Pre-enrolment and Registration Update
To help address enrolment growth, Lillian Osborne has a lottery process for new students enrolling for the 2025–26 school year. This only impacts new resident* students living in the designated attendance area who wish to enroll in a grade that does not have space in planned classes. Students who are currently enrolled at Lillian Osborne or who wish to enroll in a grade with space in planned classes are not impacted.
*A resident student of Edmonton Public Schools has at least one parent or legal guardian living in Edmonton who is not Roman Catholic.
LOTTERY PROCESS ONCE PRE-ENROLMENT CLOSES
Pre-enrolment closes at 4 p.m. on March 19. In April, the school will call the families of new resident students about the lottery results.
- If selected in the lottery, new resident students can attend the school.
- If not selected in the lottery, new resident students can:
- attend their overflow designated school or choose to enrol at a Level 1 school with space in planned classes (siblings may also enrol at the overflow designated school), and,
- request to be placed on a callback list if spaces open up until the last school day before pre-enrolment begins next school year.
ENROLLING AT AN OVERFLOW DESIGNATED SCHOOL OR OTHER DIVISION SCHOOL
We will help resident families who were not selected in the lottery process enrol at their overflow designated school, Strathcona High School. If families choose to go to another Edmonton public school, they will need to call or email their preferred school to see if there is space in planned classes.
Siblings will also be able to attend the overflow designated school, but if families choose to go to another Division school with space in planned classes, siblings are not guaranteed to attend.
REGISTRATION AFTER MARCH 19
Resident students who move into a Level 3 school’s attendance area for the 2025–26 school year after pre-enrolment closes on March 19 can be added to the bottom of the callback list. Students can attend their overflow designated school, another Edmonton Public school with space in planned classes, or remain at their current school.
TRANSPORTATION TO OVERFLOW DESIGNATED SCHOOLS
Students who require yellow bus service must apply before June 1, 2025. Important information and application forms can be found on the Applying for Yellow Bus Service page on epsb.ca.
Edmonton Transit Service (ETS) is the preferred transportation method for junior high and high school students; however, if ETS is not available, eligible students attending their overflow designated school may be able to apply for yellow bus service.
MORE INFORMATION
More information about the lottery process is available on epsb.ca. If you have any other questions, please contact the school office at 780-391-2450
