How to Apply

OPEN ENROLLMENT FOR THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS ON JANUARY 10, 2025 and ENDS ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2025

We have a new TK program we are offering for the 2025-26 school year. If you are interested you will submit the application in the same way as grades K-5. We will add a grade level to the lottery and it will follow the same preferences and requirements.

On January 10th, applications will be available for the 2025-26 school year. They will not be available before that date and any applications submitted early will not be included in the lottery on March 27th.

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Instructions to Submit a Lottery Application for the CURRENT 2024-2025 School Year

Applications received at this time will be added to the bottom of the waitlist. We will accept applications for this current year until February 21, 2025

Applications can be submitted either by email or US mail, preferably email.

Email your application to [email protected]

If you mail your application, please mail it to MATES 2000 La Granada Dr. Thousand Oaks, Ca. 91362

If you have any questions at this time, please call the front office at 805-495-7037.

iPhone instructions: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210336

Android instructions: https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/9308884?hl=en

New Students

To apply for the lottery, every family must complete and submit all of the following for each student:

Lottery application
Student's official birth certificate
Proof of Residence which includes the parent/guardian's signed Residency Verification Form with documentation (listed below).

Proof of residence includes the Residency Verification Form and the following:

Homeowners (1 AND 2):
1. 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)
2. 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 (1 AND 2)
1. A copy of the lease agreement in the parent/guardian's name on Property Management letterhead.
2. 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 (ALL 3)
1. Supplemental Residency Form
2. Lease agreement in the parent/guardian's name
3. 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 (ALL 4)
1. Supplemental Residency Form
2. Lease agreement in the parent/guardian's name OR a letter from the homeowner/lessor where the applicant's family is residing

3. & 4. TWO ITEMS FROM THE LIST BELOW

1. 1. 1 or 2 utility bills in the homeowner's/lessor's name (gas, water, electric, trash - phone or cable not accepted)
  2. Parent/Guardian's valid driver's license with current address

All applications will be checked by MATES staff for validity and accuracy. If an employee of the school reasonably believes that the parent or legal guardian of a pupil has provided false or unreliable evidence of residency, MATES may make reasonable efforts to determine that the pupil actually meets the residency requirements set forth in the MATES charter. Giving false or omitting information requested will risk or delay the processing of the student's application and could jeopardize enrollment at any time in MATES. Original documentation will be required upon enrollment acceptance.

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You will receive a confirmation email that we received your application within 2 - 3 school days.

APPLICATIONS FOR NEXT YEAR (2025-2026) WILL BE AVAILABLE ON JANUARY 10, 2025.

Applications for the current school year are available by contacting [email protected].

Former Meadows Attendance Area

General

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 on a yearly basis the capacity for each grade level for the upcoming school year. 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. In the event that 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.

Meadows Arts and Technology Elementary School does not discriminate against any person on the basis of actual or perceived disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, immigration status, religion, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, pregnancy, or any other characteristic that is contained in the definition of hate crimes in the California Penal Code. Meadows Arts and Technology Elementary School prohibits sex discrimination including sex-based harassment in any education program or activity that it operates. Individuals may report concerns or questions regarding sex discrimination or harassment to the Title IX Coordinator. The contact information for the Title IX Coordinator, Charter School Title IX notice of nondiscrimination, and additional information regarding your rights under Title IX are available on the Charter School website at: https://www.matescharter.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1095418&type=d&pREC_ID=1379600

APPLICATION DOCUMENTS - ONLY FOR THE CURRENT YEAR 2024-2025