Open Enrollment time is here again!
There are three months left in this school year and we're already planning for the 2009-2010 school year. We receive calls throughout the school year asking about the school and the classes. Many parents call wanting to enroll their child for a future class. Last week I received a call from a woman with a three year old who wanted to make sure she had a place in Kindergarten, in two years. Since Desert Star is a charter school, we aren't able to accept early registrations, nor save places far into the future.

All public schools in Arizona participate in a process called Open Enrollment. A date is established, usually in the Spring, upon which parents may begin registering their children for the following school year. Open Enrollment is only for new enrollees.  You need not reenroll your student who already attends Desert Star.

Open Enrollment is scheduled for Thursday, March 26, 2009, beginning at 8:30am. That is the day and time we begin to accept enrollments on a first come, first serve basis. From that date on, we'll accept enrollments at any time. At Desert Star, we have spaces available in most of our classrooms. However, we do anticipate only a few available spaces in the Kindergarten/first grade multi-age class; third grade; and sixth-seventh grade multi-age class. If a parent wishes to enroll a student in a class that is already full, that child will be placed on a waiting list. Siblings of students already attending Desert Star School have priority placement over new students to the school.

Please tell your friends who are considering Desert Start for their child, about Open Enrollment. Call the school office with any questions.


Susan Simon
Administrator, Desert Star Community School