Applying to City Neighbors Hamilton
Enrollment Applications for City Neighbors Hamilton Charter School
will be accepted from December 1, 2010 through 3: 00PM on February 22 , 2011 .
To apply for enrollment to City Neighbors Hamilton (CNH),
a separate Enrollment Application must be
completed and submitted for each child you wish to enroll.
Application to City Neighbors Charter School (on Raspe Avenue) must be made separately.
The schools do not share a waiting list.
Before making application to CNH,
it is strongly recommended that interested families attend an Open House,
which consists of an informational session and school tour.
Open Houses will be held prior to the application deadline date.
In order to accommodate working families, both evening and daytime sessions will be made
available.
Due to volume of interest,we are not able to accommodate individual informational sessions &school tours.
See Below for Open House dates and times.
All enrolled students must be residents of Baltimore City .
If your child is selected for enrollment, you will be asked to supply proofs of residency.
Click here for a list of acceptable documents to prove residency .
Applications must be made by custodial parents or guardians.
Applications will not be accepted from siblings
or any other non–custodial relatives or friends.
Be sure to complete the application thoroughly, neatly, and accurately.
Incomplete applications will not be considered.
City Neighbors Hamilton will not be responsible for incorrect, inaccurate,
or illegible information.
Applications will be accepted in one of three ways:
hand–delivered to City Neighbors Hamilton Charter School,
during regular school office hours, 8 AM to 3:00 PM,
Monday through Friday (recommended); or
mailed to City Neighbors Hamilton Charter School, 5609 Sefton Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21214; or
faxed to City Neighbors Hamilton Charter School: 410–426–0190.
Hand–delivery:
Because the enrollment period includes Winter Break and other school holidays,
please contact the school office first to ensure school is in session: 443–642–2052.
Mail: City Neighbors Hamilton will not be responsible for lost, delayed, or misdirected mail.
Please call to verify receipt of applications one week after mailing the application.
Fax: City Neighbors Hamilton will not be responsible for mechanical or equipment failure.
Please call to verify receipt of fax 24–hours after sending.
Late Arriving Applications:
Applications received after 3:00 PM on February 22, 2011 will be placed
at the bottom of the waiting list in the order they are received and
will not be included in the lottery draw, should one be necessary.
Lottery
If the number of applicants for a given grade does not exceed the number of available spaces,
all applicants in that grade will be offered admission to the school.
If the number of applications for a given grade exceeds the number of available spaces,
students will be selected for admission by random lottery on a grade–by–grade basis,
beginning with kindergarten and moving up each consecutive grade,
i.e.kindergarten, first, second, third, etc.
The lottery draw will be held at
1 PM on February 2 5 , 2011
at City Neighbors Hamilton Charter School, 5609 Sefton Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21214.
Accepting a Space
An acceptance card and registration form will be mailed to all accepted applicants by March 4, 2011.
Both the card and registration form must be hand–delivered by or postmarked no later than
April 1 , 2011 .
If we do not receive this written decision of acceptance postmarked by April 1, 2011,
we will offer the available slot to the next applicant on the waiting list.
A verbal decision of acceptance is not sufficient and a space will not be held.
Waiting List
Wait–listed applicants will be notified of their placement on the waiting list by March 4, 2011. Wait–listed applicants will be notified when and if an appropriate opening becomes available.
The waiting list for enrollment does not carry over from year–to–year.
Interested families not selected in the lottery draw must reapply for admission the following year.
Enrollment Priority Policy
Priority in the enrollment process is as follows, in the order listed:
Current students
Children of Founders
Children of Staff
Siblings of current students
New applicants
Siblings: At CNH, we understand the importance of families and the convenience of having siblings attend the same school.
Therefore, we employ a Sibling Preference Policy that gives siblings of
currently enrolled students preference in the enrollment process.
A sibling is defined as :
a brother and/or sister who reside in the same household and share a common parent, or
are legally adopted by the same parent , or
are the legal responsibility of the same adult/ parent.
Cousins, nieces, nephews , and/or unrelated children sharing the same address with a current CNH student,
and who do not meet any of the above criteria, are not considered siblings.
A separate Enrollment Application must be completed for each sibling . If a separate Enrollment Application is not received for each sibling,
that sibling will not qualify for the Sibling Preference Policy.
If there are more sibling applications for a specific grade than there are available openings in that grade,
a sibling lottery will take place.
The results of that lottery will remain in effect and the siblings ranked in the order drawn
for as long as that sibling continues to apply for enrollment at CNH,
however, a new application must be submitted each year in order to remain ranked in order on the sibling waiting list.
New sibling applications will be placed on the waiting list in order of receipt,
behind those siblings already ranked.
If there is more than one sibling applying for the same grade,
there will be a lottery held among those sibling applicants to determine placement on the sibling waiting list.
The Sibling Preference Policy is dependent upon available grade openings
and does not guarantee enrollment for each sibling.
Founder:
Any child of a Founder, as designated by the Board,
is automatically given an available space if they indicate interest.
Age Requirement for Kindergarten
A child must be 5 – years – old on or b efore September 1, 201 1 in order to enroll in kindergarten.
If your child’s fifth birthday is September 2, 2011 through and including September 15, 2011
and you wish to make application for 2011–2012,
parents must apply for a waiver by completing an Early Admission Request Packet by December 5, 2010 .
Written notification of assessment results will be sent to parents by February 5, 2011.
Approval for early admission does not guarantee enrollment.
CNH will not accept an Enrollment Application for early admission unless the child has
completed the required assessment and the results are included with the Enrollment Application.
Late Acceptance
In order to ensure full enrollment,
spaces that become available and are offered to candidates on the waiting list
during the summer months
will require a shorter turnaround time between notification of acceptance
and confirmation from families accepting or declining the offer.
Th is timeline becomes even more condensed as the beginning of the school year approaches
and once school is in session.
We assume all families who have made application have explored our website,
attended an Open House, and
are prepared to make an informed decision in regard to City Neighbors Hamilton
being a good fit for their child.
Statement of Educational Equality
City Neighbors Hamilton is committed to a policy of educational equality.
Accordingly, the whole school admits students and conducts educational programs, activities,
and employment practices without regard to race,
color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, ancestry,
disabilities, or any other legally protected classification.
Applying to the “Original” City Neighbors
Application and enrollment for City Neighbors Hamilton and our sister school,
City Neighbors Charter School, are separate and distinct.
If you wish to apply to City Neighbors Charter School, please visit their website .
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I MPORTANT ENROLLMENT DATES & TIMES |
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December 1, 2010 through February 22, 2011, 3 PM |
Enrollment Applications accepted for 2011–2012 School Year |
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January 12, 2011 , 6:30 to 8:00 PM |
Open House |
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January 21, 2011 , 9:00 to 10:30 AM |
Open House |
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January 31, 2011 |
Intent to Return forms issued to current CNH families |
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February 4, 2011 , 9:00 to 10:30 AM |
Open House |
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February 11, 2011 |
Deadline for Intent to Return forms from current CNH families |
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February 16, 2011 , 6:30 to 8:00 PM |
Open House |
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February 22, 2011 , 3:00 PM |
Deadline for submission of completed enrollment application |
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February 25, 2011 , 1 PM |
Enrollment lottery draw at CNH |
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March 4, 2011 |
Written notification to families of acceptance or wait–list status |
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April 1, 2011 |
Postmark deadline of notification from accepted families |
Find the Enrollment Application here.