
LPS Open Enrollment Guidelines:
In an effort to better serve families, LPS offers two open enrollment windows. All qualified students who apply within an open enrollment window will be part of a random drawing for admission, following district enrollment guidelines. This means families will have several weeks to turn in open enrollment applications for a random drawing of qualified students. Families will no longer feel pressured to line up on October 1st to turn in applications for open enrollment. Open enrollment applications must be turned in to each requested school.
Open Enrollment for the 2024–2025 school year is as follows:
- Open Enrollment Window One for incoming high school students begins October 1, 2023 and ends November 15, 2023. No open enrollment applications or Intent To Renew forms for incoming elementary students or incoming middle school students will be collected during Open Enrollment Window One for the 2024-2025 school year.
- Incoming high school students will be notified by the end of the first full week in December if they have been admitted based on the availability of space at the grade level and school, and if the review of records indicates that the student is in good standing. Qualified students in good standing who apply and are not admitted in Open Enrollment Window One will be placed on a waitlist. Should space become available, a random drawing based on LPS Open Enrollment Guidelines will occur. Additionally, qualified high school students who applied in Open Enrollment Window One will be placed in the random drawing before high school students who applied during Open Enrollment Window Two.
- Open Enrollment Window Two for all incoming elementary, middle and high school students begins November 16, 2023 and ends the first Friday following winter break (January 12, 2024). ALL open enrollment applications and Intent To Renew forms for incoming elementary students and incoming middle school students will be collected during Window Two.
- Students will be notified by the second Friday of the second semester (January 19, 2024) if they have been admitted based on the availability of space at the grade level and school, and if the review of records indicates that the student is in good standing.
- Kindergarten registration window begins December 1, 2023 and ends January 18, 2024. Families will be notified of open enrollment admission at the end of January.
- Parents and students will receive notification about the availability of services from the requested school.
- If, based upon the unavailability of services, enrollment in the requested school would constitute a change of placement for the student, an Individualized Education Program (IEP) team will be convened to determine whether the student can receive a free, appropriate, public education in the least restrictive environment at the requested school.
Littleton Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, creed, age, religion, sex (which includes transgender and gender identity), marital status, sexual orientation, disability, or need for special education services in its programs or activities.
Please submit all open enrollment applications and supporting documents directly to Arapahoe High School. You may drop off your application packet at the main office Monday - Friday between the hours of 8:00am and 3:30 pm. If you are unable to submit your packet in person, please contact Mrs. Dunsmore, Administrative Assistant to the Principal, at jdunsmore[at]lps.k12.co[dot]us (303-347-6023).
Please include all of the following items with your application (incomplete application packets can not be processed and may delay the disposition):
- A letter (200 words or less) from the student, written to Mrs. Pramenko stating why he/she would like to be a student at Arapahoe High School, and indicating any extra-curricular activities they have participated in and any they might be interested in at AHS
- An unofficial copy of the student's transcript/grades (for incoming 9th graders we need 7th-grade grades and if or when current 8th-grade grades are available please include them)
- A copy of the student’s 7th & 8th grade attendance records
- A copy of the student’s complete discipline records (even if there is no discipline record, we need something from the school stating that fact)
- 2024-2025 Application for Admission of Open Enrollment or Transfer - English
- 2024-2025 Application for Admission of Open Enrollment or Transfer - Spanish
Once accepted by Arapahoe High School, you will need to register with the district.*
Please call the Administrative Assistant to the Principal at 303-347-6023 with questions. Thank you.