Student Open Enrollment

We accept registrations for new students to the District year round, but hold a Student Open Enrollment period for the upcoming school year from January - March. Parents of incoming Kindergarten, 6th or 9th grade students will need to register during open enrollment.

Student Open Enrollment for the 2020-2021 School Year

begins Monday, January 13, 2020 through Friday, February 28, 2020

Student Open Enrollment Process

• Parents rank schools available for their subzone of residence
• After enrollment period ends, each application is assigned a random number
• Each application is weighted based on preferences
• Lottery process begins

Pre-Printed Applications with PIN

Student Enrollment staggers the mailing of pre-printed applications with PIN. Applications will be mailed on:

• Friday, January 10, 2020 to incoming 9th graders attending a District school (excluding students enrolled in a Charter school)

• Thursday, Janaury 16, 2020 to incoming 6th graders attending a District school (excluding students enrolled in a Charter school or District K-8 School)

• Friday, January 24, 2020 to incoming Kindergarten students currently attending a District Pre-K school (excluding students enrolled in a VPK at a daycare or private center)

Note: Although application mailings are staggered all students may enroll in person from any time during the student open enrollment period

Directions to Access PIN in Focus

• Sign into FOCUS
• If you have multiple students, select the student you are wishing to view the PIN
• Click on "My Child" on the top navigation bar
• Click "Child Info" in the drop down

Sibling in Attendance
Letters will be mailed out on Friday, December 13, 2019

• Incoming Kindergarten students currently attending a District Pre-K school (not VPK at a daycare or private center), will be automatically enrolled in the elementary school their sibling is attending.

• Incoming 6th graders, that are currently attending a District elementary school (not a Charter school), will be automatically enrolled in the middle school their sibling is attending.

• Incoming 9th graders, that are currently attending a District middle school (not a Charter school), will be automatically enrolled in the middle school their sibling is attending.

NOTE: Parents may choose to go through the student open enrollment process. Certain situations may preclude automatic enrollment (IEP, Custody Issues)

Tips

• If you apply AFTER the Student Open Enrollment period and have preferences, they will only be beneficial if there are still seats available in that school.

• Proximity Preferences* DO NOT help when ranking the proximity school second.

• Parents do not have to rank a school with a preference as their first choice school.

*NOTE: See information on student open enrollment preferences.

Zones & Subzones

Zones: East, South, West
Each zone separated into three subzones: E-1, E-2, E-3 • S-1, S-2, S-3 • W-1, W-2, W-3

Families rank all schools in their subzone and adjacent subzone(s) and any zone attractor schools. Example:

• W-1 will rank W-1 and W-2 schools
• W-2 will rank all schools in the West zone (W-1, W-2, W-3)
• W-3 will rank W-2 and W-3 schools

Interactive Map (Find zone/schools for your address)

Preferences

Sibling Preference

• If a sibling is currently enrolled and will be enrolled during the next school year in the selected school.
• Highest weight in lottery.

Proximity Preference 1

• Under 2 miles driving distance from school. Bus transportation is not provided to students who live within the two miles as per State Law and Board Policy.
• Second highest weight in lottery.

Sibling Guarantee

• Siblings with the same address, same guardianship, same application applying to the same school.
• Third highest weight in lottery.

Proximity Preference 2

• 2-5 miles driving distance from school.
• Fourth highest weight in lottery.

Closest School

• Greater than five miles driving distance.
• Fifth highest weight in lottery.