The lottery application window for the 2019/2020 school year closed in January of 2018. As enrollment spots open, we will use the waitlist generated during the lottery. If you applied through the applyphilly website after January 28th, your application will be held in a database and you will not receive a waitlist number. We will only utilize that database if we surpassed the lottery-drawn waitlist.
Dear Families,
MaST will start accepting lottery applications for the 2020–2021 school year on September 20, 2019. The lottery window will close on January 27, 2020. The Lottery will be held in February. Applications will be accepted through the Apply Philly website: https://applyphillycharter.org.
It’s that easy!
For assistance, visit any participating charter school, your local library or call 1-800-891-3999.
Please note: Families can apply for MaST, MaST II, and MaST III through Apply Philly. Each school will have separately held lotteries.
Applicants who have applied by the deadline have their child’s name input in the lottery. Names by grade, in no certain order, are input into a web-based randomizer and the randomizer generates a list of names in a random order for that specific grade. Depending on the amount of available seats in that grade, names are displayed to occupy the seats available. Families do not have to be present but are welcomed to attend.
Siblings of current MaST II students (residing in Philadelphia) have first preference for available seats. Once sibling seats are filled, additional names are drawn from the lottery until all available seats are filled in that grade level.
The remaining students stay on the waitlist in the order in which they were selected by the randomizer.As the year progresses, and students transfer out, the next student on the waitlist in that grade is called to occupy the available seat. Should they decline the spot, the next person on the waitlist in that grade level is called.
Due to our student turnover rate being so low, there are few opportunities to enroll by June. However, as students leave, our waitlist is utilized, until the next year’s lottery. Waitlists are purged annually and the process begins again for the next year. Parents/legal guardians will be notified as to whether or not their child has been admitted or not. Non-Philadelphia residents will be admitted only if there are no Philadelphia resident students applying for any particular grade.
MaST Community Charter School II does not discriminate against any applicant on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, or handicap in admission to, access to, instruction in, or participation in its programs and activities.
McKinney/Vento Act
Upon acceptance in the lottery, in accordance with federal and state guidelines under the McKinney/Vento Act, MaST Community Charter School II is committed to removing barriers to education that face students experiencing homelessness.
Enrollment Timeline
9/20/19
Applications available/open
1/27/20
Application closes
February 2020 – MaST Lottery
February 2020 – MaST II Lottery
February 2020 – MaST III Lottery
2/19/19
Families must be notified
