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Enrollment

San Francisco is a parent choice district – which means you aren’t automatically assigned to a school based on where you live. Instead, you can choose which schools you want your children to attend, no matter where that school is located in the city. The odds are even in your favor: last year more than 4 out of 5 kindergartners were enrolled in a school of their choice!

PPS assists parents through the enrollment process

You’ve already taken the first step by going to our website. Our step-by-step enrollment tips can help you decide how to pick a school, tour a school and how to apply to a school. You can also contact other parents and PPS-SF members for insights into specific schools to help you pick a school that’s right for your child.

Statement from Ellie Rossiter, Interim Executive Director

Inequities like the recent (July 2008) issue involving the reassignment of several Spanish- and English-speaking families have outraged hundreds of families pursuing and advocating for public schools.

Parents for Public Schools of San Francisco is planning to take on a larger advocacy role by insisting on an overhaul of the student assignment process that ensures that parents have a voice in that change. We feel it is important for all parents to feel they have equal access to schools and school information.

We are working to establish goals and action items to address the issue of the SFUSD student assignment process. In doing so, the Parents for Public Schools’ strategic planning and policy making process will solicit input from our staff, board of directors, PPS members and the community at large. We will continue to update you with information about the student assignment process and this year’s (2008-2009) enrollment process. 

I would also like to express my heartfelt thanks to all the parents who have expressed an interest in improving the San Francisco public school enrollment process. We’ll keep you posted on ways you can be involved.


Join us

Once you find a school, don’t forget that PPS-SF and other parents could use your help! Please join us and lend your talent and time to help other parents go public!

HIGHLIGHTS

From Parent Survey 2007

“PPS is a great organization that made the whole process of selecting a school much less confusing.”

 

See our Calendar for upcoming Enrollment and school events.

 

Update for Waitpool families

Wait pool runs will be extended to November 7, 2008 for kindergarten families only.

The Spanish Dual Immersion Program at Daniel Webster will begin this year. Families who are interested in enrolling their child in this new program can contact the Educational Placement Center at (415) 241-6085.

Please see the letter from Superintendent Carlos Garcia to waitpool families (116kb,pdf) for more information.

See the Waitpool data (pdf) as of August 1, 2008 from the Educational Placement Center, sorted by school and grade level.