Charter schools are open to all children on a first - come, first - serve basis unless there is more
demand than available seats for the school, in which case a blind lottery is held to determine admission.
Not exact matches
Many schools have a lottery system in place to make sure that all eligible students have a fair chance at getting in when the
demand is greater
than the
available seats.
Particularly in urban communities that have few, if any, high - quality public school options, the
demand for charters can be significantly higher
than there are
seats available.
Brooke Charter Schools is listed as an example of a network of schools with far more
demand than seats available in the opinion article «Too Much Left to Chance ``.
While parents agreed that there are more quality schools and
seats available to children in the city today
than 10 years ago there aren't enough and they are
demanding more.