Casco Bay High School For Expeditionary Learning 196 Allen Avenue Portland, Maine 04103 PH(207) 874 -8160 • Fax (207) 797-5437 Derek Pierce http://CBHS.portlandschools.org Principal Portland Public Schools [email protected] Casco Bay High School Lottery and Commitment Form 2020-21 Due February 14, 2020 Thank you for your interest in being a part of the Casco Bay High School Class of 2024. Turning in this form does not guarantee you a spot in the class, but it is the required first step. Please provide the following information requested below. Some of this information will be necessary in the event we have more than 97 interested students and need to hold a lottery. All Casco Bay High School Lottery Forms received prior to the February 14, 2020 deadline will be considered equal. Any remaining spaces will be filled on a first come, first served basis, presuming demographic balance. If a lottery is necessary, it will be held by February 28, 2020, and students will be notified of the results. Please know that only students who complete and return this form will be included in any lottery. Once the school year begins, transferring among the three PPS high schools ceases, barring exceptional circumstances. For more details about the lottery process, please see the “Prospective Students” section of our website or contact Casco Bay High School. Name of 8th Grader: _______________________PPS Student ID#: ____________ Current School____________________ Mailing Address: ____________________________________________ Phone Number: _________________________ If you do not currently reside in Portland, do you intend to by September 2020? (Circle one.) Yes No Do you have a sibling currently in grade 9, 10 or 11 at CBHS? (Circle one.) Yes No If yes, please share their name: __________________________________ Casco Bay High School strives to have a student body that reflects Portland. As a part of that, we request your permission for the Food Services Director to share (only) with the CBHS principal information about your lunch status: free, reduced or full-paying. Checking the box below will help us to ensure we continue to be demographically representative, but it will not change whether your child gets free or reduced price meals. Your lunch status will never be publicly disclosed. If you do not provide consent below, your student will be considered as “full-paying” for the purposes of any lottery. Please check ONE AND sign below ____ I agree to permit my child's Food Services Director to share with the CBHS principal information about my child's lunch status – free, reduced or full-paying – in the event of a lottery. _______________________________ parent/guardian signature ____ I do NOT agree to share this information with the CBHS principal __________________________________ parent/guardian signature Please answer the following two questions: 1)If I attend Casco Bay High School next fall, I would like to take: (Circle one) Chinese 1 Chinese 2 Chinese 3 French 1 French 2 French 3 Spanish 1 Spanish 2 Spanish 3 Academic Language (for ELL Students) Academic Strategies 9* Literacy/Numeracy 9* *Academic Strategies and Literacy/Numeracy are available to qualifying Special Education students. 2) Casco Bay High School offers over thirty co-curricular activities on our campus, from Model UN to theater. In addition, students have the option of participating in the athletic programs of Portland or Deering High Schools (but not both). Once this designation has been made, it cannot be changed during the school year. If I attend Casco Bay High School next fall, I will designate the following as my school for additional co-curricular offerings: (Circle one) Deering High School Portland High School Please return this completed form to either your guidance counselor or to the registrar at Casco Bay High School, Ms. Leberman ([email protected]) Thanks! .