Admissions

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Our Admission Policies

The Apprenticeship Exploration School is a public charter school open to Rhode Island students in grades 9 through 12. According to Rhode Island Law and regulations from the Rhode Island Department of Education, students are admitted to AES through a blind lottery system. This lottery determines which applicants are enrolled in the following school year.

The lottery takes place annually on April 1.

The Acceptance Process

• When an applicant is accepted to AES, we will send an acceptance letter to you via email.

• You will have fifteen (15) calendar days after the postmarked date on the notification letter to return your signed acceptance letter to the school.

• After accepting your child's seat, you will need to register your child with Cranston Public Schools. You need to submit the following documents: a copy of your birth certificate, proof of current address (such as a recent utility bill), an authorization to release school records form, prior school records, and special education records, including your IEP and/or 504 plan.

• If we do not hear from you within fifteen (15) days, we will make every attempt to contact you by the deadline. If no acceptance letter has been returned by the deadline, the student’s space may be given to the next eligible student on the waiting list.

 

The children of AES employees are given preference in the admissions lottery in the same way that siblings are given preference. The employee must be full time and a Rhode Island resident in order for her/his children to be given preference in the admissions lottery.

 

When the admissions lottery takes place, current students’ siblings and children of employee will be admitted first, if space is available. When a waiting list exists for a particular grade, siblings or children of employees will be placed 1st on the waiting list. If there is more than one sibling and/or child of employees to be placed on the waiting list for a particular grade, a sibling/children of employees’ lottery will be done to assign them a position on this waiting list.