To enroll you child or children in the 26 – 27 Lottery please use the link below.
Click HERE for the 2026-2027 Enrollment Application Form
Admission Requirement & Enrollment Procedures
Applications for openings will be drawn via lottery. After open spots are filled a waitlist will be created based from the lottery drawing. Any additional applications received after the lottery drawing will be added to the bottom of the waiting list in the order in which they are received. For inquiries about your child’s place on the waitlist, please contact our enrollment coordinator at the email at the top of this page.
As per MN state statute, every child must be age 5 by September 1st of the current school year to enter Kindergarten. SRMCS’s kindergarten program is full-day, every day and all elementary levels are free of all tuition charges.
The classroom or program level enrollment sizes may only be changed under special circumstances and at the discretion of the School Director and grade level team.
2026-2027 Lottery for Enrollment
Applications for the 2026-2027 school year must be received between January 1 – 14, 2026 in order to be part of the lottery. Any submissions received after 4:00 pm on January 14 will not be part of the lottery and be placed on the bottom of the appropriate grade level waiting list.
If the number of applications exceeds the number of openings then students shall be accepted by lot.
Should a lottery for enrollment be necessary for the 2026-2027 school year, you will receive a random number no later than January 30, 2026.
The lottery will take place at 10:00 am on Feburary 10, 2026 in the SRMCS Gathering Space. The lottery is open to the public. The results will be posted on this webpage by 4 pm on February 10.
Admission into the Early Childhood program cannot, according to Minnesota law, guarantee admission the charter school program.
Waiting lists are created in the order drawn in the lottery. After conclusion of the drawings, SRMCS shall add to the waiting lists on a first-come first-serve basis. These waiting lists are used to fill subsequent openings.
When an opening occurs during the school year, the School Director will consider all preferences as stated above as well as the grade level makeup of the classroom with the opening when determining which grade wait list to use in filling the opening.
To read these procedures in their entirety, please see the Application and Enrollment Procedures Policy below.
Sibling Preference for Already Enrolled Students and Sibling Preference Lottery
Preference for enrollment shall be given to a sibling of an enrolled pupil, to a foster child of that student’s parents, and a staff member’s child before accepting students by lot. If the number of siblings seeking enrollment exceeds the available spots, a sibling preference lottery will be conducted prior to the lottery for applications that do not have a sibling already enrolled. The remaining sibling preference applications will also be placed by lot on the waiting list ahead of the non-sibling preference applications. Contact the office for the 2026-2027 Sibling Preference Enrollment Application. This is a paper form and not the same as the online form linked other places on this website.
IMPORTANT DATES RECAP:
Jan. 1-14: Application Acceptance Period. Note- applications received after 4 PM on Jan. 14 will NOT be in the lottery and placed at the bottom of a waiting list once it is created.
Jan. 30: Lottery Numbers sent by this date
Feb. 10: Lottery to fill open spots and/or create waiting list at 10 AM, results posted on website by 4 PM
Swan River Montessori Charter School Program welcomes students of any race, color, creed, religion, national or ethnic origin, disability, status with regard to public assistance, sex, and sexual orientation.
Application and Enrollment Procedures Policy