News Release
January 20, 2006
Schools Host Information Nights And Open Houses Leading Up To Jan. 31 "Choice Enrollment" Deadline For 2006-2007 School Year
Now is the time to begin enrolling students for the 2006-2007 school year. School information nights and open houses are underway (see list that follows enrollment information).
DPS offers a wide variety of choices including neighborhood schools, magnets, charters and other schools and gifted programs for kindergarten through eighth-grade students with extraordinary academic needs, abilities and potential. (Note that the application deadline for middle and high school magnet programs and gifted programs for kindergarten through eighth-grade students was Dec. 9, 2005.)
CHOICE ENROLLMENT PERIOD IS THIS MONTH
The month of January is the first round of Choice enrollment, which allows families to apply for a transfer to a neighborhood school outside the one in their own neighborhood.
Choice enrollment forms are available at all schools; completed forms for the 2006-2007 school year need to be returned to any school by Tuesday, Jan. 31 for central processing. A lottery will be conducted if there are more applicants than space available in a school. Families will receive acceptance letters by mid-February.
After Jan. 31, families need to apply directly to the specific school or schools that interest them. These applications may be completed through Thursday, Aug. 31. Students are enrolled during this second round of the Choice process on a first-come, first-served basis after the first round applicants have been placed. Waiting lists are maintained for schools with more applicants than space available.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MAGNET APPLICATION DEADLINE IS JAN. 31
The deadline for all 2006-2007 elementary school magnet applications also is Tuesday, Jan. 31. Magnet schools are one of the options into which students may choose to enroll. Elementary magnet schools are:
- Academia Ana Marie Sandoval De Lenguaje Dual Montessori (3 yrs-Grade 5)
- American Indian Focus Schools (K-12)
- Bryant-Webster K-8 School Dual Language Program (ECE-Grade 1)
- Denison Montessori (3 yrs-Grade 6)
- Fairmont Dual Immersion Academy (ECE-Grade 3)
- Garden Place Elementary School Denver Baccalaureate Preparatory Magnet (1-6)
- Knight Fundamental Academy (K-5)
- Lincoln Elementary School Montessori Program (3 yrs-Grade 4)
- Traylor Academy (ECE-5)
Access descriptions of magnet schools online at www.dpsk12.org/dps_today .
ENROLLMENT GUIDE IS ONLINE
The 2006 enrollment guide (in English and Spanish) is online from the "parents and students" link on the DPS homepage, www.dpsk12.org The guide outlines choices for families, district enrollment procedures and more.
TRANSPORTATION AND THE CHOICE ENROLLMENT PROCESS
Transportation to another neighborhood school is not provided through the Choice enrollment process. Transportation to magnet schools is provided in most cases. If your child attends a Title I school that has been rated unsatisfactory, you have the option to enroll in another school in the district, and transportation may be provided through an application process. Applications are mailed home to qualifying students. In all other cases, you must provide your own transportation through the Choice process.
UPCOMING SCHOOL INFORMATION NIGHTS AND OPEN HOUSES
6:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23
Brown International Elementary School
2550 Lowell Blvd., Denver, CO 80211
Phone: 303-477-1611; Website: brown.dpsk12.org
Want to see what's happening in our world? Visit the Brown International Elementary School open house from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23. Hear an update about the school's International Baccalaureate program, meet the staff and tour the school.
For information, contact the DPS Communications Office at 720-423-3414.