Participation in School Choice
If you’d like your student to attend an Academy District 20 (ASD20) school which is different than the one assigned to your student's address, or if your student lives outside of district boundaries, you will need to apply for School Choice.
When do I Fill Out a School Choice Application?
In-District Students
If you'd like your student to attend a school which is different than the one assigned to your address, you'll need to apply for School Choice.
If you're already attending one of our schools via School Choice, that strand of schools becomes your path through our district. If you want to move to a school outside of this path of schools, even if it's back to your neighborhood school, you'll need to re-apply.
Out-of-District Students
If your student wants to attend an Academy District 20 school, but lives outside our boundaries, you'll need to apply for School Choice.
If your out-of-district student is already attending an Academy District 20 school via School Choice, but is transitioning from elementary to middle school (5th to 6th grade), or from middle to high school (8th to 9th grade), you'll need to re-apply.
Non-participating Schools
While most Academy District 20 schools accept School Choice applications, there are a few exceptions. The schools below do not participate in School Choice:
Aspen Valley High School
Home School Academy
Village High School
Village Middle School
The Classical Academy
New Summit Charter Academy
Preschool
School Capacity
Some of our schools may be at or near their student capacity. It is important that you select a second choice school during the application process in case your first choice school is unavailable.
Application Acceptance & Considerations
School Choice applies to students, kindergarten through 12th grade, wishing to attend a school other than their neighborhood school. Students are accepted based on space availability and in the following priority order:
In-district families with siblings already attending the school selected
In-district families with no siblings attending the school selected
Out-of-district employee children
Returning out-of-district students
New out-of-district students
If more students apply than seats available, a lottery is held following the same priority order.
Submit an Application
This application process is entirely online.
The application will be available on this page when the School Choice Window opens.
After the Application
Once your application is submitted you will receive an email confirmation from our Central Registry Office containing any additional instructions or next steps.
School Choice notifications will be made according to the schedule on the School Choice Window page. This may change depending on the volume of applications.
If you wish to change your School Choice selection, or revert back to a neighborhood school, a new School Choice application may be submitted per the posted School Choice Window dates.
Important Terms
Registration: This step occurs after you've successfully completed the School Choice application process. All parents/guardians must complete this step for their student(s) to be enrolled and attend our schools. Find out more on the Registration page.
School Choice Application: The process a parent/guardian must complete to apply for attendance at a school that is not the student’s neighborhood school.
Neighborhood School: A neighborhood school is the designated school assigned to an address within ASD20 boundaries.
Assigned School: The school a student attends after being accepted through School Choice.
Feeder Schools or Feeder Strand: A set of schools that a student’s enrollment will follow from the school/grade of initial enrollment through 12th grade.
e.g. Douglass Valley Elementary School > Eagleview Middle School > Air Academy High School
In-district families: Families who live within ASD20 boundaries.
Out-of-district families: Families who live outside ASD20 boundaries.
All-families: All families, whether they live in or out of ASD20 boundaries.