Press Release:
Between January and March, Seattle Public Schools invites families to tour schools and attend open houses to learn more about their attendance area school, option schools, or other attendance area schools to which they may be interested in applying. Families are encouraged to attend these events to meet the principal and staff and have the opportunity to learn about the school. 

Tour schedules are updated regularly. For the most current schedule, visit our website at HYPERLINK "http://www.seattleschools.org" www.seattleschools.org. Click on Enrollment, and then follow the link on the left to School Tours.

All current students and all new students for 2011-12 who complete early enrollment by January 31, 2011 will receive an assignment letter in mid-March (right before Open Enrollment begins on March 15, 2011). Assignment letters will confirm continuing assignments or provide notification of new assignments for 2011-12. These are initial assignments, and nothing further is required if the family wishes to keep the initial assignment. If a student wishes to attend a school other than the school listed in the initial assignment letter, then they need to submit a choice application during Open Enrollment.

Fall 2011-2012 will be the second year of the District’s New Student Assignment Plan, which assigns students to an attendance area school based on residential address. Any student new to Seattle Public Schools this fall will initially be assigned to their attendance area school.  If the family is satisfied with that assignment, no further action is needed. However, families have the option, during open enrollment (March 15-31, 2011), to apply to attend an option school or another attendance area school. All applications received during open enrollment will be processed together and final assignments will be mailed before the last day of this school year.  

School choice forms will be available at the beginning of Open Enrollment. For other enrollment forms and instructions, please visit our website at HYPERLINK "http://www.seattleschools.org" www.seattleschools.org and click on Enrollment. To find your attendance area school, follow the link on the left to the “Address Lookup/School Locator” tool.