Open Enrollment is the process that allows families to complete an application to attend a school other than their assigned neighborhood school. Although many families chose to attend their neighborhood school, some families find another program, school culture, or even school location to be more in line with the needs of their family. The projected number of seats available for Open Enrollment by grade, school, and special programs are now available.
The Open Enrollment process is a lottery and students are selected randomly based on the available seats projected at any given school. Although the process may change slightly year to year, here are the basics:
November
- PEN hosts our annual Navigating Open Enrollment meeting where we review the procedures with parents (detailed notes from Nov. 26, 2012 program)
- Priority Enrollment (Dec. 4-18, 2012) – preferential enrollment for siblings and children of PUSD employees (transitional grades only)
January
- PUSD website posts the projected number of seats that will be available to Open Enrollment students for each grade at each school
- Open Enrollment application submission begins (Jan. 23 at 8 a.m. – Feb. 12, 2013)
- Parents can select up to five schools on their Open Enrollment application
February
- Open Enrollment application submission deadline (Feb. 12, 2013)
- Random lottery numbers are assigned to applicants
- Families are notified whether they were accepted at one of their choices and/or if they are placed on a waiting list for admission (March 11, 2013)
March
- Families register at their school (March 14-April 4, 2013)
April (note: there will be no late registration period this year)
- Families may be called from the waiting lists.
- Families register at their school
- Open Enrollment ends (April 30, 2013)
- School waiting lists are dissolved at the end of the month.
May-June
- Interdistrict transfer requests may be submitted (May 6-June 14, 2013)
