This post is for those of you moving or considering a move to the Boulder, Colorado area. I know a lot of people who have recently applied for Open Enrollment for their children in the BVSD and were not selected. The schools do not have many openings so you are then left to attend your neighborhood school.
For people moving to this area it's important that you understand this because it's very likely the neighborhood school assigned to your home address will be the school where your children will attend unless you consider a private school.
Here is some pertinent info from BVSD as a reference for you.
The Boulder Valley School District has an Open Enrollment Policy:
"Students may attend their district designated neighborhood school (based on home address), or application may be made for open enrollment to another neighborhood school,"
The Open Enrollment process is like a lottery system and there is a hierarchy as well for being selected to enroll your child in a school other than your designated neighborhood school based on your home address.
Preference is given to students as follows:
1. In-district students before any consideration is given to students outside the Boulder Valley School District.
2. District students who move out of their district designated neighborhood school attendance area and wish to remain at the school the students is currently attending. Moving outside the boundaries of the school attendance area or BVSD may jeopardize the student's space in this school.
3. Students wishing to return to their designated neighborhood school.
4. Students of parents/guardians identified as founding families during the formation of a new strand, focus or charter school and who have worked significant hours to initiate and develop the program.
Preference will be given to founding families for three years following the opening of the strand or focus school. (Charter and focus schools have additional preference considerations as listed on the application form.)
5. Sibling preferences are tiered:
a. A new student whose sibling has been in attendance and will be attending the school the following year.
b. A sibling of a student offered placement during the same open enrollment period.
6. A student who is the child of a current employee at the requested school.
7. When two or more siblings apply for open enrollment at the same school, and one is accepted the other(s) will be given preference.
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