If your student is currently attending a school within the Anchorage School District, contact that school’s front office staff to provide you with your Q/ParentConnect PIN and password. In order to have a Q/ParentConnect PIN and password you must provide the school with a valid email address. If you are new to the district, please create a new online account using an email address.

In the Current School dropdown please select “Other” and in the text box type in “Not in school.” For current grade please select “PreK.”

Q/ParentConnect will provide the sibling information for parents that use a ParentConnect PIN. Parents will select which of their students are currently in the program and the school will verify that this information is correct. For parents with an email account, they will need to type in the student name and information. The school will verify that this information is accurate.

Parents using a ParentConnect PIN will need to contact their child’s current school and update their household information in Q/ParentConnect. Or select the option “If student ID is not available click here to enter student name” and type in the student information.

Yes. You may submit applications to as many schools as you wish. You must fill out a separate form for each school.

Parents are emailed of accepted or wait-listed positions. Also there is an automated phone call to the primary contact phone number listed the day lottery results are released to parents. The results are listed on the dashboard located at https://lotapp.asdk12.org/apply/

Nothing will happen to the wait-listed position. You can accept at one school and still maintain your wait-listed position at any other schools. If you no longer wish to remain on the wait list, log into the system and click “Remove”

No. You may only accept at one school. If you accept the new position at School B the system will automatically decline the previously accepted position at School A. You have 48 hours to accept or decline the new position at School B before the system will decline for you.

Please call the school and inform the staff of this decision so they can offer the seat to another student.

The lottery system is currently in English with the ability to utilize Google Translate. Additional assistance is available by calling the English Language Learners (ELL) Program at 742-4452.

You can set up a free email account on websites such as Google, Yahoo, AOL, Hotmail, etc. You will need to come up with a name and password for your account and follow the directions from the email provider.

Parents are required to have an email address for this system. For parents with limited or no access to a computer or the Internet, here are places they can get assistance:

ASD uses a lottery system to provide an equal opportunity for students who request participation in an alternative program or school for which the number of applications exceeds the number of available openings.

If you decline enrollment once your child’s name has been selected, the spot will be offered to the next student on the wait list. Due to enrollment demand, ASD is unable to “hold” spots.

Lotteries are held two times each year. The spring lottery takes place during the last two weeks of March. The fall lottery takes place the week prior to fall registration.

Yes, the younger child must submit a lottery application, but will be given sibling preference in the next lottery drawing. This means that the child’s name will be grouped with other sibling/attendance preference students in the same grade level. Their names will be drawn before the names of students in the same grade level who do not have sibling or attendance area preference.

Sibling preference is given to prospective students who have a brother or sister currently enrolled in the same program. If a student has either a sibling or attendance area preference, his/her name will be grouped with other preference students in the same grade level. These students will be drawn before the names of students in the same grade level who do not have sibling or attendance area preference. 

Once a student exits an alternative school program, whether by grade promotion or transfer to another school, that student’s siblings no longer qualify for sibling preference. If a student is enrolled in a K-12 language immersion program, the siblings will be eligible for preference in the same language immersion program, even if they are in different grade levels. For example, the sibling of a student who attends the Japanese immersion program at Mears Middle School would be eligible for sibling preference at Sand Lake Elementary Japanese immersion program.

Attendance area preference is given to students who live in the attendance area for a neighborhood school and who wish to enroll in that school’s alternative program. If a student has either sibling or attendance area preference, his/her name will be grouped with other preference students in the same grade level. These students will be drawn before the names of students in the same grade level who do not have sibling or attendance area preference.

No. If a student has either a sibling or attendance area preference, his/her name will be grouped with other preference students in the same grade level. His/her name will be drawn before the names of students in the same grade level who do not have sibling or attendance area preference. Once his/her name is drawn, it will be added to the bottom of the existing wait list for that grade level. They do not “jump” the names of students who were drawn in previous lotteries.

All drawings will be performed by grade levels, K-12. Grade levels are drawn first to determine draw order for the lottery. This helps ensure a random, unbiased drawing.

Yes. Preemptions may be granted for reasons of grade level balance, documented hardship (extenuating circumstances, medical, safety, psychological, or curriculum considerations) or gender balance. All preemptions must be approved by the elementary, middle, or high school senior director for that school’s education level (elementary, middle or high).

Most schools and programs do not provide a full continuum of services. Parents are encouraged to research programs prior to applying to ensure the program meets their student's needs.

Your child’s name has been placed on a wait list for his/her grade level. The same wait list will be used every time a lottery drawing is held, and the application will move to the appropriate grade level in the future years. You will be asked to confirm your wait-list position before the first lottery draw of each school year. If you do not confirm this position, you will be removed from the wait list.

No. If your child is currently attending a school/program as a result of a lottery or zone exemption placement, a new application is not necessary for that school each year. Your child may continue attending until aging out of the school/program.