Any student attending Kilby Laboratory School must fill out an application. Seats in grades K-6 are filled with a maximum occupancy to be determined by the Director and faculty each year. Seats for each classroom are not guaranteed, but are filled by priority according to space availability and according to the following sequence:

1) Students in good standing already enrolled at Kilby

2) Students who are direct children of current University faculty or staff.

3) Siblings of students who have already been admitted

4) Students who are residents in the Florence City School District.

5) Any student who is legally qualified to attend a public or private school in Alabama.

Applications are reviewed in early spring for the upcoming school year (February). A random-drawing lottery is held once all the potential UNA employee students have been placed. If there are more UNA employee students than seats available, those students will be placed according to order of application received. Students’ names from the application wait-lists are entered into an online randomizer and then selected according to the outcome of the name-order prescribed by the randomizer. Those students not selected will remain on the wait list until a time comes when an opening becomes available again. The wait lists do travel with the students as they progress in grades from year-to-year. If more applicants exist than current slots are available, those applicants will remain on the wait list to be considered, should space become available. If an opening is declined by the applicant, the applicant will be removed from the waitlist. For applicants who wish to remain on the waitlist, reapplying is not necessary, as the names remain on the wait list each consecutive year in which students remain eligible to attend Kilby.

 

Each student who attends Kilby is asked to pay a $750, non-refundable student fee. This fee can be paid by an initial payment of $150, which secures the class slot for that student for the upcoming year. The remaining balance can be paid in installments, via payroll deduction (UNA employees only), or in a lump sum. All student fees must be paid by October 1st of the current school year.