Enroll a New Student
Welcome!
We are excited that you and your family are joining our school community!
PLEASE READ the following information carefully to help you through the registration process. Things you may need to do before starting registration and any required documents to complete registration are outlined for a smooth and efficient process. If you encounter any problems or have any questions, please email the Central Registrar at Rayna.Bishop@mtnviews.org.
Prekindergarten: Start Here
Prekindergarten registration is a 2-step process:
Step 1
Visit the MVSU PreK page first to complete the application for a spot in a district Pre-K program.
Step 2
If there is space available in the program, the prekindergarten coordinator will contact you to confirm that your child can be enrolled, and then you can proceed with the formal Pre-K to 12 registration process below.
PLEASE DO NOT SKIP STEP 1
If your child is not on the Step 1 initial application list, it invalidates their registration and lottery inclusion (should one be necessary).
Grades K-6: Start Here
First determine if you need to complete an “ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHOICE” application:
(Only available to In-District resident students.)
The elementary school in your town of residence is considered your “home” school. (Bridgewater’s & Pomfret’s “home” school is WES grades K-4, and TPVS grades 5 & 6.)
If you wish to enroll in a MVSD elementary school in a different town than the one in which you live, you must first apply and be approved for Intra-District School Choice.
The school your child attended for prekindergarten does not automatically guarantee entrance to that school’s kindergarten if you are not a resident of that town.
All New Students
If you are registering more than one student, regardless of grade or school, you only need one parent account in Alma Start. Each student will have their own registration page and require their own documentation, but you can complete the process from that one parent account.
Quite a few questions are solely for mandated state reporting, and not for our own use (e.g. race, ethnicity, etc.). Please answer them so that we don’t have to disturb you with a call to complete the information.
Documents you must upload for all students include:
The student’s birth certificate
TWO Proof of Residency documents as outlined below that clearly show the address you are proving.
Residency Defined:
The school district has an obligation to its taxpayers to fund the education of only those students who physically reside within the boundaries of the district. A legal resident of Vermont and of a school district is someone who meets the following criteria:
Domicile: a person’s true, fixed, and permanent home. You maintain a principal dwelling place in the school district indefinitely and, if temporarily absent, intend to return there, coupled with an act or acts consistent with that intent. A person may have only one residence at a given time.
Physical presence: You are physically present in Vermont for more than 183 days of the taxable year.
Homestead: A homestead is the principal dwelling and parcel of land surrounding the dwelling, owned and occupied by the resident as the person's domicile. All property is considered nonhomestead, unless it is declared as a homestead.
Category A — One of the following:
If you own your home:
Copy of most recent Homestead property tax bill
Proof of filing most recent tax year Homestead Declaration
Purchase & Sales Agreement (only for in-process transactions)
If you rent your home:
Copy of signed and dated current lease agreement
Notarized letter from landlord affirming tenancy (even if your “landlord” is a partner or relative)
Category B — One of the following:
most recent tax year filing of VT State Income Tax
if renting, a VT tax Renter Credit claim
valid VT Driver’s License showing district residence
current VT vehicle registration showing district residence
valid Voter Registration for in-district town
Please remember that you are providing proof of residency, so the documents you provide MUST show the physical location at which you live.
Documents that will be declined include:
Addresses with a P.O. Box.
Items that show only a mailing address with a different town, even if the street address line is the same.
Items that do not show both your name and your physical address (often occurring with screenshots or digital print-outs).
Residency: False Claims
Falsifying residency within the jurisdiction of a supervisory union school district is illegal and punishable by law. 13 V.S.A. § 3016
MVSU reserves the right to request up-to-date information/proof of residency if the district has reason to to believe the conditions of residency have changed. Residency can be reviewed at any time, and findings and determinations will be independent from anything previously decided.
The district shall, consistent with State statute, deny enrollment for pupils who are not legal residents of the district or who do not meet the statutory exceptions to the residency requirements.
Click on Alma Start to begin the registration process.
Do you already have a student in school and need to enroll another?
Click on this guide: Adding a new student to an existing parent account in Alma Start!