Greater Hartford Regional School Choice Office (RSCO)

RSCO Application 2025-26 School Year

The on-time RSCO application for the 2025-26 school year closed on February 10, 2025, at 5:00 pm. The RSCO late application will open the week of March 10, 2025, after the first round of placements for each program (CTECS, Magnet, and Open Choice) have been announced.

RSCO School Choice Fair
RSCO is hosting a School Choice Fair on Saturday, March 22, from 10 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (doors close at 12:30 p.m.) at Sport and Medical Sciences Academy in Hartford. This free event will feature representatives from RSCO’s network of choice schools, offering families the opportunity to ask questions about the late application and the waitlist as well as and learn more about available programs.

Spring RSCO School Choice Fair (Grades PK–12)
Date: March 22, 2025
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (Doors close at 12:30 p.m.)
Location: Sport and Medical Sciences Academy, 280 Huyshope Avenue, Hartford


Placement Notification Schedule for the 2025-26 School Year (Updated 3/12/2025)

RSCO is pleased to announce that placement notifications for magnet school applicants who applied by February 10, 2025 were emailed and/or text messaged to families on Tuesday, March 11, 2025. Log into your RSCO account at ChooseYourSchool.org to accept your placement offer.

Listed below is a schedule of placement notification dates for the three CTECS technical high schools and magnet schools.The placement notification schedule for the Open Choice Program will be published the week of March 17, 2025.

Families should monitor their emails and text messages for placement notifications 

 

Placement Round Notice Date Response Date School Registration Deadline
1 February 24, 2025 March 7, 2025 March 14, 2025
2 March 24, 2025 March 31, 2025 April 7, 2025
3 April 21, 2025 April 28, 2025 May 5, 2025
 
 
 Placement Round  Notice Date  Response Date  School Registration Deadline
 1  March 11, 2025  March 20, 2025  April 3, 2025
 2  April 1, 2025  April 10, 2025  April 24, 2025
 3  April 22, 2025  April 28, 2025 May 5, 2025 
 4 May 6 ,2025  May 12, 2025 May 19, 2025 
 5  May 20, 2025  May 26 ,2025  June 2, 2025
 6  June 3, 2025  June 9, 2025  June 16, 2025
 7 June 17, 2025   June 23, 2025  June 30, 2025
 8 July 8, 2025   July 14, 2025  July 21, 2025
 9  July 22, 2025  July 28, 2025  August 4, 2025
 10  August 5, 2025  August 8, 2025  August 13, 2025
 11 August 19, 2025   August 22, 2025 August 27, 2025 
 12 September 2, 2025  September 5, 2025  September 10, 2025 
 13 - Final Round September 16, 2025  September 19, 2025  September 24, 2025 
 

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