Applications for 6^th grade through 8^th grade, for the August 2014-2015 school year, will be available online starting August 1^st – December 1^st, 2013. After December 1^st, a lottery will be conducted to fill vacancies in our enrollment, and results of the lottery will be sent postal mail to all applicants on or before the second week of January 2014.

Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences is funded by the state of Florida, tuition free, multicultural, public charter middle school, located in downtown Sarasota’s Rosemary District. As a charter school, we can accept students from all over Sarasota and surrounding counties.

A student must be in 5th grade or above to apply for their middle school year of enrollment, during the application window. SSA+S enrollment policies match state law governing charter school enrollments. If the number of applications received exceeds our enrollment capacity, a lottery process will be conducted to fill enrollment vacancies in accordance with State Statute 1002.33, subsection (10), article (b), governing charter school enrollment policies;

(b) The charter school shall enroll an eligible student who submits a timely application, unless the number of applications exceeds the capacity of a program, class, grade level, or building. In such case, all applicants shall have an equal chance of being admitted through a random selection process.

(d) A charter school may give enrollment preference to the following student populations:

1. Students who are siblings of a student enrolled in the charter school.
2. Students who are the children of a member of the governing board of the charter school.
3. Students who are the children of an employee of the charter school.

The initial application serves to note your family’s interest for enrollment in SSA+S, and it is used for contact purposes only. It does not conflict with other application processes such as County-Wide School Choice, other magnet program applications, or private school registrations. We do not participate in County-Wide School Choice. A McKay Scholarship is not necessary, nor utilized at our school. State and local required registration paperwork is not needed at the time of the initial application submission. Further documentation will be requested at the appropriate times. Receipt of the initial application is not a guarantee of enrollment and is subject to the status of our enrollment at the date of receipt of said application, contingent upon review of the student’s specific resource needs (where required), and based upon schedule availability. If the number of applications received exceeds our enrollment capacity, a lottery process will be conducted to fill enrollment vacancies.

Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences offers enrollment to all students that they can serve appropriately.  Review of discipline, attendance, and exceptional student education records may negate enrollment at our school based upon an inability to serve the student’s needs.  Students whose records are in violation of our student contract, as supported by our Reassignment Form, and Charter will not be admitted.  Students that are expelled from a public school, are on a settlement agreement, or on a deferred expulsion will not be admitted to SSA+S during the duration of their expulsion.

The parents and/or guardians of a student who is not granted reassignment may appeal to the principal, within 15 business days, with a formal request letter and appropriate supportive documentation.  Failure to do so within 15 business days negates any possibility of appeal.

If you are new to Sarasota County Public Schools, you will need the following county required paperwork, to enroll in any county public school. This would apply to anyone previously enrolled in home education programs, private schools, out-of-county, or out-of-state schools. Click here for the county required documents.

Visits with our Registrar must be made in advance and are by appointment only. General public, informational tours are conducted by our Registrar and are by appointment only.  Students must be in enrolled in 4^th grade or above, to have a tour. Tours are limited to the student and parent/guardian(s) only. We currently do not offer an open house for the general public at this time. Student “shadowing” is also not permitted.

Please feel free to contact our Registrar, at kimbraun@ssas.org or 330-1855, ext 458, with any questions or concerns.