Registration for new families begins at the Education Services Center, 5776 South Crocker Street, Littleton, CO 80120 between 7:30a.m. and 4:30p.m. Appointments are welcomed.  LPS welcomes out-of-district students.  Information and applications are available by visiting the LPS District website. 

Please call Sarah MacDonald, our central registrar, at 303-347-4360. 

For information on Wilder  Elementary School, please contact Chris Marsh, enrollment secretary, at 303-347-4760.  We look forward to seeing you to begin the registration process.

Central Registration Process

The following information/paperwork is necessary to complete the registration process to attend Littleton Public Schools:

1. Proof of physical residency within the LPS boundaries; this should be a current lease, warranty deed or deed of trust to the property, or an XCel Energy bill dated within 30 days of registration with the parent or parents’ names on it.

**If, as parent(s)/legal guardian(s), your name(s) are not the names on the lease, deed or XCel bill, two items must be provided:

¨       The lease, deed or XCel bill of the legal property owner or renter

¨       A notarized letter written by the legal property owner or renter stating the child(ren being registered for Littleton Public Schools and their parent(s) are residing with said legal property owner or renter

2. Valid birth certificate or passport (please note that if there has been a legal name change, those documents are required as well in order for the most recent change to be entered into our student information system as the child’s legal name).

3. Immunization records.

4. If the child(ren) being registered are residing with someone other than their parent(s) or current legal guardian(s) and that person is seeking to register the child(ren) and in fact resides within LPS boundaries, completed, notarized and original temporary guardianship papers must be provided before registration can take place.

5. If the parents/legal guardians of the child(ren) do not live within LPS boundaries, they must first apply for nonresident open enrollment with the school or schools they would like their child(ren) to attend.  Once the open enrollment has been approved by the individual schools(s), then the family may proceed with the registration process.  Proof of residency is not required for nonresidents.

6. If the parent(s)/legal guardian(s) do in fact reside within the LPS boundaries and wish to enroll their child(ren) at a school other than their attendance area school, they must first apply for in-district open enrollment or transfer.  Once the open enrollment/transfer has been approved by the individual school(s), then the family may proceed with the registration process.  Proof of residency is still required.

Open Enrollment

Littleton Public Schools offers many educational choices to resident and nonresident parents and students. LPS schools accept in-district transfer students and open enrolled students on a space available basis. State law allows non-resident parents to enroll their children in LPS or any other Colorado school without paying tuition when state and district guidelines are followed Parents wishing to transfer or open enroll their children are to call their chosen school for further information and an application. Parents are reminded that children may enter kindergarten if they are five years old on or before October 1st of the year of enrollment.

LPS values a family's right to choose the school that will best meet its children's needs.
District residents have priority consideration over nonresidents for open enrollment or transfers from October 1 to January 31 of each school year. After January 31, all enrollment/transfer requests will be considered on a first-come, first-served basis.

• Resident students do not need to reapply once accepted at the new school.
• Transportation will not be provided unless there is room on an established route.
• There must be room in the grade level the student will enter.
• There must be a program in the new school that is appropriate for the enrolling or transferring student.
• Guidelines for Open Enrollment (Nonresident students)

Application may be made for the next school year beginning October 1 of each year. However, resident applications will receive priority consideration over nonresident applications from October 1 through January 31. After January 31, all applications—resident and nonresident—will be considered on a first-come, first-served basis when the following requirements are met:

• There must be room in the grade level the student will enter.
• There must be a program in place in the new school that is appropriate for the enrolling student.
• No district transportation will be provided unless there is room on an established route.
• The student must be in good standing in his or her previous school.
• Nonresident students must apply yearly for continued enrollment in LPS.

LPS and Douglas County Schools have a special agreement that provides some waivers of nondistrict resident requirements. For information, call 303-347-3300