Blackstone Valley Prep Mayoral Academy is an intentionally diverse, tuition-free network of public charter schools that serves students by lottery from four communities—Central Falls, Cumberland, Lincoln, and Pawtucket. Our mission is to prepare every scholar for success in college and the world beyond.

Our school day is about eight hours long and includes one enrichment per day. Models for daily schedules vary by grade level. For more information, see our “Day in the Life” sheets on the About Us page of our website.

The application deadline for the 2019-20 school year was February 16, 2019, at 11:59 p.m.

Families were able to apply on their phones through an iOS and Android application called SchoolMint.

Families who did not have internet access at home or through a phone were welcome to come into any BVP school where a kiosk was made available.

Applications were not available on paper.

Blackstone Valley Prep is a network of tuition-free public schools. There is no cost to apply and there is no cost to enroll.

There is no entrance exam. The only requirement is residency in one of BVP’s four sending communities (Central Falls, Cumberland, Lincoln, and Pawtucket).

Y​ES. All children on the waitlist for previous school years must re­apply each year. Waitlists are only valid for the current school year.

There are approximately 225 Kindergarten seats available each year.

If you are applying for a seat in grades 1 – 12, the lottery is used to determine your waitlist number.

You will receive your waitlist number after the lottery in March, but the waitlist does not activate until July 1. Availability for grades 1 – 12 is based entirely on whether our current scholars indicate that they will return next year. As such, we do not know how many seats will be available in grades 1 – 12 until after we complete the current school year.

There is high demand, but we still encourage every single family to apply if they are interested.

If your family has ever qualified for subsidized meals at other schools, or your family receives any public assistances, including SNAP, WIC, or TANF, you may be eligible for Free and Reduced Priced Meals. If you apply online, there is a calculator on the application to help determine your eligibility.

BVP provides free bus service. Specific transportation information will be discussed during enrollment meetings, which are held after the lottery. For a list of current stops, you can find our current bus schedule on our website.

All siblings must apply ​to the lottery every year. Siblings are given preference in the lottery above non-sibling applicants. If there are no available seats, then siblings are given preference on the waitlist.

Each year, the lottery runs on March 1 for the following school year.

BVP’s lottery will be conducted on March 1 with auditors from KLR present. Families will be notified via the contact information they provided on SchoolMint (either email or text message) by March 5. Families who are wait­listed will be notified of their wait­list status and have the ability to monitor their status through SchoolMint. If/when a seat becomes available, families will be notified of a seat offer and given the option to accept the seat directly through SchoolMint, or by contacting BVP.