How to Apply
2026-2027 School Year Lottery and Admissions Information
- Apply for the lottery in Lotterease beginning on January 9, 2026
- You will be notified if you are offered a seat or waitlist number through Lotterease after the lottery on March 26, 2026
- If you are offered a seat, next you will complete our School Enrollment Form for the 2026-27 school year
- If you are waitlisted, you will be able to track your progress on the Lotterease website 24/7
Lottery Timeline:
The age requirement for our TK program is 4 by September 1, 2026. The kindergarten requirement is age 5 by September 1, 2026. Students who are 5 by September 1, 2026 may NOT apply to our TK program and must apply to kindergarten.
Required Documents
1. You are required to upload a copy of your child's Birth Certificate or Passport for birth date verification.
2. Proof of Residence includes:
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- Homeowners
- A copy of the current mortgage statement or property tax bill (names included on the property tax bill, not the generalized form from the web)
- Parent/guardian's valid driver's license with current address OR 1 utility bill (gas, water, electric, trash - phone or cable not accepted)
- Rental Apartment - Apartment Complex
- A copy of the lease agreement in the parent/guardian's name on Property Management letterhead.
- Parent/guardian's valid driver's license with current address OR 1 utility bill in the parent/guardian's name (gas, water, electric, trash - phone or cable not accepted)
- Rental Home
- Supplemental Residency Form
- Lease agreement in the parent/guardian's name
- Parent/guardian's valid driver's license with current address OR 1 utility bill in the parent/guardian's name (gas, water, electric, trash - phone or cable not accepted)
- Room Rental/Co-Resident, i.e. living with family
- Supplemental Residency Form
- Lease agreement in the parent/guardian's name OR a letter from the homeowner/lessor where the applicant's family is residing.
- Utility bill in the homeowner's/lessor's name (gas, water, electric, trash - phone or cable not accepted.
- One of either:
- 2nd Utility bill in the homeowner's/lessor's name (gas, water, electric, trash - phone or cable not accepted)
- Parent/Guardian's valid driver's license with current address
- Homeowners
General Lottery Information
MATES is nonsectarian in its programs, admission policies, and all other operations. MATES is open to all students regardless of race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, perceived sexual orientation, home language, or disability. MATES shall admit all pupils who wish to attend the school up to capacity.
The MATES Board determines the capacity for each grade level for the upcoming school year annually. Applications will be accepted during a publicly advertised open enrollment application period each year in winter or early spring for enrollment in the following school year.
Following the open enrollment period, applications are counted to determine which grade levels have received a quantity of applications that exceed that grade’s capacity. If there are more applications for a grade level than available positions, MATES will hold a public random drawing to determine enrollment for the impacted grade level. Returning MATES students who notify the school before the end of the open enrollment period are guaranteed enrollment the following year and are exempt from the public random drawing.
Admission preferences in the case of a public random drawing are given to the following students in the following order:
- (Returning Students - place holder)
- Siblings of existing MATES students
- Children of employees of MATES up to 1% of the classroom-based population
- Children who reside within the former attendance area of Meadows Elementary School at the time the MATES lottery is held (Click here for address list)
- Children of employees of MATES over 1% of the classroom-based population
- Children who reside within the attendance area of Conejo Valley Unified School District
- All other applicants
Students will be admitted at the time of the public random drawing according to preference group as space permits. If there is insufficient capacity to fully enroll a specific preference group in its entirety, a random drawing of the applicants within the preference group will be performed to determine which applicants within that group will be offered enrollment.
Applicants not offered admission due to insufficient capacity will be given the option to put their name on a wait list, in order, according to their draw in the lottery. Applicants who complete the enrollment process after the open enrollment period are considered post-lottery applicants and will be offered enrollment only after all wait listed applicants from the open enrollment period have been exhausted and on a first come first serve basis. The wait list will remain active until the close of open enrollment for the following school year at which time no further students will be enrolled. Wait listed applicants may then re-apply for the following year.
APPLICATION DOCUMENTS
