Poudre School District offers a wide variety of instructional options to meet the educational needs of students. Through School Choice, parents may register their child to attend a school outside their neighborhood attendance.

Families may submit School Choice applications now through February 2, 2008 for the 2008-2009 school year. The order in which School Choice applications are received prior to the deadline does not affect the chance of the student being accepted at the requested school. If the number of applicants exceeds the number of available slots for a particular school and grade level, students will be selected by public lottery.

Please complete one School Choice application form per child per school and submit to each school the student is applying to attend. School Choice application (spanish)

Among the areas of the policy are commitment – state law and PSD’s policy presume a family that exercises School Choice plans to keep their student (s) in that school for at least the full school year and also through all grades served by that school. Those wanting to transfer back to a previous school must complete a School Choice application and ask to be transferred back.

Once a student has been accepted into a school, there is no need for parents to resubmit a School Choice application each year. Families exercising School Choice will no longer receive a renewal letter or notice in the future. However, if a child is on a waiting list for a school and wants to remain there, parents must notify the school in writing each year of their desire to remain on the waiting list.

Eighth grade student athletes who plan to participate in high school athletics at a high school outside of their attendance area must submit a School Choice application to that high school by Friday, February 1, 2008. Once athletes begin practice at the high school as 9th graders, they must remain at the high school in order to maintain full varsity eligibility. If sometime during their high school career student athletes choose to return to their neighborhood high school, they will not be eligible to participate in 50% of varsity competition for the first year they return to their neighborhood school.

For complete details about PSD’s School Choice policy, visit the PSD web site at " School Registration.”.