The Open Enrollment process for the 2008-09 is now closed.  No additional applications will be accepted and no additional offers will be made from the wait lists.  The exception to this rule is that the wait lists for the three charter schools (Horizons K-8, Peak to Peak Charter, and Summit Charter) will remain active through the end of September and will be closed at the end of the day Tuesday, September 30, 2008 per their contractual agreements. 

The application period for the 2009-2010 school year will begin at 8:00 am on Monday, December 1, 2008 and will close promptly at 4:00 pm on Friday, January 16, 2009.  Applications will be available on December 1st at every school in the district, in the Open Enrollment Office, and may be downloaded from this website.

Please contact the Open Enrollment Office at 303-245-5900 for questions and clarification.

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The online enrollment process is organized in steps. Please follow all steps in this process in order:

1. Review the Open Enrollment flow chart.
2. Read the Open Enrollment Procedures document.
3. New application will be available December 1, 2009.
4. Return the form to the Open Enrollment Office.

See the Lottery Process document for information on lottery procedure.

For additional information, contact the Open Enrollment Office.

The Board of Education supports a variety of high quality educational programs. Students may:

• attend their district designated neighborhood school (based on home address)
• open enroll to another neighborhood school
• open enroll in a focus school (meets BVSD standards but may have a different curriculum or philosophy)
• open enroll in a charter school (an independent school) within the district

Through open enrollment parents/guardians may choose to enroll in a school outside of their neighborhood as long as there is sufficient programming, staff and space at the school. Parents/guardians who reside outside BVSD may open enroll their children into this district -- currently about 800 of Boulder Valley's students are from neighboring districts.

Although Open Enrollment has existed in BVSD since 1961, it did not truly take hold until the mid-1990s. As more parents availed themselves of this option, it became the focal point of some controversy. The authors undertook this study to systematically describe and evaluate the open enrollment system as it now exists in Boulder Valley School District, and to provide information to BVSD officals, the School Board, and the public. On October 24th, 2000, the authors presented the results of this study, in report form, to the BVSD Board of Education. The executive summmary and recommendations can be found via the link below.

Open Enrollment Executive Summary

If you experience difficulties downloading the document, you can get a hard copy sent to you by e-mailing the Superintendent's Office. Please include your mailing address and the name of the document you require (BVSD Open Enrollment Report) in the body of the message. Or call the Superintendent's Office at (303) 447-5111.