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  • BUSD Enrollment Form

    School Year 2023-24
  • Enrollment Dates for 2023-2024 School Year: 
    TK, Elementary & Middle

    • Round One: January 2 – February 3, 2023
    • Round Two: February 6 – May 19, 2023
    • Round Three: May 22 – June 23, 2023
    • Ongoing: June 26, 2023 and beyond
  • Enrollment Dates for 2023-2024 School Year: 
    High School

    • Round 1: November 14 – December 16th, 2022
    • Round 2: March 27 – May 19, 2023
    • Round 3: May 22 – June 23, 2023
    • Ongoing: June 26, 2023 and beyond
  • TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN

  • Students who will turn 5 between September 2nd & April 2nd must attend a transitional kindergarten program.

    The transitional kindergarten program follows the guidelines of the California Department of Education. It is aligned with the changing entry date for kindergartners and offers placement for students who, prior to the new law, would have been eligible for regular kindergarten.

    Please note: The assigned school will be for transitional kindergarten only. You will need to apply for a kindergarten assignment in January 2024.

  • ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

    Ranked School Preferences
  • District-Wide Dual Immersion

    This lottery runs first. This selection will be considered before the rankings in the Regular program selection.

  • Regular Program

  • Not sure? Click here to find your BUSD Zone.

  • MIDDLE SCHOOL

    Ranked School Preferences
  • District-Wide Dual Immersion Program

    Students who attend Sylvia Mendez and Thousand Oaks will have priority and will be assigned Longfellow's two way Dual Immersion. Students not attending Sylvia Mendez or Thousand Oaks will be considered after and based in space availability.

  • Regular Program

  • Please note: Students are given priority to their attendance zone (Longfellow, King or Willard) provided space is available. Out of zone students will be considered after in zone students have been assigned. Click here to find your BUSD Zone.

  • HIGH SCHOOL

  • Berkeley Technology Academy is available to students 16 and older in grades 10-12.

    Please note: A meeting with school administrators is required for enrollment into BTA. You will recieve information about this after submitting enrollment documents.

  • INDEPENDENT STUDY

  • Please note: A meeting with independent study staff is required for enrollment. You will recieve information about this after submitting enrollment documents.

    Learn more about Berkeley Independent Study.

  • Two Way Immersion (TWI) Applicant Survey

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  • What language(s) do each of the following people in your household speak to your child?

  • STUDENT INFORMATION

  • Student Name: {childsFirstName} {childsLastName}

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  • PARENT/GUARDIAN INFORMATION

  • Parent 1

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  • The Primary Home Address for Parent 1 should match the address used on your proofs of residency.

    See the Enrollment FAQ if you have questions.

  • Parent 2

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  • DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

  • Home Language Survey (HLS)

    Please note this information is not used for the Dual Immersion (DI) lottery.

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    • The California Education Code requires schools to assess the English language proficiency of students. Your responses to the home language survey questions below will assist in determining if a student's proficiency in English should be tested.

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    • Child's Race

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    • Student Race Codes

      100 Native American. A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America) and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment.

      Asian. A person having origins in any of the original peoples of East Asia, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent.
      201 Chinese   202 Japanese   203 Korean   204 Vietnamese   205 Indian
      207 Cambodian 208 Hmong 299 Other Asian

      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa or other Pacific Islands.
      301 Hawaiian 302 Guamanian 303 Samoan 304 Tahitian 399 Other Pacific Islander

      400 Filipino.  A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Philippine Islands.

      600 Black or African-American. A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.

      700 White. A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East or North Africa.

       

       

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  • EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

  • When did your child first enroll in school in California?

    If this is their first time, enter the month they will begin school.

  • When did your child first enroll in school in the United States?

    If this is their first time, enter the month they will begin school.

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  • Assignment of Students

    Students will be admitted to schools in accordance with six established priority categories. A computer assignment system will assign students on a random basis within a priority for each grade level within each school.  Priority requirements are as follows:

    1st priority: BUSD students currently attending the school (with the exception of transitional kinder) and living within attendance zone

    2nd priority: BUSD students currently attending the school (with the exception of transitional kinder) and living outside the attendance zone

    3rd priority: Berkeley residents who are siblings of any student currently attending the school on the basis of the first or second priority and who will continue in attendance for the 2023/24 school year

    4th priority: Berkeley residents not currently attending the school and living within the attendance zone

    5th priority: Berkeley residents not currently attending the school and living outside the attendance zone

    6th priority: All non-Berkeley resident students requesting inter-district transfers

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  • DECLARATION OF RESIDENCY

  • Non-Berkeley residents will be considered after all Berkeley residents are placed and if there is space available in the requested grade. Please see more information about Inter-District Permits & Transfers.

  • I declare that the Berkeley residency information provided below is true and correct.

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  • The following children under the age of 18 reside in the Berkeley household:

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  • Child 5

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  • Child 6

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  • I certify that my children and I are residents of the city of Berkeley. Depending on the individual student’s circumstances at times it may be necessary to conduct residency verifications to ascertain the student’s domicile. If residency verification efforts determine that we do not reside in Berkeley, I realize that my child may be dropped from enrollment and returned to his/her district of residence within twenty (20) days.

    I understand that I must notify the Admissions Office of any changes in domicile within ten (10) days. If I move within Berkeley, I must also submit the required proofs of Berkeley residency within thirty (30) days to the District’s Admissions Office. If I move out of Berkeley, at that time, I may apply for an interdistrict permit, which, if approved, may allow my child to continue in the Berkeley public schools.

    This declaration is made under the penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California and entered on the date below in Berkeley, Alameda County, California.

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