Each year West Virginia Academy accepts applications from prospective students for the following academic year until the priority deadline on May 1st. Currently enrolled students, including mid-year transfer students, always receive the top priority and do not have to re-apply each year.  If the total new applications for a particular grade level exceed available space in that grade level, then a lottery process must be conducted to randomly select students among new applicants to take the remaining available spots. 

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The lottery is conducted at West Virginia Academy and families are permitted, but not required, to attend. Attending the lottery has no impact whatsoever on the outcome as all students who apply by the priority deadline are considered based on any applicable preferences. Student applicants are assigned spots at random within different preference pools, as required by the West Virginia charter law. The order of priority for each preference pool is as follows: 

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(1) Applicants who are siblings of currently enrolled or admitted students;

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(2) Applicants who are children of employees or governing board members of WVA;

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(3) Applicants who reside in the primary recruitment area of the school;

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(4) All other applicants;

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Applicant students who are selected via the lottery are notified and will be enrolled for the following school year so long as they complete the registration process. All remaining students are assigned to a wait list with the order of priority established using the same lottery system so that all student applicants are either admitted or assigned to the wait list during the lottery. Students who apply after the priority deadline of May 1st are offered space or assigned the the wait-list on a first-come first-served basis.

 

Wait-listed students are notified and will be contacted in the order of priority on the wait-list as soon as space becomes available. 

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