Open Enrollment
Open Enrollment at the secondary level is approval for Middle School AND High School. Once you accept Open Enrollment at the secondary level you will automatically stay at CRMS and then at Castle View High School as well (unless you complete an Intent to Return or Open Enroll elsewhere).
Open Enrollment IS NOT available during the current school year for the same school year
OPEN ENROLLMENT APPLICATION AND INFORMATION
Open Enrollment is now OPEN for the 2025-2026 school year until August 1st, 2025
1st Round of Open Enrollment: November 1st - December 2nd
First round of Open Enrollment applications will open November 1st at 8:00 am through December 2nd at 4:00 pm for the 2025-2026 school year. Schools will extend offers of Open Enrollment based on space availability by December 6th. Parents can see offers in the EngagED Parent Portal on December 11th at 8:00 am and will have until December 18th at 4:00 pm, to log back in and accept any open enrollment offers. In the event you did not receive any offers during the First Round, you will remain on a waitlist for the Second Round of Open Enrollment. **You do not use your personal email to login to EngagED - you must use your username turned into an email: username@p.dcsdk12.org with the same password as you use for Infinite Campus.
2nd Round of Open Enrollment: January 22nd - August 1st
Second round of Open Enrollment will begin on January 22, 2025 at 8:00 am and closes on August 1, 2025 at 4:00 pm. You will be contacted by the school directly when there is availability.
After August 1st we cannot enroll currently enrolled DCSD students into a different school; Open Enrollment is not available during the school year. Please reach out to your current principal with questions and concerns.
If you are a new family to Douglas County School District and do not live in the Castle Rock Middle School boundary, you can reach out to our school to check on Choice availability.
What if I did an Intent to Remain this year or previously at the elementary because we moved out of the CRMS boundary?
You will still need to Open Enroll. Intent to Remain at the elementary level is good through the last grade served. For elementary that is 6th grade (in our feeder) and at the secondary level that includes up to 12th grade at Castle View High School. If you moved INTO the CRMS boundary and selected to only remain until the end of the school year - you will NOT have to Open Enroll.
What if my student is Open Enrolled to the elementary in your feeder and does not currently live in the CRMS boundaries?
You will need to complete Open Enrollment one last time. If given an offer, accepted and enrolled, this will be valid through 12th grade at Castle View High School.
What if we moved to the CRMS boundary but never updated our address at the current MIDDLE school and the Intent to Return date has passed?
If you moved more than 3 months prior to trying to change enrollment, you will need to complete Open Enrollment for the following school year.