Powerpoint presentation from PEN's "Navigating Open Enrollment" program is now available in English or in Spanish.
Open Enrollment FAQs for the 2012-13 School Year (PUSD document released Nov. 3, 2011)
Read about changes to Open Enrollment for the 2012-2013 school year
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 Open Enrollment process is a lottery and students are selected randomly based on the available seats projected at any given school. Generally applications can be submitted online from mid-January through mid-February. 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(FLYER)
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
- Parents can select up to three schools on their Open Enrollment application
February
- Open Enrollment application submission deadline
- Random lottery numbers are assigned to applicants
March
- Families are notified whether they were accepted at one of their choices and/or if they are placed on a waiting list for admission
- Families register at their school
April
- Late applications for admittance to schools other than your neighborhood school can be submitted in person at the Ed Center, Room 121. Applicants are placed at the end of existing Open Enrollment waiting lists.
- Families may be called from the waiting lists.
- Families register at their school
May
- Open Enrollment ends
- School waiting lists are dissolved
