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Admissions
2009-2010 School Year
AVAILABLE POSITIONS
There will be 20 positions per grade level available for students who will be in grades Kindergarten, 1st Grade & 2nd Grade for the 2009-2010 academic school year.
ADMISSION PROCEDURES
All applicants may apply online; or you may visit Union Independent School to complete a paper application.All applicants must apply for the grade they will enter for the 2009-2010 school year. You may only submit one application for admission.You must apply by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 3rd, 2009 to be considered for the lottery. If you apply after this date you will be eligible for any spots remaining after the lottery or you will be placed on the waiting list.
IMPORTANT NOTES
- Students attending Union Independent School must live in the 172-block area designated by the Durham City Zoning & Planning Department as Northeast-Central Durham
- If there are fewer applicants than slots available, all applicants will be admitted.
- If there are more applicants than available slots a lottery will be held on May 2, 2009, at 10:00 a.m., in the Union Baptist Church Fellowship Hall and is open to the public. You DO NOT have to be present to be chosen.
- Union Independent School will require parents/guardians fulfill a certain amount of volunteer hours per year.
- Accepted families who decide to enroll in Union Independent School must read and agree to follow the Union Independent School policies and procedures
- Union Independent School does not provide transportation to and from school
- Union Independent School will send a confirmation to each family chosen through the lottery. This confirmation letter will need to be completed, signed and returned to the school by May 22, 2009. This will be used to confirm your commitment to Union Independent School and release your records from your current school. Failure to return your confirmation will nullify your acceptance.
- Students not admitted through the lottery will be placed on a wait list. You will be kept on the waitlist until the next application process begins for the next school year. If a spot becomes available we will contact families in order of their waitlist number.
- If you do not get a space through the lottery/waiting list process, you must re-apply to be considered for any vacancies the following year. However, enrolled students will not have to re-apply year-to-year.