Families can also access the results for their child, or children, at the GLCPS website on the ‘Lottery Results and Waitlist’ page.
GLCPS received 367 applications for this year’s lottery:
131 for Grade 5
125 for Grade 6
32 for Grade 7
20 for Grade 8
49 for Grade 9
10 for Grade 10
Of those applications, 92 rising 5th grade students were offered seats. The first 33 of those 92 students are siblings of current students. Siblings are given preference at each grade level.
Several families attended the lottery. Director of Student, Family and Community Life Adonis Ferreira and Office Manager Madalena Albano presided over the assembly with Executive Director Stephen Furtado, Jr. and Lena Pires also in attendance. School District translators Heide Guardado and Viviana Mendez were also present to assist families. Grade 5 science teacher Polly Zajac also attended to lend her support.
Dr. Timothy Dale Walker, professor of History at UMass Dartmouth, was invited as an impartial observer to ensure that the lottery was public and fair.
The enrollment period at GLCPS begins every first day of December and closes at the end of February each year. Families with students who will be entering grades 5 - 10 in the next school year are eligible to apply. Students who reside in New Bedford are given preference in the random drawing. The lottery is always held in early March. The school utilizes every opportunity available to publicize it, including radio advertising and appearances, press releases, social media, fliers and posters, billboards, and mailings to homes of New Bedford students.
For more information about the lottery, please contact the school at 508-991-4105.