PACT Charter Schools

Lotterease is an independent automated lottery system that PACT Charter School uses to manage the lottery and waitlist. Since Lotterease is an independent system, the school staff cannot manipulate or adjust the lottery outcome but must instead work within the system's requirements.

In addition, all activity related to your application is tracked in a history log that you can view anytime by logging in to the parent portal. When you see the Lotterease seal on a school website, you can be confident that your application will be included in the school lottery fairly and transparently. 

Application for enrollment to PACT is open to all students who in the state of Minnesota. PACT is a tuition-free public charter school with no application fees. PACT receives more applications than space is available in most grades each year, so we hold a lottery. The lottery generates a waiting list from which enrollment offers are made and continues throughout the school year as space opens. Families must reapply each year by the enrollment lottery deadline for students who were not enrolled. 

PACT Charter School's lottery results are fluid and fluctuate, especially in the first few weeks after the lottery. Movement occurs when a family accepts or declines a position across the K-12 population -- which can then change their preference status by adding or losing sibling preference. Another preference is for currently enrolled families, who rise above everyone else since they already have a student at PACT. Employees also have preferences. Early lottery results and waitlists are often not indicative of final class placements and should not deter people from applying to the waitlist. 

Application for enrollment to PACT is open to all students who live in the state of Minnesota. PACT is a tuition-free public charter school, and there are no fees to apply. PACT receives more applications than space available in most grades each year, so we hold a lottery. The lottery generates a waiting list in which enrollment offers are made. Applications are due by November 1 each year, and you must reapply each year until you are accepted. Applications received by the November 1 deadline will be included in the Enrollment Lottery on the first Monday in November following the enrollment deadline. Applications received after November 1 will be added to a waitlist.

Every effort is made to notify families of waiting list positions within 30 days of the Enrollment Lottery via the Lotterease program. Contact will be made from the enrollment list in sequential order, following the enrollment lottery, with enrollment offers only. After that, text messages and emails will be sent when a space in a classroom becomes available. You have four calendar days to accept or decline enrollment if offered a space. After that time, we will contact the next family on the list. To be sure the emails don't end up in spam, add pact_charter_school@lotterease.com as an approved sender in your email contact list. 

Early lottery results and waitlists are often not an indication of final class placements and should not discourage people from applying to the waitlist.

According to Minnesota law governing charter schools, enrollment preference is given to siblings of currently enrolled PACT students. The sibling must be related biologically, by marriage, or by adoption. A foster child of a presently enrolled PACT student's parents is also eligible. Children of PACT employees working 480+ hours/year are also given enrollment preference.