Choice/Open Enrollment Frequently Asked Questions

If you live inside the Thompson School District and wish to attend a school that is outside of your designated attendance area, please apply for Choice Enrollment.

If you live outside the Thompson School District and wish to attend a TSD school, please apply for Open Enrollment.

You may enter your address in the School Locator to determine your neighborhood school(s).

Choice Enrollment (Resident Students)

Once enrolled in your school of choice, you do not need to apply again: Your student can remain enrolled through the highest grade the school serves, unless otherwise notified. You will need to complete a new Choice Enrollment application for the feeder school (grade 6 or 9) if you live outside of its attendance area.

If enrolled at a choice school, and you wish to return to your neighborhood school, you must apply to Return-To-Home.

If you move outside of Thompson School Districts' boundaries, you will need to apply via Open Enrollment annually. 

Open Enrollment (Non-Resident Students)

Once enrolled in your school of choice, you must apply annually. You will need to complete a new Open Enrollment application each year. Students who are Open Enrolled will have higher priority the following years to remain in the same school of choice and limit student mobility.

All students should register at their neighborhood school to guarantee a seat. Registration for the 2025-26 school year opens on November 1, 2024. If the student is offered a seat and you have accepted the seat at a choice school, the registrar will update the enrollment and registration.

All fifth and eighth grade students advancing to the next-level school will be automatically enrolled at their neighborhood school regardless of their current school enrollment.

All students should proceed as though they will attend their neighborhood school until Choice/Open Enrollment notifications are sent.

Please meet with neighborhood school representatives and register for classes at your neighborhood school while awaiting results.

After choice enrollment decisions are sent, students who have been offered and have accepted a seat to their choice school will have their enrollment, registration, and course requests transferred from their neighborhood school to the choice school.

Your student will attend your neighborhood school.

After the lottery, all Choice Enrollment Round 1 applicants that are not offered a seat will be waitlisted, as well as all Choice Enrollment Round 2 applicants and all Open Enrollment applicants. The student’s position number, posted on your Scribbles Family Dashboard, indicates how many applications are ahead of your student’s application waiting for an available seat. 

You must use your child’s resident address, which is defined as where the child sleeps on school nights. If a child sleeps at multiple homes, it is up to the parents to determine which is the primary residence for the student. Only one address may be used.

No, you must submit separate applications for each child, including multiple-birth siblings.

In almost all circumstances, TSD will not provide transportation to choice or open enrolled students.

Choice and Open Enrollment are not for preschool students. Please visit the Early Childhood website for more information.

 If your student changes their mind before the first day of school and does not want to attend the requested Choice Enrollment school they can still attend their boundary school.

Please withdraw the Choice Enrollment application through the Family Dashboard and reach out to the Choice school's front office staff. If the change occurs during the summer, please contact the Central Registration office 970-613-5767.