BGCS Admissions and Enrollment
Admissions
Bear Grass Charter School is a tuition free public school. In accordance with North Carolina Charter School Laws, admission into the Bear Grass Charter School, Inc. is unrestricted to any student who is qualified under the laws of North Carolina for admission to a public school. To qualify to attend a North Carolina public school, a student must be a resident of North Carolina. County boundaries or school attendance areas do not affect charter school enrollment.
An enrollment period will be established by the BGCS Board of Directors. During the period of enrollment, the Bear Grass Charter School, Inc. will enroll all eligible students who submit an application by the enrollment period deadline. All students must submit an application. Interested students are encouraged to apply even after the enrollment period has ended in case open slots are still available. All applications received after the enrollment period will be placed on a waiting list in the order in which the school receives the application.
In accordance with North Carolina Charter School Laws, admission into the Bear Grass Charter School, Inc. is unrestricted to any student who is qualified under the laws of North Carolina for admission to a public school.
The Bear Grass Charter School, Inc. will not discriminate against any student on the basis of ethnicity, national origin, gender, or disability. Furthermore, Bear Grass Charter School, Inc. will not limit admission to students on the basis of intellectual ability, measures of achievement or aptitude, athletic ability, disability, race, creed, gender, national origin, religion, or ancestry.
Admission to the Bear Grass Charter School, Inc. will not be determined according to the school attendance area or to the local school administrative unit, in which the student resides.
North Carolina General Statute 115C-238.29F(g)(5) allows the charter school to give enrollment priority to siblings of currently enrolled students who were admitted to the charter school in a previous year. Bear Grass Charter School will give enrollment priority to siblings of currently enrolled students.
If multiple birth siblings apply for admission to Bear Grass Charter School, Inc. and a lottery is needed under G.S. 115C 238.29F(g)(6), the school will enter one surname into the lottery to represent all of the multiple birth siblings. If that surname of the multiple birth siblings is selected, then all of the multiple birth siblings will be admitted.
The Bear Grass Charter School, Inc. will give enrollment priority to children of the school’s principal, assistant principal, teachers and teacher assistants.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, Bear Grass Charter School, Inc. may refuse admission to any student who has been expelled or suspended from a public school under G.S. 115C 391 until the period of suspension or expulsion has expired.
For more information concerning the enrollment process please review the BGCS’s Admission Policy or contact the school.