Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
We've gathered together a number of common questions that parents have about EVCA, along with their answers. If you have a question that isn't answered here, please feel free to contact the school office.
No! EVCA is a New Mexico charter school approved by the Public Education Commission of New Mexico. This means that an EVCA education is free to all students.
While any student can apply to attend, EVCA is not obligated to accept all applicants. When demand exceeds our capacity, students are accepted into EVCA based on a random lottery process. See our Enrollment page for more information on enrollment.
Unfortunately, no. New Mexico statute governing charter schools only permits students to be admitted into the school by means of a public lottery. But, don’t be discouraged! EVCA holds a number of lotteries throughout the summer and even into first part of the school year. Check our Enrollment page or our Facebook page periodically to see when our next enrollment lottery is.
EVCA chooses to focus its limited funding on things that give students the best possible education. This means that we would rather spend funds on the classroom than the cafeteria. Students are encouraged to bring their own lunches. We do have a microwave available in each classroom, and outside picnic tables available for students to use.
EVCA chooses to focus its limited funding on things that give students the best possible education. This means that we would rather spend funds on the classroom than buses. There are a number of families that carpool together.
While we do not offer before-school care, EVCA has an arrangement with a local child care provider to offer after-school care on site at a reasonable cost. If you are interested, please contact the school office for more information. Whether we are able to continue to offer this service depends on having enough participation to justify the effort and expense.
You can always find the latest version of our policies on our policies page.
Please check out the Parent/Student portal for starting points to a wide range of information on your student.
Contact the office and we would be happy to assist you.
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Yes! You can find out more about the uniform and dress-code requirements here: Dress Code Policy.
When possible, the preferred method for contacting the teachers is e-mail, though we understand this cannot always work. You can find teacher e-mail addresses in our Staff Directory. We have parent/teacher conferences during the year which are the best time to talk with the teacher about your students progress. If you have urgent questions or issues, please contact the school office, and we will assist you in being able to contact the teacher.
EVCA itself invests its limited funds in its academics, not athletics. However, EVCA students are permitted to participate in local public school athletic programs (subject to EVCA’s Attendance Policy).
As a charter school student, your child has the option to participate in NMAA activities at any NMAA participating school. If your child lives within the same district as the school they would like to participate with, there is nothing you need to do. (Meaning if your child would like to participate on the Moriarty High School team and you reside within the Moriarty School District boundaries, for example, you can safely disregard these details.) However, if your child wants to participate at a school outside of the district in which you reside, they must exercise their NMAA Open Enrollment option by joining the team during their 9th grade year. Please contact the chosen school to find out what you need to do to enroll. If you fail to exercise your Open Enrollment option as a 9th grader, participation defaults to the student’s home district.
8th grade students are allowed to participate in certain NMAA activities, but this only applies to the district in which you reside. If you choose this option, you are locked into doing sports at that school and you will NOT be able to elect a different school through the Open Enrollment option in the student’s 9th grade year.
(See section 6.4.1, paragraph A, of this document.)
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