Recording of the Admissions Lottery for 2024-2025

 

Get to Know Evergreen

Evergreen Prospective Families Information Session

 

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Come Tour Evergreen!

Tours are given Mondays at 9:00am and typically last an hour. Your student is welcome and encouraged to come to the tour. If you have younger children, be mindful that part of your tour is a 10 minute quiet observation time in the class/grade you are interested in viewing. Please complete the form below to request a tour.

If you have questions about our school or want to speak with us, contact Kelly Stephenson via the contact form below or call 828-298-2173 x1214.

Lottery Information

Evergreen is a tuition-free public school. A random lottery process determines which students fill our open seats.

Evergreen Lottery for the 2024 - 2025 School Year
Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 9:00am

Enrollment Timeline

  • January 1: Enrollment Starts

    Applications for the upcoming school year are available here or on paper in Evergreen’s Front Office.

  • March 31 | 5 PM: Lottery Applications Due
    In preparation for the Admissions Lottery, applications will be closed from March 31 - April 12. Those who apply after April 12th will be placed on the waitlist.

  • April 11 | 9am : Evergreen Admissions Lottery

    All students eligible for enrollment in North Carolina public schools are eligible for enrollment at Evergreen. A random lottery will be held in April to determine student admission and establish the order of entry on a waiting list. Applications that are submitted after the March 31st deadline will be added to the end of the waiting list in the order that they are received.

Lottery Process

Between January 1 and March 31, apply online or with paper application forms, which are available in Evergreen’s Front Office. To submit paper applications, return them to the Front Office.

Lottery Results

Evergreen will send out the lottery results following the drawing, notifying parents via email and/or text message on whether their child will fill an open seat at Evergreen or be placed on the waiting list. Waiting list status will also be communicated.

A Note on the Waiting List

Each year, we receive more lottery applications than our population of 444 students can support. This results in a waiting list for new students.

Students who are economically disadvantaged

In an effort to increase diversity in Evergreen’s student body, children who have economic disadvantages are offered enrollment priority. Income guidelines to qualify for this priority are included below. Evergreen’s Board of Directors will determine the number of open seats per grade level to be reserved in the next lottery for students whose families are economically disadvantaged.

Do I qualify as economically disadvantaged?

Students who are economically disadvantaged will have enrollment priority in the lottery.

Income Guidelines:
Economically Disadvantaged Security Priority

 
 

What documentation is needed to illustrate that I am economically disadvantaged?

Please provide one of the following:

  • Active SNAP (EBT card)

  • Notice from HACA indicating Housing Authority resident or on the waiting list

  • Work First, North Carolina’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program participation verification

  • Paycheck stubs and any other income verification from the past six months and the most recent federal tax return

Contact

Kelly Stephenson, Student Services and Data Manager
(828) 298 2173 x1214