IDEA Permian Basin to host its student lottery for 2025-26 school year
Feb. 12—IDEA — Public Schools will host its student lottery for the 2025-26 school year Feb. 15. During the lottery, IDEA will announce the names of students randomly selected for seats at IDEA Yukon and IDEA Lopez for the 2025-26 school year.
"We want to invite new families to be part of the transformational change we are making at IDEA Public Schools in the Permian Basin," Annette Macias, Executive Director of IDEA Public Schools in the Permian Basin, said in a news release issued Feb. 12. "We are especially looking forward to welcoming students to our new campus, IDEA Lopez Academy and College Preparatory."
IDEA Permian Basin currently serves more than 2,500 students. Next year, IDEA Yukon Academy and College Preparatory will add a new grade level to the campus, serving students in grades K-10. IDEA Permian Basin will also open its new campus, IDEA Lopez Academy and College Preparatory in Odessa, for the 2025-26 school year. The school will serve students in grades K-2 and 6 during its first year. For the past 17 years, IDEA has achieved nearly 100% college acceptance among seniors while maintaining a college graduation rate five times the national average for students from low-income communities.
During the lottery process, names are selected at random by grade, with spots offered in the order of selection. When the capacity is reached for each grade level, the remaining applications will be assigned a position on a waiting list in a randomized order. Once the lottery is complete, parents or guardians will receive a notification according to their preferred method of contact (email and/or text message).
Only applications completed before the deadline of Feb. 14 at 11:59 p.m. will be eligible for the lottery. Applications submitted after the lottery deadline are only granted seats if space is available or applicants will be added to the wait list in order of the date and time of their application.
Families can apply now at www.ideapublicschools.org/apply.
IDEA Travis in Midland participates in Midland ISD's Apply Midland application and lottery process, which can be found via Apply Midland.
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