. Admission and Placement 2.1 Each year the Board will establish and publicize the dates and application procedures for students wanting to attend the District Language programs. 2.2 Applications submitted within the established timelines will receive first priority for available space in the program, subject to the terms outlined in 2.4 and 2.5 of these regulations. Applicants will be notified of the status of their applications by the last school day in March. 2.3 While applicants are expected to apply to the program location within the district catchment area where they reside, applicants may apply for more than one program location. However, an applicant may be registered at only one location. When an applicant is offered and accepts a placement at a specific district program location, applications for all other district program locations become invalid. 2.4 Applications from new students for available spaces at program locations will be considered in the following order, provided application deadlines and other requirements have been met. 2.4.1 Siblings of continuing District Language program students who are attending the site where the district program is located, and whose residence is within the district’s catchment area for that program; 2.4.2 Students whose residence is within the district's catchment area for that program; 2.4.3 Siblings of continuing students in the district program whose residence is outside the district's catchment area for that program; 2.4.4 Students who are registered in and attending before and/or after school childcare at a licensed childcare within the district catchment area for that elementary school program; 2.4.5 Students whose residence is in Burnaby but outside the district's catchment area for that program; 2.4.6 Students whose residence is outside of the Burnaby School District. 2.5 Applications received after the district deadlines will be prioritized by application date and placed at the end of the program wait list. 2.6 In the event of more applicants than program spaces available, the following process will be used to determine the allocation of the available spaces: Applications received within the district's established registration timelines will be grouped by priority category as outlined in 2.4 of these regulations. A lottery method will then be used to determine the order of applicants within each priority category. Program spaces will then be allocated according to the order outlined in 2.4 of these regulations until all available spaces have been filled. Any remaining applicants will be placed in priority order on the district program waiting list. This list will be maintained until September 30 of each school year at which point the application process and waitlist will be considered closed. ……………………………………………………………………………………
