Massachusetts Charter Schools

FY15 Updated Charter School Student-Level Waitlist Report Submission

On November 14, 2014 the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (Department) will once again collect waitlist data for each charter school in accordance with M.G.L. Chapter 71, Section 89(n), which reads, in part: The names of students who entered the lottery but did not gain admission shall be maintained on a waitlist, which shall be forwarded to the department not later than June 1 in the year in which the lottery is held. In addition to the names of students, the school shall supply to the department each student's home address, telephone number, grade level and other information the department deems necessary. The department shall maintain a consolidated waitlist for each municipality in order to determine the number of individual students in each municipality seeking admission to charter schools. For this submission, the Department once again requests that each charter school provide the following data elements for each student included in their waitlist as of October 1, 2014.

First Name

Last Name

Middle Name

Date of Birth (MM/DD/YYYY)

Town Code

FY15 Grade

This FY15 Updated Charter School Student-Level Waitlist Report should be completed using the Excel template named FY15 Updated Charter School Waitlist that has been uploaded to the school's Charter School File Exchange dropbox within the ESE Security Portal. As with the data collected through the pre-enrollment process, the Department may review a sample of the waitlist data reported by charter schools. Therefore, please ensure that your charter school's enrollment process is clearly documented. Specifically, please be sure that you have carefully tracked the seats available at the time of the lottery (if applicable) and maintain records of all applications received. We may be sharing this data with the Office of the State Auditor upon request. The deadline for submitting the FY15 Charter School Student-Level Waitlist Report is 5:00 p.m. on Friday, November 14, 2014. Please note, this data collection will apply to only schools that carry a waitlist. Thank you for your time and attention to this important matter. If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact Lee DeLorenzo (ldelorenzo@doe.mass.edu; 781-338-3227) or Joanna Laghetto (jlaghetto@doe.mass.edu; 781-338-3221).

Last Updated: October 23, 2014