INTENT TO RETURN
Students open enrolled in a school of choice, or attending a charter school, who wish to return to their address assigned school for the 2025 - 2026 school year, must submit a Notice of Intent to Return form to the Registrar by January 10, 2025.
If the form was not received by this date, you will need to apply for open enrollment for a chance to return.
INTENT TO REMAIN
Students who continue to reside in Douglas County (and still within DCSD) but have moved out of the attendance boundaries of Cimarron, and wish to remain, must submit a Notice of Intent to Remain form to the Registrar. These students DO NOT need to open enroll.
OPEN ENROLLMENT
Families who wish to enroll their student in a school other than their address assigned school must complete an open enrollment application during one of two open enrollment periods DCSD offers annually.
You do not need to open enroll to stay at your school of current enrollment (UNLESS you have moved out of district). For more information, please visit DCSD Choice Programming or contact Kristin Schmidt at klschmidt@dcsdk12.org.
The login process for accessing the EngagED Parent Portal:
Parents/guardians must add @p.dcsdk12.org after their single sign-on username when logging into the EngagED Parent Portal.
log in = YourUserName@p.dcsdk12.org and password
Open Enrollment is closed
OPEN ENROLLMENT - FIRST ROUND
NOVEMBER 1, 2024 8am - DECEMBER 2, 2024 4pm
CLOSED
Step by step instructions on how to use the tool are available during open enrollment.
Schools have until December 6 at 4pm to offer you an open enrollment slot, based on space availability. You can log back into EngagED parent portal on or after December 11 at 8am to check on any offers you may have received.
You have until December 18 at 4pm 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 did not log in and accept your offer, you will automatically be placed on the second round open enrollment wait list, which runs from January 22 to August 1, 2025.
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 a Notice of Intent to Return by January 10, 2025.
If you are moving within the district but would like to remain at your current school, you may do so by filing a Notice of Intent to Remain 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.
OPEN ENROLLMENT - SECOND ROUND
JANUARY 22, 2025 8am - AUGUST 1, 2025 4pm
CLOSED
For parents who did not request open enrollment in the first round, the second round of open enrollment begins 8am on January 22, 2025.
Students will be placed on the prioritized second round open enrollment wait list on a first come, first served basis.
Schools will ONLY reach out to you when and if a spot becomes available.
Transportation for resident students granted permission to attend a school or program outside their neighborhood attendance area shall be furnished by their parent/guardian.
Please visit DCSD Open Enrollment for additional information and to apply.
§ Click HERE for step by step instructions on how to use the tool