Colorado Schools: School of Choice Open Enrollment Information
If you have recently moved to Colorado or are planning on relocating to Denver, you may not know that as far as the public schools go – Colorado is an open enrollment state. Now, while you have the option to do this and open enroll, many families do attend their neighborhood school – the bottom line is, you have options.
Basically, what this means is that if a particular public school has room, they will open enroll for other children living in Colorado. This opens up an abundance of choice for your child’s education. Every school district seems to have their own spin on the rules and dates surrounding the open enrollment procedures, so it is important to start the process early and research it thoroughly. In fact, some of the districts have already started taking enrollment forms and others will soon and some schools within districts have info sessions for parents and sometimes the kids too.
Many Colorado school districts have award winning schools and it is surprising to some that some of the best schools still have room to take students almost every year. But not every school has room, some schools are at or near capacity so enrolling from out of district can be difficult if not impossible. Contact the school district for further info.
Here are a few of the dates for just some of the districts in the Denver and south suburbs area for the 2011 – 2012 school year. Note that open enrollment pertains to regular public schools only, for charter, magnet and private schools that’s a whole different story and you need to check out each school policy.
Littleton Public Schools
Open Enrollment – opened Oct 1, 2010
Deadline – January 31 2011
LPS Enrollment Info
Douglas County School District
Open Enrollment – opens 12/1/10
Deadline – 1/18/2011
DCSD 2011 – 2012 Open Enrollment Info
Denver Public Schools
School of Choice Round 1 – January 3 – Jan 31, 2011
Jeffco Public Schools
First Round – Jan 5, 2011 through Jan 24, 2011
Cherry Creek Schools
School of Choice Enrollment Nov 15, 2010 – February 1, 2011
Aurora Public Schools
Initial Open Enrollment Jan 15 – May 1
Please contact the district or school you are interested in for specific details related to them. These are just general dates related to each district, if you want to open enroll you must contact the school as soon as possible for their own guidelines and to find out if the specific school you are interested in is accepting open enrollments or if they are at capacity.
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