space for 2018-19 or whether they have been placed on a waiting list. Students applying after April 2, 2018, may be admitted on a space-available basis but will not be part of the initial lottery.

Important Note About Sibling Applicants: There is no sibling priority for students who submit applications after the open enrollment period. Siblings of current FGCS students who apply after the open enrollment period are treated the same as all other applicants. Siblings of current students are NOT guaranteed a spot, even if they apply during open enrollment, because there may be more sibling applications than there are spaces available; in that case, a separate sibling lottery will be held.  

Registration: Please be aware that being offered a space at FGCS does not finalize your child's enrollment. Parents are required to fill out and turn in registration paper work before school begins (a deadline will be listed on registration papers). Failure to submit registration paperwork by the deadline will result in your child's space being forfeited. 

Waiting List

Two waiting lists will be established for those who do not receive a place during the lottery: one for students who reside inside the Forest Grove School District (proof of residence in form of current utility bill required) and one for those who reside outside the District. Position on the waiting list is determined during the initial lottery process for applications received by April 2. Spaces will be offered to all students on the in-district waiting list before spaces are offered to students on the out-of-district waiting list.

Waiting lists are maintained until the end of the relevant school year; they do not carry over from year to year. Students who apply for enrollment after the April 3 deadline will be placed on the list based upon date of application. Applicants will be notified of their position on the waiting list and spaces will be filled in numerical order from the list. ​

Non-Discrimination Policy

No student or applicant for enrollment as a student at Forest Grove Community School shall be discriminated against in any educational program or activity on the basis of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, national origin, disability, income level, proficiency in the English language or athletic ability. Enrollment of any student receiving special education services pursuant to an Individual Education Plan must be approved by the student’s IEP team.