To Apply for Admission

Thank you for your interest in Brownsville Collegiate Charter School, a public charter middle school in Brooklyn. Brownsville Collegiate is located in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, and will serve students in 5th and 6th grade in the 2009-10 school year. We hope that this website and our information sessions will help you to learn more about our school and our application process.

Eligibility

Students who are eligible to enroll in 5th and 6th Grade at a New York City public school in September 2009 can enroll at Brownsville Collegiate for the 2009-10 school year.

To Apply for Admission

Brownsville Collegiate accepts students by random public lottery, giving first preference to those students living in the school’s Community School District (see below).

The Brownsville Collegiate Charter School application is now available. Please click the link below to download our application. Compete the application and return it to the school by mail, email, fax or by hand.

BVC Student Application in ENGLISH

BVC Aplicacion de Estudiante en ESPANOL.

The lottery for enrollment for the 2009-10 school year was held on April 6, 2009 at 6:30 pm at Kings Collegiate Charter School (1084 Lenox Road, Brooklyn, NY 11212)

The deadline to submit an application for the Brownsville Collegiate lottery was 5:00 PM on April 1, 2009. We are accepting waitlist applications at this time.

Community School District Preference

Based on legislation passed in 2007*, all New York City charter schools must give preference to students residing in the Community School District (CSD) in which the charter school is located. However, students who reside outside the CSD are eligible to apply and may be admitted if space permits.

Brownsville Collegiate is located in Community School District 23.

To determine your CSD, please visit the New York City Department of Education website at http://maps.nycboe.net. At the top of the page, type in the four required pieces of address information (Borough, House #, Street Prefix (if any), and Street Name) and press "Go." If you are unable to access this website, please call the Office of Family Engagement and Advocacy at (212) 374-2323.

Your CSD is based on the elementary or the middle school districts listed at the bottom of the page. Your child will be given preference in our lottery if you reside in CSD 23 for either elementary school or middle school.

*Amended New York Charter Schools Act of 1998, section 2854(2)(b)

Failing School Preference

Brownsville Collegiate will give preference to applicants who currently attend or are zoned to attend a school that received a grade of “F” on its most recent NYC Department of Education Progress Report.

To determine whether your child’s current or zoned school received a grade of “F” last year, visit the NYC Department of Education Accountability website and look up your child’s school: http://schools.nyc.gov/Accountability/SchoolReports/ProgressReports/FindAProgressReport/default.htm

ACCEPTABLE PROOFS OF RESIDENCY

To verify that your address is located within the Community School District in which the school is located, you must provide one of the following documents. (Copies of these are acceptable.)

IF SUBLETTING OR RESIDING IN A HOME WHERE THE PARENT IS NOT A LEASE-HOLDER: You must provide a notarized “Address Affidavit” signed by both the primary leaseholder and the parent affirming that the family is residing in this home, and submit one of the forms of proof above that shows the leaseholder’s name. 

If you do not provide one of the above-listed documents by the application deadline of April 1,  2009, your child’s application will be entered in the lottery for admission, but will not be eligible for CSD preference. 

The following are NOT acceptable forms of proof of address: