2017 Five Star Journal Winter Issue

2018-2019 Choice process
Submit application by January 31 for priority consideration
Last year, Adams 12 Five Star Schools received
more than 4,000 Choice applications for the
2017-2018 school year. In accordance with
the state’s open enrollment law, the district’s
Choice program allows for students to apply
to attend schools outside of their attendance
area boundary.
Both in-district and out-of-district students
can apply for Choice. Out-of-district Choice
requests are considered after in-district
applications. Acceptance to a Choice school
is based upon several criteria: availability of
space, sufficient teaching staff, appropriate
programs and the necessary facilities for
special needs students.
The Choice application and list of open
schools for the 2018-19 school year are
available online at www.adams12.org/choice.
For families without computer access, a
computer kiosk is available at all schools and
at the Educational Support Center located at
1500 E. 128th Avenue in Thornton.
The deadline for priority consideration is
Jan. 31, 2018 and is not first-come, first-served.
If the number of requests exceeds the spaces
available in a given school, the district will hold
a lottery. Parents and students submitting an
application for priority consideration will be
notified of the results of their application no
later than the third week of February.
The second deadline to submit a Choice
application for the 2018-2019 school year
is March 30, 2018. As with the first round, if
the number of requests exceeds the spaces
available for priority consideration in a
given school, the district will hold a lottery.
Notification of approval or denial will be made
no later than the third week of April.
In addition to the two deadlines above, in
some years a third round of Choice may be held
in August and September if space is available.
Schools open to the third round of Choice
will be posted online at www.adams12.org/
choice by Aug. 1. While the first and second
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