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°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¡¯s K-12 school choice program allows families to select the school they feel best meets their child¡¯s educational needs. Acceptance is subject to space availability and eligibility requirements. Submitting a school choice application does not guarantee enrollment at any school applied for.

• Centennial High School and Poudre Community Academy are alternative schools that use a separate application process; therefore, the school choice application process is not applicable for these schools. Contact those schools directly for more information.
• Charter Schools operate independently from °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê and have their own school choice process. Please contact the charter schools directly about school choice.
• Does not apply to early childhood programming.
• Round-trip transportation is the responsibility of the parent/legal guardian for School Choice students. For more information: District Policy JFBA Choice/Open /Enrollment  | °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê Transportation website.

Parents/legal guardians must register students entering kindergarten at their designated , even if an application is pending for choice/open enrollment. Please refer to District Policy JEB for age requirements for kindergarten in °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê.

• Registering at the designated neighborhood school does not impact a pending school choice application or potential seat offers from a choice school or program.
• Online registration for the 2024-25 school year is open for parents/legal guardians to register their incoming kindergartner.
• In-person registration is available anytime for families at neighborhood elementary schools. Contact your student¡¯s neighborhood school for school hours.
• Early kindergarten registration allows schools to determine their classroom sizes, staffing needs and the number of school choice seats they can offer.

When applications are not required:

• Students who wish to enroll at or return to their designated neighborhood school for the next school year do not need to submit an application.  Contact the designated neighborhood school before school begins to enroll the student for the next school year.

• A student who has moved out of a designated neighborhood attendance area for a school can remain enrolled through all grades served at that school and should reach out to the school¡¯s registrar. Parents/legal guardians will need to provide transportation for their students to that school.

• Students who intend to remain at their current school choice school for the next year do not need to reapply.

• District employees who wish to enroll their child in a district neighborhood school that is not their student¡¯s designated neighborhood school for the next school year should reach out the school¡¯s registrar. 

When applications are required:

•  A school choice application must be submitted for each student and for each school to attend a school that is not a student¡¯s designated neighborhood school or to attend a choice-only school. This includes siblings and multiple birth siblings (i.e. twins, triplets, etc.)

•  Students who wish to change schools or return to their designated neighborhood school after the school year has started must follow the School Choice application process.

• Students changing levels for the next school year (elementary to middle school or middle school to high school) and would like to attend the next level that is not their designated neighborhood school must follow the School Choice application process.

• If a seat offer is rejected or automatically declined due to no response, parents/legal guardians can reapply to the school.

• District employees who wish to enroll their child in a district option school program that does not have a neighborhood attendance area, must follow the School Choice application process. Option program schools are Harris and Traut Elementary Schools; Kinard Middle School; Polaris Expeditionary Learning School and Poudre Global Academy. 

• District employees who wish to change schools for their students after the school year has started must follow the School Choice application process.

•  Waitlisted applications cannot be renewed. A new school choice application must be submitted for the next school year.

• First-round school choice applications are not considered on a first-come-first-serve basis; they are processed in a lottery to determine order within the application¡¯s priority ranking.
• All first-round school choice applications are based on space availability and eligibility requirements.

Comprehensive information about the seat offer process is available in these documents: Seat Offer Process | Espa?ol Seat Offer process.

• For information about the status of a school choice application or space availability at a school, please contact that school directly.

• Seat offers are based on space availability and continue until all seats are filled. Parents/legal guardians should frequently check email and log into their account to view the family dashboard for updates, particularly during the notification period.

• Parents/legal guardians have five week days (M-F, including holidays and other school closure days) to accept or reject the seat offer. Day one begins on the week day that the notification is sent. 

• Parents/legal guardians can respond to a seat offer online by accessing their . 
  • If responding to a seat offer by cell phone, scroll to the side where the student application (s) are listed to see the "Accept" or "Reject" buttons. 
  • To confirm a response to a seat offer, access your Family Dashboard.
  • If a seat offer is rejected or automatically declined due to no response, this cannot be reversed. Parents/guardians can reapply to the school. It is the responsibility of the parent/guardian to respond to seat offer notifications before the stated deadline. No exceptions are made. 
  • If a seat is currently not available, applicants are placed on a school¡¯s waitlist. Students remain on waitlists until a seat is offered or until the waiting list is purged, which occurs annually. 
• When you apply for school choice, and a seat is offered and you accept the seat, you are declining your student's seat at their °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê neighborhood school for the following school year. The neighborhood school may then offer your student's seat to a school choice applicant.

• Per district policy JFBA Choice /Open Enrollment: Students must commit and plan to remain in the school or program of choice for at least the remainder of the school year for which the student was admitted. Students who wish to return to their neighborhood school or attend a different school after the school year has started must follow the School Choice application process.

• Students who wish to return to their designated neighborhood school or attend a different school after the school year has started must follow the School Choice application process.
•  Refer to District Policy JFBA Choice/Open Enrollment for more information.

• Students who leave a school of choice school or program during a current school year and wish to return the next school year must submit a new School Choice application for the student to be considered to return.