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Open Enrollment is now Closed

Open Enrollment in DCSD for the 2022/23 school year opens on     November 1, 2021

First Round Open Enrollment closes on December 1st at 4:00pm. Schools will extend offers of open enrollment based on space availability by December 7th. Parents can see offers in the EngagED Parent Portal on December 10th at 8:00 am and have until December 17th at 4:00 pm, to log back in and accept any open enrollment offers. In the event you did not receive any offers during First Round, you will remain on a waitlist for Second Round of Open Enrollment, which opens on January 24th at 8:00 am.

**Second Round Open Enrollment closes on August 2, 2022 at 4:00 pm.  If you were put on the waitlist during the first round, you will still be on that list for the second round. Schools will ONLY reach out to you when and if a spot becomes available**

Open Enrollment Is Now CLosed

If you are open enrolled at a neighborhood school or attend a charter but would like to return to the neighborhood school associated with your address for the next school year you must file an intent to return form by January 5, 2022.


  • Click here for step by step instructions on how to use the tool
  • First round open enrollment is not first-come, first-served; you have until December 1st at 4:00 pm to complete this process.
  • You may request that a confirmation email be sent to you after your request has been submitted.
  • Parents wishing to enroll their three and four-year-olds in district preschools do not go through open enrollment. Preschool registration will take place in early January. Follow this link for more information.
  • You can change your open enrollment request choices at any time until December 1st  by 4:00 pm.
  • You can choose to have your choices emailed to you after you have completed open enrollment.
  • Schools will offer you an open enrollment slot, based on space availability. You can log back into the EngagED Parent Portal on December 10th to check for any offers you may have received.
  • You have until December 17th at 4:00pm to accept an open enrollment offer from a school through the EngagED Parent Portal.
  • If your open enrollment request is not accepted by any school, or you didn't log in and accept your offer, you will automatically be placed on the second round open enrollment wait-list, which runs from January 24th  through August 1nd at 4:00 pm.
  • Second round open enrollment is "first come first served." Students requesting open enrollment only in the second round are placed on the wait-list behind those that are currently on the wait-list from first round. Schools will ONLY reach out to you when and if a spot becomes available.
  • If you are open enrolled at a neighborhood school or attend a charter but would like to return to the neighborhood school associated with your address for the next school year you must file an intent to return form by January 5, 2022.
  • If you are moving within the district but would like to remain at your current school, you may do so by filing an intent to remain form at any time.
  • Transportation for resident students granted permission to attend a school or program outside their neighborhood attendance area shall be furnished by their parent/guardian.

NOTE: This application does not support applying to DCSD preschools. The following Charter Schools will be utilizing the tool this year: Sky View Academy, Aspen View Academy, Challenge to Excellence,  World Compass Academy, DCS Montessori and Ben Franklin Academy.  Please contact all other Charter schools directly to learn more about enrollment options for charter schools. For DCSD preschools click this link.

First Window: November 1, 2021 - December 1, 2021

Second Window: January 24, 2022 - August 1, 2022

 

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