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Human Resources & Employment
Equity & Employee Relations
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Tuition Reimbursement
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FOR TEACHERS 

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Application Process
                 Thank you for your interest in Mary G. Porter Traditional School. 

             At this time, the 2019-2020 application period has ended.
We had a very successful application period this year, receiving over 750 applications! We have only 81 openings in first grade, with 36 siblings having applied. There are only 13 openings for the remaining grades, which means, unfortunately we will have a very long waiting list. The lottery will take place sometime in February.  Acceptance and Wait List letters will be mailed the middle of March. 

                                                            ~~~~~~~~

          We will begin accepting applications on December 15, 2019 for the 2020-21 school year. 
                                          Please check back with us at that time!
  



                                       
NOTE FOR STUDENTS APPLYING FOR 1st GRADE

If a student does not meet the PWCS Age of Entrance for Kindergarten: age 5 by September 30 of that school year, and he/she is attending a private school for Kindergarten, in order to advance to 1st grade at a PWCS school, the private school MUST BE ACCREDITED by the Virginia Council for Private Education.   You may go to VCPE.ORG to check if a private school is accredited. 

**per REGULATION 723-1:"...A child who has not attended kindergarten but meets the age requirements for first grade may be admitted to first grade.  After appropriate informal and/or formal observation and assessment, the principal, with the consent of the parents, may recommend alternative placement."

Students residing in the eastern part of Prince William County are eligible toapply to Porter Traditional School.  If your child’s base (neighborhood)school is listed below, you may apply:

Antietam                 Ashland                Bel Air                    Belmont                     Dale City
Dumfries                 Enterprise           Featherstone      Fitzgerald                  Henderson
Kerrydale                Kilby                      King                         Lake Ridge                Leesylvania
Marumsco Hills    McAuliffe            Minnieville           Montclair                   Neabsco
Occoquan               Old Bridge           Pattie                     Potomac View          River Oaks
Rockledge               Rosa Parks          Springwoods       Swans Creek            Triangle
Vaughn                     Westridge           Williams                Wilson                         Covington-Harper

** We accept applications from December 15 - February 1 (NO exceptions).  Only COMPLETED applications are accepted.

** We conduct the lottery in late February to select students for the openings we have at the time. 

** Any student not pulled in the lottery is placed on the waiting list (by grade)

** We continue to pull from the waiting list until September 30. The waiting list becomes void after September 30.  If a student is not pulled from the waiting list, then he/she will have to re-apply the following year.  

** Enrollment at Porter Traditional School is limited, if the number of applications received exceeds enrollment capacity, a lottery is used to select students for current openings. 
 

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