Make your lottery as easy as possible with Lotterease!�
We understand that there are a lot of different parts in the lottery process. From the registration of students to the drawing and notification of the selected applicants, the paper process is complicated. �Our system is designed to make sure that you can handle all the steps that you�ll encounter with ease and at a price that your school can afford.
We�ve made sure to include all the features below to make the lottery process easy for you.
Ease of Use:
- One-click lottery.
- Supports sibling and twin pairings.
- Application data entered by parents will be ready for the lottery.
- Siblings of a current student are added into the existing parent account.
- Manages cutoff numbers for each grade for generating selected and waiting lists.
- Lotteries can be set as closed to new applicants online, but staff can continue to add applicants if desired.
- Reports display a list of applicants by lottery status.
Security/Transparency/Fairness:
- Secure, password protected system for Parents and Staff.
- Fully randomized and auditable lottery. No more pulling names out of a hat or random number generator.
- Random algorithm ensures fair placement of applicants.
- Viewable timestamped history log of parent activity on the portal.
- History log of movement on the waitlist for applicants.
- Log of all emails sent to parents
Waitlists:
- Run lottery for one or many grades.
- Waitlisted applicants will be ranked according to the lottery selection and sibling preferences.
- Parents can check their waitlist position at any time on the portal.
- Management tools for staff to adjust the waitlist and all changes are logged and auditable.
- Waitlist rearranges instantly when a parent withdraws their child and the parent of a newly selected applicant is informed via email.
Notifications:
- Automatically emails parent notifications of lottery placement.
- Option to turn on/off lottery notifications.
- Mobile access to lottery results.
- Reduce phone calls by anxious parents.
- Staff is immediately notified of any failed emails to parents.