Admissions FAQ

The enrollment application is only available online.

If you need assistance completing the online enrollment application, you may complete the enrollment application in our front office. Please contact our Admissions Office at (407) 979-4161 or by email at admissions@cijsreggioscholars.org.

No, CIJS is a public charter school and tuition-free during academic hours.

Tuition applies only to Scholars enrolled in our Extended Day Enrichment and VPK-Wrap Programs.

Scholarships are not accepted.

Yes.

However, applications received after the enrollment deadline will not be included in the enrollment lottery. Applicants will be placed in open enrollment seats on a "first come, first served" basis.

Yes, however students residing in Osceola County will be given preference.

Preference will take place in this order:

• Students who are children of a member of the Governing Board

• Students who are children of an employee

• Students who are siblings of a student enrolled in the charter school

• Students who have completed a voluntary prekindergarten (VPK) education program by the charter school during the previous year

• Students who are of an active duty member of any branch of service

• Osceola County residents

• Students in other counties as permitted by state.

CIJS accepts enrollment applications for students in Preschool (VPK) through 8th grade. The number of Scholars accepted are limited to capacity (at the grade, class or charter school level). In the case of maximum enrollment, CIJS conducts a random enrollment lottery and assigns preference to applications in accordance with applicable laws.

Siblings of selected applicants are automatically selected.

When capacity for a grade level is reached, remaining applicants will be placed on a waiting list in the order drawn during the enrollment lottery. Parents/Guardians of waitlisted applicants will be contacted and asked if they want to enroll their Scholar when a spot becomes available.

Initial offers for enrollment will take place by phone and email. Subsequent offers will be via phone or email.  The Parent/Guardian must accept their Scholar's spot in the parent portal within two (2) business days of receipt of the admittance notification by CIJS. After your official written notice of acceptance, you are required to complete a registration packet to secure your spot. Enrollment will not be completed until registration packets are submitted to the school by the posted deadline. Families who decline enrollment or neglect to submit their registration packets on time will forfeit their seat at CIJS.

CIJS does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, ancestry, creed, marital status, citizenship status, military or veteran status, national origin, disability, age or any other legally protected characteristic.

CIJS admits all students, based on space availability and subject to selection through the School’s lottery system. A student’s ESE status will not be used in the selection and lottery process. CIJS operates within the context of the larger school district (But, CIJS is not a district school). However, we contract with the district to serve as the Local Education Agency (LEA) with regards to federal IDEA (Individual with Disabilities Education Act), and therefore, CIJS personnel collaborate with the district in regards to special education services. Given that the IDEA DOES NOT require that all special education services be provided at all schools, CIJS acknowledges that some ESE services may need to be provided at alternative locations within the district based on the needs of the students and the district’s special education delivery model at their schools.  

According to the CIJS approved charter contract with the state, if a student were to be accepted via lottery to CIJS whose IEP requires services significantly above what is currently being offered at CIJS, and/or if a student cannot be best served by receiving at least 80% of instruction within the regular classroom and/or a student whose needs cannot be met in the regular classroom, with reasonable supports and accommodations, CIJS will convene a meeting to discuss the placement and develop a plan for an appropriate placement to meet the needs of the individual student.