- February 4, 2025
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The Flagler Schools school choice window for 2025-26 will be open from Feb. 14 to March 7 for families who want their children to attend schools outside of their zone.
Applications will be accepted for controlled open enrollment and for programs of study for high school students.
According to a district presentation at the School Board’s Jan. 28 workshop, only schools that are not above 90% capacity are eligible for controlled open enrollment, leaving space for new students who live in those school zones.
That includes only four of the five elementary schools and Buddy Taylor Middle School. There are 340 seats available at Rymfire Elementary, 158 at Bunnell Elementary, 51 at Old Kings Elementary, 33 at Buddy Taylor and 18 at Wadsworth Elementary.
Indian Trails Middle School, Belle Terre Elementary School and both high schools are not available for open enrollment, but students can apply to either high school to enroll in a particular program of study.
Matanzas and Flagler Palm Coast high schools offer different programs of study, but both schools will be offering the allied health program in 2025-26.
FPC’s other programs include Aeronautics, which is a dual-enrollment program with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Entrepreneurship; Fire Academy; International Baccalaureate; Air Force Junior ROTC; Technical Agricultural Operations; and Vet Assisting.
Matanzas programs include Cambridge Advanced International Certificate of Education (AICE); Cybersecurity; Hospitality and Tourism; Army JRTOC; Law and Justice; and Marketing and Finance.
Superintendent LaShakia Moore said in a video message, which is on the Flagler Schools website that any high school student who wants to participate in a program of study next year will need to apply regardless if they are zoned for that school or not.
Director of Student Services John Fanelli told the board that beginning this year once a student is accepted to an out-of-zone school through school choice, they will no longer need to apply again.
School choice applications can be found on the website at flaglerschools.com/students-families/school-choice.
Families will receive notifications of acceptance on April 1. Also on April 1, the window opens for new student applications including VPK.
Controlled open enrollment and school choice for high school programs of study are two of the four choice options in the district, according to the presentation.
The others are employee choice for students to attend a school where their parent or guardian is an employee and hardship requests when a situation adversely impacts a student at their zoned school.
