Lottery Process

• Application for Admission – Online
• 2025-2026 Lottery Procedures below

• Odyssey Charter School is accepting Applications for Admission to the 2025-2026 Lottery until 4:00 p.m. on February 28, 2025.
• The 2025-2026 Lottery will be virtually drawn on March 4, 2024, and posted on our website.
• If accepted, enrollment documents must be received by 4:00 pm on April 18, 2025, to guarantee your scholar(s) spot.

For questions or information about enrolling at Odyssey Charter School, please contact our Registrar.

Jill Chester, Registrar
phone:  770-251-6111
fax:  770-251-8200
jchester@odysseycharterschool.net

If you are interested in enrolling your student at Odyssey Charter School for the CURRENT school year, please refer to the Enrollment Information page of our website. Please note that we enroll students for the current school year right up until we hold the lottery for the following school year.

If you are interested in putting your student’s name in the lottery for the NEXT school year, you are in the right place! Below you will find information about how the lottery works. The Application for Admission, dates for informational sessions, and the date for lottery itself will be posted here as soon as the information becomes available.

2025-2026 Lottery Procedures

• Printable PDF of Lottery Procedures

This lottery is for available spaces for the 2025-2026 school year at Odyssey Charter School, located at 14 St. John Circle.

Returning students are guaranteed a place in the class for subsequent years as long as they adhere to the provisions of the Odyssey Charter School Family Handbook.

Prior to the lottery, a survey is sent to all current students regarding their intent to return to Odyssey for the 2025-2026 school year. Students who respond that they are not going to return have had their spots in next year’s class vacated and declared available for the lottery.

Students who apply for admission to Odyssey for the 2025-2026 school year by 4:00 pm on February 28, 2025, will have their names placed in consideration for the lottery. The lottery for the 2025-2026 school year will be held virtually on March 4, 2025.

Each year stands on its own, so names from the wait list for the 2024-2025 school year do not carry over unless a new application for admission is completed.

Siblings of children already attending Odyssey Charter School will have first priority for admission, along with the children of staff members. Siblings of children already attending will not automatically be placed or put into the sibling lottery. It is the responsibility of the parent to fill out an application for admission by the above-stated deadline, noting the applicant’s sibling status. If there are too many siblings for available spots, a sibling lottery will take place first, followed by a waitlist lottery for general applicants.

In the case of multiple children (i.e. twins, triplets, etc.) from the same household who will be entering the same grade, each sibling will receive a number. When the first of the siblings’ number is drawn, the other sibling(s) shall be assigned the next number(s) for admission. If one sibling is accepted and the other is placed on a waitlist, it will be up to the
parents to decide which child has priority for admission and communicate that wish to the office.
All families will be notified via email regarding the outcome of the lottery. Interested families that did not watch the virtual lottery may begin calling the school on Thursday, March 6, 2025, to find out the lottery results for their child.

Required enrollment documentation will be sent with the notification letter. All required documentation must be received by 4:00 pm on April 18, 2025, to complete the scholar(s) enrollment. If the required enrollment documentation is not
received by 4:00 pm on April 18, 2025, the scholar(s) spot may be given to the next family on the waitlist.

There is movement off of the wait list as plans change. When an opening does occur, we will notify the first family on
the waitlist and proceed in order until the spot is filled.