You may still complete a late choice application, late choice applications may be placed on a waiting list until space becomes available at the requested school.
You may complete a school choice application by visiting your choice school and requesting a paper form and your choice school can send to the School Choice office, or you may download the application and submit to schoolchoice@groups.volusia.k12.fl.us
Please note, due to late application that seats are not guaranteed and are base solely on capacity of a school.
The application process for Volusia County School District controlled open enrollment is available through your parent portal account. The applications for the subsequent school year to be submitted January 3, 2024 through March 1, 2024 in order to facilitate timely decisions and notifications.
Applications are accepted outside the open enrollment period when a school has not reached capacity or a school choice request is based on a documented hardship. You may complete a paper application at any Volusia County School after March 1, 2024.
Parents are notified of the choice enrollment window via the district website, and posters placed at the schools. The district will accept and consider applications where available capacity exists at the requested school. The district will approve variance requests where available capacity exists at the requested school. Further, if the parent's first choice is not able to be approved, the district designee tries to accommodate the family at another requested school.
Submitting an application does not guarantee the student will be approved to transfer to the requested school.
The Controlled Open Enrollment does not govern Charter Schools or Alternative Schools. Each of these schools has admissions criteria to determine enrollment along with program capacity.
The key factor in granting or denying a request is the capacity of the school in terms of available classrooms, staffing, and/or program availability. The following are often the basis for granting a variance request when enrollment is at or exceeding available capacity:
Appeal Process
An applicant may appeal the denial of a choice assignment if received by the district School Choice Department prior to the end of open enrollment. Please note, that a student that was placed on a waiting list is not considered denied. Notwithstanding the opportunity for appeal, no expectation for, or entitlement to, a choice assignment shall exist for a school that is at or over capacity. There are no appeals for late applications.
Appeal requests may be sent via email to: schoolchoice@groups.volusia.k12.fl.us or U.S. Postal Mail to: School Choice Department, 3750 Olson Drive, Daytona Beach, FL 32124
Student bus transportation is only guaranteed when the student attends his/her zoned school, and resides outside of the school’s two-mile walk zone. Parents/legal guardians are responsible for transportation for students attending a choice school, and ensuring their students arrive on time to school.
Each Volusia County school is considered a school of choice and will be designated with one of the following classifications: substantial capacity, limited capacity, or at or over capacity. Available school capacity is the primary determining factor for approvals of choice applications. The classification of each school is based on SY 2023-2024 projected student enrollments.