The Mustang

While enrollment numbers are high, the entering class will not have to worry about a lottery in order to attend SDA as a freshman in the fall

A future return to the lottery system

By Kylie Schwartz, Editor-in-Chief March 23, 2021
With growing class sizes, SDA could see a return to the lottery admissions system in the future–though not for the upcoming freshman class
No Lottery for SDA

No Lottery for SDA

By Erin Maxwell, Assistant Features Editor March 24, 2017

All the eighth graders who have applied to SDA and the three other district high schools will be let in without a lottery, the San Dieguito Union High School District announced last week. District policy...

Love for the Lottery?

Love for the Lottery?

By Olivia Olander, News Editor September 10, 2015

The majority of the San Dieguito Union High School District school board supported keeping the current lottery process for the Academy during a community meeting that lasted over three hours on Monday,...

503 Freshmen Admitted This School Year

By Carina Julig, Opinion Editor September 29, 2014

Before school opened, SDA admitted 178 freshmen who were initially  put on the wait list. Also, after parents complained about their children not being accepted, the district decided to look  at changing...

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