7 schools, 18 grades, over 6,000 applicants, which resulted in over 30,000 list numbers, all processed in less than 1 hour!

The Success Charter Network in New York City has added three more schools to its growing network in 2010-11. This means seven different schools will enroll students selected in one grand Admissions Lottery, which took place April 13. inRESONANCE, the leader in open, customizable FileMaker® Pro-based software for schools, created the sophisticated software to run this Lottery, and has been managing it since its inception in 2006. Each year has brought more schools, and more candidates, into the process. Each year, the Lottery makes the evening news because places in these charter schools are so coveted.

Here's a report posted on Gotham Schools: http://gothamschools.org/2010/04/14/harlem-success-academies-lottery-low-key-but-high-tech/

In 2009, when the Lottery handled applications to four schools, Head of School Eva Moskowitz shared, "In August we will be opening three new schools in Harlem.  This is an unprecedented challenge, and inRESONANCE aided us in creating the program for our Admissions Lottery for all four schools.  We had 3600 applications for just 600 spots, and inRESONANCE provided us with the tools to manage this high parent demand."

Explore the Success Charter School Network’s web site to learn more. School culture is focused on college preparation, from Kindergarten forward, as explained this way:

“At Harlem Success Academy, the teachers and staff care deeply about our students and work tirelessly to ensure their success. The hallways are safe, clean, quiet and filled with colorful student work....We all know, it takes a lot to get into college. For Kindergarteners, college may seem like a distant concept and may have less meaning for them than the Way 2 Go! sticker they get for helping a classmate. How do we teach Kindergarteners to set college as a goal for themselves? We begin by referring to their class by the year they will graduate from college. They will forever remember that they are the college graduating class of 2022, 2023, and so on. We also refer to their classrooms by the college that their teacher went to....”