Summer Steps for SFUSD Enrollment


Round 2 Assignments and Registration.

If you submitted a Round 2 application by the May deadline, EPC will mail you the results in early June. If you received an assignment to one of your choices, you have a short time from the date the letters are mailed out to register at your newly assigned school. You must accept or decline at your newly assigned school to confirm your placement. 
 
Please see the SFUSD list of key dates to confirm all deadlines.

Wait Pool Application

To continue in the process for the wait pool, submit a wait pool application for only one school of your choice.
 
You may join the wait pool at any point, but you may only receive one assignment through the wait pool process.
 
If you would like to change your existing wait pool request, you may do so by sending an email to enrollinschool@sfusd.edu by the deadline.
 
Learning more about the number of applicants in your wait pool choice.

Wait pool numbers will be posted on the SFUSD website periodically. Checking these numbers may help you decide whether to keep your request active or switch your wait pool request to another school with a smaller wait pool.
All three placement periods use the same tie-breaker and lottery system to assign available seats.  

Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment starts in early July. This process is usually used by families who have no assignment in SFUSD because they have did not register for their assignment from the earlier placement rounds.  Families have also used this process to swap their assigned school from Round 1 or 2. You may participate in both Open Enrollment and the wait pool process. Keep in mind that any of the highly requested programs and/or schools are not going to be available through this process. 
 
Students may be assigned immediately into any school with available seats and no wait pool requests. These seats are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. Availability may change frequently, so the information is not published and is only available by contacting the EPC. If you select a school assignment through this process, this assignment replaces any school that you registered for in Rounds 1 or 2. You may still participate in the Wait Pool. If you selected a school through this process, and later receive a wait pool assignment, the wait pool assignment will have the option to keep your current assignment or accept your wait pool school.

Options to Transfer After All Placement Periods Have Ended

The No Transfer Period usually begins after the third week of school. After that point, your next chance to change your school assignment is the Spring Transfer Process. You would apply by mid-November to transfer to a new school for the spring semester which starts in January.
 
Please contact us if you have any questions:

  • Email your questions to info@ppssf.org.

  • Ask a PPS-SF Parent Ambassador about their school at ambassadors@ppssf.org.

  • Follow our blog for updated information and advice.