Lottery FAQ

IECHS typically runs a lottery on the last day of January each year. Additional lotteries may be run, if needed. 

IECHS continues to enroll students throughout the school year to fill spots that open when students withdraw. The random selection of students begins with 12th grade, proceeding down through 9th grade, with each student assigned a number identifying the order in which they are drawn.

During the lottery(s), preferential enrollment is given where applicable. Afterwards, classes are filled using the sequence obtained from the lottery drawing.

Preferential enrollment is given to children of full-time employees, followed by siblings of current students, then siblings of graduated students, followed by current students articulating from one of the charter schools listed in our articulation agreement approved by USBE, and finally to children or grandchildren of Board of Trustees members.

Itineris serves grades 9-12. Each grade is treated as a separate entity regarding the lottery. When one grade level has exceeded the available seats, a random lottery is held at the end of January. Each grade has its own waiting list for available seats after the lottery has taken place. 

The number of students admitted each new year is based on returning students’ acceptance. Typically, 140 new students are admitted each year: 120 for our new freshman class, 20 for our sophomore class, and limited seats for our current junior and senior classes based on attrition.

Any applicant who is not selected in the random lottery (if applicable) is placed on a waiting list in the order that their lottery number was drawn after the available positions are filled.

Should an opening occur before the school year begins, applicants on the waiting list are contacted in the order that their lottery number was drawn and offered admission.

• Students transferring to Itineris must do so within the first two weeks of a term and make up any missed work to be awarded term credit with attention paid to the term ending dates from the school they are leaving so term credit can be transferred. 
• Transcripts will be evaluated and credited where applicable.

• Students transferring out of Itineris may do so at anytime. 
• Term credit will be awarded only upon completion of the term work and generally within two weeks of the ending of the term. 
• To withdraw from Itineris, parents must fill out a checkout form obtained from our school registrar. 
• All school and lunch fees need to be paid to Itineris and all books and items that were checked out need to be returned during the checkout process. 
• Itineris does not refund school fees for students who leave our school after the first week of school. 
• Families are encouraged to work with the school that their students is going to so term beginning and ending dates are aligned. 
• It is up to the new school to award credit for terms that are not completed at Itineris.