Admissions.
The letter of intent and how the lottery system works.The Southwest Primary, La Luz Del Monte, and Southwest Secondary Learning Center are magnet schools for students who choose to enroll. Students are admitted on a lottery system. Students wishing to be included in the lottery must complete a Letter of Intent.
All three Learning Centers' enrollment policies prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability, race, creed, color, gender, national origin, religion, or need for special education services. Southwest Learning Centers' set forth the following enrollment policies. These policies are necessary as enrollment interest exceeds the enrollment capacity of each Learning Center. If it is the intent of the parents to enroll their student in one of the Learning Centers, the parent must submit an electronic or written Letter of Intent for each student to ensure their child will be included in the lottery. If, following the lottery, the Letters of Intent submitted exceed the capacity of the Southwest Learning Centers, all subsequent applications for enrollment will be put on a waiting list.
As per New Mexico State statute the lottery will be governed by the following rules:
1. If a student is chosen in one of the school's lotteries and there is a sibling who is eligible to attend that same school, the sibling will be given preference for the following school year.
2. The lottery will be conducted by July 31st of each year.
It is understood that students selected to enroll in Southwest Primary, La Luz Del Monte, or Southwest Secondary Learning Center will be able to re-enroll for the following school year in the same school as long as the student is in good standing at the school. Parents interested in moving their child to one of the other schools must complete a new written or electronic Letter of Intent. Students wishing to move from one school to another school due to grade advancement are not guaranteed a position in the new school and must complete a new Letter of Intent and go through the lottery process.
Complete the SLC Letter of Intent online
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